Show 20 April 2004 IntcrmounrjinMltr : Fisherman’s Heaven ' 1 t ‘7 ( ' Any ' ' j ft y - ft I 1 1 And Set - c1 seasonal the year Stanley Basin is the place to be In the heart nt the Sawtooth Mountain with spectacular views of the rugged Sawtooth peaks and the world famous Salmon River where your fishing dreams are sure to come true Mountain Village Resort presents quality rooms and' suites restaurant lounge meeting facilities gift shops Service sta- -' lion and convenience store Kitchenette suites standard nsims Full service Restaurant Service station Fish & Game Licenses (irocerv store wwwmountainvillagccom Yukon XL big-wat- er 5000 - Dnall ' Standard Vortac 6000 V8 delivers 325 hp and 365 StablliTrak vehicle-stabili- ty enhancement system -- touted the plan as thq best way to with the South Fork as line of the stop the rainbow's spread in the river The department’s biologists habitats in the world for Yellowstone even hosted events geared toward and volunteers cutts biologists teaching anglers how to tell if a' fish is a cutthroat or a hybrid of 'passionate cutthroat anglers arc the two species - rainbows and working jiard to do ensure the fish future of these hybrids have white tips on their ' fins and cutthroats do not - in The biggest challenge to the South Fork's cutts is another fish hopes of encouraging anglers to - introduced rainbow trout that take home as many rainbows as will the chance v they could catch mingle given And now after with cutthroats on their spawning1 aspringdf In 2003 anglers beds and produce allowing access to the river's a fertile hybrid caught The South productive upper rainbows - the reaches one Fork's rainbows introduced ' biologist thinks most ever recorded decades ago when progress is being the South on Forf( fisheries biologists made were focusing “These warm their efforts on meeting the sjiring days have really helped" " ' demand of anglers seeking says Fish and (iame biologists diverse fishihg opporttmities are Jim Fredericks: “There's been a lot of effort on the river aiid turning up in increased numbers In fact in the summer of 20UJ anglers are catching and keeping ' rainbows Several hundred anglers reported catching just about as many rainbows as they rainbows have been harvested" ' did native cutthroats Fredericks savs most of the creel survey conducted in South Fork's most dedicated by the Idaho Department ’of" anglers are “on board" with the Fish and Game revealed that new regulations (in addition to checked catchind-kil- l the conservation by anglers plea from the officers caughrSUUf) rainbows department as faT as rainbows are the most ever recorded on the concerned cutthroats arenow South Fork' That and other only) And " since rainbows tend to heconje troubling indicators like rainbows pushing into the active earlier in the spring than to spawn contributed their cutthroat brethren anglers ' this spring were catching inore : to a landmark b'ish and (ianie decision that completely changes rainbows than any other fish in the way the river is managed the South Fork: " ' But with the roses conie the Jan-this on of v Starting V thorns ') year the entire South Fork the to opened anglers Previously "('hanging angler behavior river closed ort Nov'llFabovethc' - is a slow priicessi" Fredericks Heist measuring cable effectively says “It'll take a couple more access the to eliminating angling years fix this to really take hold ' iind that's when I think we'll start upjx-- half of the river until ' opening ifay at the end ofMay seeing positive results" Additionally Fish am) Unfortunately a limit (iame removed thesix-fispredominant on ramjxiws and launched a ethic on the bigeastern Idaho ' river plays against what pretty aggressive PR cannwign ' all kill and to Fredericks urging anglers and Fish and fiame keep " rainbows anl hybrid-trouare trying to do'' caught V ' intheSoiith Fork Fish and '' There is a place for ' (iame hosted' several public ini fisheries ma nageinen t " F rei lericks read ii v ' meetings ‘during which they’ Ib-- fl a torque '"i-- we to catch-and-rclea- se - -- BIACKFOOT MOTOR o i ndge fcAOJocr t v river's-tributarie- - m-v- kti liii?Sibrawiaricanohfcatidir s - 1 Gallatin River Lodge H ii e rn a n n a na jv-- -- r " ' h (888) 38 9105' Thor pe Road- 'triad gt'it a (406) - Boatman M catfh--and-relea- se m 388-014- catch-and-rclra- v 8 on tana 5971 2i£ |