Lake Trout vs Kokanee At Flaming Gorge

Flaming Gorge Reservoir offers very good fishing for kokanee salmon, lake trout, rainbows and smallmouth bass. And in late summer the kokanee turn a bright red and spawn in tributary streams, creating a unique opportunity to view this interesting species.

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologists are afraid there are too many lake trout in the reservoir – that the lake trout are preying too heavily on the kokanee. They are proposing fishing regulation changes to protect the kokanee and allow a more liberal harvest of lake trout. Public meetings are being held around Utah to gather input.

This newspaper article describes the issues.