This is also the favored time of year for the local head start programs to bring in their students for an ?up close and personal? look at the fish. This year, three classes from nearby Kinross stopped in for a visit.

The nine finclippers are hired from the local community to come in once a year for these several weeks. The only duty they perform is clipping fins. However, any one of these individuals can be called in to work throughout the year if the staff gets in a pinch. This year's distribution season will probably be one of those times, with one staff member short.

Every year before distribution, all yearling lake trout from the hatcheries are given a fin clip so that they may be distinguished between those occurring naturally in the Great Lakes. The lake wide clip is different every year.