Evidence of rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) spawning in Mohican Canyon, a tributary of Otsego Lake
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Groups of Rainbow smelt were observed spawning in the first riffle in Mohican Canyon upstream of Otsego Lake. Adult smelt were collected with a shore seine on 22 April 2001. Sampled fish (n=17) had an average length of 176.8 mm total length (TL) and weight of 34.2 g. Despite these observations, no larval, juvenile or adult smelt were collected in any trawling or gill netting activities in Otsego Lake between May to October 2001.
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