Every fall we try to get to Owen Sound during the salmon migration in late September or early October. It's easy to spot the salmon, and lots of fun. For us it celebrates the success of the Sydenham Sportsmen Association. They run two fish hatcheries and stock thousands of tiny fish each year. The fish ladder they built around the mill dam in Owen Sound was the first in Ontario. We get to see some of those fish when they return to spawn.
Our favourite viewpoint is the bridge over the Sydenham River, right in the middle of Harrison Park.
You can look right down between the supports of the bridge railing and see the fish swimming up against the current.
This year we saw more than we ever have; they were constantly swimming below our feet.
They had to struggle a bit to get over the low barrier 50 feet downstream, but they had little trouble.
They almost seemed to follow each other in small groups. It made me wonder if there was a similar effect in the water that migrating geese are said to experience in the air, each one benefitting from the air flow in front. Tomorrow a bit about the history of Great Lakes salmon.
Amazing! Thank you. I don’t eat fish so it’s nice to think of them going about their business, presumably happily,
ReplyDeleteI watched something similar with fewer fish last week. Interesting, isn't it?
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