The Division of Wildlife Resources on Thursday introduced about 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir.
Measuring 4 to 5 inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than 2 feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Division of Wildlife Resources introduce around 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Division of Wildlife Resources introduce around 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Division of Wildlife Resources introduce around 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Division of Wildlife Resources introduce around 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jesse Backus, 11, holds a small splake as the Division of Wildlife Resources introduces around 40,000 of the fish, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Division of Wildlife Resources introduce around 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Laurie Backus, park manager at Jordanelle Reservoir gets a closer look at some of the 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, introduced into the reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018 by the Division of Wildlife Resources. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chris Crocket, left, with Mammoth Creek Hatchery, and Chris Crocket, Regional Aquatics Manager for the Division of Wildlife Resources get ready to introduce around 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Laurie Backus, park manager at Jordanelle Reservoir gets a closer look at some of the 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, getting ready to be introduced into the reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018 by the Division of Wildlife Resources. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Division of Wildlife Resources introduce around 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chris Crocket, left, with Mammoth Creek Hatchery, and Chris Crocket, Regional Aquatics Manager for the Division of Wildlife Resources get ready to introduce around 40,000 splake, a sterile cross between lake trout and brook trout, into the Jordanelle Reservoir on Thursday, June 21, 2018. Measuring four to five inches long, splake will quickly grow and could reach adult lengths of more than two feet long as part of ongoing management plans at the reservoir that currently holds numerous other fish species.
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