Table HY06. Changes in the fishery of Lake Taneycomo resulting from cold water releases below Table Rock Dam.
Species % of standing stock (1958 and 1959) Annual sportfish yield (% by weight)
'60 '61 '62 '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '71
Black bass 8.7 8 4 3 4 2 3 2 3 1 2
Crappie 4.6 21 11 5 5 3 4 3 0 0 0
Other sunfish 13.2 3 2 5 9 1 2 2 4 2 3
Walleye 0.4 2 1 1 * * 0 0 0 0 0
Catfish 9.7 5 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 0 *
Common carp 11.9 * 1 1 0 * 0 0 * 0 0
Rainbow trout 0 57 68 81 78 92 90 92 90 96 95

*Indicates less than 0.5% of catch.

Source: Shirley (1992).

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