06-01-2006, 03:56 AM
that is the key reason michigan adopted the atlantic salmon for its fisheries, from what I hear they will spawn for 3-5 years before diening off.
michigan at one time had a snagging season on salmon, with the newly planted atlantic salmon there is no need for it. I am suprized at the number of people who didnt know that they go back in to the lake and come back in to the rivers to spawn each year.
I was astonished to find out that the atlantic salmon actualy live in the river for a year or two before heading out in to the big waters... This explains the numbers of returns increasing every year, with few preditors to munch on them they are getting a head start on the other salmon.... nature can sure throw in a monkey wrench when she takes a notion...
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michigan at one time had a snagging season on salmon, with the newly planted atlantic salmon there is no need for it. I am suprized at the number of people who didnt know that they go back in to the lake and come back in to the rivers to spawn each year.
I was astonished to find out that the atlantic salmon actualy live in the river for a year or two before heading out in to the big waters... This explains the numbers of returns increasing every year, with few preditors to munch on them they are getting a head start on the other salmon.... nature can sure throw in a monkey wrench when she takes a notion...
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