USFWS stocks more than 15,000 rainbow trout in Fort McCoy’s waterways for 2024 fishing season [Image 64 of 66]

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

04.23.2024

Photo by Scott Sturkol                                                                                         

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) employees stock rainbow trout April 23, 2024, in Big Sandy Lake on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. More than 4,000 trout were stocked in the lake in 2024 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Overall, workers with the USFWS' Genoa National Fish Hatchery of Genoa, Wis., stocked more than 15,000 rainbow trout in several waterways throughout the post. USFWS personnel delivered the trout April 23 and 26, said Fort McCoy Fisheries Biologist Steve Rood who works with the Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB). Trout were stocked in Suukjak Sep, Sandy, Stillwell, and Big Sandy lakes and Sparta and Swamp ponds. (U.S. Army Photo by Christopher Jones, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

• Date Taken: 04.23.2024
• Date Posted: 05.02.2024 15:17
• Photo ID: 8377673
• VIRIN: 240423-A-OK556-4512
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 3.95 MB
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US