The Kindergarten students in Candice Porter's class at St. Michael School are already enjoying seeing baby trout emerge from their eggs - right in their classroom.

This is thanks to the Fish in Schools program from the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation. Read more HERE.

Mrs. Porter shared what her students think about the fish eggs, which arrived February 2nd and began hatching earlier this week.

"Some of them think they look disgusting, others are quite intrigued. They were very surprised when they first came and they were eggs," she noted. "Then they were just tiny. A hundred fish eggs doesn't look like very much. They came in a little one-cup container, and when you have a big large fish tank, it doesn't look like very much right now. So I think we will have the fish right up until probably June, so watching them and as they grow though, I think they'll get more excited."

She said the fish are currently a little bit longer than her thumb nail. 

"The eggs are very light sensitive because typically they'd be at the bottom of the lake, so the entire tank is covered in insulation, and can only be uncovered at the stage that they're at right now for two 10-minute periods in a day to check them. Other than that, it is covered completely as they grow under a little bit less sensitive than that will extend until we can leave the front of the insulation off on the tank."

The trout will be released in June into a pond at Mainprize Park.

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