Specimen ID | 850830 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Perca |
Species | flavescens |
Common Name | Yellow Perch |
State | MT |
County | Powell |
Locality | Upsata Lake |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Blackfoot |
HUC8 Number | 17010203 |
HUC10 Name | Monture Creek |
HUC10 Number | 1701020308 |
HUC12 Name | Lower Monture Creek |
HUC12 Number | 170102030804 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1985 |
Year Accuracy | Estimated |
Potential Pathway | stocked illegally |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 27494 |
Author: | Vashro, J. |
Date: | 1990 |
Title: | Illegal aliens |
Journal: | Montana Outdoors |
Volume: | 1990 |
Issue: | July/August |
Pages: | 35-37 |
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Comments | lake was rehabbed in the mid 1950s for stunted perch; perch reappeared in the mid 1980s; |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Specimen Impact | The perch initially grew to 12 or 14 inches and were very popular, but soon stunted out at about five inches. The lake was closed to fishing during 1987 while 1 -year-old fish-eating rainbows were being introduced. That plant was followed by a largemouth bass transplant. However, the $16,000 worth of recovery efforts may be stymied, since unauthorized northern pike showed up in 1988. |