Kamloops Rainbow?

[Wyobraz]

It has come to my attention today that the Gorge has a strain of rainbow in it refered to as a "Kamloops Rainbow". This was news to me I had never even heard of this before. Anybody know anything about this type of bow or even better yet anyone got some pics? After searching around the net there is very limited info so I thought I would ask you guys.

Wyobraz
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[AFDan52]

I had heard that The Kamloops Rainbow trout were going to be introduced to Flaming Gorge a while ago. My understanding is that they grow a lot faster and get as big as the Lakers do. Also their spawn period is early in the year instead of later in the year. Thats the information that I remember. Hope this helps . I can't remember if they come from the NW territory or Canada.

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[lavaman]

Mantua used to have plenty of Kamloops not too many years ago. There still may be a few left in there.
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[Wyobraz]

The info that I have found is that they are a strain of rainbow primarily from British Columbia. The individual that told me about them said that they have a really brown color to them. I havn't been able to find a picture of one, but my couriosity is sky high at the moment. If they were planted which state planted them do you remember? I checked the Wyoming Game and Fish website and the only info I have found on Kamploops is on waters in a different part of the state.

Thanks
Wyobraz
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[AFDan52]

Damn, now you got my interest going, LOL.

AFDan52
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[AFDan52]

I'm going to do some research on my own about these critters.

AFDan52
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[Wyobraz]

Sorry but I don't exactly know where Mantua is. I don't want to sound like an idiot but isn't it between Logan and Brigham city?
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[AFDan52]

yes it is
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[lavaman]

Wyobraz, Mantua is a shallow body of water, and relatively peaceful (i.e. minimum water skiiers, etc). It's one of my favorite places to go, especially cause of the proximity.

Anywho, two winters ago, I hooked into something big while fishing the harddeck. Got him up only to have him dive down again. Finally got him up again, and he snagged underneath the ice and the line went *snap*.

My best guess is that it was either one of those rare Kamloops, or a huge Largie. One of these days I'll get revenge on him! : )
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[trout_slayer]

If what you are saying is true in your findings Wyonbraz then my buddy caught one of those a few weeks ago. I cant remember if I have the picture of it or if Gonefishn took the picture of it. It struck our curiosity also, we just thought that maybe it was either a female or male, but like your research has turned up, it was really brown with a beautiful red/rainbow slash down the middle of its body. I will look and see if I have the picture or see if Gonefishn has it.
TS
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]The kamloops strain of rainbows is indigenous to Kamloops Lake, in British Columbia. In its home waters, it does not get too big, because of the available food sources...mostly invertebrates. However, when it is placed in a large lake with abundant forage species, it gets big and feisty.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It has been a popular target in the big lakes of northern Idaho for many years, where it dines mostly on kokanee. BFTer Gumbo used to hit them regularly and once posted the picture below.[/#0000ff]
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Gumbo, with 26# Kamloops rainbow from northern Idaho. [/size][/#000000]
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[#0000ff]Kamloops were also planted in the Gorge back in the "olden days"...when there were big browns. Like the browns they gobbled up lots of chubs and grew to well over twenty pounds. There is an old picture somewhere of Del Canty, a float tuber from Colorado, posing with a 26 pound male kamloops in full spawning colors. I have searched in vain for that picture for several years. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I suspect there are still some kamloops genes in the rainbows of Flaming Gorge, but a fresh introduction would likely produce some more bigguns. The only "downside", for kokanee fans, would be more predation on those little salmon. Kamloops do like kokanee.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Here's a link to a [url "http://www.rmgameandfish.com/fishing/trout-fishing/rm_aa064504a/"]KAMLOOPS ARTICLE[/url][/#0000ff]
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[DKStroutfitter]

There is a private lake by Flaming Gorge called Greens Lake.
Kamloops are in there. There was a sign on the lake that said that the fish were being raised in Greens Lake to be transplanted into Flaming Gorge.
Greens Lake is fishable by a day pass costing $5.00.
I have used my pontoon there and had some very fun days catching the Kamloops.
They are very powerful fish. The average size that I catch in Greens Lake is about 20" long, with some going up to 24".
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[TigerTrout]

DKS, any info. about Greens Lake? I'm headed out that way and it sounds like a good diversion from the more crowded locations. Do they limit access? Thanks
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[mactuna]

Picture of kamloops trout, they grow faster and are thicker fish than Rainbows.
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[kokeking]

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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[flygoddess]

We put some Kams in the lakes at the Lodge. They do grow FAST. The average fisher would be hard pressed to tell the differece between a Kam and a Bow.
They plant them a lot in the lakes I go to in Idaho, mostly because of the BIRDS.
They did plant them in Mantua a few years back, but that year was a record HOT summer and it being such a shallow lake, they disappeared.
There were a few floaters but, know one really knows what happend to them.
Before they did plant them in Mantua, I have on several occassions hooked a LARGE bow that has taken me into my backing. I loved that lake till some bucket biologist decide to introduce either perch or crappie.....anyway, the Res. sucks now. Even the bass are not growing like they should and I don't hear the reports about LARGE Bluegill anymore.
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[piscispursuit]

I believe Kams are the big bows that are fished perhaps most famously (in the US) at Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho. There are some big boys taken out of there every year. This is good news that the Gorge is getting some, unless you are a Kokanee.
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[Majja]

Hey FG I do believe it is Perch. Those things can destroy a water pretty quickly. But I do have to say they are pretty tasty, in TD's chowder and pretty good when smoked as well.
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[CROSSINEYES]

NEVER CAUGHT ONE SEEN THEM ON OLD DOUGS SHOW WHEN THEY WERE INTODUCED. LOOK LIKE PRITTY BOTTOM FEADERS. DO THEY SLURP CHEASE.LOL
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[doggonefishin]

Back in the early 90's, the mount of Del Canty's rainbow was at a combination fly shop and greasy spoon establishment in Dutch John, that we would stop at on the way to fish the Green. The mount was very well done and that fish is a most spectacular specimen. I haven't had the chance to get back up there for some time, but the business may still be there as well as the fish.
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