Chris Finch
Well-known member
yesterday was my first day with the CT DEEP Fisheries. i got into work at 6:45, grabbed a pair of waders and jumped into one of the state trucks and went to a trout hatchery an hour away. we we got there it was pretty much sensory overload there were trout everywhere. but our goal was to elastomer tag 2000 browns destinied for the farmington for opening day after a few weeks of research. they were supposed to be 8" long but since it has been so warm there were some chunky 14's in there.
so i had to go into the tanks with a big net and corral 500-600 trout at a time (out of the 8000 that were in there). from there we put then into a sedative (i believe it was MS triple 2) then cut off their addipose fin. then the biologist took a needle hooked up to a small compressor and inserted behind the eye where he left a line of flourescent green elastomer material. i was even able to tag the about a hundred of the fish.
even though it was really windy, we never got any sun, my left foot leaked, and i couldn't feel my hands all day it was awesome. i wish it was going to last more than 6 months
so i had to go into the tanks with a big net and corral 500-600 trout at a time (out of the 8000 that were in there). from there we put then into a sedative (i believe it was MS triple 2) then cut off their addipose fin. then the biologist took a needle hooked up to a small compressor and inserted behind the eye where he left a line of flourescent green elastomer material. i was even able to tag the about a hundred of the fish.
even though it was really windy, we never got any sun, my left foot leaked, and i couldn't feel my hands all day it was awesome. i wish it was going to last more than 6 months