Fish Stocking

Stocking Report - Green Hill Park and Salem Section - Monday 1/24 and Tuesday 1/25/2011

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Stocking Report - Green Hill Park and Salem Section Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Green Hill Park, Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 - We had a lower than normal turnout of volunteers due to a number of conflicts. The day started with pouring rain before 9am, but when Andy arrived with the stocking truck the weather was looking up and we tucked away the rain gear. Andy provided us with a nice combination of lively Browns and Rainbows from the Paint Bank hatchery. Many jumped out of the buckets trying to get to the river quicker. The stocking took us about 1hr, 20mins. Then we had to conduct a search and operation in an attempt to find Dick Taylor’s missing cellphone. It was eventually found by Anke as we traced our route, repetitively calling Dick’s cell phone number. The volunteers consisted of Bob Crawshaw, Hoppy Holsinger, Anke Loberg, Hans Loberg, Richard Pitts and Dick Taylor.

Thanks to all, great job.

Salem Section Roanoke River - Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 - A wet start didn't dampen the spirit and enthusiasm of TUer's and friendly waiting fisherman. The Colorado section was stocked heavily with nice bows and browns, more large fish than normal. Karl Miller saved the day by providing his ATV and trailer to transport our fish laden buckets to the various stocking points along the Greenway. We stocked over 1,100 pounds of fish over a two hour period. Several folks helped for part of the time but as one would leave another jumped in to help. When you see Karl please thank him for the use of his machine, without it we would have been very short handed. Both the Salem Police and Conservation Police visited and promised to keep a careful eye on the area. Signs need to be refreshed in places, a good project for these beautiful fall days along with matching the hatch for some of the lunkers.

March 12, 2010 Stocking

Roanoke River Stocking, Salem Section, Friday, March 12, 2010

We had a great turn out of members and fisherman to help with stocking. Ernie delivered us 1200 brown trout with several in the 2-4 pound range. Marvin suggested to all those waiting fisherman to assist and they sure came through for us. It was really nice having the extra help as we had to carry buckets to the river from the road. Thanks to all those unknown fellow fisherman for their hard work and great help! The TU volunteers consisted of Bayes Wilson, Jon Wilson, Joe Nawrocki, George Kesler, Jack Ward, Marvin Huffman and David Vecellio. We also had some of the fellows come down from Green Hill Park to help us finish up. Even with the water up the fishing proved to be very good for me!!

Roanoke River Stocking, Green Hill Park, Friday, March 12, 2010.

We had a nice turnout of TU volunteers, some veterans and some rookies for the spring stocking. We started at 9am when Andy arrived from the Paint Bank hatchery with about 500-600 browns ranging from 9 to 17 inches, nice combination. The weather was overcast, but no rain and we were done about 10 am. Due to snow melt and some rain the river flow was close to 600cf/s, too high to distribute the trout towards the opposite bank like we usually do. The TU volunteers consisted of Bill Bainter, Dick Cole, Bob Crawshaw, Bob Jenkins, Anke Loberg, Hans Loberg, Mark McKinney, Dan Phlegar, Richard Pitts and Wysor Smith. Thanks to all, great job.

Friday, March 12, 2010, 9:00am Stocking, Delayed Harvets sections, GHP and Salem.

1. In GHP we will start at the first parking lot on the right, just past the park entrance.

2. In Salem, we will start at the beginning of the new greenway at the Apperson bridge.

Stocking starts as soon as the trucks arrive.

Stocking Special Regulation Sections, Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008, 9:00am Click here for story and pictures.

Stocking Special Regulation Sections at Green Hill Park and Salem April 2, 2008

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Monday, February 4, 2008 Stocking of Special Reg. area - Salem and Green Hill Park

Trout stocking on the Special Regulation Section Roanoke River will take place on Monday, February 4, 2008 at 9 a.m. Click here for details and pictures.

Trout Stocking Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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Spring stocking of Roanoke River Delayed Harvest areas in Green Hill Park and Salem. Any members that can assist please contact Hans Loberg 387-1340 Hans@roanoketu.org and or Bayes Wilson 387-2762 Bayes@roanoketu.org. More details to follow. Click here for pictures of Green Hill Park Stocking.

The Special Regs (Green Hill Park and Colorado St to Apperson) stocking went well, with an ample contingent of Chapter members to assist DGIF personnel in tenderly introducing a number of rainbow, brown, and brook trout to their new homes. Bayes Wilson says that there were a number of BIG brookies included. Click here for write-up by Hans Loberg and pictures by Bayes Wilson.

ROANOKE RIVER STOCKING (MONDAY, MAY 15, 2006) - Twelve Chapter members were on hand to assist DGIF personnel with the last of the spring stockings for the Special Regulations areas of the Roanoke River. The stocking went very smoothly with such a large contingent of TU members. This stocking featured some of the largest fish we have seen since the inception of the Special Regs areas, and included some very large brookies. Click here for some pictures.

As usual, the people working the Green Hill area finished off the activity with a cleanup activity. Many thanks to Hans and Anke Loberg for facilitating that activity.

Some of the Chapter members getting started at the DGIF truck. Click here for more details and pictures