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Caples Lake, Day One

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The volunteer sign up tableArriving at the work area

The volunteer briefing

Stafford Lehr, DFG, explaining procedures

More on the day's operations

Describing the lake conditions, Chris Shutes to right

The volunteers manning the boats

One of the electrofishing boats head out

Gill nets

Hoop net

Fish transport truck

Nets for electrofishing hand capture

Checking GPS coordinates

Taking out one of the hoop nets for a trial run

Volunteer working electrofishing boat

A DFG biologist working the other side of the boat

Two hours work, one three inch sucker

A gill net boat taking a break for pictures

Towards the end of the first shift

Two electrofishing boats waiting for fuel