140,000+ white fish released into lake Simcoe

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Heather Wright, CTV Barrie
Published Tuesday, October 22, 2013 7:21PM EDT

Lake Simcoe has always been a hotspot for anglers because of its wide range of fish. But some species need a helping hand.

Thousands of whitefish are being trucked from the Ottawa area to their new home this week – more than 140,000 in fact. Those fish will be in Lake Simcoe by Thursday night as the Ministry of Natural Resources begins to stock the lake with whitefish fingerlings.

“We started the restocking program in the late ’80s when we noticed that natural reproduction was greatly decreased, so … we realized we had to stock these fish because they weren't reproducing on their own,” says the MNR’s Wil Wegman.

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The entire stocking process begins each fall. MNR staff take fish from Lake Simcoe, fertilize the eggs and raise them at the Whitelake Fish Culture Station near Ottawa. A year later, they're brought back and released.

“Each individual fish is clipped with a different fin clip so that anglers and MNR staff and researchers are able to tell that this was a stocked fish,” Wegman says. “Even at an adult size it will have one of those fins clipped.”

The hope is that one day the whitefish population will be able to reproduce on its own.

“When these white fish are doing well in the lake it’s a sign the lake ecology is doing well.”

The MNR stocks whitefish and lake trout in Lake Simcoe every year, and it's not just for the environment.

“The economy right through the whole Lake Simcoe watershed area depends on a vibrant fishery in Lake Simcoe,” says Scot Davidson, owner of Bonnie Boats in Jackson's Point. He says especially in the winter, fishing is vital to the economy.

“From ice fishing comes your bed and breakfasts, your restaurants, your bait shops, gas stations, everything that goes with a vibrant fishery and just due to our proximity to Toronto the influx of people that come in are huge for the local economies.”

MNR staff will be releasing half the fish at Jackson's Point and the other half at Hawkestone. The hope is that the fish will eventually spread evenly throughout Lake Simcoe.



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[wenxiuxuan]

这鱼繁殖的这么慢吗？
还有Laker也是每年都往里放。

[wetnose]

大好的消息啊，又多一个鱼种玩！

[边走边钓]

钓的太多了吧！去年冰钓白鱼就不太好钓，我是一条也没有见着。

[Pungo]

大好的消息啊，又多一个鱼种玩！

We started the restocking program in the late ’80s --- 你在新疆钓鱼的时候，人家就开始了。

[jackhul]

等小鱼长大再钓它，希望繁殖的快些

[xiaolu]

钓的太多了吧！去年冰钓白鱼就不太好钓，我是一条也没有见着。

嗯, 不知道是什么原因, 最近一年多来, LAKE SIMCOE 冬天冰上或夏天船上, WHITEFISH 是越来越难钓了. 几乎全无踪影了...

[J阎]

所以真心得应该呼吁渔友们。请不要将小鱼苗抹杀在幼鱼期。
够大才拿。即显示了我们高超的技术。又能让鬼佬们对咱们的人品有所改观