Assessment of tributary potential for wild rainbow trout recruitment in Hebgen Reservoir, Montana

Trout fisheries in Montana reservoirs are almost entirely maintained by stocking hatchery fish. An exception is Hebgen Reservoir, where wild rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss were established in 1979. Continued, unexpectedly low gill net catch rates of rainbow trout led to the objective of this stud...

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Main Author: Watschke, Darin Allen
Language:en
Published: 2006
Online Access:http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2006/watschke/WatschkeD0506.pdf