I just saw on CBS news, Utah lake stocked by dropping fish from planes

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Can't seem to link story, so to you will have to look it up. They fly over the lake dropping the fish out of planes. Apparently 95 percent survive.
 

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I’ll bet they were saying their fishy prayers alllllll the way down!

OK, but how do they KNOW that 95% survive.....?
 
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trout can jump up and down fast flowing falls. And if they were just babies they don't weigh anything and wouldn't hit the water with any real force
 

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I saw a helicopter drop fish at a lake here ,he came in real low and out they came and not sure if they survived that but no reports on it yet .It is a private lake and the owner stocks it with trout for some kind of family thing he has .
 

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Wow what a way to get to a new home! They do that here too and all over the country prolly. Would be like feathers floating down and I would suppose some die just cuz some fry just don't make it for whatever reason in any water bodies. Survival of the fittest!
 

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