Fish spawning in Wyoming right on track

Wyoming wildlife officials say spawning of game fish in the state does not appear to have been affected by an unusually warm and early spring. Mike Snigg, regional fisheries supervisor for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in Laramie, says although ice and snow melted earlier than normal, Wyoming's elevation and cool nights have kept the spring spawn on the right track. He says some fisheries biologists in the Midwest have reported seeing crappie exhibiting confused spawning behavior because of warm temperatures. Water temperature and length of day are primary contributors to a fish's spawning schedule. But the early spring raised water temperatures so quickly in parts of the Midwest that it seemed to get the fish out of synch with the length of day.