Logan Canyon:Temple Fork

Quent had to go up Logan Canyon to the Temple Fork area today for work.  The division was supposed to catch rainbow trout, take eggs, fertilize them and then return them to the river as a part of a study to put more fish in the Temple Fork arm of the Logan drainage are. (or so I understand, do not quote me on this as I'm sure I just got something wrong.)  What I do know is that the are is full of whirlings disease and therefore they do not stock the area with hatchery fish. And because it is my summer break and I didn't have much going on today I went with him.

Due to the high runoff and slow runoff we've experienced this year the water was high and the fish had already spawned.  Translation...we didn't get any eggs.  Of the fish they caught they did fine one female that was able to produce eggs however her eggs were much to small and there would have only been about 100 and they were looking for 6000.  Needless to say it was all for not.  I however got to meet some people from the Northern Regional Office and some of the guys from FES in Logan that I hear about all the time but have never met.

After our three-hour spawning expedition Quent drove me to Old Ephraim's grave...the site of the last known grizzly bear in the state of Utah.  From there we returned to Logan, dropped by the Aggie Creamery and had some freakin' delicious ice cream and then headed home. A fun trip up Logan Canyon!

 This summer seasonal checked for a tag, if the fish had a tag then they recorded the weight and length of the fish.  

 We were up on the road, they brought the fish to us.

 Quent in action

 A pretty big rainbow trout!

 A view of the temple fork area up Logan canyon.