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AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE: Summertime trout fishing on Lower Illinois in jeopardy - Article Photos

An angler catches a trout on the Lower Illinois River near Gore. The future of summer trout fishing on the stream is in jeopary. [PHOTOS BY KELLY BOSTIAN, TULSA WORLD] 

An angler catches a trout on the Lower Illinois River near Gore. The future of summer trout fishing on the stream is in jeopary. [PHOTOS BY KELLY BOSTIAN, TULSA WORLD] 

Rainbow trout are put in the Lower Illinois River year-round by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, but it has been difficult to keep the trout alive in the summer due to water temperature and dissolved oxygen issues.

Rainbow trout are put in the Lower Illinois River year-round by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, but it has been difficult to keep the trout alive in the summer due to water temperature and dissolved oxygen issues.