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Hot Creek Fish Hatchery is one of the biggest in the game when it comes to breeding and producing trout for the state of California. Millions of rainbow, brown, and cutthroat trout are hatched and raised each year at Hot Creek Fish Hatchery, and are distributed into bodies of water in both Inyo and Mono counties to supplement the population for fishing and maintenance of the ecosystem, as well as donated to local schools for use in a program called ‘Trout in the Classroom’. The hatchery is free and open to the public, who can visit seven days a week from 8am to 4pm, but closes whenever there is snow on the ground. Visitors can take a self guided tour of the facilities and even feed the fish as they learn about the important role that hatcheries play in the California ecosystem.

121 Hot Creek Hatchery Rd, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546, Phone: 760-934-2664

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