Photo Essay: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel stock trout at Fort McCoy lakes

Photo By Bill Coppernoll | A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee releases rainbow trout into Big Sandy Lake on May 1, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis., as part of an overall stocking effort in which 15,000 fish were stocked in installation waters. The trout were stocked in time for the new fishing season, which began May 5, 2018, and the fish averaged in size at about 10 inches long. Some fish were even larger, exceeding 17 inches in length. The fish were raised at Genoa National Fish Hatchery of Genoa, Wis. (U.S. Army Photo by Bill Coppernoll, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

05.09.2018

Story by Bill Coppernoll 

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees released rainbow trout into several lakes on April 30 and May 1, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis., as part of an overall stocking effort in which 15,000 fish were stocked in installation waters.

The trout were stocked in time for the new fishing season, which began May 5, 2018, and the fish averaged in size at about 10 inches long. Some fish were even larger, exceeding 17 inches in length.

The fish were raised at Genoa National Fish Hatchery of Genoa, Wis.

The Genoa National Fish Hatchery was established in 1932.

The hatchery serves six Midwestern states and rears 23 species of fish to support high-priority federal management, restoration, and threatened and endangered species programs, according to the FWS.

Stocking numbers for each Fort McCoy waterway included: Suukjak Sep Lake, 4,220 trout; Big Sandy Lake, 4,100; Sandy Lake, 3,219; Stillwell Lake, 1,280; Swamp Pond, 1,140; and Sparta Pond, 1,140.

For more Fort McCoy fishing information, visit the Fort McCoy i-Sportsman website at ftmccoy.isportsman.net.

• Date Taken: 05.09.2018
• Date Posted: 05.09.2018 09:27
• Story ID: 276275
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US