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FWP expects local fishery to recover

Despite a summer plagued by heat and drought that contributed to low water levels, a local biologist said the fish population of Fresno Reservoir, Bear Paw Lake and Beaver Creek Reservoir are on track to recovery, if the drought does not continue.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries biologist Cody Nagel said Thursday that recent surveys showed this summer's low pool levels hurt the population of younger forage fish - young perch, crappie and shiner - in Fresno. The bright side, however, Nagel said, is the walleye population had a successful spawn.

"They reflected below-average numb...

 

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