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Here's a quote from the Utah thread:

"Bull Trout" are actually a cousin of the Dolley Varden, which are a Char sub species. They were once all referred to as Dolley Varden even in Idaho. But when the need to protect the southern strain became necessary the EPA designated the Idaho, and Eastern Oregon/Washington strain by a local name "Bull Trout". They are a diadromous fish, like steelhead and salmon. However, like steelhead a Bull Trout/ Dolley Varden can go back and forth from salt water to fresh water multiple times. They do spawn in the fresh water, and in fact the Idaho Bull Trout are not very successful at making it back out to the ocean after their first return to fresh water. They get stuck in the lakes, and reservoirs on the return trip.

So those very large Bull Trout simply go back and forth from reservoirs, to streams and upper lakes as well. Fish don't make it back down the ladders they climbed up to get past the dams.

plus this one:

this was some good, short, reading that you guys might find useful...

[url "http://library.fws.gov/Pubs1/bulltrout.pdf"]http://library.fws.gov/Pubs1/bulltrout.pdf[/url]

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