The Canucks would have a cow if the State threw salmon into DL.
Whirling disease.
Whirling disease.
It's the only way they would ever stock them so I threw it in there, Never raised Salmon but trout and they thrived and grew faster than ever in warm water, Our mid afternoon water temps were right at the threshold point where they were supposed to quit growing but they didn't, They grew faster. The key was that they cooled way down at night and gradually warmed up by late afternoon. I'm thinking temps at 50' in Devils lake isn't too far off from the water temps at Sakakawea . I could be wrong but I just have a gut feeling Salmon would thrive in DL.
Do they have fish ladders at that dam?
It's the only way they would ever stock them so I threw it in there, Never raised Salmon but trout and they thrived and grew faster than ever in warm water, Our mid afternoon water temps were right at the threshold point where they were supposed to quit growing but they didn't, They grew faster. The key was that they cooled way down at night and gradually warmed up by late afternoon. I'm thinking temps at 50' in Devils lake isn't too far off from the water temps at Sakakawea . I could be wrong but I just have a gut feeling Salmon would thrive in DL.
I heard there was once a fish ladder but it has since been removed... not sure of actual location or any real workings of it but it would have been cool to watch salmon run up it
Not that it matters, as they'd never make it to Canada in the low O2/high turbitity water of the Sheyenne and the Red, but whirling disease has very low occurrence in salmon. Much higher in rainbow trout. You know, like the ones that they stock in Turtle River, which is way closer to Canada by water than Devils Lake. Also whirling disease only affects salmonids. So I don't think the Red River/Lake Winnipeg watershed fisheries in Canada would suffer muchThe Canucks would have a cow if the State threw salmon into DL.
Whirling disease.
Would they find deep enough water in the summer to stay cold enough?
I wonder if when they swim into the dam and up the hydros if they significantly reverse the generation of electricity?