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Paradise
Shores RV Park Trout Project
June, 2006
We are pleased to report the first major brown
trout stocking for our Program. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of our Paradise
Shores RV Park management
team of Eric and Michelle Gehrung, we have raised over 15,000 brown trout
to over three inches in less than three months.
Our “tomato bin” project has produced a growth rate that
has prompted the stocking program earlier than expected. During the month
of June, our committee
has separated over 4,000 trout from our bin and stocked them directly into
Bridgeport Reservoir. The stocking location was chosen to provide maximum cover
and protection to give our young brown trout a fighting chance. We carefully
conditioned the trout to the warmer water and stocked them in small batches.
The immediate results were encouraging as we watched the trout feeding on a
midge hatch as soon as they hit the water. We did not observe any dead or floating
trout in the two days of returning to the location.
We are also pleased to report that our second facility is under construction
at the Virginia Creek Settlement. Our plan is to use this facility to grow
brown trout year round.
Through successful fundraising efforts, our local Chamber of Commerce is able
to provide opportunities for local fisheries to receive help through the enhancement
Program. We will continue to work with the Department of Fish and Game to secure
permits for stocking our brown trout in the local Bridgeport area.
We invite you to visit Paradise Shores
RV Park on the banks of Bridgeport Reservoir
and see what our small community has accomplished. The brown trout are fed
several times a day and we encourage participation.
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