Myself and some buddy's were wondering about the Gillette fishing lake being drained and dredged to 20 ft. and the talk of an upstream settling pond? the paper here has been mum on the situation lately. The last we knew the DEQ was wanting more water study done on the donkey creek that feeds the lake. I guess, is it in the plan to do the work this summer since it was postponed from last summer? And is there going to be any public or sportsmans input into the fish species to be stocked once the project is finished?
Is there currently any provision for NOT CITING an un-licensed individual who takes small game or fish when in a legitimate and desperate survival situation? Should there be one or is it just common sense that one would do what is necessary to survive and Wardens will ignore the violation?
Whats the word on east allen lake
WY G&F Bio answered on page 3 of the related thread below
LT, where is the Answer to this? I tried to find it but was unable to.
Fishwhisperer307,East Allen Lake was stocked in 2009 (10,000 cutthroat) and in 2011 (50,000 rainbow trout). Sampling in 2009 and spring 2010 documented the collapse of the sport fishery. Some of the factors suspected in the decline of the sport fishery were drought and resulting reduced water levels, hydrogen sulfide gas buildup, heavy algae blooms and eutrophication. Most water quality parameters were unfavorable but still within tolerance levels for trout (e.g. TDS (total dissolved solids) was 8,000 ppm and pH = 8.5) on April 27, 2010. Run off from spring and early summer storms filled the lake in 2010 to over five vertical feet above its 2007 level. Water quality parameters from EPA sampling in the summer/fall of 2010 showed some improvement, the TDS on June 15, 2010 was 5,032 ppm and when measured on August 3, 2010 the TDS was 4,107 ppm. The improvement to water levels and water quality makes fish stocking feasible again, which is why 50,000 rainbow trout were stocked in 2011. Hopefully these fish survive and East Allen Lake becomes a productive fishery for anglers once again. Thanks,WGFDFishBioLaramie
can you tell me more about what is going on with Middle Depression Reservoir and if there going to have to do more to get it back to the fisher it was use to do well out there but it just seems to have gone down hill in the last few years