were pooled as they cover an area comparable to the "Quake Lake" section surveyed in 

 1995 20 



Figure 10. Catch rates in fish per hour for the Snoball section of the Madison River, Montana 

 from 1977 to 1981. The Snoball section was closed to boat fishing in 1975 and closed to all 

 fishing in 1977 23 



Figure 1 1 . Catch rates in fish per hour for the Pine Butte section of the Madison River, Montana 

 fi-om 1977 to 1996 24 



Figure 12. Proportion of the catch for each salmonid species in the Snoball section of the 



Madison River, Montana, based on creel survey data fi-om 1975 to 1981. This section was 

 closed to fishing in 1977 25 



Figure 13. Proportion of the catch for each salmonid species in the Pine Butte section of the 

 Madison River, Montana, based on creel survey data fi"om 1977 to 1996. No data were 

 collected in 1981 or 1996 for mountain whitefish 25 



Figure 14. Proportion of catch fi^om anecdotal data provided by a Madison River angler based on 

 his fishing log fi^om 1986 to 1995. No information was provided for cutthroat trout 26 



Figure 15. Angler days fished from 1968-1999 on the section of the Madison River fi^om Ennis 

 Lake to Hebgen Reservoir, Montana. Data were collected via mail-in surveys distributed by 

 FWP to randomly selected Montana fishing license holders 27 



Figure 16. Fall population estimates for the Pine Butte section of the Madison River, Montana 

 fi"om 1977 to 1996. Estimates are derived fi^om mark-recapture data for electrofishing runs, 

 and include age 1 and older trout (FWP 1995d, 1996c) 28 



Figure 17. Fall population estimates for the Snoball section of the Madison River, Montana fi-om 

 1975 to 1985, 1987, and 1994 to 1997. Estimates are derived fi-om mark-recapture data for 

 electrofishing runs, and include all age classes offish (FWP 1995d, 1996c) 29 



List of Appendices 



Appendix A: 



Primary Data Sources and Reports Used in the Preparation of this Report 



Appendix B: 



Copies of Forms Used During the 1995 and 1996 Creel Census Surveys 



Evaluation of 199S and 1995 Creel DaU and its Implications Related to Whirling Disease 

 in the Madison River, Montana 



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