Cool Nature Photos

[MossRoad]

I had no idea that summer run steelhead were called skamania. I'm curious, do they get all the way to the ocean?

Nope. They stay in Lake Michigan. The trout go out for a few years, then come back up the rivers and spawn, then return to the lake, whereas the salmon go out for a few years, come back up the rivers, spawn and die. There's little natural reproduction of trout or salmon in our river, so no guilt in eating them VS catch and release. They are almost all stocked by the DNR.

 

[MossRoad]

Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan all have good salmon and trout fisheries from lake Michigan. Michigan also has Lakes Superior and Huron.

 

[cqaigy2]

Interesting, that must be quite the trip! I think around here, we call fresh water only steelhead, rainbow trout, but im not a biologist, but my sister is an ichthyologist.

 

[MossRoad]

Interesting, that must be quite the trip! I think around here, we call fresh water only steelhead, rainbows, but im not a biologist, but my sister is an ichthyologist.

Yep. I think it's something like 70 miles of river. 5 dams with fish ladders.

 

[farmeratheart]

Cherry tree in all its glory. Soon the pink ‘snow’
will begin!

Frank

 

[bcjmmac]

Osprey diving in pond for gold fish - yesterday.

 

[cqaigy2]

Nice shot!

 

[kenmbz]

That Osprey shot is amazing.

 

[MossRoad]

That Osprey shot is amazing.

I see an osprey several times a week while eating lunch, but I only have a cell phone camera, so no way to take pic that far out. Pretty fun to watch them fly around and around and around and then, swoop! Miss a lot of times, but often come up with fish bigger than what I catch on average. :laughing:

 

[dj1701]

Hi all,

Just a few pics pics I took.

Thanks
Dave

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