The Atlantics in Goat were planted in 1985. At the time of the report writing in '73 there were RB in the lake. In general Atlantics haven't done particularly well in high lakes. They tend to be long lived, but skinny.

Stunted populations are the biggest problem we face in high lakes. There is a lot of discussion about how to deal with them in the WDFW and there is some ongoing experimentation, but a perfect solution hasn't been found.

I haven't heard MRNP say that they have eliminated fish from high lakes to control use, though that thought is likely on their minds. They are doing it using gill nets and it is only effective in certain smaller lakes so those are the ones they chose. Their justification is because the fish are non-native. I have heard some anecdotal evidence that they have tried to net out a few lakes but were unsuccessful. That is something else could have led to the decline if fishing you were referring to. Fortunately, for now, we are still stocking a few lakes in the NCNP.