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  1. toggie

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    #1 toggie, Apr 28, 2016
    Thought this was an interesting video.

    I wonder how they get that many fish into the plane?

    I don't think my simple weight & balance spreadsheet can handle this. :)

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjjyBEWCHl8[/ame]
     
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    #2 tazandjan, Apr 28, 2016
    Ron- In the olden days, they did it on mules with buckets strapped to the sides, but they have been stocking by air for decades now. Very low mortality if the fingerlings are not too large.
     
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    #4 tazandjan, Apr 29, 2016
    No fun catching fish straight from the hatchery, even with a fish pellet fly.
     
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    #5 Tcar, Apr 29, 2016
    What are you going to do with a 3 inch trout? Nothing there to eat...
     
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    #6 jcurry, Apr 29, 2016
    When back-packing in the high Sierra's (above 10k ft) about the biggest trout you will catch is 8 inch. We would keep anything over 6. 4 or 5 that size would make a good appetizer.
     

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