Results 

 Durant Section 



A 1000-ft section of German Gulch Creek near the confluence with Silver 

 Bow Creek was electrof ished on July 26 and August 7, 1984. Game fish captured 

 were westslope cutthroat trout, brook trout and brown trout. No non-game fish 

 were captured. Table 1 summarizes the electrof ishing survey data for the 

 Durant Section. 



The standing crop of trout in this section was estimated using a mark- 

 recapture method (Table 2). This section supports about 346 trout weighing 42 

 pounds. Westslope cutthroat trout accounted for 67% of the total trout 

 numbers and 76% of the total biomass; brook trout accounted for 33% of the 

 trout numbers and 24% of the biomass. 



Average lengths and weights of westslope cutthroat and brook trout by age 

 class are shown in Table 3. 



Below Beefstraight Creek Section 



A 1000-ft section of German Gulch Creek below the confluence of Beef- 

 straight Creek was electrof ished on July 26 and August 6, 1984. Game fish 

 captured were westslope cutthroat trout and brook trout. No non-game fish 

 were captured. Table 4 summarizes the electrof ishing survey data for this 

 section. 



The standing crop of trout in this section was estimated using a mark- 

 recapture method (Table 5). This section supports about 301 trout weighing 33 

 pounds. Westslope cutthroat trout accounted for 43% of the total trout 

 numbers and 64% of the total trout biomass; brook trout accounted for 57% of 

 the trout numbers and 36% of the biomass. 



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