Bull Trout Native To Oregon

They require even colder water than salmon.

Bull trout native to oregon. The Klamath Lake Bull Trout SMU is comprised of eleven populations four of which are considered extinct. Bull trout like most salmonids trout salmon and char were once abundant in Washington Oregon California Nevada Idaho and Montana. 28122020 KLAMATH FALLS Ore.

The Oregon State record bull trout weighed over 23 pounds while the largest bull trout caught in Washington weighed more than 22 pounds. Fins are spotless except for a few yellow dots at the base of the tail. Currently Help Native Fish is focused on Malheur River Bull Trout Salvelinus confluentus a native species under threat of extinction and negatively impacted by introduced brook trout.

However anglers often can encounter a bull trout when fishing for other species. 02092014 Bull trout are the apex predator in the cold clear waters of the western United States. Within Crater Lake National Park Bull Trout occurred naturally in Sun Creek and lower Annie Creek.

Unlike some members of the salmon family bull trout. Theyre legendary with anglers and hold great importance to many Native American tribes. Cool Clean and Connected water and Complex habitat.

While variable bull trout body coloration is primarily grayish-green fading to a white or orange belly. From one end of the state to the other anglers will find native populations of rainbow cutthroat and other species of trout. No hatchery bull trout programs currently exist therefore a metric to evaluate the reproductive independence criterion is not necessary.

The Bull Trout was once found throughout the Columbia River Basin east to western Montana south to northern Nevada west to California and possibly as far north as southeastern Alaska. Movement between populations is hindered by barriers and poor habitat quality. For instance magnitude and frequency provide information about sublethal temperatures variability in temperature can affect behavioral thermoregulation and bioenergetics and timing of thermal events may cue life history events.