Fishing season has started and JBER lakes are filling up

A fisheries technician with the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands holds a tube steady as it funnels rainbow trout into a lake on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 9. Depending on the location, the technicians will either transport the fish manually by bucket, or pump them through a tube from the truck directly. (Courtesy photo)

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Fishing season has started and JBER lakes are filling up

Chuck Pratt, a fish culturist with the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery, explains how he is going to move the fish from his truck to the buckets carried by fishery technicians from the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands to Fish Lake May 9. Depending on the location, the technicians will either transport the fish manually by bucket, or pump them through a tube from the truck directly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)

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Fishing season has started and JBER lakes are filling up

Krystina Bottom, fisheries crew lead with the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands takes two buckets of rainbow trout from Chuck Pratt, a fish culturist from the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery on the bank of Fish Lake May 9. the fish are transported from the hatchery to lakes all around the area and even go as far as Seward, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)

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Fishing season has started and JBER lakes are filling up

Krystina Bottom, fisheries crew lead with the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands takes two buckets of rainbow trout to the shore of Fish Lake May 9. Depending on the location, the technicians will either transport the fish manually by bucket, or pump them through a tube from the truck directly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)

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Fishing season has started and JBER lakes are filling up

Krystina Bottom, fisheries crew lead with the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, and Sam Satre, a fisheries technician with the CEMML, empty buckets of rainbow trout into Fish Lake May 9. Depending on the location, the technicians will either transport the fish manually by bucket, or pump them through a tube from the truck directly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)

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Fishing season has started and JBER lakes are filling up

Sam Satre, a fisheries technician with the Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands empties a bucket of rainbow trout into Fish Lake May 9. Depending on the location, the technicians will either transport the fish manually by bucket, or pump them through a tube from the truck directly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)

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Fishing season has started and JBER lakes are filling up

Rainbow trout wait in various levels of growth at the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery, Anchorage, Alaska. The hatchery is named after Bill Hernandez, a World War II contractor out of Wake Island who was a prisoner of war for three years. He later enlisted in the U.S. Army and rehabilitated the lakes and streams on Fort Richardson. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)

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Fishing season has started and JBER lakes are filling up

Bob McFadden, a fish culturist with the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery, sorts rainbow trout as the larger ones are transferred to a new tank at the hatchery. The trout are scheduled to be released for sport fishing in a year's time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Johnson)

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Fishing season has started and JBER lakes are filling up

Published May 11, 2016