Kokanee Crash at Flaming Gorge! What Can Be Done?

Kokanee Crash at Flaming Gorge! What Can Be Done?


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  Anglers and business owners on the Wyoming side of Flaming Gorge are raising the alarm that the kokanee population is crashing. Biologists have confirmed that numbers are way down. But why is this happening and what is to blame? The biggest question is, what can be done about it? We dive into the issue with the folks at Buckboard Marina and Wyoming Game and Fish. And we hit the water with them to catch our limits of small lake trout pups, a predator that is one of the leading causes of the kokanee crash.

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Jared Hargrave

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