NewsJune 7, 2022

Capaha Park's fish will find a new home before the pond's dredging will start on June 13. Missouri Conservation department went through the process of electrofishing in the Capaha Park pond in order to gather up fish for relocation on Tuesday, June 7.

Missouri Conservation's Rebecca Freitas catches fish for relocation while electrofishing into the pond at Capaha Park on Tuesday. The dredging of Capaha Park's pond is expected to start around June 13.
Missouri Conservation's Rebecca Freitas catches fish for relocation while electrofishing into the pond at Capaha Park on Tuesday. The dredging of Capaha Park's pond is expected to start around June 13.
A net is cast out to catch fish while electrofishing  in the Capaha Park pond on Tuesday.
A net is cast out to catch fish while electrofishing in the Capaha Park pond on Tuesday.
Missouri Conservation volunteer Sarah Brown catches a fish out of the pond while on the boat in Capaha Park on Tuesday.
Missouri Conservation volunteer Sarah Brown catches a fish out of the pond while on the boat in Capaha Park on Tuesday.
Sarah Brown plunges her net back in the water to get more fish brought up by the process of electrofishing in the pond.
Sarah Brown plunges her net back in the water to get more fish brought up by the process of electrofishing in the pond.
Missopuri Conservation's  Fisheries Management Biologist Salvador Mondragon drives the boat while Sarah Brown and Rebecca Freitas stand on the sides to catch fish in the pond.
Missopuri Conservation's Fisheries Management Biologist Salvador Mondragon drives the boat while Sarah Brown and Rebecca Freitas stand on the sides to catch fish in the pond.
A net of fish holding some of what the group had caught in the first hour of electrofishing in Capaha Park's pond.
A net of fish holding some of what the group had caught in the first hour of electrofishing in Capaha Park's pond.
Salvador Mondragon holds a fresh caught fish from the time spent electrofishing in the pond.
Salvador Mondragon holds a fresh caught fish from the time spent electrofishing in the pond.
Salvador Mondragon poses with one of the freshly caught fish, found in their time of electrofishing Capaha Park's pond on Tuesday.
Salvador Mondragon poses with one of the freshly caught fish, found in their time of electrofishing Capaha Park's pond on Tuesday.
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Capaha Park's fish will find a new home before the pond's dredging will start on June 13. Missouri Conservation department went through the process of electrofishing in the Capaha Park pond in order to gather up fish for relocation on Tuesday, June 7.

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