Romad
11-18-2008, 04:42 PM
Lower Saluda trout stocking by helicopter scheduled for Nov. 19
Contact: Mike Willis DNR (803) 734-4133
DNR stocking in Saluda River to benefit $18 million trout fishery
* WHAT: The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will stock thousands of rainbow and brown trout into the lower Saluda River near Columbia Wednesday morning, Nov. 19, using a helicopter and a specialized lift bucket.
* WHEN: 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19. Stocking will last for at least an hour. (Subject to cancellation due to inclement weather)
* WHERE: Meet DNR staff at 9 a.m. at Mt. Zion Church on Corley Mill Road, near I-20 at US 378 west of Columbia in Lexington County, before moving to a spot by the river where you can shoot video or take photographs. Call if you need directions.
* WHY: Helicopter stocking allows the DNR to better distribute trout up and down the river system and prevents the concentration of fish in any particular area. Trout will come from Walhalla State Fish Hatchery in Oconee County. The Saluda River is unique because its popular trout fishery is essentially an artificial situation. Trout must be stocked there and can survive only because of the cold-water releases from the bottom of the Lake Murray dam. The Nov. 19 stocking will include some 13,000 6 to 7-inch brown trout and about 3,000, 13-inch rainbow trout.
* INTERVIEWS: DNR fisheries biologists will be there to answer questions.
Give it about a week and I'll be breaking out the waders and flyrods.
Contact: Mike Willis DNR (803) 734-4133
DNR stocking in Saluda River to benefit $18 million trout fishery
* WHAT: The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will stock thousands of rainbow and brown trout into the lower Saluda River near Columbia Wednesday morning, Nov. 19, using a helicopter and a specialized lift bucket.
* WHEN: 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19. Stocking will last for at least an hour. (Subject to cancellation due to inclement weather)
* WHERE: Meet DNR staff at 9 a.m. at Mt. Zion Church on Corley Mill Road, near I-20 at US 378 west of Columbia in Lexington County, before moving to a spot by the river where you can shoot video or take photographs. Call if you need directions.
* WHY: Helicopter stocking allows the DNR to better distribute trout up and down the river system and prevents the concentration of fish in any particular area. Trout will come from Walhalla State Fish Hatchery in Oconee County. The Saluda River is unique because its popular trout fishery is essentially an artificial situation. Trout must be stocked there and can survive only because of the cold-water releases from the bottom of the Lake Murray dam. The Nov. 19 stocking will include some 13,000 6 to 7-inch brown trout and about 3,000, 13-inch rainbow trout.
* INTERVIEWS: DNR fisheries biologists will be there to answer questions.
Give it about a week and I'll be breaking out the waders and flyrods.