WDFW NEWS
RELEASE
Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North,
Olympia,
WA
98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov/
April 21, 2009
Contact: Bob
Jateff, (509) 997-0316
Jameson
Lake
getting additional rainbow trout
Jameson
Lake in
Douglas
County is
clear enough this year to receive more rainbow trout in time for
the April 25 lake fishing season opener.
Water conditions
have improved this year in the 332-acre lake eight miles south of
Mansfield. In recent
years lake water quality was poor, due to a lack of spring
run-off. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)
had planned to stock fish there only if water quality conditions
improved.
"We’re glad to
report that lake clarity and oxygen levels at Jameson are very
good this spring," said WDFW District Fish Biologist Bob Jateff of
Twisp. "Survival and growth of more than 160,000 fingerling trout
stocked last year has improved, and with additional plants of
catchable-size trout last week and this week, Jameson promises to
be very good once again this opening day."
Jameson
Lake received about
34,000 rainbow trout from WDFW’s Wells and
Columbia
Basin fish
hatcheries last week. Besides the 12-inch trout, up to 1,500
triploid rainbow trout from Trout Lodge, each averaging
one-and-a-half pounds, are scheduled to be stocked this week by
Columbia
Basin and
Chelan hatchery crews.
"This year,
anglers can again expect the successful trips they have associated
with
Jameson
Lake in the past," Jateff
said, noting that many people come from western
Washington to enjoy
fishing in the region.
Jameson
Lake
is open April 25 - July 4, and again for the month of October. It
is under the statewide daily catch limit of five trout, with no
minimum-size limit.
Fish stocking
plans can be found on the WDFW website at Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) website at
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/plants/
, and complete
fishing regulations can be found at
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/fishregs.htm
.