The larger portion of the eggs that the Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited receive are put into Whitlock-Vibert boxes and placed into the Guadalupe River on stretches of the river deemed as private. This allows the best chance for their survival without tourists and curious passers-by destroying their habitats.  The video below is the process that the volunteers go through to place these eggs. The entire process is about three hours, so the video shows you the major parts of it without the repetition for each box being placed.

 

 

GRTU Rainbow Trout Egg Project – Guadalupe River from White Oak ISD on Vimeo.

Jimbo Roberts leads the charge for the Guadalupe RIver Trout Unlimited Chapter when it comes to planting rainbow trout eggs in the upper reaches of the Guadalupe River. This video shows a small portion of the work that is involved in this project.

A big milestone happened recently in the middle school trout tank. All of the fry had grown large enough to handle the current in the tank, and they were becoming very claustrophobic. So, they are now on the loose in the tank. Judging by the water tests being done, while the pH is running a little higher than we would like, the ammonia is holding steady where we need it. Glad to see the changes we made in filtering this year had such a dramatic improvement over last year. Keep up the great work, kids!