May 18, 2008 @ 17:58
SAVING THE CLIPPED WIRE TAGGED CHINOOK SALMON HEADS
Last
summer I saved a bunch of tagged fish heads, 15-20 to be exact. I
delivered them to the Traverse City DNR office on Garfield after Labor
Day.
I measured length, weight, where I caught the fish and the
date caught. I attached my business card to a large garbage bag
containing the heads.
Naturally the business card was lost. I
spent some time on the phone to find out where my Salmon heads ended
up.
I finally spoke to John Clevenger Fisheries Technician in
Charlevoix. He told me he didn’t know which heads were mine. So he
gave me a list of all the heads turned in from Frankfort to Leland
last season. What a great bunch of information!
* 61 of the
fish came from Medusa Creek in Charlevoix * 4 fish came from Swan
River Presque Isle Lake Huron * 15 of the tagged fish came from
Little Manistee * 9 mild Brdg Manistee * 10 fish came from St
Joseph R Clementines NETPE, Berrien MI
All of my fish are
listed in this mix.
Something I noticed was there were not any
Traverse City fish on the list. I know that the DNR plants around
150,000 fish in the Boardman River every spring. So this means all
these fish may stay in the Bay, or maybe some find their demise in the
cormorants or make good Walleye feed.
Seems like we are always
waiting for the Salmon to round the Leelanau Peninsula and arrive near
Traverse City in August. They may be there all summer long.
Captain Bill Watta Bite Charter Fishing
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