About the Authors

Joseph C. Dysthe

jdysthe@fs.fed.us

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Kellie J. Carim

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Michael Ruggles

Affiliation Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Region 5, Billings, Montana, United States of America

Kevin S. McKelvey

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Michael K. Young

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Michael K. Schwartz

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: This study was completed through funding by a commercial entity – Walleyes Unlimited of Montana. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KJC MR KSM MKY MKS. Data curation: JCD. Formal analysis: JCD KJC MR. Funding acquisition: MR. Investigation: JCD KJC MR. Methodology: JCD KJC MR KSM MKY MKS. Project administration: JCD KJC MR. Resources: JCD KJC MR KSM MKY MKS. Supervision: KJC MR KSM MKY MKS. Validation: JCD. Visualization: JCD KJC MR KSM MKY. Writing – original draft: JCD KJC. Writing – review & editing: JCD KJC MR KSM MKY MKS.