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[Slaphppy7]

 

[Colin_T]

is that legit, dropping fish from a plane?

 

[Slaphppy7]

Indeed, it is legit...these are remote lakes that otherwise would be very difficult to restock

Thousands of fish dropped from plane into Utah lakes in wild video

Wild video footage shows an airplane dumping thousands of fish from the air into remote Utah lakes to try to restock the bodies of water with marine life.

nypost.com

 

[Colin_T]

Does restocking by plane work?
How many fish survive being dumped from that height and at speed?

 

[Slaphppy7]

"The department said aerial fish stocking in the Beehive State is an effective method of stocking that has been in use since the mid-1950s. It said post-stocking netting surveys show that survival of aerial-stocked fish is "incredibly high."

 

[Fishmanic]

Look- up in the sky- It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superfish

 

[Fishmanic]

It’s raining fish - Hallelujah

 

[Colin_T]

Ma,, it's raining fish again

 

[Anonymous Fox]

i asked my dad why he threw the fish back in the water when fishing his response was "I'm actully saving them because they get dropped from planes, so.."

 

[Slaphppy7]

This method seems a "wee" bit less stressful, to me, anyway

[VIDEO]

 

[Colin_T]

Lol, looks like the helicopter is going to the toilet

 

[Uberhoust]

Helicopters are a lot more expensive to fly than fixed wing and have a much reduced weight capacity. Depending on the location there are three main methods used, truck based where they can drive up to the lake, this is the majority of the releases, fixed wing for distant lakes with good air approaches, helicopter for the most isolated lakes. Helicopters are particularly expensive because you need to transport the ground and aircrew to near the site first because the helicopter method is not efficient unless the cycle time is short. None of the methods use any sort of gradual adjustment, its open the valve and drop the fish. I participated in a number of releases and don't remember seeing any fish floating to the top.

 

[Fishmanic]

Hey @Colin_T
I hear it rains fish in Western Australia
Click youtube link

 

[Slaphppy7]

Helicopters are a lot more expensive to fly than fixed wing and have a much reduced weight capacity. Depending on the location there are three main methods used, truck based where they can drive up to the lake, this is the majority of the releases, fixed wing for distant lakes with good air approaches, helicopter for the most isolated lakes. Helicopters are particularly expensive because you need to transport the ground and aircrew to near the site first because the helicopter method is not efficient unless the cycle time is short. None of the methods use any sort of gradual adjustment, its open the valve and drop the fish. I participated in a number of releases and don't remember seeing any fish floating to the top.

"I participated in a number of releases and don't remember seeing any fish floating to the top."

Releases from aircraft, or from land-based vehicles?

 

[Fishmanic]

Ooops, won't play here on TFF....

Ooops, won't play here on TFF....

Click on link in my above post