Abundance and size of cutthroat trout in Wilson Lake, 1993
By: by Stephen H. Hoffman and Robert P. Marshall.
Contributors: Marshall, Robert P.; Alaska. Division of Sport Fish.
Series: Fishery data series -- no. 94-48.
Publisher: Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Anchorage
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Cutthroat trout -- Alaska -- Wilson Lake -- Statistics.; Fishing -- Alaska -- Wilson Lake -- Statistics.; Fishery resources -- Alaska -- Wilson Lake -- Statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Description: A mark-recapture experiment was used to estimate abundance of cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki in Wilson Lake near Ketchikan, Alaska, in 1993. Abundance of cutthroat trout 180 millimeters fork length was 7,314 (standard error 807). Fish were captured with hook and line and large baited minnow traps. Fish caught with hook and line averaged 264 millimeters fork length; the largest was 535 millimeters. Fish caught in large baited minnow traps averaged 270 millimeters fork length; the largest was 525 millimeters. Only two "trophy-size" cutthroat trout (508 millimeters [20 inches] total length) were caught in 66 angler days of sampling, supporting anecdotal evidence that trophy-size fish are no longer abundant in Wilson Lake.
Notes: "November 1994".

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