Show Rainbow trout spawning at Strawberry The first of the spawning rainbow trout from Strawberry Reservoir have been spawned out by Department of Fish and Game fish culturists as this year's spawning run gets underway un-derway under winter conditions. Strawberry Reservoir is still iced over and the fish traps were under four to five feet of snow when they were placed into operation late last week. Fisheries personnel on hand when the fish traps were readied read-ied reported 16 inches of ice inside the spawning house located lo-cated on the Strawberry River. Access to the fish traps on the south end of the Reservoir was delayed due to heavy snow I I conditions blocking access. Rainbow trout are the first species in Strawberry to spawn. The cutthroat will be some two to three weeks later in starting their spawning run. Spawn-taking operations by by Fish and Game personnel will continue well past the June 3 opening of the fishing season at Strawberry. |