Jones Fish Hatchery & Distributors, Inc.

jones fish hatcheries & distributors, inc. is a family owned business with a history of excellence in fish production and lake management. robert lee jones, my grandfather, began managing the gatliff fish hatchery (williamsburg, ky) more than fifty years ago. in 1949, he set a world record for producing the most fingerling largemouth bass in a one-acre pond. his son, albert russell jones, continued the tradition by serving as a fishery biologist for the kentucky department of fish & wildlife resources. he was instrumental in introducing striped bass into lake cumberland, rainbow trout into laurel lake, and walleye into the cumberland river above cumberland falls. his efforts have made lake cumberland one of the most productive freshwater lakes for striped bass in the world. laurel lake is one of the best rainbow trout lakes south of the mason-dixon line, and the upper cumberland river is an excellent walleye fishery. his work has led to better fishing for thousands of anglers and advan