IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ANNUAL REPORT Virgil Moore, Director SALMON REGION 2016 Jordan Messner, Regional Fisheries Biologist Jon Hansen, Regional Fisheries Biologist Brent Beller, Senior Fisheries Technician Greg Schoby, Regional Fisheries Manager November 2018 IDFG 17-104 TABLE OF CONTENTS HIGH MOUNTAIN LAKES:..........................................................................................................1 STOCKING AND SURVEYS - 2016 ............................................................................................ 1 ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................2 OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................2 Mountain Lake Stocking ...........................................................................................................2 Mountain Lake Surveys ............................................................................................................2 STUDY AREA .............................................................................................................................2 METHODS ..................................................................................................................................3 Mountain Lake Stocking ...........................................................................................................3 Mountain Lake Surveys ............................................................................................................3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ....................................................................................................4 Mountain Lake Stocking ...........................................................................................................4 Mountain Lake Surveys ............................................................................................................4 Challis Area ...........................................................................................................................4 Slate Creek Area ...................................................................................................................6 Boulder-White Clouds - Little Boulder Creek ......................................................................... 9 Boulder-White Clouds - Big Boulder Creek .......................................................................... 14 Boulder-White Clouds - Chamberlain Basin ........................................................................ 18 Boulder-White Clouds – Fourth of July Drainage ................................................................. 20 MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................... 22 LOWLAND LAKES AND RESERVOIRS: .................................................................................. 49 TROUT EXPLOITATION STUDIES .......................................................................................... 49 ABSTRACT ...............................................................................................................................49 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 50 OBJECTIVES ...........................................................................................................................50 STUDY SITES ..........................................................................................................................50 METHODS ................................................................................................................................52 Return-to-Creel ...................................................................................................................... 52 Angler Effort ...........................................................................................................................52 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .................................................................................................. 53 Little Bayhorse Lake .............................................................................................................. 53 Perkins Lake .......................................................................................................................... 53 Squaw Creek Pond ................................................................................................................ 54 Valley Creek .......................................................................................................................... 54 Yankee Fork Dredge Ponds ................................................................................................... 55 MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................... 55 WALLACE LAKE REDSIDE SHINER AND TIGER TROUT SAMPLING ................................... 63 ABSTRACT ...............................................................................................................................63 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 64 OBJECTIVES ...........................................................................................................................64 STUDY SITE ............................................................................................................................. 64 METHODS ................................................................................................................................65 i Biological Sampling ................................................................................................................ 65 Tiger Trout .......................................................................................................................... 65 Redside Shiners .................................................................................................................. 65 Zooplankton ........................................................................................................................66 Angler Effort and Return-to-Creel ........................................................................................... 66 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .................................................................................................. 67 Biological Sampling ................................................................................................................ 67 Angler Effort and Return-to-Creel ........................................................................................... 68 MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................... 69 REGIONAL LAKE INVENTORIES ............................................................................................ 77 ABSTRACT ...............................................................................................................................77 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................78 OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................................... 78 STUDY SITES AND METHODS ............................................................................................... 78 Buster Lake ............................................................................................................................78 Stanley Lake .......................................................................................................................... 79 Stone Reservoir ..................................................................................................................... 80 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION .................................................................................................. 80 Buster Lake ............................................................................................................................80 Stanley Lake .......................................................................................................................... 81 Stone Reservoir ..................................................................................................................... 82 MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................... 82 JIMMY SMITH LAKE RAINBOW TROUT FISHERY ................................................................. 89 ABSTRACT ...............................................................................................................................89 HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 90 OBJECTIVES ...........................................................................................................................90 STUDY SITE .............................................................................................................................90 METHODS ................................................................................................................................91