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Derek Tuttle, an Idaho Department of Fish & Game fish culturist, stocks Jewel Lake with 2,700 10-inch rainbow trout on Friday. (Photo by KEITH KINNAIRD)

(Photo by KEITH KINNAIRD) These rainbow trout came from the Nampa Fish Hatchery and further reared at the Sandpoint Hatchery. The fish are triploid. ‘We want them sterile so they don’t affect the wild genetics,’ said Derek Tuttle, an Idaho Department of Fish & Game fish culturist.

| May 11, 2019 1:00 AM

(Photo by KEITH KINNAIRD) These rainbow trout came from the Nampa Fish Hatchery and further reared at the Sandpoint Hatchery. The fish are triploid. We want them sterile so they dont affect the wild genetics, said Derek Tuttle, an Idaho Department of Fish & Game fish culturist.