Created on: 6/18/2006
Paradise Shores Trout Project
June, 2006
We are pleased to report the first major brown trout stocking for our Program. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of our Paradise Shores management team of Eric and Michelle Gehrung, we have thousands of brown trout over four (4) inches long that are ready for stocking.
Our "tomato bin" has produced a growth rate that has prompted the stocking program earlier than expected. On Sunday, June 11th, members of our committee including a D.F.G. biologist separated 2,000 trout from our bin and stocked them directly into Bridgeport Reservoir. The stocking location was chosen to provide maximum cover and protection to give our young brown trout a fighting chance. We carefully conditioned the trout to the warmer water and stocked them in small batches. The immediate results were encouraging as we watched the trout feed on a midge hatch as soon as they hit the water. We did not observe any dead or floating trout in the two days of returning to the location.
We are also pleased to report that our second facility is under construction at the Virginia Creek Settlement. This facility will be ready for trout within the next few weeks.
Please visit our facilities the next time you come to Bridgeport and drop a donation in our donation box!
Thank you,
Skip Baker
Program Chairman
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