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  1. #1
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    Question No Salmon Smolt to be Released In the River

    It was just on Channel 3 News that Nimbus hatchery will not be releasing any smolt into the rivers because of the low water flow conditions and the warm water temperatures.

    Instead they will be trucking all of the smolt down river and releasing them directly into the bay. Hopefully this will improve survival rate and bypass the pumps that send our water south.

    There was no mention of what the other hatcheries will be doing such as the Feather River or Battle Creek . I've seen trucks in years past from the Feather River taking smolt down and dumping them in the bay as well.

    Hope it helps, Tony
    TONY BUZOLICH
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    Yuba City, CA.
    (530) 790-7180

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    Saw some trucks from the hatchery carrying smolt down to the bay yesterday.

    NK

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    Hope they are going in to pens to somewhat acclimate. Otherwise it's like growing up in a clean suburban backyard where you just hang out with your buddies, get fed three meals a day. Then one day you get air lifted and dropped into a dark fog shrouded wilderness where you need to scrounge for food and just about everything you meet is larger than you and it wants to eat you!

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    I was witness to a Smolt release years ago off the end of Mare Island Naval Station. It was feeding time for the Stripers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcorfey View Post
    Hope they are going in to pens to somewhat acclimate. Otherwise it's like growing up in a clean suburban backyard where you just hang out with your buddies, get fed three meals a day. Then one day you get air lifted and dropped into a dark fog shrouded wilderness where you need to scrounge for food and just about everything you meet is larger than you and it wants to eat you!
    The Mokelumne hatchery has been doing this for a number (?) of years with good success.
    Robert

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    A lot of hatcheries have been doing this for years besides the Moke. This year, they had no choice, the water conditions would have killed them.
    Quote Originally Posted by pvsprme View Post
    The Mokelumne hatchery has been doing this for a number (?) of years with good success.

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    Fish and game will figure a way to screw it up.

    Carl

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