Volunteer Anglers for Crooked River Broodstock Collection

May 1, 2006

ODFW’s Salmon-Trout Enhancement Program is looking for volunteer anglers to catch Crooked River redband trout.  These trout will be used for hatchery trout broodstock. If you have questions or would like to sign up please contact:  Jennifer Bock, Jennifer.a.bock@state.or.us

541-388-6350 x25

Volunteers please meet Brett Hodgson, ODFW biologist, at Poison Butte Campground at 9:00 AM for introductions and instructions.

Anglers will be given a holding container for their fish so fish are kept in the river until we can pick them up. Fish collection will stop around 2:30.

Lunch will be provided.  Various bag lunches and drinks will be available at Poison Butte Campground. Volunteers may pick up their lunch whenever they please.  You be must signed up in order to receive a lunch.

Crooked River Trout Brood Program Update -

The development of this particular broodstock began in 2003 and is in compliance with ODFW’s Native Fish Conservation Policy. 

Brood fish are collected from Crooked River, Ochoco Creek and Beaver Creek. Progeny from these wild trout should be better adapted to the local water-bodies in which they will be stocked. The fish are spawned and raised at Oak Springs Hatchery in Maupin, OR.

This stock is being released in South Fork Crooked, Ochoco Creek, Antelope Flat and Prineville Reservoir. Beginning in 2007, Ochoco Reservoir, Haystack Reservoir and Walton Lake will be added to this. Kokanee Karnival students raise approximately 4,000 eggs and release their fry into Fireman’s and Reynold’s Pond.

The current brood fish are 3 years old. There are approximately 200 brood fish which is more than adequate to meet production needs beginning in 2007.

The plan is to release the brood fish each year after the spawn and replace with eggs taken from fish directly from the wild. Progeny from last year's Crooked River fish will be raised as replacement brood. And this year's sampling from the Crooked and Beaver Creek will also be used for future brood as well as excess needs released. In summary, from here on out all we need from the wild is enough fish to provide for the new brood fish (with wild genetic material).

All of these were captured at the Ochoco Creek trap other than those captured hook and line from the Crooked in 2005. Last year we caught 8 males and 12 females from the Crooked.  Egg take was approximately 4,000.