Clipping Fins

Along with others, we volunteered to help Arkansas Game & Fish trout biologist clip adipose fins on Cutthroat trout before they are released. This will help identify this group in the future to determine growth rates, survival rates, movement, etc. This class averaged 11" in length, which is larger than the normal stocking size - it is hoped by releasing larger fish their survival rate will be improved. I don't know how many we clipped (in the hundreds), but a total of 12,000 will be marked in a two-day period.