Our Fish Planting is OPEN to the Public for Viewing!
Join us Friday, June 6th, 2025 at Lampe Park
8:00AM to witness our Trophy Trout planting
or between 10:30AM - 12:30PM - when we are expecting our 3600 catchable rainbows to arrive from Mason Valley Fish Hatchery.

Got Trout? We do!

Bob Ellis & Blake Renalla with Trophy Tr

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.