Winooski River Fishway has a Record Salmon Spawning Run

[Eric L]

FYI. Great news! Be interesting to see if the Hatchery Brook numbers follow the same trend.
-Eric

For immediate release: November 22, 2011
Contact: Dorothy Schnure, Green Mountain Power, (802) 655-8418

A strong spawning run has brought large numbers of landlocked Atlantic salmon from Lake Champlain into the Winooski River this fall. During the eight week season that ended on November 10, 189 salmon were collected in the fish lift at the Winooski One hydro-electric facility.

“This has been the best year we’ve had since the lift began operating in 1993,” says Nick Staats, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fishery biologist who is monitoring the salmon run in cooperation with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. “It’s a 44% increase over last year’s record 130 fish, and it’s a positive sign that sea lamprey control efforts on Lake Champlain are paying off.”

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[digitroll (ron)]

Eric, Thanks for the news release! Seeing Andre's fish yesterday was an eye opener. You see a nice fish once in while as a solo event. But two 28" and 29" fish is just amazing for one trip.

Again, it's the tip of the iceberg coming to a launch near you.