Video: Utah Officials Airdrop Fish to Stock Remote Lakes

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How do you stock fish in lakes so remote that they are only accessible by plane? Utah wildlife officials have found that the best solution is to simply drop fingerlings straight from planes themselves. According to KHON 2, these aerial stockings only occur once a year when several planes deliver thousands of tiger trout, brook trout, and rainbow trout to lakes across Utah. While the fall may look like a lethal one, officials are careful to drop the fish from altitudes they can survive. “They kind of...
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