Each year our crew plants approximately 4,000 rainbow trout into Willow Creek at Lampe Park. in Gardnerville, Nevada. These farm raised trout are sourced from two hatcheries - with the bulk of our population coming from Mason Valley Fish Hatchery in Yerington, NV, while our larger, trophy trout are transported from  Desert Springs Fish Farm in Summerville, OR.  

Any uncaught fish that remain in the creek after the Derby are then netted  by our volunteers, put back onto a hatchery truck, and are transferred to either Gilman or Mitch Pond - water temperatures depending. 

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See below to discover how we at the KFD work alongside the Nevada Department of Wildlife and learn more about our rainbow trout.