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Anglers can add a new species of fish they might catch at Fish Lake in the coming years. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologists released 244,000 kokanee salmon at the popular high-mountain fishery Tuesday. The 2- to 3-inch fish came from the Mammoth Creek Hatchery from a strain of lake-spawning kokanee in Montana. The fish, along with another 50,000 that were planted in March, are expected to be able to start stocking the lake themselves via natural reproduction in the coming years. This is not the first time salmon have been released at Fish Lake. Kokanee were released back in the 1950s and managed to hang on for about a decade before the population disappeared.
Fish Lake is well known for its perch and lake trout fishing. It is also an amazing rainbow trout fishery. Splake, brown trout and tiger muskie, yes tiger muskie, are also possible catches. Not one of those species are native to the lake.