03-03-2006, 03:19 PM
There is about 100 yards open around the mouth of the Hatchery raceway. In the fall the cutts start congregating around the mouth of Hatchery Creek, this why fishing is so good there in the fall. After freeze-up the fish do not move very much.
Then in the spring when it is time for spawning, the Fish and Game divert the water from the creek through the hatchery house, causing the fish to run in to be milked of their eggs and milt. Once spawned, the fish are then returned to the lake through a tube.
It is interesting to note that sterile hybrid females do not come into the spawn house, but the fertile hybrids, both male and female along with the sterile males do run.
I am willing to answer any questions that I can. For your info, I will be presenting a program at the Shilo Inn in Idaho Falls, next Wednesday night at 7 p.m. for the local club. Then in the spring I and Lynn Scott will be doing a program at the Fly Fishing Expo in Idaho Falls on a Saturday morning.
Thanks,
Bill
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Then in the spring when it is time for spawning, the Fish and Game divert the water from the creek through the hatchery house, causing the fish to run in to be milked of their eggs and milt. Once spawned, the fish are then returned to the lake through a tube.
It is interesting to note that sterile hybrid females do not come into the spawn house, but the fertile hybrids, both male and female along with the sterile males do run.
I am willing to answer any questions that I can. For your info, I will be presenting a program at the Shilo Inn in Idaho Falls, next Wednesday night at 7 p.m. for the local club. Then in the spring I and Lynn Scott will be doing a program at the Fly Fishing Expo in Idaho Falls on a Saturday morning.
Thanks,
Bill
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