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Timberjay:
This year, said Eibler, the short window for egg-stripping means the eggs will hatch pretty much all at once, which will mean a hectic few days as fisheries staff work to get the roughly 20 million fry to their various destinations. That’s not so unusual for the fisheries staff. Their hatchery operations involve intense activity during the egg-stripping phase, lots of waiting and monitoring while the eggs incubate, and a mad rush at the end to get all the fry distributed.

Just over a third of the fry are destined for lakes in the Tower work area, with Vermilion slated to receive 5 million, or about a quarter of the total harvest. Bear Island and Jeannette lakes are slated to receive 900,000 and 600,000 respectively, while Low and Clear lakes are scheduled to receive 300,000 and 250,000 respectively. Stuart Lake is slated to receive 240,000 fry, while Bear Head Lake is scheduled to receive 175,000.

Lake Saganaga will be the largest recipient outside of Vermilion, with the big border lake set to receive 4.5 million fry. Another 5.9 million will be distributed to lakes in the Grand Rapids work area.