SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017
Trout
from 1B
other locations will receive an
additional 55,000 trophies
before trout stocking ends in
the fall.
First reactions to the pro-
gram have been positive. At
Timothy Lake, a mid-elevation
Trophy Trout lake on the Mt.
Hood National Forest, biolo-
gists are tagging both 8-inch
and trophy-sized trout in an
effort to get them to call with
information about their fishing
experience.
With stunning views of Mt.
Hood, Timothy is generating
some buzz among anglers both
for its trophy trout and koka-
nee salmon.
“Almost every angler we
talked to was very happy about
their fishing experience at
Timothy Lake,” said North
Willamette District Fish
Biologist Todd Alsbury, who
would like to see the program
expanded even further.
Alsbury said he expects
angler enthusiasm to grow
throughout the summer as the
larger fish begin to move
around in the lake and anglers
begin to discover effective
methods of catching them.
Bill Duke, the district fish
biologist in Pendleton, report-
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ed similar results.
“So far the angler response
has been excellent,” said
Duke, who also implemented a
tag reward program on one of
the other Trophy Trout lakes
— Willow Creek Reservoir,
where anglers have returned
six of 15 tags worth $50 each.
“Anglers seem to be putting
in considerably more angling
effort than I was expecting,”
he said. “They are very posi-
tive about the larger-sized
trout.”
Trophy trout are generally
two years old, according to
Jake Rice, manager of
ODFW’s Roaring River trout
hatchery. He noted that as the
fish get larger they need more
space and food to minimize
stress from rearing densities.
As with bigger fish, they take
more food based on body
weight.
The additional time in the
hatchery means staff needs to
keep an eye on potential dis-
ease issues longer with the
additional year of rearing. All
of the fish are inspected
monthly by a pathologist, and
feed programs are updated on
a daily basis to account for
size, density, water flow, water
temperatures and release date.
“We really stress the impor-
tance of health fish, and this
take a little more effort and
time over the additional year
of rearing,” he said, noting
there are additional costs asso-
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ciated with bigger fish. There
are extra costs associated with
raising larger fish but he sees
the benefits.
“Our biggest compliments
come from the quality of our
trophies,” he said.
Trophy trout comprise a
small portion of the 2 million
trout catchable trout that
ODFW releases in more than
300 locations around the state
every year.
The vast majority of these
are referred to in the agency’s
Trout Stocking Schedules
(www.dfw.
state.or.us/resources/fishing/tro
ut_stocking_schedules) as
“legals” — which are released
as soon as they are 8 inches
long and meet the legal mini-
mum size for retention fishing
in Oregon.
Fishery managers believe
that shifting hatchery produc-
tion to a higher percentage of
larger fish may help spur inter-
est in trout fishing in Oregon,
which ODFW is promoting as
a family-friendly outdoor
activity through its Trout 365
campaign, 36 Family Fishing
Events, and the Weekly
Recreation Report.
Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife 2017 Trophy
Trout release numbers in the
Florence area:
Alder Lake (180), Cleawox
Lake (822), Dune Lake 180,
Munsel Lake (600), Siltcoos
Lagoon (141).
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