First Batch of Shocked Walleye to be Sorted by Sex

The Shocking Boat Returns with A Nice Bunch of Walleye

Preparing to Remove Electro Shocked Walleye for Sorting

Sorting Walleye by Sex and Checking to see if Females Eggs are Ripe for Fertilization

The First Ripe Female

Putting Males in Bin

Keeping Fresh Water in the Fish, Proportionally more Males than Females, Female in Lower Bin

Start of the First Batch, From Left: Doug Zeller, Don Einhouse and Rick Zimar (DEC Dunkirk)

DEC's Dunkirk Crew Begins the First Fertilization Batch, Notice the Amount of Eggs Running From Female.

DEC's Bruce Wager, Environmental Engineer, Division of Water Region 9 Recording Measurements, Tag ID's and Fish Info.

Starting the Tagging and Recording

DEC Guys From Left: Don Einhouse, Brian Beckwith, Mark Dusablon, and Bruce Wager.

DEC's Don Einhouse, Supervising the Operation on Left

Final Rinse and Mixing of the First Batch, Two Minutes, Supervised Under the Watchful and Experienced eye of DEC's Doug Zeller

Inserting an Electronic Identification Tag Similar to What Veterinarians Use Don holding and Brian Beckwith Inserting Tag.

Reading a Jaw Tag from A Previous Capture

Inserting an Electronic Tag for Identification

Rinsing the Second Batch, Must be Stirred Occasionally for One Hour so Water and Oxygen is Absorbed Evenly by All Fertilized Eggs.

Starting a fresh Batch, Four Batches Altogether

Mixing Eggs and Sperm for another Batch Using Turkey Wing Feather to Prevent Damaging Eggs, 2 minutes

Adding Tannic Acid to Fertilized Eggs to Prevent Clumping and Eggs Sticking Together. Mixed for 3 Minutes.

Mixing Fertilized Eggs For Two Minutes, Then Rinsed and Tannic Acid added.

Is the omelet ready Yet?

Stripping Eggs and Mixing to Fertilize another Batch

DEC workers waiting for another batch of shocked fish

Working Late into the Night by Lantern, Not Always an easy Job, Cold and Wet, Takes Real Commitment

Second Electro Shocking, A Lot of Males in Bin

Sorting Bins Females / Males, Unripe Females or Spent Females, All These Fish Recover and Survive to Return Again

Inserting Electronic Tag, Male Ready for the Females

Rinsing Another Batch of Fertilized Eggs

Stripping and Mixing With A Turkey Wing Feather, Estimated 862,500 Eggs Were Fertilized During the Nights Work.

From Left: Doug Zeller, Jon Guinn and Rich Zimar Start a Fresh Batch of Fertilization. Great Job Guys!