Here's outdoor writer Kevin Naze helping the DNR with their Kewaunee River fall salmon egg collection. The fish are ready to release down the chute.The processing took place at the Besadny Fish Hatchery on the Kewaunee River near Kewaunee, WI. The fish ladder includes underwater viewing windows which offers vistors an eye-to-eye look at the salmon and trout as they head upstream to the holding ponds.
This shot of Kevin was taken on Monday, October 6th with a couple kings getting ready to process down the chute. The eggs that are collected are hatched and raised at a state hatchery. The young fish are released back into the Kewaunee River and head into Lake Michigan until they return to their birth place where the process starts all over again.
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Hey John, was doing a search for something non-related and happened upon this post. Just a correction, it was at DNR's Strawberry Creek in Sturgeon Bay, and fish raised in state hatcheries from these eggs are distributed at all of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan and Green Bay stocking sites.
Thanks Kevin
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