Walter Reagan, President of the Sackville Rivers Association forwarded an email he received yesterday from I.G. with some good news: Salmon fry were spotted in Sandy Lake watershed:
I saw good numbers of salmon fry between Marsh and Sandy Lake a few days ago, every shallow eddy had a dozen or so, watched them feeding for several minutes, very nice to see. Great spawning substrate; the logs and sills are working well.
Digger log installed by SRA on Upper Peverill’s Brook
That’s Good News indeed and more reason to fight hard to protect Sandy Lake!
For some earlier reports, see A salmon jumped right out of the water in Sandy Lake! (Post on this website, Sep 26, 2019)
About 10 days ago, a salmon was sighted in a “classic pose” jumping right out of the water at Sandy Lake…”I’m certain it was a grilse—not an adult salmon. It jumped clear of the water and I happened to be looking in that direction and saw it in perfect profile.” The same observer told me that he had “caught and returned 9 smolt in the last 2 years”, those caught while fishing for smallmouth bass.
For more about salmon in the Sackville River Watershed (the Sandy lake Watershed is its biggest sub-watershed), view Atlantic Salmon (page on this website).