Rainbow Trout Fish Hatchery in Rome, NY

April 4, 2008 by  
Filed under Central NY, fishing, hatcheries

Winter still clings. It’s gloomy, brown, and boring. What are nature-lovers to do? Why pay a little visit to the local fish hatchery!

The Fish Hatchery in Van Hornesville, NY

This little fish hatchery in the “boonies” of Herkimer County is the genesis for most of the meaty trout New Yorkers catch at the ends of their fishing poles. We got to see fish, great and small, and had a tall tale told us by the Fish Man.