File Under: Hunting and Fishing, North Dakota -- Salmon Run

Link here to Minot Daily News.

The annual run of salmon is under way in a narrow stream below the Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery.

The powerful fish surge several yards up the strong current, then find a place to rest behind a rock or slight turn in the creek before continuing their swim up stream. The journey completes the life cycle of the Chinook salmon.

They return upstream to lay their eggs, then die after spawning. Some of the fish never make it all the way. Their carcasses sometimes litter the edges of the creek where they become easy food for predators. The stream was constructed by fish hatchery personnel in 2006 and the salmon took to it immediately. The stream leads from the outdoor ponds at the fish hatchery to the Missouri River, a distance of perhaps a half mile.

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