BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) The Norfork National Fish Hatchery has provided 38,000 cutthroat trout for the Cumberland River in Kentucky. According to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, this is the first time the fish has been stocked in Kentucky.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife assistant director of fisheries Dave Dreves says the fish came from the local hatchery at no cost.
Crews with state Fish and Wildlife stocked 5,100 trout at Bakerton, 21,600 at Burkesville and 11,300 at the Kentucky 61 bridge, just downstream from Burkesville. The fish averaged just over 6 inches long.
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