Notes:
- These photos were published in the News Images section of the Texas Parks & Wildlife news website, as part of a larger story about TPWD’s winter trout stocking program.
- The photos were also published on the Texas Parks & Wildlife News Facebook account.
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Have you ever wondered how TPWD prepares to stock trout in the winter? Here’s a behind the scenes look at the AE Wood Hatchery in San Marcos preparing to stock trout in local lakes.
Head out to a local Neighborhood Fishin’ lake and catch some of the stocked trout! Check out locations here: http://bit.ly/WhereNeighborhoodFishin.
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- Spillways at the AE Wood Fish Hatchery
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- Hundreds of thousands of koi carp swim in a spillway. These fish are fed to larger fish the hatchery raises.
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- Swimming koi carp
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- A fisheries biologist feeds the koi carp
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- Trout swim in a spillway, waiting to be weighed and measured.
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- After a fisheries biologist feeds trout in the spillway, they swim to the water’s surface to feed.
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- A fisheries biologist records fish lengths.
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- A fisheries biologist measures trout.
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- Fisheries biologists weigh trout.
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- Fisheries biologists weigh trout.
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- Fisheries biologists dump trout into a small pool, preparing them for pickup the next day. The trout will be taken from this pool to be stocked in a local lake.
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- Fisheries biologists work together to measure, weigh and relocate trout.
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- Fisheries biologists work together to measure, weigh and relocate trout.
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- A fisheries biologist points out a label of one of the small pools, into which another biologist recently dumped trout. This label tells the biologist picking up the fish where to take them to stock.
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- In winter, the hatchery raises catfish in ponds outside the facility to stock in the summer.
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