Today I will be releasing the brook trout that the kids have been raising. This is through a state supported program called Trout in the Classroom. In mid October over 105 schools in the state receive brook trout eggs from Pequest Trout Hatchery. Students in the class learn about the life cycle of the brook trout , and has a focus on cold water conservation.
This is the fifth year I have run a TIC tank, and each year is different. This year many of 300 eggs we started with were not viable. Basically there is a sorter at the hatchery that separates the dead eggs, normally this keeps the number of dead eggs we receive in October low. This year the sorter was on the fritz so we started fewer viable eggs than normal.
This year I am releasing 5 trout in the Toms River Trout Conservation Area. I look forward to running the program again next year.
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