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TROUT-STOCKING SCHEDULE Pied Pipers for trout bums Comment By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman MailTribune.com By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman Posted Apr. 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman Posted Apr. 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Social News There's nothing like the BEEP BEEP BEEP sound of a stocking truck backing down a boat ramp to signal that your day of trout fishing at your favorite lake or bank spot on the far upper Rogue River near Union Creek is about to improve greatly. Oregon's so-called "put-and-take" trout fisheries — the trucks put them in, you take them out — remains one of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's most popular programs. And that makes the drivers of these trucks that haul fish from places like Cole Rivers Hatchery to the Union Creek area very popular. Lesa McLain is one of those drivers, a Pied Piper of Union Creek trout bums. On Thursdays between Memorial Day and Labor Day, she's scheduled to drive the Cole Rivers Hatchery liberation truck on weekly "scatter plants" along the far-upper Rogue, dispersing the truck's cache of legal-sized rainbow trout at 17 stops in campgrounds and off bridges between Hammaker Campground and Prospect. "It's one of my favorite routes," says McLain, a 27-year Cole Rivers veteran. "You really get to interact with the people. It's almost like driving the ice-cream truck for a bunch of kids and adults." Following is a breakdown of ODFW's planned stocking schedule for Jackson and Josephine counties. The list notes the water body, the number of fish to be stocked and the week those fish are scheduled for release. The schedule lists weeks because the various lakes don't have exact dates, but Cole Rivers Manager David Pease says he generally shoots to have all a given week's stocking done by the end of Thursday. "That way, if something does go awry, we have Friday to fall back on," Pease says. In stocking lingo, "legals" are rainbows 8 to 10 inches long and, therefore, legal to keep. Pounders are about 14 inches and trophies are 16 inches or longer. April 25-29 Emigrant Lake: 1,000 legals Expo Pond: 1,500 legals Reinhart Pond 300 legals, 100 pounders May 2-6: Willow Lake: 3,000 legals Howard Prairie: 5,725 legals, 400 trophies Hyatt: 6,000 legals, 400 trophies May 9-13 Fish Lake: 3,725 legals, 425 pounders Lake Selmac: 3,000 legals Medco Pond: 2,000 legals May 16-20 Lost Creek: 25,000 legals, 1,075 pounders May 23-27 Applegate: 8,000 legals Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals Willow Lake: 3,225 legals, 425 pounders May 30-June 3 Expo Pond: 1,000 legals Fish Lake: 3,500 legals Howard Prairie: 5,000 legals Hyatt: 5,000 legals Lake Selmac: 1,000 legals Medco Pond: 1,600 legals Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals June 6-10 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals June 13-17 Fish Lake: 3,000 legals Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals Lost Creek: 10,000 legals, 1,075 pounders June 20-24 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals June 27-July 1 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals July 4-8 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals July 11-15 Fish Lake: 3,000 legals Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals July 18-23 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals July 25-29 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals Aug. 1-5 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals Aug. 8-12 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals Aug. 15-19 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals Aug. 22-26 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals Aug. 29-Sep 2 Rogue River above Lost Creek: 2,375 legals Sept. 19-23 Fish Lake: 900 trophies Oct. 3-7 Lost Creek: 5,000 legals, 900 trophies Oct. 10-14 Lake Selmac: 200 pounders Expo Pond: 500 legals,100 pounders Reinhart Pond: 250 legals, 100 pounders Reach Mail Tribune reporter Mark Freeman at 541-776-4470 or [email protected] . Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MTwriterFreeman . By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman MailTribune.com By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman Posted Apr. 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... 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