Here's a report on the Strawberry Creek
chinook harvest operation from DNR fisheries biologist Paul
Peeters. See my post for 9/24 for more info, or ready my article on my website to learn more. If you've never seen this operation, it's well worth the trip!
Here's Paul's message:
9/29/04
Hi all:
Just got back from the pond. As scheduled,
we harvested chinook at Strawberry Creek today and sent fertilized chinook
eggs to Bayfield and Wild Rose Fish Hatcheries. We harvested nearly 1200
chinook today and are up to about 3000 fish processed for the season. We
turned the pump on yesterday afternoon and that triggered a large run of
chinook last night.
The next scheduled activity at Strawberry
Creek will be a thinning of chinook on Friday October 1st. The chinook are
coming up so strong that we will need to thin some out so the rest of the
fish will make it through the weekend in good shape. On Friday we will assess
how many fish are in the pond and try to take out as many as we think are
necessary to have enough fish for Monday, but not too many for the pond to
hold. On Friday we will be weighing, and measuring the fish, harvesting
the eggs for the contractor and sending fish carcasses to the Pantry and
the fertilizer plant, but, we will NOT have the hatchery staff there taking
eggs for hatchery production. Because I don't know how many fish will be
in the pond on Friday morning, I don't know yet how many we will be taking
out or how long we will be working.
On Monday October 4th, we have a harvest
AND hatchery egg take planned. We will get going by 9 AM and should be working
through noon or later.
If you are planning on bringing a school
group please advise so that someone will be available to talk to your group.
Please let me know your approximate time of arrival and the number and age
of your students.
If you are planning on coming to work as
a volunteer also please advise so that I can plan to have the appropriate
number of staff at the facility.
Paul
Paul Peeters
Lake Michigan Fisheries Biologist
peetep@dnr.state.wi.us
We were all awakened, one night... by the thunderous crash;...
but since it had not hit us, we all went back to sleep.
Man brings all things to the test of himself,
and this is notably true of lightning.
-Aldo Leopold
11:58:54 AM 
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