. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. *.::-^ . : * ' , ^veil's*. Fig. 81. Arrowweed jungles line roads to fishing spots. the channels leading- to the canal heads, sluicegates are opened and the silt flushed out into the river below the dam. The withdrawal of a large quantity of water through the sluiceways causes a temporary diversion of water which would otherwise pass over the crest of the dam. At such times fish are stranded in potholes in the downstream talus. This ha
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. *.::-^ . : * ' , ^veil's*. Fig. 81. Arrowweed jungles line roads to fishing spots. the channels leading- to the canal heads, sluicegates are opened and the silt flushed out into the river below the dam. The withdrawal of a large quantity of water through the sluiceways causes a temporary diversion of water which would otherwise pass over the crest of the dam. At such times fish are stranded in potholes in the downstream talus. This has afforded a field-day for people who flock to capture these fish. Provided with spears, clubs, hooks, nets and barley sacks, they spread out below the dam for this fishing. One enterprising man even sewed fishhooks to his gloves to aid in capturing fish. It has been the practice of State game wardens to be present at such times to prevent illegal fishing. PAST AND PRESENT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT It can not be said that the present fishery of the lower river is in any Avay the outgrowth of a planned management program. With the help of a little sporadic initial stocking of exotic species, the changes in the physical aspects of the river have created its fishery. Stocking As has been related already the present stocks of fishes in the lower Colorado have undoubtedly had a multiple origin and may have arisen from plants in the waters of any of seven different states. Hence, there has been but little attempt here to trace their origin. In recent years thei-e have been but a few plants in the Arizona- California section. In 1938 more than 18,000 largemouth bass, 20,000 bluegills and an unknown number of crappie (only a few thousand at most) Avere planted by California in sloughs near Blythe and Palo Verde, In 1939, 3,000 more largemouth bass were stocked here. A plant of 5,000. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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