The vandal then used a knife to cut and stab the trout. Wardens found fish blood, scales and roe on the fence where fish had been hoisted over it.

"There was one fish that was dead in the Roe River about 10 yards from the actual pond," Burton said. "There were fish belly up in the pond, and there were some fish that had to be euthanized because they were incapable of swimming. In total, there were about six fish killed and another seven to nine that are still inside the pond exhibiting slash marks and stab wounds on them."