Walleye stocking program

Hickling Fish Farm truck arrives with a load of fingerlings,courtesy of Willard Osterhout

The ice fishermen held a carp fishing tournament each summer for several years. The funds they raised plus some financial support from the Warner Lake Improvement Association,enabled them to purchase Walleye fingerlings, a total of about 5000 plus fingerlings were released into Warner Lake over the next few years.

This reestablished a fish species that was present in the lake many years ago but has been absent for the last 50 years. All photo's in this section are from the Willard Osterhout collection.

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  The boys get ready to go to work
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  Everyone helps out
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  Get yourself a bucket full
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  Carrying a heavy load
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  Taking a boatload out
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  Pete Gilbert with a 27 1/2 inch walleye caught in May 2012. He returned this trophy to the lake!
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  One caught through the ice, I believe this one ended up in Keith Kodra's frying pan
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  Bobby Anderson, Will Osterhout and Peter Gorman welcome the stocking truck
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  Peter Gorman jumps up into the truck to lend a hand
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  Transferring some fingerlings to a holding tank
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  Filling pails to be taken out on the lake for distribution