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DNR biologists place new fish 'habittractors' in Southern WV lakes


Anglers in Southern West Virginia might think something is odd in a couple of popular fishing lakes.
At places in Mingo County’s Laurel Lake and Logan County’s Chief Logan Lake, it appears that trees are trying to sprout from the water. They aren’t. They’re the tips of Christmas trees sunk into the lakes to attract fish.
The concept of using discarded Christmas trees to create fish habitat isn’t new, but a Division of Natural Resources biologist has come up with a different way to do it.
“The way we do it now, the trees always stand vertically, which is very advantageous because it creates fish cover at all depths, from the bottom of the lake to the surface,” said Jeff Hansbarger, the DNR’s District 5 fisheries biologist. ....

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