Forest Hill Lake Stocked with Fish (Don’t Get Your Fishing Rod Out Yet)
A small crowd of 40 or so gathered with folks from Parks and Rec to release fish into Forest Hill Lake Saturday, April 24. J.R. Pope, head of P&R, said a few words and then turned the presentation to Carl (whose last name I didn’t catch). Eager young children learned about cool sciency stuff like the natural food chain and how these fish, as they grow, will encourage other animals like the blue herons and king fishers to come to the lake.
Three kinds of fish were released including big large mouth bass. The two smaller kinds of fish were destined to eventually feed the bass. The kids were then able to take squirming handfuls of silvery fish and put them in the lake. I do hope some of the fish survived the trauma of such eager environmentalists. Catch and release fishing will be allowed at the lake. UPDATED to add: No fishing license is required if you are aged 16 or below or over 65. A fishing license required for all other adults. Catch and release is the FHP/Park & Rec Dept standard that everyone regardless of age will be held to. The state game wardens will enforce periodically.
See the full set (or add your own!) in the hillsandheights flickr group.
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Page…large mouth bass…not big mouth. I;m going to have to take you to the country. Seriously, thanks for telling a good news story about a great park, and a great neighborhood.
big/large tomato/tomahto! whoops! I’m not much for fishin’ so names escape (notice I fleebed on naming the two smaller fish. I think one was a blue gill and one was a red ear something something. i swear.
I need to get my kid to school you, apparently. Get it? “School?”
It just occurred to me that there might not be any cover in that lake to support a healthy fish population.
Fish need protection… vegetation, sunken logs and what not, to thrive.
Did anyone do a site survey?
TV, there was a biolgist, a naturalist and a parks specialist involved in this. An environmentalist consultant firm paid for the fish. Do you think they didn’t check? I just wonder why nobody reported the piranha in the lake? More fish, fewer children.
Happy St Heron’s Feast Day!
The resident turtles will enjoy the snack.
Karl Kratzer was the fellow down at the lake–he is with Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP, the engineering firm that oversaw the lake restoration and paid for the restocking. (THANK YOU!) Aquatic plants were part of the restoration and have begun to grow; I believe I recall the engineers stating that some structure had been placed in the lake for fish cover. True, though, that snapping turtle is a fiend!