Moving Trout from DC Booth Fish Hatchery

Early this morning two trucks arrived to take most of the trout from 3 ponds to South Dakota streams, ponds and lakes.  DC Booth has trout fingerlings placed in the spring to grow until they are caught and released into ponds & streams of SD.  Below are pictures of the removal process.


The original 1899 hatchery building is in the background

To capture the trout the pond level is lowered, then large nets are used to capture the trout.

They net, weigh and place the trout in trucks

John, in blue, has had enough watching!

The Pond Shop where I work from where the fish were being captured.
  The fog was rolling in. In 1 hour this pond was just a stream.

The inside of the Pond Shop...note our best seller, fish food!

View from the doorway of the Pond Shop...stairs go down to an underwater viewing area.

Some of the grounds around the Pond Shop.  It really looks like a park!!!