Wray Fish Hatchery
| Wray Fish Hatchery | |
|---|---|
  Location in Colorado  Location in United States | |
| General information | |
| Address | 35677 Road FF |
| Town or city | Wray, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40°03′03″N 102°09′21″W / 40.05084°N 102.15570°W |
| Inaugurated | 1939 |
| Website | |
| https://www.colorado.com/wildlife-viewingrefuges/wray-fish-hatchery | |
The Wray Fish Hatchery is a Colorado Parks and Wildlife warm and cold water fish production facility located near Chief Creek and Stalker Lake in Yuma County.[1]
History
[edit]Wray Fish Hatchery was inaugurated in 1939.[2] In 2012, the facility began using Longmont's Burch Lake to breed muskellunge which was a step in obtaining a tiger muskie population in Colorado. Before deposition, the females were crossed with northern pike.[3]
Fish Species
[edit]Hatchery staff works to support the raising of broodstock black crappie, bluegill, and redear sunfish; other species, including walleye, saugeye, channel catfish, wiper, tiger muskie, and grass carp originate at other Colorado warm water lakes and hatcheries, or are traded from out-of-state.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fish Hatcheries". cpw.state.co.us. Colorado Parks & Wildlife.
- ^ Wiltzius, William. "Fish Culture and Stocking in Colorado, 1872-1978" (PDF). Native Fish Lab. Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Rochat, Scott (24 February 2013). "Longmont's Burch Lake now has 1,800 muskellunge; more to come this year". Longmont Times-Call. Times-Call. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Wray Fish Hatchery". cpw.state.co.us. Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 1 May 2019.