05-14-2016, 05:24 AM
The 15 five pound+ fish I caught on my fly rod this past week were all Kamloops strain. None are pure but the kamloop strain genetics are very dominant in these fish. Correction one was a hybrid. I have fished it for 50 years and have seen weeks where I caught double that many 5s but these fish are substantially bigger as I have caught 5 seven pound and bigger fish this week and seen four more caught that size. The Bureau of Reclamation who I understand currently pay for the fish put in Walcott need to be careful in how the utilize the spill gates not opening single gates to much as these new gates pull from a deeper depth and late in the summer too many fish are lost downriver where they fall prey to the pelicans. Currently on the lake below Bird Island the pelicans get almost no trout with the late fall plantings.
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