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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (135672)	2/21/2007 11:44:37 AM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Fish story to follow. Some 25 to 30 years ago my cousin was head of the State Game and Fish Department for the western part of Colorado. Each fall the kokanee salmon would spawn in the shallow waters of the mountain lakes. The G&F Dept would close that portion of the lake to the public, then seine out the spawners by the thousands. These fish all die after spawning anyway, so this isn't changing the scheme of things. The fish are "milked" for their eggs, which go off to hatcheries or get traded to other states for something they have too much of. Nebraska traded us pheasant eggs for our fish eggs, for example. The dead fish are sent off to state prisons for food. All, that is, except for the 4 or 5 gunny sacks full my cousin would save out for my dad, brother and me. After a couple days of cleaning and preparing these fish, we'd smoke them all and enjoy until the next fall's batch. Great eating all year long. A cold beer usually went well.