BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Trout raised in Idaho's hatcheries are being sent to school, because they don't know they're supposed to enjoy fat, slimy worms on fishermen's hooks.Trout raised by the state Fish and Game Department grow up hooked on fishy junk food: little green pellets made of fish meal and vegetable protein.
"They've never seen a worm in their life," said Jeff Dillon, in charge of the department's trout education project.
That creates a problem for anglers who try to catch fish with night crawlers, the big variety of earthworm widely sold for bait.
Before the training program, Dillon said, "It was harder than heck to catch a fish with a night crawler".
| AP Wire News, July 24, 1996 |
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