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wmmmm raising walleye a risky task tribune july 19 1989- c3 art briggsjude correspondent people rearing fingerling walleyes from a tapiocalike mass to fish over three inches in length quickly discover its a risky procedure it begins on the banks of a bonechilling river in midapril gathering and hand fertilizing eggs from spawning fish in an ordinary wash basin during this operation the timing and temperatures must be right for the freshstripped spawn are only receptive to the male fish sperm for about half a minute the transfer of these thousands of eggs to the separate upwelling jars of the hatchery is also a perilous journey theres no sloshing allowed in pails holding more than a quarter of a million potential walleyes once equally divided in the jar hatchery units the eggs begin the long period of incubation during this time daily care must be exercised correct water flow must be maintained to ensure that the eggs are continually circulated and any foreign matter or dead eggsremoved water temperatures have to be careful ly monitored and the upwelling jars treated with a formaldehyde solution when any fungus appears hazards such as plugged in take filters and power failures seem to be part and parcel of a jar hatchery operation after weeks of watching and waiting the eyed eggs begin to poptiny tadpolelike creatures so small they can swim right through a window screen wiggle to the surface the word goes out theyve hatched most of the emerging fry are transferred immediately to a nearby lake while according to the carrying capacity the re mainder are put in specially con structed rearing ponds remember at this stage 27000 hatching walleye will fill an or dinary beer mug at the pond site the waters edge has been cultured for the previous couple of weeks with a soy bean meal mixture the plankton develop ing on this meal is a necessary food for the survival of the young fish the feeding of the pond with this soy bean meal mix will con tinue every four days until the fish are seined out some eight to 10 weeks later as the growing walleyes utilize more water area of the pond ad ditional food must be provided to help curb their cannibalistic tendencies the infusion of pond water pumped from another source not only supplies the tiny fish with mosquito larvae nym phs and daphne etc it is used to add oxygen to the rearing pond water by running the flow along a sloping eavestrough over lengths of light chain the water is riffled into countless bubbles numerous holes drilled in the trough bottom allow the water to spray out over a large area young walleyes develop quite rapidly and need to be fed accordingly while some groups start feeding small minnows to the walleyes when they are five to six weeks old the westport area outdoor association uses a dif ferent approach pails h from booms swung over the pond are fitted with wire mesh bottoms into which are dropped small roadkilled animals the decaying process of these raccoons rabbits groun dhogs etc provides the fingerl- ings with highprotein maggots the worrisome part of all these procedures is the fact that vey few walleyes are ever sighted in the pond after they are put in so since may 12 you are literally fly ing blind the temperatures are watched closely the water is pumped in the oxygen level maintained the soy bean meal is added and the road kills are hung up the puzzle of whether there are any fish in the pond remains until the day the seine net is put in last week some 2160 plump alleye fingerlings 3 and 18 in ches long were transferred into nearby sand lake is that all are there more remembering last year when 1500 fish were missed we believe there are more and while many of the 250000 fry released in the lake on may 12 will survive these larger sized fingerlings just released have sure got a jump start on the rest organizations andor in dividuals are asked to call in their events calendar listings by the friday preceding publica tion the telephone numbers are 6402100 or 6492292 theres no charge for this service thu july 20 the oshawa fair opens conti nuing to july 23 fri july 21 sheep focus will be staged at the lindsay fairgrounds today and tomorrow the york county pork pro ducers hold their barbecue and dance at the markham fairgrounds sat july 22 great canadian antique trac tor field days will be celebrated at the ontario agricultural museum milton today and tomorrow the family of allan and reta meyer invite their friends and relatives to an open house in honor of their 60th wedding an niversary from 2 to 4 pm at parkview village auditorium best wishes only the family of sue jones invite her friends to an open house on the occasion of her 90th birthday this afternoon from 2 to pm in the fellowship room parkview apartments 465 rupert st stouffville best wishes only please mon july 24 the video luncheon club meets at 1230 pm bring your lunch and home support ser vices supplies a sweet treat amd tea we will be showing police academy v at the silver jubilee club tue july 25 farm safety week starts con tinuing to july 31 wed july 26 the canadian seed trade association tour of the crop science program starts at elora research station at 130 pm the jersey type clinic is tap j today at the lindsay exhibition grounds hosted by kawartha jersey club the second re max four seasons seniors outing will be a picnic at the whitchurch- stouffville museum july 27 unionville pish market under new management our mono we beat our competition with our excellent quality products barbeque season specials bbq- brq we reserve the right to limit quantities and fresh fish subject to availability 4997 hwy 7 east see us for party platters bbq parties and catering 1 we specialize in east indian dishes 4799618 or 4775977 after hours s bullock s r 1 hwy7 union fish mattel imuiwimiiwj wan ssas entire stock 144 main st n markham 2943942 theres still time to shop peggys summer 9demisale oave on famousname fashions upto 50 off on warm weather styles store wide 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