Thursday, July 10, 2008

Flows back to summer levels, Colorado Cutts now stocked

As of July 7 the releases are now down to an average of 1500 cfs, and are projected to remain that level for the summer. In the past sumers the flows have reached the basement levels of 850-1000 cfs, but that doesn't appear to be the case for this summer...for now! We'll keep you posted.

Another new development on the Green is that Fish & Wildlife has started stocking the river with Cutthroat Trout, this time of the Colorado Cutt variety. In the past F&W successfully stocked the Green with the Snake River Cutt strain, and the Colorado Cutt version should do even better, as they are being stocked in their native environment -- geographically speaking. The Green River is part of the Colorado River drainage, so even though the origin of the Green is high up in the Wind River range in Wyoming the strain now being stocked should acclimate very well.

Another great thing about the recent stocking is that in addition to the catchable 10-12" fish stocked, it has been reported that some larger Colorado Cutthroat were also included in the stocking, some rumored to be large broodfish in the 20"+ range!