![]() “This keeps them from coming into contact with parasites and any of the other bad things that might bother them,” said Ross Hutsell, who delivered the trout to Norfork. Crystal Lake’s fish stocking trucks included a loose rubber piping extending from the tanks that allowed the trout to move 50 feet or so to the water without touching the gravel bank. Additional stocking of 8,000 rainbow trout occurred upriver. It also should not be confused with the California golden trout, she notes, which is a completely different species and isn’t found in this region.Ībout 2,000 rainbow trout were stocked Monday at AGFC’s east Norfork access off Arkansas Highway 5, at the confluence of the White and North Fork rivers. They are just a color variant of a rainbow trout,” Graham said. “They are the same species genetically as a regular rainbow trout that we stock. Otherwise, they are a rainbow trout in every way. ![]() The fish has the distinct pinkish stripe down the middle of its body like a regular rainbow trout, while the rest of the color varies from a pale white to light yellow to a bright golden yellow that gleams underwater. This particular color-variant of rainbow trout was developed at the Missouri commercial fish hatchery. The golden rainbow trout proved immensely popular to state trout anglers upon being stocked last year. Likely more golden rainbows will be included. While most will go into the White River in coming months, 15,000 will be stocked in the Spring River, Graham said. The AGFC bought 60,000 rainbow trout, which included a few thousand of the color-variant golden rainbows (about 5 percent of the total), from Crystal Lake Fisheries last year and is buying an identical amount this year, to be delivered over the next three months. The Hinkle hatchery has not operated at full capacity since the flooding. The purchase was made possible by a Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursement to the state for flooding on Spring River and damage caused to the Jim Hinkle/Spring River Fish Hatchery at Mammoth Spring in 2017, according to Christy Graham, the AGFC’s trout program coordinator. The rainbow trout were bought from and delivered by Crystal Lake Fisheries of Ava, Missouri. About 500 of the rainbow trout that have a color variation making them appear a bright golden yellow were part of a shipment of 10,000 rainbow trout stocked Monday from the access here to other points upriver toward the dam. NORFORK – More golden rainbow trout have been stocked in the White River system below Bull Shoals Lake dam. Managing Editor Arkansas Wildlife Magazine
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