Fish and Game

Today was our first day with fish and game! We got to the office in Durham and met with the Biologist we will be working with for the next week or so, Michael Dionne. We kicked off the morning by heading to a nearby fish ladder.

They had us jump into where they hold the fish before releasing them into the upper waters. It was almost impossible to walk in the water without stepping on fish. Mike estimated that there were about 3000 river herring in that one box.g

Will messes around with a net and was super happy to be surrounded by so many. We were in chock.

We checked out a few more ladders throughout the day, unfortunately there were almost no fish going through any other ladder. Although it is impressive that they have seen 10,000 fish this year, it is usually around 75,000 by now. At this rate this will be the lowest amount of fish they have seen in over 30 years. They said this is due to the cold water and the fish just aren’t moving.

After a whole day of collecting data and inspecting ladders, we went fishing at a nearby pond. I only pulled out 2 Sunny’s but it was a nice night and the warmer weather in the evening was great.

Today’s hours: 9

Total hours: 73