{"id":70428,"date":"2017-03-28T15:37:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T21:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fish-study-to-begin-at-pastorius-reservoir\/"},"modified":"2017-03-28T21:37:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T21:37:12","slug":"fish-study-to-begin-at-pastorius-reservoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/fish-study-to-begin-at-pastorius-reservoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish study to begin at Pastorius Reservoir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a2afd65d-8b18-4f80-86a1-c78b9c697700&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1324\" alt=\"Colorado Parks and Wildlife is trying to determine the \u201ccatchability\u201d of a different strain of rainbow trout stocked in reservoirs, hoping to learn how the species responds to bait, lures and flies.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Colorado Parks and Wildlife is trying to determine the \u201ccatchability\u201d of a different strain of rainbow trout stocked in reservoirs, hoping to learn how the species responds to bait, lures and flies.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>If you\u2019re fishing at Pastorius Reservoir and catch a rainbow trout without a fin, Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants to know about it.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesman Joe Lewandowski says CPW is trying to determine the \u201ccatchability\u201d of a different strain of rainbow trout stocked in reservoirs, hoping to learn how the species responds to bait, lures and flies.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, as part of a special project, CPW stocked Pastorius Reservoir \u2013 about a 20-minute drive southeast of Durango \u2013 with 800 rainbow trout of a new strain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo increase angler interest and participation in the project, CPW is also stocking 100 rainbow trout \u2018broodstock,\u2019 which are in the 16-to-20-plus inch range,\u201d Lewandowski said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>CPW marked the 800 stocked fish by clipping the small adipose fin located on the backs of the fish, which the division says causes no harm to the fish.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Wednesday, anglers are asked to record the number of fish they catch that are marked and unmarked and asked to answer a five-question online survey, which will be available for about two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Signs are posted at the reservoir with a code and web link anglers can use to access the survey with their smartphones as soon as they get done fishing for the day, Lewandowski said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnglers are asked to record their catch, including fish they released, after each day of fishing. Those fishing can take the survey more than once. The survey should only take a couple of minutes to complete. A CPW volunteer will also be at the reservoir to answer questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lewandowski said cellphone service is available at Pastorius Reservoir, but the survey can be completed at home. No personal information is collected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe rely on anglers to help us manage fisheries,\u201d said Jim White, CPW\u2019s aquatic biologist in Durango. \u201cThis information will be valuable for our hatchery and stocking programs. Plus, we\u2019re giving folks a chance to land some big fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The daily bag limit at Pastorius Reservoir is four trout, and the possession limit is eight fish. The reservoir is located on La Plata County Road 304. New fishing licenses are required as of April 1.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:jromeo@durangoherald.com\">jromeo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Parks and Wildlife hopes to monitor new strain of rainbow trout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2336,885,28,29,603],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-70428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colorado-state-officials","tag-fishing","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-wildlife"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70428"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=70428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}