Lisa Carter Waring: Hope Mills Lake stocked with redear, bluegill fingerlings
Last week, workers with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission were in town to begin to restock Hope Mills Lake. Approximately 10,000 redear and 10,000 bluegill fingerlings were deposited in the lake.Barry Midgette is the NCWRC technician who released the fish. He says the fingerlings came from the Watha State Fish Hatchery in Pender County.According to Midgette, this is a perfect time of year to restock the lake.He says the fingerlings have a greater chance of survival […]
