The Ohio Department of Natural Resources are cleaning out its hatcheries and they brought a truckload of bluegills to Schoonover Lake. They are fingerlings but this will make the 3rd time the lake has been stocked in the last year or so. Last spring there were trout and in the fall catfish were brought and put into the lake.

 Hundreds came out to see St. Marys Fish Hatchery operation in person Saturday, thanks to an open house put on by the Ohio Division of Wildlife. The hatchery raises six different kinds of sport fish to stock public waters around Ohio for fishermen to catch when they get big enough.   St. Marys is one of five state-run hatcheries and the only one to raise Yellow Perch. 14-days after they hatch, the fish will be taken to lakes and reservoirs throughout Ohio or placed in their ponds to mature. But what surprised most people is the volume of fish they are raising at St Marys.