Wisconsin Public Television crews film lake trout inside a hatchery raceway. - FWS photo

A camera held inside an aquarium films lake trout swimming underwater. - FWS photo

February is generally considered to be quiet time when it comes to interest in the programs at the Iron River National Fish Hatchery.  As a result, early in the month, we were happy to share a day with a film crew from Wisconsin Public Television. 

The crew arrived at the hatchery mid morning and spent the day focused on interviews, filming and developing a story on lake trout restoration efforts within Region 3.  Charles Bronte, Fish Biologist from the Green Bay Fisheries Resource Office gave an interview focused on the fisheries management side of restoration efforts, while Dale Bast, Clark Bartelt, and Kurt Schilling focused on the hatchery perspective.

An interesting feature of the day was assisting the public television crew with filming adult lake trout inside the hatchery raceways.  A camera was placed in an aquarium that was then submerged to allow filming of the fish in the water. 

Even though it was an extremely cold day all involved had a great time.  It is always valuable to tell our story and hopefully it will now be told on Wisconsin Public Television.