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Sep 4, 2008 3:56 pm US/Pacific

Thousands Of Fish Taken From NorCal Lake

KIRKWOOD (AP) ― More than 6,300 fish have been rescued from a Sierra Nevada lake that is scheduled to be drained for emergency dam repairs this month.

Brown, rainbow and lake trout accounted for two-thirds of the fish captured and were released into nearby Silver Lake. The rest were brook trout taken to Red Lake.

Some fish were up to 3 feet long.

The El Dorado Irrigation District spent $150,000 on the rescue operation. It plans to spend another $235,000 to restock Caples Lake once the dam is repaired.

The district began lowering the lake's level in July after discovering the gates on the dam were deteriorating.

Caples Lake is in Alpine County about 100 miles east of Sacramento and sits along Highway 88 just west of Carson Pass.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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