Bear Lake's sterile lake trout are headed to other Idaho lakes
Bear Lakeâs sterile lake trout are headed to other Idaho lakes Biologists looking to determine whether the lakeâs fertile non-native trout have been reproducing. (Photo courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) Utah DWR fisheries technician Emily Wright displays a massive lake trout caught and released in Bear Lake during a gillnetting survey in 2019. | Updated: 2:19 p.m. Lake trout have owned the top rungs of the Bear Lake food chain for decades, ever since the long-lived predatory species was introduced into the mountain lake straddling the Utah-Idaho state line. These lar...
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