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In with a splash: Local kids help with trout stocking at Lake Quinsigamond

Telegram & Gazette

WORCESTER - The fishing got a little better at Lake Quinsigamond on Wednesday. The state Division of Fisheries & Wildlife stocked the lake with trout, part of a program that adds about 500,000 trout to dozens of waterbodies throughout the state.

The effort at Lake Quinsigamond was aided by about 50 kids who ferried the fish from the stocking truck to the water.

The stocking involves brook, brown, rainbow and tiger trout from hatcheries in Sandwich, Palmer, Belchertown, Sunderland and Montague, according to the agency.

A boy tosses trout, the preferred way to release fish, into Lake Quinsigamond.
A boy tosses trout, the preferred way to release fish, into Lake Quinsigamond.
Brothers Finbar Sullivan, 6, and Owen Sullivan 4, of Lincoln, are not afraid to move the fish along after the release.
Brothers Finbar Sullivan, 6, and Owen Sullivan 4, of Lincoln, are not afraid to move the fish along after the release.
A giant trout swims away.
A giant trout swims away.
Hunter Croce, 9, smiles as he shows off a trout. He is from Worcester and attended the release with his stepdad, Steve Wong.
Hunter Croce, 9, smiles as he shows off a trout. He is from Worcester and attended the release with his stepdad, Steve Wong.
A man walks by a line of kids reacting to the splashing fish in a bucket.
A man walks by a line of kids reacting to the splashing fish in a bucket.
Ken Polito of the Quinsigamond Commission tosses a bucket of fish into the lake with Peter Collins and Sen. Michael Moore watching.
Ken Polito of the Quinsigamond Commission tosses a bucket of fish into the lake with Peter Collins and Sen. Michael Moore watching.

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