This year's lake trout spawning season ran from October through early November with peak spawning occurring in mid-October. All lake trout are air-spawned using compressed oxygen injected into the body cavity to gently force the eggs out with minimal stress to the fish. A modified one-on-one spawning method is used to insure maximum genetic diversity in the offspring.

Four hundred and forty-five coaster brook trout spawned from late October through early December, producing almost one million green eggs. Of these, over 500,000 survived to the eyed egg stage. Once eyed, eggs where shipped to Genoa NFH for their fingerling and yearling programs, and Whittlesey Creek NWR and Grand Portage Indian Community for direct egg plants into the creeks. Over 180,000 eggs were kept at the hatchery to provide fry and fingerlings to Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and Isle Royale National Park. Both strains of coaster brook trout, (Siskiwit Bay and Tobin Harbor), were developed from populations located in Isle Royale National Park. The brook trout are spawned by hand-stripping the adults and are mated using the one-on-one spawning method.