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Department of Fish and Game Gives Holiday Present To Anglers

The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is giving Bay Area lakes something anglers do not see enough of -- more fish and larger fish.

DFG will use special funding from the Sportfish Restoration Fund -- a federal excise tax on the sale of fishing tackle and motorboat fuel designed to improve fishing and boating opportunities -- to fund the planting of an increased amount of one-pound rainbow trout at many popular Bay Area fishing holes that coincides with the time of year when many urban residents have more time off from work. This stocking increase is in addition to the regular stocking these lakes receive from DFG or area park agencies.

Since 1993, DFG's Fishing in the City program has enhanced fishing near where people live and work. This has been accomplished though enhanced stocking, habitat improvement, fishing clinics and rod loaner sites in the urban San Francisco Bay Area. Fishing in the City is funded through the Sportfish Restoration Fund.

These lakes will be stocked with one-pound rainbow trout between Dec. 13 and Dec. 24:

• San Francisco County
  • Lake Merced North
  • Lake Merced South
• Santa Clara County
  • Campbell Perc Pond
  • Spring Valley Pond
  • Lake Cunningham
  • Sandy Wool Lake
  • Cottonwood Lake
• Alameda County
  • Don Castro Reservoir
  • Shadow Cliff Reservoir
  • Lake Temescal
• Contra Costa County
  • Hidden Valley Pond
  • Heather Farms
• Marin County
  • Bon Tempe Reservoir
  • Scottsdale Pond
• Solano County
  • Lake Chabot
• Sonoma County
  • Ralphine Lake

For more information, visit the Fishing in the City Web site at www.fishinginthecity.org.