| Stocking 2021 |
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| On April 24, 2021 members and volunteers met in Taberg
to help stock some 63,000 Atlantic salmon fry into Fish Creek and
some of it tributaries. The Lake Sebago strain Atlantic
salmon came from the Ed
Weed Fish Cultural Station in Vermont. The club was responsible
for the transportation and care of the fish during the trip.
Oxygen levels in
the water were monitored as well as the temperature during the five and
a half hour trip to Taberg. The fry arrived in fine condition
about 12:30 and the last fish was stocked about 5:30. |
 Many thanks go to the volunteers who helped stock the Atlantic salmon fry. It was a great day to be out of outdoors and every one appeared to be having fun. River levels were lower than in past years due to a warmer than usual winter. |
 Jason Sewell took the fish tanks
back
home to Connecticut with him and he repaired, painted and added the
club's
logo to the sides of our tanks. The result were just incredible
and it added a tourch of class to our enterprise. Thanks a
zillion Jason!
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 We had about 14 cars following
the truck to various sites. It made for a large caravan but
traffic was light and nobody seemed too mind too much.
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 Vice president Tom Schneider
helped scoop out the fish from one of the tanks. Jason netted
fish in the second tank.
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 Fish were placed in buckets for
people to take to the streams.
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 Some of the younger people went
bare legged when they stocked their fish. The water temperature
was measured to be between 48 and 52 degrees Fahrenheit (9 to 11
Celsius). Ahh, to be young again!
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 Collin Boots navigating one of
the streams to a likely spot for the salmon fry.
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 Dick Kirby is stocking his fish
by allowing them to swim to their freedom.
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 The Atlantic salmon fry were in
good shape even by the end of the day
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 Jim Morris releasing his fish to
the wild.
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