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DockRat
03-02-2015, 06:25 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSpLcs199Z8

Kingfish Addict
03-02-2015, 06:55 AM
:Bug Eyes:Very cool...but given how sensitive trout are, I would think that half of them wont make it past the water-slap landing. :EyePop:

shinbob
03-02-2015, 07:53 AM
Cool video! I bet those are some bewildered trout, wondering what the heck just happened to them.


:Bug Eyes:Very cool...but given how sensitive trout are, I would think that half of them wont make it past the water-slap landing. :EyePop:

They stock fingerlings by air, which I'm sure have a pretty low terminal velocity. I've heard that the survival rate is something like 99% (as long as they actually land in the water). Yeah, if they tried to stock 1-pounders this way, then SPLAT!

Does California still do aerial stocking, or was that a victim of the frog people?

TUNAVIC
03-02-2015, 08:35 AM
Sheeese,I'm glad they know what their doing,seems pretty traumatic,thanks for the video.

Cya Tuna Vic

DarkShadow
03-02-2015, 02:02 PM
Good article:

http://gizmodo.com/5824685/how-to-properly-throw-trout-from-an-airplane