Trout Stocking in Full Swing!
BoatingLocal friend and avid angler Steve Madden was fishing at Little Pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts, when the trout-stocking truck from the Belchertown fish hatchery arrived to dump 600 rainbow trout into the pond.
State hatchery operations, funded through tackle taxes and license sales, are in full swing throughout New England, and the warm weather has fishermen out in droves.
Don’t forget to purchase your license (fresh and saltwater), available online via the following sources:
Also, for a closer look at how a trout hatchery operates, check out this video taken at the Sandwich, Massachusetts, state hatchery facility:
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