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Greg Vandeventer, Wyoming Game and Fish Department fish culturist, stocks fish in Saratoga Lake. (Photo by Breanna Ball/WGFD)
Popular fishing destination
receives trout
SARATOGA - Trout are back in Saratoga
Lake.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department
began restocking the popular fishing
destination in May. The restocking comes
after Game and Fish cut off water flow and
completed a rotenone project to kill all fish
in the lake last summer due to the discovery
of yellow perch that were illegally introduced.
The lake is managed as a trout fishery. A
high abundance of stunted yellow perch can
result in slower growth rates for managed
sportfish due to increased competition for
food. Game and Fish also was concerned
about yellow perch escaping the lake into the
upper reaches of the North Platte River drainage
where they could do irreparable damage
to other sport fisheries and native fish species.
In May and June, Game and Fish stocked
approximately 11,600 rainbow trout and
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3,100 tiger trout between 6.3 and 8 inches
long in the lake. An additional 7,000 rainbow
trout and 1,500 brown trout are scheduled to
be stocked between October and December
this year.
" We expect the fish we stocked in May
will grow quickly and provide catchable fish
to anglers at Saratoga Lake this summer, "
said Bobby Compton, Game and Fish fisheries
supervisor in the Laramie Region. " The
severe winter in the area aided recovery of this
ecosystem. The influx of water from heavy
snowfall has refilled surrounding wetlands,
helping to recharge the system following the
cut off to water flow last year. "
Additional measures are being taken
to reduce the movement of undesired fish
species from the North Platte River into
Saratoga Lake. In partnership with the
Town of Saratoga and the Bureau of Land
Management, Game and Fish installed a fish
screen at the inlet ditch where the North
Platte River flows into Saratoga Lake. The
screen will limit fish from moving into the
lake from upstream reaches of the North
Platte River. These species include white
sucker and brook stickleback. Brook stickleback
is an aquatic invasive species with the
potential to disrupt ecosystem functions. The
fish screen will help reduce the movement
of these fish into Saratoga Lake.
" The work done at Saratoga Lake in
response to the discovery of yellow perch
has been challenging, but the quick response
time and public support for this project were
instrumental to its success, " Compton said. " It
was exciting to see trout go back into the lake,
and we're looking forward to seeing anglers
back at Saratoga Lake this summer. "
- WGFD staff

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