Biodiversity in the river

[gfishes]

Awesome! Lake trout and salmon? haha Thats wild. I wonder how they got there. I'm surprised that people don't run into more sauger. Populations are supposedly really strong in the lower river.

[Red Childress]

The US hatchery located at the dam will sometimes throw leftover fish into the river. The year we hit those 2 lakers, they reportedly released about 50 of them. The last laker we caught was about 8 miles downriver. The salmon I caught 1995 was only 200 yards downriver from the hatchery.

[gfishes]

Very cool. I want to make a trip up that way sometime. I wonder if they give tours of the facility. Do you think the tiger muskie you caught was natural?

[Red Childress]

Yes, tours are provided but not sure if there is a preference towards larger groups. I used to take students there to strip and fertilize eggs, etc....

We also did interior tours of the dam. Those we pretty cool.

Yes, I think it was a natural tiger.