05-03-2007, 03:06 PM
If memory serves me right, it seems this very topic came up just about a year ago at this time. As tube dude said planting Kamloops in the gorge is nothing new. For a few years both Utah and Wyo quit stocking them in the gorge, due to a whirling disease out break in one the hatcheries that was used for brood stock. I remember talking to a Wyo biologist about this, and he told me that, Kamloops would again be stock in the gorge this was last year. Kamloop rainbows like the deeper colder water,compare to the eagle lake strain of rainbow in the gorge now. They will be found more in the middle of the lake, at a deeper depth,and they display a very purple color to them.
We caught a few loops last fall,that were around 4lbs ,very fit and healthy,and very good fighters. IMO one of the drawbacks to having loops in the gorge is that they will in time start feeding on the kokes. Kokanee already have enough predators pursuing them. It will be interesting to see what affect loops and burbot will have on the koke population.
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We caught a few loops last fall,that were around 4lbs ,very fit and healthy,and very good fighters. IMO one of the drawbacks to having loops in the gorge is that they will in time start feeding on the kokes. Kokanee already have enough predators pursuing them. It will be interesting to see what affect loops and burbot will have on the koke population.
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