Syracuse.com - DEC hatchery manager: Walleye spawn early this year on Oneida Lake

[HuntingNY-News]

If you've never seen the walleye egg-taking process, this is the time to travel to the hatchery, located on Route 49.

Mark Babenzien, who heads the DEC’s fish hatchery in Constantia, said this week that the walleyes are spawning early this year on Oneida Lake. He said the first fish came into Scriba Creek, which runs alongside the hatchery, on Tuesday.

If you’ve never seen the walleye egg-taking process, this is the time to travel to the hatchery, located on Route 49. The process will start Tuesday. A good time to visit will be Thursday through April 1.

The hatchery is open seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Visitors can see workers stripping fish of their eggs from 11 a.m. to noon, and from 1 p.m. until the fish caught that day are all processed. There’s no cost.

For more, call the hatchery at 623-7311.

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