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2005 Paddlefish

Snickerdoodle -- Mr. Peterson's 4th grade, Hillcrest Elementary, Harlowton (Paddlefish 1)
Alfred -- Mr. Essex's 7th grade 5, Washington Middle School, Miles City (Paddlefish 2)
Pumba -- Ms. Bebee's 7th grade 5, Chief Joseph Middle School, Bozeman (Paddlefish 3)
Paddella -- Ms. Kirkpatrick's 5th grade, Washington Middle School, Glendive (Paddlefish 4)

Nels -- Walter Home School 5th grade, Livingston (Paddlefish 1)
Sparky -- Ms. Volbrecht's 2nd grade, Richey Elementary, Richey (Paddlefish 2)
Indigo -- Ms. Bebee's 7th grade 4, Chief Joseph Middle School, Bozeman (Paddlefish 3)
Ethel -- Mr. Essex's 7th grade, Washington Middle School, Miles City (Paddlefish 4)

Hershey -- Ms. Rock's 4th grade, Nashua School, Nashua (Paddlefish 1)
ABC 1 -- Ms. Terry and Ms. Ellsbury's 1st grade, Sunset Elementary, Cody, Wyo. (Paddlefish 2)
Pedro -- Mrs. Armstrong's 7th grade 1st period, Washington Middle School, Miles City (Paddlefish 3)
Fluffy -- Mrs. Armstrong's 7th grade 4th period, Washington Middle School, Miles City (Paddlefish 4)

Quaday -- Mrs. Armstrong's 7th grade 5th period, Washington Middle School, Miles City (Paddlefish 1)
Freddie -- Mrs. Armstrong's 7th grade 6th period, Washington Middle School, Miles City (Paddlefish 2)
Beefinator -- Mrs. Armstrong's 7th grade Advisory, Washington Middle School, Miles City (Paddlefish 3)
Washington -- Ms. Winkler's 4th grade, Ponderosa Elementary, Billings (Paddlefish 4)

Thunder -- Ms. Miller, Van Norman School, Garfield County (Paddlefish 1)
Paddler -- Ms. Schmidt's 4th and 5th grades, Richey Elementary, Richey (Paddlefish 2)
Dakota -- Ms. Schumacher's 4th grade, Roncalli Elementary, Aberdeen, S.D. (Paddlefish 3)
Crush -- Ms. Reed's Joliet Home School, Joliet (Paddlefish 4)

Hermie -- G.R.A.C.E. Home School Group, Glendive (Paddlefish 1)
Squishy -- Ms. Carlin's 6th grade, Boulder Elementary, Billings (Paddlefish 2)
Pat -- Ms. Kalanick's 3rd and 4th grades, Greenfield Elementary, Fairfield (Paddlefish 3)
Dear -- Ms. Muhs' 6th grade, Poplar Middle School, Poplar (Paddlefish 4)

Freddie Elmo -- Mr. Hill's class, Laurel Middle School, Laurel (Paddlefish 1)
Garfield -- Ms. Bue's fifth grade, Reed Point Elementary, Reed Point (Paddlefish 2)
-- (Paddlefish 3)
-- (Paddlefish 4)

(This location data on fish is PROVISIONAL DATA that has not been reviewed or edited. This data may be subject to significant change and is not citeable until reviewed and approved by the USGS. Data users are cautioned not to download this information and to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for purposes other than school projects specifically related to Missouri River Adopt-A-Fish.)

Paddlefish 1

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Paddlefish 2

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Paddlefish 3

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Paddlefish 4

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(This location data on fish is PROVISIONAL DATA that has not been reviewed or edited. This data may be subject to significant change and is not citeable until reviewed and approved by the USGS. Data users are cautioned not to download this information and to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for purposes other than school projects specifically related to Missouri River Adopt-A-Fish.)

Paddlefish 1
Date	Size	Sex	Location	Mile	Traveled	Comment
9/26/2004	930mm	Male	Erickson Island	1568.7		Same fish as 2004
10/19/2004			Erickson Island	1568.7	Same	Didn't budge
11/8/2004			Erickson Island	1568.7	Same	Likes this spot
4/5/2005			Above Pump House	1560.7	8 miles down	First report this spring
4/12/2005			Not found
4/19/2005			Sheep Farm	1564.4	3.7 up	Heading upriver
4/28/2005			Sheep Farm	1564.8	.4 up	Not much of a move
5/3/2005			Sheep Farm	1564.8	Same	Still holding
5/13/2005			Not found
5/16/2005			Up Yellowstone	0.5	16.7 up	Headed to Intake?

Paddlefish 2
Date	Size	Sex	Location	Mile	Traveled	Comment
10/4/2004	955mm	Male	Below Sand Creek	1711.8		New fish for 2005
10/21/2004			Above Wolf Point	1711.7	.1 mile down	Not much travel
11/1/2004			Sand Creek	1713.9	2.2 up	Upriver a bit
3/28/2005			Below Sand Creek	1712.3	1.6 down	Still in same area
4/5/2005			Below Sand Creek	1711.9	.4 down	Hardly moved
4/12/2005			Below Sand Creek	1711.9	Same	Didn't budge
4/19/2005			Not found
4/28/2005			Prairie Elk	1727	15.1 up	A little run up river
5/5/2005			Prairie Elk	1726.3	.7 down	Not much of a move
5/13/2005			Prairie Elk	1726.3	Same	Didn't move
5/20/2005			Below Oswego	1731.5	5.2 up	Heading up Missouri

Paddlefish 3
Date	Size	Sex	Location	Mile	Traveled	Comment
8/24/2004	975mm	Male	Sheep Farm	1559		New fish for 2005
9/29/2004			Below Sicklefin	1582.8	23.8 miles up	Heading up Missouri
10/5/2004			Above Erickson	1573.9	8.9 miles down	Dropped back down
11/8/2004			Crow Fly	1568.7	5.2 miles down	Downriver some more
4/5/2005			Erickson Island	1574.4	5.5 up	Popular paddlefish area
4/13/2005			Above Bainville	1607.1	32.7 up	Passed the Yellowstone
4/20/2005			Below Wolf Point	1691.2	84.1 up	Wow! What a move!
4/28/2005			Below Sand Creek	1711	19.8 up	Still moving upriver
5/5/2005			Not found
5/13/2005			Prairie Elk	1724	13 up	Moving up Missouri
5/20/2005			Below Oswego	1729.5	5.5 up	Still moving upriver

Paddlefish 4
Date	Size	Sex	Location	Mile	Traveled	Comment
9/7/2004	1145mm	Female	Pump House	1556.4		New fish for 2005
10/5/2004			Above Erickson	1573.9	17.5 miles up	Heading toward Montana
10/19/2004			Erickson Island	1568.7	5.2 down	Dropping downriver
11/8/2004			Erickson Island	1573.9	5.2 up	Back to the island
3/30/2005			Pump House	1556	17.9 down	At Williston Pump House
4/5/2005			Pump House	1556	Same	No movement
4/12/2005			Not found
4/20/2005			Not found			Hiding at Williston?
4/28/2005			Pump House	1556.5	.5 up	Back at Pump House
5/5/2005			Not found
5/10/2005			Sheep Farm	1565.3	.9.8 down	Slipped back downriver
5/17/2005			Below Sidney	27.9	43.6 up	Big run up Yellowstone

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