Show Fish Migration Studies Made On Flaming G G. One of the research projects being conducted by the Utah Division of Fish and Game at Flaming Gorge Is beginning to yield information on fish migration in the reser reser- voir A program was waa Initiated last year by research biologists to determine more about the migration of fish throughout Flaming Gorge and through cooperation of anglers it has haa begun to pay off OUI ABOUT rainbows rainbows' were tagged last fall before being stocked In th the reservoir Part of the fish were tagged tagged tag tag- g ged d with blue dart tag tags and released In the Buckboard area erea and a a second group of offish offish offish fish were tagged with yellow tags and released in the Cedar Springs g area ANGLERS WHO caught one of these tagged fish were fIsh were asked asked ask ask- ed to tell the Fish and Game where the fish was taken and the color of the tag So far about fish have been caught and from front the information information in in- formation gained a pattern of offish offish fish movement nt from Buckboard Buckboard Buck Buck- Ud board down r reservoir voir and even into the canyon area has been traced Individual fish have traveled as much as 30 miles VERY FEW of the fish from Buckboard have moved upstream upstream up up- stream according to the early returns of tagged fish Some fish tagged and released released released re re- leased in the Cedar Springs area have have moved up into the canyon areas of the reservoir OLDER FISH appear to be moving out of the open shallower shallower lower water areas areas areas' in the late winter down reservoir down reservoir into the canyon area further study will attempt to determine if these fish are making a roundtrip round roundtrip roundtrip trip and moving back into the open areas again in the summer summer sum sum- mer months Young fish tend to migrate little This study will help in the management of the fishing resource resource re reo source here and may also help to point out where anglers should be fishing during different different dif dif- ferent times times' of the year year |