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Rodney

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Abbotsford Trout Hatchery Open House on November 25th
« on: November 24, 2006, 02:22:55 PM »
This may interest some if you are looking for something to do tomorrow other than fishing with the kids.



In Conjunction with the annual Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival, the Abbotsford Trout Hatchery Visitors Centre will be having an open house on Saturday November 25th, 2006 between 10:00am and 3:00pm.

The Abbotsford Trout Hatchery is operated by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC and is responsible for stocking many Lower Mainland and Okanagan lakes between March and November.

There will be fun activities for all ages, including fish spawning demonstration, Fish marking, hatchery tours, crafts, face painting, presentations in theatres and trout fishing at the new Learn to Fish pond. Come on out and find out what goes on behind the scene in the freshwater angling community!

The Abbotsford Trout Hatchery Visitors Centre is at 34345 Vye Road, Abbotsford. Please click here for a map.

http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fishy_news/061124_2.html
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Re: Abbotsford Trout Hatchery Open House on November 25th
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2006, 06:46:56 PM »
It's good to see the visitor center back in business  :)
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Re: Abbotsford Trout Hatchery Open House on November 25th
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2006, 02:29:56 AM »
Many thanks to Dale and his hatchery staff for putting on a very informative and entertaining open house on Saturday. The weather stayed good during the entire time thankfully. The hatchery tour took visitors through the entire trout raising process, finishing off with a spawning demonstration. The theatre had several presentations of stream habitat, giant salamander, tailed frog. The highlight of the day is definitely the fishing action at the trout pond. This year, a couple of ponds were built for the new learn to fish program designed to generate more interest in fishing among youngsters. Rainbow trout between 2 and 4lb were put in the ponds for the kids to catch. In the end, several rowdy locals got a hold of some kid fishing rods and started attempting to catch these trout as they had a freezer to fill. ;) Photos to come... The videos are even better, definitely should not be missed! ;)
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Re: Abbotsford Trout Hatchery Open House on November 25th
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2006, 01:26:49 PM »
Photos from the open house
These are taken by Buckeye.

Guided hatchery tour






Fishing at the trout pond




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