Spawning Shed

Life begins here in this shed for the trout at Oak Springs Hatchery. Trout in these tanks have been breed to spawn when they reach 3 and 4 years of age. After the 4 yr olds spawn they get sent to lakes in Oregon to be caught by some lucky fisherman. We will spend 1 day a week helping the staff with the spawning. Today was the first day. We helped spawn 74 female trout. We were told that they had over 300,000 eggs....That's a lot of little fry!