You can tell Spring is just around the corner when the rainbow trout begin their spawning run in the Finger Lakes tributaries. The spring spawning run is a great opportunity for DEC Biologists to sample the rainbow trout population. This week on Catharine Creek, the main tributary to Seneca Lake, fisheries staff from our Region 8 (Western Finger Lakes) Office were electrofishing for trout. Electrofishing, a sampling method that uses pulses of electricity in the water, is the best way to collect
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You can tell Spring is just around the corner when the rainbow trout begin their spawning run in the Finger Lakes tributaries. The spring spawning run is a great opportunity for DEC Biologists to sample the rainbow trout population. This week on Catharine Creek, the main tributary to Seneca Lake, fisheries staff from our Region 8 (Western Finger Lakes) Office were electrofishing for trout. Electrofishing, a sampling method that uses pulses of electricity in the water, is the best way to collect
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