Tagged Fish

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"