Idaho Department of
Fish & Game

Ashton & Henrys Lake Hatcheries

This page is intended as a supplement to the Idaho Dept. of Fish & Game home page, and concentrates on the activties of Ashton & Henrys Lake Hatcheries.
Inside these pages you'll find current information on:

Ashton Fish Hatchery
Henrys Lake Fish Hatchery

Last Update: June 29, 2001

Ashton Fish Hatchery

Ashton Fish Hatchery stocks fish, primarily, in the Upper Snake Region of Eastern Idaho. The species raised here include rainbow trout (both catchable size and fingerling), cutthroat trout and arctic grayling. The arctic grayling are stocked statewide into high mountain lakes.

Fish currently on hand at Ashton Fish Hatchery are 30,000 rainbow catchables for stocking during the Summer of 2001 and 100,000 rainbow fingerling to be reared for one more year for stocking as catchables during 2002. Also on hand are 20,000 "pure strain" Yellowstone Cutthroat for stocking into Golden Lake at Harriman State Park and into Henrys Lake this Fall.

Totals for fish stocked during 2000:

Catchable size rainbow - 84,244
Fingerling size rainbow - 42,837
Fingerling size cutthroat - 7,000

Fish stocking has begun for the year and will continue through October.

Waters stocked during June:

Roberts Gravel Pond - catchable rainbow - 2,200 fish
Sand Creek Pond #1 - catchable rainbow - 1,344 fish
Sand Creek Pond #3 - catchable rainbow - 900 fish
Sand Creek Pond #4 - catchable rainbow - 900 fish
Buffalo River - catchable rainbow - 1,000 fish
Mill Creek Pond - catchable rainbow - 400 fish
Ashton Reservoir - catchable rainbow - 5,500 fish
Warm River - catchable rainbow - 1,800 fish
Henrys Fork at Macks Inn - catchable rainbow - 4,000 fish
Snow Creek Pond - catchable rainbow - 1,400 fish
Beaver Creek - catchable rainbow - 900 fish
Harriman Fish Pond - catchable - 750 fish
Rexburg City Pond - catchable rainbow - 800 fish
Trail Creek Pond - catchable rainbow - 800 fish

Please feel free to e-mail us with your comments and questions.
E-mail:Ashton Fish Hatchery at ashtonha@ida.net

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Henrys Lake

Henrys Lake Fish Hatchery

Henrys Lake Hatchery has opened for the season. The trap has been closed and spawning for the year has been completed. The total number of fish trapped includes 7,190 cutthroat and 4,391 rainbow/cutthroat hybrids. The total egg take is 2,402,000 cutthroat eggs and 856,800 rainbow/cutthroat hybrid eggs. The average size of cutthroat trapped was 17.4 inches while the average hybrid was 19.0 inches long. The primary management project for Henrys Lake this year will be the intensive creel survey.

Please feel free to e-mail us with your comments and questions.
E-mail:Henrys Lake Fish Hatchery at henryslk@ida.net

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For more information about the Idaho Dept. of Fish & Game see their home page:

at http://www2.state.id.us/fishgame

Other sites of interest ---
Henrys Lake Foundation
Henrys Fork Foundation
Idaho Fish 'n Hunt
Idaho Outfitter & Guides Board

Idaho Dept. of Fish & Game
Revised -- June 29, 2001
URL: http://www.ida.net/biz/idfgr6