Syracuse.com - Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery seeks volunteers to help with trout stocking

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Volunteers should be 18 or older, be able to lift 50 pounds, dressed for the weather and able to commit to an entire day.

ELBRIDGE, N.Y. -- The Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery is seeking volunteers to help stock streams with trout.

The opening day of the trout fishing season is April 1. The hatchery, with the aid of volunteers, began stocking streams and other waterways throughout Onondaga County this past week.

However, there's still more work to be done and volunteers play an important part in the hatchery's stocking program. There's plenty of openings for those who want to help.

This coming week, the hatchery staff will be out stocking on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and will continue the effort through May 16.

Volunteers should be 18 or older, be able to lift 50 pounds, dressed for the weather and able to commit to an entire day (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). Those volunteering will start the day at the hatchery, located off Route 321 in Elbridge.

The hatchery's game plan is to stock more than 18,000 fish before opening day, and a total of more than 75,000 for the 2014 fishing season.

For more, call 689-9367.

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