A big thank you to all 22 volunteers, who made the trip to the LHFC hatchery in Kincardine on March 4th and 5th for fin clipping. A total of 38,000 fingerlings were clipped over the weekend. The additional 18,000 remaining will be clipped over the next few days.

LHFC and The Ontario Steelheaders will release the fingerlings into the upper Saugeen in May. We will need more to volunteer at this time.

Why do we clip the adipose fin?

The clipped fin serves as an identifier for fishermen in that the fish has been reared in the hatchery. Those fish caught with an adipose fin are of natural origin.