Biologist Frank Stone and assistants electrofishing Schacte Creek. - FWS photo by Steve Redman

Biologists Frank Stone, Ashland FRO, Sarah Fletcher and Scott Stipetich, both Youth Conservation Corps students, captured wild trout from Schacte Creek. This collection effort was targeted primarily for brook trout found within a three-quarter mile section upstream of the hatcheries fish barrier. This event fulfills the requirements of the stations HACCP plan. 

Schacte Creek is the primary source of water for the hatchery, so it's essential to reduce wild fish stocks in-order to minimize the potential for transferring pathogens to the hatchery's fish.

This event occurs once every month during the summer and fall.   A typical collection consists of between 30-100 brook trout, ranging from 2.0- 9.5”.  These fish are transferred downstream of the hatchery fish barrier and released back into the stream to be caught another day.