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Utah wildlife officials report major hatchery gains for tiger muskie, walleye and hybrid striped bass
Summary
Division of Wildlife Resources director Riley Peck told the Utah Wildlife Board that DWR hatcheries produced and stocked unusually large numbers of tiger muskie, walleye and hybrid striped bass this season and celebrated new habitat and accessibility projects at the Eccles Wildlife Education Center.
Riley Peck, director of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, told the Utah Wildlife Board on June 12 that DWR hatcheries had an unusually productive rearing season for several sport-fish species and that habitat work and accessibility projects were under way at the Eccles Wildlife Education Center.
Peck said the division incubated “750,000 tiger muskie eggs,” stocked more than 80,000 2‑inch tiger muskie and had another 12,000 fish ready to stock at 8 inches. He reported collection of “9,700,000…
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