Fish regulations change at Green Mountain Reservoir
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- Created on Saturday, 12 February 2011 16:01
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By JANICE KURBJUN, SUMMIT DAILY NEWS
Observations by Colorado Division of Wildlife officials have prompted fishing regulation changes at Green Mountain Reservoir to try to thin the population of lake trout, a top predator.
Anglers can now take up to eight lake trout in addition to the four trout of any kind allowed under the previous regulation.
Photo gallery of Green Mountain Reservoir
The changes, which went into effect Jan. 1 and will remain in place until biological monitoring or sportsman issues prompt another modification, are meant to improve the fishery's diversity.
“It takes a few years to see if you've succeeded in making the change in the population dynamic you were after,” district fish biologist Jon Ewert said.
Lake trout in the reservoir are looking ragged — not as large or healthy as they could be, district wildlife manager Sean Shepherd said. Because they're smaller and skinnier than usual, Ewert and others suspect the lake trout are outstripping their prey base — something they're known to do.
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