True story.. I had a friend who worked at this hatchery...maybe 20 - 25 years ago... His job was to feed the fingerlings... This meant he had to walk around the perimeter of the ponds draining food out of a 50 lb bag... Being a lazy sod he came up with the bright idea of using an old hand bell he'd found in an antique shop in Scottsdale. He leaned over and rang the bell close to the surface of the water... Of course fish can't hear but they can feel the vibrations from the sound waves... The fish quickly learned to associate the sound waves with food and they came running - swimming - over to where he was... When the tank truck would suck the fingerlings up to take them off to a lake, my friend asked the driver where he was taking them... A couple months later my friend would take his boat out, with a fishing rod of course - and the bell... He'd ring the bell close to the water and always catch his limit... This is a true story...you can look it up...

Im 47 years old my father took me to a place like this when i was 6 i remember it like it was yesterday. Gave me new respect for fishing

I remember my last neighbor had a salmon hatchery in his garage. I don’t think it was legal, but it was cool nonetheless.

Huge respect to these guys and their organization. This would be an awesome job

Bald Eagle: "I'm the symbol of Freedom, Feed me!"

When I was a kid about 17 years ago, I've been to this very hatchery when I use to go camping up around that area. Those tanks they kept those fish in is something I'll always hold as cherished memories of my youth, even caught some of them rainbow trout in many lakes. Ponds and streams. Thanks for sharing the video.

I live in Washington state, I'm now 68 years old. I remember back when I was a kid and just got my drivers license me and my friends would go to the local trout hatchery in late summer and catch grasshoppers and throw them into the pens, what great fun that was, they were like piranha going after them. These days the pens all have netting over them, but I remember those fun days.

Thanks to Americans and Canadians for the their dedications to life itself

All those eggs lookin like that scene from Nemo.

I appreciate these men and women who provided the opportunity for the rest of us to escape to the outdoors

Ok KZfaq, I'll watch it

Wow the fish eggs survive the mail kicking and throwing the eggs. Interesting video 👍🏻 it’s like breeding brine shrimp

when i was younger, i used canned corn to fish for trout. they love it because thats what they feed them at the hatchery and they remember it.

Wow that was really cool. No politics, no nonsense.. just a neat video. I like it

I want to say that it was a great video! Also Thank you to all the hard workers who provide us with these great fish to fish for in these lakes!! You guys are awesome!!!

Been to the Tonto hatchery with the kids and now the grandkids, it's definitely worth the trip to go see. First went there myself when I was 10 years old and never forgot the experience.

Thank you for keeping these awesome rainbow trout and keeping them going thanks for your hard work

My son Thor caught a trout for me on Mother's Day; I cooked it up it was so good, I'd forgotten how good! Now I'm obsessed 😉 Thanks for the great video!

My father was a member of a rod & gun club when I was growing up, and they had their own private lake that they stocked with rainbow trout that they raised on their property. From what I remember they had 3 separate "pools" with thousands of fish in each. They would stock them in the lake once they got big enough, which was usually around 8-10 inches I think. I remember going with him every week to feed them. The food looked like little brown pebbles and you'd take a bucket full of it and just hurl it into their pool and they'd go nuts, it'd be like a feeding frenzy. Just like what they showed towards the end of the video at 6:20. Same thing we did really. Was pretty cool and it's the first thing I thought of when I came across this video.

Once every year I get this recommended to me, it’s always awesome to watch

Getting out of the Army here in about 10 months, looking into a possible career here. My school took a field trip there one year, I loved it.

Thanks for sharing the great video and you are doing a fine job to help nature and fish sustainability. Time to cook.

Great job guys, keep up the good work, love those fish. Tony Parrish, Douglas AZ

Much appreciation for the efforts of Game and Fish people.

Wow never thought about all the work that went into raising them trout! Really cool doc!

that made me shed a tear, so cool. And to think, I actually caught one last year. nice Thank you guys

Thank You Game in Fish, and Tonto Fish Hatchery! I fish the Rim a lot especially East Verde River.. AZ overall has a Awesome Stocking Program, much better then other states I lived in... I sincerely appreciate it!

That's cool. Thank you for keeping trout populations stable.

Never seen any fish video, never went fishing, never knewa thing bout fishes, got recomanded this video by KZfaq, wtached it, cried at the end

This is amazing, thank you for sharing this video. This looks like a career I’d definitely enjoy!

I can really appreciate your guys' passion and willingness to help make this informative video.

Hunters and fisherman are the greatest force behind conservation. If it wasn't for them, programs like this would not exist.

GREAT POST!!!! WHAT GREAT CARE FOR THE PROCESS OF KEEPING THESE FISH INTO THE LAKES AND STREAMS!!! AWESOME!!

This is an awesome video brother, always wanted to see how they do it in the hatcheries and thanks to you I did. Awesomeness.

Great job folks!!!! Touches the lives of so many too!!!!

Didn't see when you guys start training them to eat power bait......

now watching rest if my mind is right your doing an incredible job

I've been going to the hatchery by airplane flatts since I was 8. Now I'm 24 and I take my kids there. Its Awesome. Although its sad the big pond is empty and it looks kinda run down. Last 3 times I went never saw a single other person or family. I dont think they know they can go walk around.

WOW...great vid, thanks for sharing!!!

Wild trout will always be the best

A totally sustainable fish....very interesting. Thank you

Thank You guy's for what you do.

Checking out some of your older videos!

SIMPLY INCREDIBLE HATS OFF TO THESE GUYS

What do you feed the hatchery trout?

I really enjoyed this video.

i go Turkey hunting out there almost every year...its beautiful one time i was fishing an the top of the spring by the Hatchery an game an fish dumped a big ice chest of trout right in front of me an sead good luck lol.. but the mountain are beautiful i recommend visiting it if you haven't yet

That is awesome. We don't have trout in Mississippi, but a fish truck comes through to our local Co-Op's once a month with catfish, bream, Florida hybrid bass, minnows, grass carp, crappie. I think they come from Arkansas. I have made two dynamite bass and bream lakes. It's fast and easy. I've enjoyed years of joy on my lakes for about $300.

Omg @Arizonagfishandgame I went there in 5th grade witch was 2 years ago and it was amazing! I went to manzanita Elementary school

I visited this hatchery years ago. Is amazing.

Very cool! If I ever visited Arizona again this would be great to visit but I guess doesn't have visitors..

thank you, very interesting! greetings from Switzerland.

I so appreciate what you do . Thank you for paying attention

I was a lone worker at a hatchery in Ontario. Great experience right down to the trough cleaning.lmao

Keep doing what your doing coz its just a pure awesomeness

Thank you For stalking or Lakes and screen Without you we all would have nothing To catch Thank you again

Wow! I didn't realize that people put the trout into those streams... I thought they were regular fish that were born and lived in the rivers. Then again, I'm from Colorado, so maybe the process is different since the video mentioned they can spawn in clear perennial streams.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 that reminds me...I need to renew my fishing license 😁

So cool, thanks for providing to nature!

awesome video thumbs up ...!!! 1FM Lake George, NY

I remember a mom and pop real hatchery. one day they said they had to close, that the government would be taking over and shutting down all the smaller hatchery for that state I was raised in. the boss told me this would be the beginning of the end for most return dish to the pnw, years later, I now understand what he ment. I wish I could have done more to help.

This is my idea of a dream job. I'd love to work here!

Well that was awesome!! I love going to the hatchery here in Colorado. I showed the hatchery in Leadville in one of my Trip videos on my KZfaq channel called Just what i do

Good job guys ! I live in Colorado and that's how it's done ! All you experts making negative comments need to study trout. Trout generally don't reproduce and must be reintroduced into the streams and lakes. Only sad part is they are super easy to catch.

How does one get a job in this industry? I have always wanted to work for a fish hatchery

3 years old. Recommended now. Great there KZfaq.

thats a cool job to have,nice work hatching them out

Wow Ennius Montana I lived really close to that I loved that fish hatchery my dad worked there

That's cool . I'd love to go to the hatchery

Great content..... Keep up the great work....

New subscriber. Thanks for the video man

Heck of a job guys. Keep up the good work

Love this guy has no idea how to do it, n acts like he is the boss

So cool,our licensing helps to support this!

AMazing and nice video ✌🏻💕 Thanks

This is so cool, I had no idea this was done

What a job. I'd love this

Isn’t it just amazing to see us as a species having progressed from apes to being able to control the nature for our benefit??

Have you ever thought about using bass which can reproduce in ponds and water that is stagnant

Cool stuff, thx for sharing.

I just learned a lot thank you

Hey! I'm glad your comment section isn't locked!

Great job keep them coming

When I was in 2nd grade My whole class raised hundreds of trouts 40 survived and we let them back to a river

Great job guys. Good video

Seems like a great job, wouldn’t mind doing that for a living.

LETS THANK OUR ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THOSE TROUT !

Thank you for your service.

i went from watching calligraphy tutorials to this wow

You guys do important work 👍

Very good and interesting Video

Thanks for uploading!😇

I see Koi used as pets in outdoor pools or ponds can trout be use as recreational pets too for swimming ponds ?

Hey thanks, i love trout!

Amazing. I have yet to catch my first trout

Wow that’s a lot different from how we do catfish but slightly similar. Pretty cool

What a good video this is!

This is so cool I want a trout

super watch loved it..:)

Amazing they can survive that