Releasing rainbows into Leader Lake

A Service employee holds a large flexible pipe with water and small fish pumping out of it into a lake.
Photo By/Credit

Steve Sox/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
A percentage of steelhead remain in hatchery ponds after volitional release, which means they are non-migrant, behaving like rainbow trout rather than steelhead. These are released for recreational fishing in nearby Leader Lake.
Facility
Winthrop National Fish Hatchery
Ecosystem
Lake
Recreational Activity
Fishing
Species
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Subject tags
Fish hatcheries
Fishes
Fishing
Freshwater fish
Recreation