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Wyoming Game and Fish report the Story Hatchery wrapped up its fall spawning operations for brook, brown and lake trout in October. More than 2.7 million eggs were collected this season. Just over 10,000 of the eggs were retained as future brood stock and approximately 1.3 million of the eggs will be used to produce splake and tiger trout hybrids. The majority will be stocked in Wyoming waters, while some of the eggs will be traded to other states for species that are not raised in Wyoming hatcheries.
Personnel spent the majority of time in November cleaning eggs prior to shipments. Although eggs go through a mechanical egg picker, some species, especially tiger trout, may continue to die after the initial pick. The crew sorted eggs almost every day with a picking bulb to remove dead or unhealthy eggs so fungus doesn’t spread to healthy eggs, ensuring they can be shipped as clean as possible. (WGFD photo)
According to the department, throughout November as eggs developed, hatchery personnel made 24 eyed-egg shipments to five in-state hatcheries, two in-state private hatcheries, and six different facilities in Colorado, North Dakota and Nebraska. These eggs consisted of all fall producing species – brook trout (179,000), brown trout (263,800), splake (246,500), and tiger trout (467,000).
In December, the hatchery crew continued eyed-egg shipments with 9,600 splake eggs and 6,000 lake trout eggs shipped to the Daniel Hatchery. Five additional egg shipments were made to Oregon, Colorado and multiple facilities in Idaho. Species consisted of brook trout (290,800), lake trout (4,700) and tiger trout (223,400).
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