Tiger muskies stocked to control sucker population

There is a new predator in Upper North Crow Reservoir, and if you are a patient and determined angler you just might catch one.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department stocked 650 tiger muskies into Upper North Crow Reservoir last week as a biological control to reduce the numbers of longnose suckers and white suckers.

“These fish were stocked to control a very abundant sucker population that has had negative impacts on stocked game fish,” said Steve Gale, fish biologist in the Laramie Region. North Crow Reservoir has been stocked annually with rainbow trout and grayling since 2006. Splake, which...