SCC 2011 Something Fishy Going on Around Here Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/22/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Med sized Lock N Lock container.

This is the location for the Thunder Bay Salmon Association fish hatchery. The Association was started in 1987 by a group of sportsman interested in establishing a viable Chinook Salmon sport fishing industry.

This past September (2010) the Association, which is run by all volunters, collected over 250,000 eggs from Lake Superior Chinook Salmon. They then fertalized the eggs and began incubating them here at the hatchery. By mid November, the eggs are "eyed-up" and any dead ones (they"ll turn white) are had picked out and removed with tweezers by the volunters.

It takes about 6 weeks for the egg sacks to be used up and then they are moved to the tanks that will have a constant stream of fresh water piped into them. Now the fish need to learn to eat and they are hand fed by the volunters for 4 or 5 days until the fish catch on to eating on their own. Such a huge job for the volunters feeding over 200,000 fish by hand!

As the fingerlings grow, the water level in the tanks gets deeper and the feeding is done automatically. By May the fingerlings are about 3" or 7.5 cm in length and are ready to be released into the river to start their journey to Lake Superior. If you happen to catch a TBSA released salmon, the adipose fin will be clipped. The TBSA likes to keep track of their released fish so contact them if you catch one.

Be sure to check out and support the TBSA. They hold a fundraiser dinner annually in February and a Fish Derby in July.

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