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Search Again| Division: | Sport Fish |
| Title: | Operational Plan amendment: Juneau area rainbow trout pre-stocking assessment, 2017-2019. |
| Author: | Schroeder, K., K. Smikrud, and A. Reimer. |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, Regional Operational Plan ROP.SF.1J.2018.11, Anchorage. |
| Abstract: | Four lakes along the Juneau roadside freshwater fishery are scheduled to be stocked with all-female triploid rainbow trout, beginning in 2018; they include Crystal, Glacier, Moraine, and Twin lakes. The first and only release of fish that occurred in 2018 was catchable size rainbow trout from the 2015 brood year (BY 2015) that were released at Twin Lakes in the spring, prior to an annual event known as Family Fishing Day. The second planned release of fish was supposed to be subcatchable rainbow trout from the 2016 brood year (BY 2016) that were going to be released in fall 2018 in all four Juneau roadside lakes scheduled to be stocked. However, it was decided by Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers and hatchery staff that the fall release of subcatchable rainbow trout would not happen in any of the lakes; instead, those fish will remain at the hatchery through the winter and will be released at all four lakes in spring 2019 as catchable size rainbow trout. In an effort to avoid overly stressing newly stocked fish, lake sampling events will occur prior to the release scheduled for the respective season. This sampling and release schedule means that pre-release surveys will also be required for Crystal, Glacier, and Moraine lakes during the spring 2019 sampling events. |
| Keywords: | triploid rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, stocking, Juneau roadside fishery, pre-release surveys, lake assessment, water quality, bathymetry, hydrography, Crystal Lake, Glacier Lake, Moraine Lake, Twin Lakes. |