Tagged Fish
Pyramid Tag Colors per Years:
Yellow = 2006/2007, Grey = 2008, Purple = 2009, Green = 2010, Orange = Marble Bluff Spawn Tagging
~ October 12, 2012 ~
Pyramid Lake, Nevada
USFWS # 037993
Captured at 6 Mile Bay
4 lbs, 22 Inches
Released at Cattle Guard Road
7-1/2"
This fish has been in the lake for 32 Months and has grown 14.5".
These tagged fish are from the Pilot Peak strain which is believed to be the closest strain to ancestor fish. USFWS believes there are roughly 300,000 tagged fish in Pyramid currently. Minus captured and dead loss. The Pilot Peak fish come from the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery in Gardenerville, Nevada. (http://www.fws.gov/lahontannfhc/lnfh.html)
~ 2011 ~
Pyramid Lake, Nevada
USFWS # 028587
Captured at 6 Mile Bay
Released at Howards Bay
This fish had been in the lake for 20 Months and grew 11.6"
