Phantom Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Not exactly Z related but the pond off my back porch used to be part of a hatchery system. This morning several pacific salmon showed up. Each female loaded with egs has a couple males following her - along with catfish, bass & trout standing by. It will be a wonder if any of those eggs ever make it back to the ocean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Not exactly Z related but the pond off my back porch used to be part of a hatchery system. This morning several pacific salmon showed up. Each female loaded with egs has a couple males following her - along with catfish, bass & trout standing by. It will be a wonder if any of those eggs ever make it back to the ocean.Sounds cool, but I'm a little ignorant about this stuff. How do they get into your pond and how would the eggs get to the ocean? Is your pond connected to the ocean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Sounds like a fish story to me.... :) Sorry, couldn't resist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 Salmon swim up the Columbia River from the Pacific to the Yakima River, then to the Naches River and then to Buckskin Slough(creek) which is fed by the springs that feed my pond. After hatching the fingerlings reverse the process to get back to the Pacific where they spend their juvenile & adult lives. When it comes time to spawn they return to their birth point to spawn and die. It's kind of like how birds fly south for the winter - Salmon return to where they hatched to spawn & die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 Evidently some were in the pond while I was in Texas last week also as I have dozens on fingerlings swimming around in one area of the pond outflow. Nice to know that some of them have a shot at getting back to the Pacific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Going to try and fish out some of the predators? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 I buy about 50 lbs of "omnivor food" - AKA "Trout Chow" every month. The Rainbows and bass are my wife's pets. I have rainbow trout about 20-24" long and up in the 8 lb area. We've allowed a little barbless hook, catch and release, when young children are over but none of them have made it to the dinner plate yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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