Have you ever caught a baby salmon?

[salmotrutta]

I have never caught a baby salmon, unless baby salmon look identical to baby steelies.

Are all salmon that run upstream in the fall stocked?

If so, how are they stocked? Dumped into the river mouths?

On a side note, I think the MNR should be working with businesses, land owners and fishermen to gradually restore as many of the Lake O tribs as possible to holding Atlantic Salmon.
Steelhead fishing is great, and if Steelhead could co-exist with Atlantics, even better. Pacific salmon and Steelhead can always be stocked in Lake Erie and Huron. I also think they should introduce all Pacific salmon to Erie and Huron (and the other 2 lakes), rather than mostly Chinook and Coho. Charter businesses seem to enjoy bringing home a boatload of Pacific salmon, despite the pollution in Lake O. So I could see them being up in arms with such a move, as the best way to restore Atlantics would be a 1 per person per season limit until they are as abundant as Steelhead are now. Any Canadian billionaires who love fishing and reside in Ontario, who could fund some restoration projects...?

 

[Float_On]

I was under the impression that the Canadian government has been trying to build an Atlantic salmon population for the last 10 years to no avail. I can't understand why they are being so persistent, why do we NEED another salmon species?
Like you said, charter boats are thrilled right now pulling in boatloads of pacifics/rainbows, why do we need to interrupt that? It is not as if they are trying to build a population for commercial fishing in the great lakes. Atlantic salmon are overfished and dwindling offshore out east, what will we do to them in lake O?
Are fisherman so bored catching large healthy fish right now that they need a new species to keep them interested?

 

[Dave]

I was under the impression that the Canadian government has been trying to build an Atlantic salmon population for the last 10 years to no avail. I can't understand why they are being so persistent, why do we NEED another salmon species?
Like you said, charter boats are thrilled right now pulling in boatloads of pacifics/rainbows, why do we need to interrupt that? It is not as if they are trying to build a population for commercial fishing in the great lakes. Atlantic salmon are overfished and dwindling offshore out east, what will we do to them in lake O?
Are fisherman so bored catching large healthy fish right now that they need a new species to keep them interested?

They are being so persistent because Atlantic Salmon are a native species to the Great Lakes and were over fished in the early part of the 1900's to almost nothing. Pacific salmon and steelhead are great fish, though not native to these waters. I love catching them all and it would be nice to be able to catch native species as well. After all it was people who got rid of them in the first place and I guess someone in charge feels that it is our responsibility to try and make things right.

 

[Freezer]

I have caught many baby atlantic salmon but never any baby pacific salmon

 

[Float_On]

They are being so persistent because Atlantic Salmon are a native species to the Great Lakes and were over fished in the early part of the 1900's to almost nothing. Pacific salmon and steelhead are great fish, though not native to these waters. I love catching them all and it would be nice to be able to catch native species as well. After all it was people who got rid of them in the first place and I guess someone in charge feels that it is our responsibility to try and make things right.

I agree, but it seems that something would have to give (pacifics & steelies) in order for the atlantics to regenerate.
I also think that the government should be spending the money restoring spawning tribs before just dumping millions of them into the water.

What is the main reason that they aren't populating?
Are they not spawning?

On another note...

I caught a few of these (trout?) last fall - huron trib.
I've never caught trout this small, and wasnt sure exactly what they were.
Do rainbow have different markings as young fish, or is this not a rainbow?

 

[salmotrutta]

Looks like a baby bow.

 

[Float_On]

Figured they were.
Not sure why it posted upside down?

 

[LICENSETOPIN]

they are in there...

baby coho.

 

[blair]

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