Salmon fry release tomorrow

jamisonace · Dec 6, 2012

My sons class raised 100 salmon eggs to fry and they'll be released tomorrow. I'm joining the class as a chaperone and looking forward to seeing the kids release their fish. My son has learned a lot from this experiment. I was hoping to get into his room more to see the eggs develop but I only saw them when they first arrived. I got daily first hand reports from my son though.

Hopefully I'll have some good pics tomorrow.

rippin fish lips · Dec 6, 2012

I was always the one "babysitting" the tank in class. I would have to say that... having those fish raised in class is what really got me into fishing and always wanting to be around them.

plumb2fish · Dec 6, 2012

Thats awesome, did the boy rub ur special scent on his fingers before he fed em so they know its him when they come home;-)

jamisonace · Dec 6, 2012

We do that tomorrow

plumb2fish said:
Thats awesome, did the boy rub ur special scent on his fingers before he fed em so they know its him when they come home;-)

jamisonace · Dec 6, 2012

Very cool. Sounds like a lot kids have this opportunity in elementary school.

rippin fish lips said:
I was always the one "babysitting" the tank in class. I would have to say that... having those fish raised in class is what really got me into fishing and always wanting to be around them.

troutdude · Dec 7, 2012

jamisonace said:
We do that tomorrow

You have trained your young Jedi well, Obi Wan!

jabs67 · Dec 7, 2012

Awesome!!! Enjoy

eugene1 · Dec 7, 2012

That's really cool, when I was a kid we only raised frogs in elementary school.

DYJ · Dec 7, 2012

the son of one of the body guys down here at my shop did the same thing. He came in for lunch on Tuesday and was tellin me all about it. Very cool.

tnffishman · Dec 7, 2012

very cool, what stream are you releasing them into? I live in Portland, and back when I was in high school we raised fish for release into Johnson Creek

jamisonace · Dec 7, 2012

They went into the Willamette near Alton Baker Park.

tnffishman said:
very cool, what stream are you releasing them into? I live in Portland, and back when I was in high school we raised fish for release into Johnson Creek

troutmasta · Dec 7, 2012

Super Cool buddy! That sounds like something you'll never forget.

jamisonace · Dec 7, 2012

Here are the photos. Nothing too spectacular to photo but the experience was really fun for me and the kids. I was talking to the biologist and she said she has heard of at least two fish that returned and were likely caught from this project. These fish are released without being clipped first, so if you ever catch a springer that is not clipped around Alton Baker Park it may have been raised in a local elementary school classroom.

This is the aquarium that was in the classroom

Future Trophies

Fish Head

The release

Goodtimes · Dec 8, 2012

Coolest thing ever. Thanks for sharing.

rogerdodger · Dec 9, 2012

jamisonace said:
Here are the photos. Nothing too spectacular to photo but the experience was really fun for me and the kids. I was talking to the biologist and she said she has heard of at least two fish that returned and were likely caught from this project. These fish are released without being clipped first, so if you ever catch a springer that is not clipped around Alton Baker Park it may have been raised in a local elementary school classroom.

oh man, now the Alton Baker Park area will be just packed with fishermen every spring...

great stuff.

Salmon fry release tomorrow

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