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Sunset Falls hatchery
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:30 am
by motorek
What kind of hatchery it is and where it is located? I am reading escapement reports of that hatchery but I can not find out where it is located.
Thanks
RE:Sunset Falls hatchery
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:45 am
by flinginpooh
Its on the south fork of the skykomish river. That is all I know of it. They do steelhead there for sure.
RE:Sunset Falls hatchery
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:23 pm
by wolverine
There is no hatchery above Sunset Falls. They have a fish trapping facility below the falls and they transport the trapped fish 3-4 miles above the series of falls and release them. These fish are considered "wild" even though historically no anadramous fish were able to ascend the falls.
RE:Sunset Falls hatchery
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:25 pm
by curado
it is a fish ladder where like wolverine said they truck the fish up river
RE:Sunset Falls hatchery
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:09 pm
by wintersteelhead
One of the steelhead clubs (not sure which one) release steelhead smolt on the N. fork. I wonder if thats the escapement that your reading?
RE:Sunset Falls hatchery
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:03 pm
by motorek
So there is no hatchery and there are no hatchery steelhead, they just count caught and released fish.
RE:Sunset Falls hatchery
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:23 pm
by flinginpooh
Sorry I missread the articles I glanced at. It is a fish trap at sunset falls. The steelhead that make there way up there are related to the Reiter Ponds Hatchery. But I didnt read all the info this time either.