Catching big rainbows in Lake Roosevelt
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- Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 17:16
How would you like to land a 10 lb. rainbow trout like this one in Lake Roosevelt?
Tim Peone, Manager of the Spokane Tribal Hatchery, will clue you in as part of the Lake Roosevelt Recreational Fishery webinar May 19th, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. There is no cost to participate.
In 2019 the Spokane Tribal Hatchery acquired Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) funding to supplement reservoir wide net pen rearing project releases. A key part of this funding was recommissioning an abandoned fish acclimation facility to support five raceways. By combining the hatcheries rearing abilities with utilizing the raceways to finish their growth and acclimate to river conditions, a larger size rainbow trout is now available to anglers.
Tim will review stats on the supplemental fish released between February and May, user experiences from past years, angling opportunities and what to expect moving forward.