chessy Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 sorry guys dont know how to make it click able on this site i only have the web adress http://jbenphotography.ca/p392787186/h39938A43#h39938a43
COUNTRYBOY Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 sorry guys dont know how to make it click able on this site i only have the web adress http://jbenphotograp...38A43#h39938a43 THAT SURE IS A HARD JOURNEY, I WONDER IF THEY FEEL PAIN
GbayGiant Posted March 21, 2012 Report Posted March 21, 2012 THAT SURE IS A HARD JOURNEY, I WONDER IF THEY FEEL PAIN Oh Yes. OF COURSE THEY DO. Everytime they eat another fish and get the sharp pointy fins into them. They say ouch! Then they spit it out, starve and die.
Paulus Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 sorry guys dont know how to make it click able on this site i only have the web adress http://jbenphotography.ca/p392787186/h39938A43#h39938a43 wow! that's awesome footage! Thanks for sharing
Kingsalmon Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 I spent a lot of time there at the dam when I went to school there in the 80's. I can tell you that I've never seen that many fish jumping at the same time even when 15000+ went thru the ladder. Makes you wonder how many get left behind that cannot find the ladder. I was sure that they would have blew out that dam since it is old, but with todays red tape, it is no surprise that it is still there. I'll bet that if they got rid of that dam, the runs would increase even more. It really serves no purpose because lampreys cannot get over the rapids and falls down at the town.
chessy Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Posted March 22, 2012 I spent a lot of time there at the dam when I went to school there in the 80's. I can tell you that I've never seen that many fish jumping at the same time even when 15000+ went thru the ladder. Makes you wonder how many get left behind that cannot find the ladder. I was sure that they would have blew out that dam since it is old, but with todays red tape, it is no surprise that it is still there. I'll bet that if they got rid of that dam, the runs would increase even more. It really serves no purpose because lampreys cannot get over the rapids and falls down at the town. we have gotten lamprey at the ladder .. and have peeled lampreys off fish before we sample them
BillM Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 Wow, talk about loaded! It's too bad the ladder didn't take up a bigger section of the dam... Some of those fish are just going to jump and jump and get nowhere.
chessy Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Posted March 22, 2012 Wow, talk about loaded! It's too bad the ladder didn't take up a bigger section of the dam... Some of those fish are just going to jump and jump and get nowhere. the water is high so they will jump at all locations .. we have removed a log from the ladder and there is more flow going out the entrance to draw fish over .. if the mnr would replace the gabian baskets at the other side of the river .. it would direct the water flow towards the entrance of the ladder
Kingsalmon Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 we have gotten lamprey at the ladder .. and have peeled lampreys off fish before we sample them That would be the only way they could get over that first set of falls in town, hitchhiking on salmon or trout.
BillM Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 the water is high so they will jump at all locations .. we have removed a log from the ladder and there is more flow going out the entrance to draw fish over .. if the mnr would replace the gabian baskets at the other side of the river .. it would direct the water flow towards the entrance of the ladder Let's hope they do that..
Richard S. Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 What's sad is the fish that don't find the entrance to the ladder will jump and jump get tired and drop back to spawn below the dam then get slaughtered on opener. Kinda reminds me of the opener in 98 when only 3500 fish made it through the ladder by opening day what a mess that was. Rich.
BillM Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 Doesn't seem like it would take much for the MNR (or other groups) to give those fish a helping hand over the dam...
chessy Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Posted March 22, 2012 Doesn't seem like it would take much for the MNR (or other groups) to give those fish a helping hand over the dam... we have asked to sand bag the other side of the dam, they will not give us permission to do so
chessy Posted March 22, 2012 Author Report Posted March 22, 2012 What's sad is the fish that don't find the entrance to the ladder will jump and jump get tired and drop back to spawn below the dam then get slaughtered on opener. Kinda reminds me of the opener in 98 when only 3500 fish made it through the ladder by opening day what a mess that was. Rich. Yes and i think that is the year that my hatred for the ofah came about, we wanted to put a temp sanctuaries on parts of the river so no fishing could be done the ofah said not a chance that is when our mayor stepped in and said fine there will be no trespassing signs and no fishing rods in a park ect ect.. the ofah then allowed the sanctuaries to go in ..
BillM Posted March 22, 2012 Report Posted March 22, 2012 we have asked to sand bag the other side of the dam, they will not give us permission to do so Pretty sad when it wouldn't cost them a dime or even their time.
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