Denny’s Dam Fishway: Grant and the LHFC boys who manage the Denny’s Dam fishway have spent the summer cleaning out the fishway as it was jam-packed full of debris from the spring ice blowout. A contractor was called in to help with some of the stubborn pieces of debris. As of August 17th, the water in the Denny’s fishway and live fishcam are running again. The fall adult transfer is all set to go.
Walkerton Denil Fishway: Water is currently too low for assessing the Walkerton fishway. Jody from Owen Sound MNR will be updating the club on the status of Walkerton fishway at the annual fall derby in October.
A creel survey consists of a series of questions returning anglers are asked about their fishing effort and catch as well as a measure, weigh and scale sample from their catch. Participation in this survey is optional.
What is the objective?
The objective is to collect data on the recreational fish community and feed this information into the follow up monitoring required by the Bruce Power Units 1 and 2 Refurbishment Environmental Assessment requirements.
When and where are the creel surveys being conducted?
Creel surveys are being conducted in the vicinity of Bruce Power in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), following a standard MNR protocol. Field staff operate from the two closest boat launches to Bruce Power at Baie du Doré and in Inverhuron Provincial Park. Creel surveys began in June and will continue until the end of October. The frequency is six days per week until Labour Day and then three days per week until the end of October. There are day and evening shifts, and the effort is equally distributed between the two locations.
Where does the information collected go and what happens with it?
This information is logged into a database and the dataset is evaluated to see what species of fish and habitat utilization are occurring in the local area over a period of time.
Questions
If you have any questions about the creel survey, please contact John Peevers at 519-361-2673 x6583, email
john.peevers@brucepower.com or call the Duty Media Officer at 519 361-6161. Thank you in advance for your
support of this Bruce Power project.
For all of you fisherman out on Lake Huron, here is some important information released from Bruce Power. You can download the following PDF files for more information:
Thermal monitoring is being conducted in the vicinity of Bruce Power via a series of temperature stations.
How many?
There are 33 stations marked with flags (Marker Buoys) and white bumper floats (Data Buoys) at specific locations at various depths.
Two stations are currently being used to monitor water current speeds and direction. The monitors sit on the bottom of the lake and have a mechanical pop-up buoy that must be triggered manually when necessary.
The temperature stations are numbered 1 through 33 and the current monitoring stations are labeled X and Y.
Why?
Temperature monitoring stations are deployed in Lake Huron in the local vicinity of Bruce Power to monitor the extent and duration of the thermal plume.
Monitoring of the thermal plume allows us to verify our predictions of “no significant adverse environmental
impacts.”
Questions?
If you have any questions about the monitoring or to report any
misplaced or damaged equipment, please contact John Peevers at
519-361-2673 x6583, email john.peevers@brucepower.com or call
the Duty Media Officer at 519 361-6161.
Every spring, during egg collection, the LHFC and Ontario Steelheaders collect about twenty (20) adult trout and send the sample fish to University of Guelph for testing. During this period, the laboratory tests for a variety of fish related diseases know to rainbow trout and steelhead. At this time, results have been received for the steelhead trout collected in spring of 2014 and we are happy to report “NO DISEASES PRESENTED” in our sample fish!
Great news!
Our Ministry liaison person is:
Matthew Brailey
Operations Coordinator
Chatsworth Fish Culture Station
Recently, the John Vandivier exhibit was added at the Guelph Museum.
Guelph’s John Vandivier (1948-2009) was one of the top anglers in North America, winning numerous fishing tournaments for a variety of fresh water species. John worked with many well-known anglers including Bob Izumi. John and Bob entered and won many competitions and appeared in over 50 shows together.
While his prowess on the water will be remembered by his peers, John’s greatest contributions to the sport are the tools and techniques he pioneered in the pursuit of excellence. A primary example was in the use of the long rods coupled with the centre pin reels, which John introduced to rainbow trout fishery in Ontario.
