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2021 Rhoades Pond Cleanup

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Volunteers spent time Saturday February 6th cleaning Rhoades pond.

We will be receiving our Fall Chinook smolts the first part of April.

We are happy to have our fish back at Rhoades Pond.

Thank you for your patience and support.

We will be asking for feeders soon.

We will keep you posted.

Thank you,

Ron Byrd
Nestucca Anglers ( President )

2021 Rhoades Pond Cleanup
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Our Fall Chinook Development

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Fall Chinook update : Cedar Creek Hatchery, 01/22/2021

Quick update on the status and development of the Fall Chinook that were spawned by the Nestucca Anglers in October 2020 here at Cedar Creek Hatchery. There were three egg takes (10/12, 20, 27/2020) totaling an estimated 159,600 eggs for production.

All three groups have hatched (12/7, 18, 26/2020) and are looking lively! The sack fry are currently trayed down in our basket troughs in groups of 5,000. It’s looking like they will be “buttoned up†(sack fully absorbed) by the end of February.

Once the sack fry have completely absorbed their yolks they will be ponded into the hatch houses’ Canadian troughs and we will begin feeding them. I’ll send another update with the ponding details, feed details and some photos so you can see their progress!

Whitney

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Spawning 2021 Broodstock

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Just a quick update showing more pictures from this last weeks spawning and stream enrichment.

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Huge thank you to everyone that assisted the hatchery staff with the spawning of our 2021 Broodstock.

There are plenty of fish in the system and we will continue to spawn weekly to collect through the entire run.

Note: Images can also be viewed from our gallery page.

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  • A group of people standing around a fountain.
  • A person in a barn with water running.
  • A man holding a tomato in front of blood.
  • A person is holding onto a bucket and another person is kneeling down.
  • A yellow handled knife is on the fish.
  • A person in blue gloves holding a fish.
  • A man holding an orange bag of food.
  • A man holding a fish in his hands.
  • A bunch of birds are eating blood from the ground
  • A woman in orange overalls holding a plastic bag.
  • A group of men standing around with fishing rods.
  • A man and woman are tying fishing rods.
  • A person wearing a mask and gloves working on something.
  • A group of people standing around a bucket.
  • A man holding a fish in the water.
  • Two men are holding fish on a grill.
  • A group of men holding a fish in the water.
  • A man holding a fish while standing on top of a bridge.
  • A group of birds hanging on to the side of a fence.
  • A group of people in waders standing on top of water.
  • A group of people standing around buckets on the ground.
  • A group of men standing in front of a building.
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Broodstock Hen

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Update: 10/09/20:
Whitney from Cedar Creek Hatchery is holding a nice hen for our Broodstock. The Hatchery cleaned out the trap and collected eight pairs for our Broodstock.

The hook and line fish to date equals seven pairs for a total of 15 pairs in the holding pen. The trap is cleaned out and ready for the rains over the weekend.

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WE ARE LIVE

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WE ARE LIVE
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2020 has brought many challenges throughout this year. Times continue to be tough but our message is the Nestucca Anglers team remains strong!

On Monday Aug 23rd, our 2019-2020 Broodstock has been released in 5 different Nestucca basin locations and was estimated to be at 100,000 fish. Sunday Sept 13th, the holding pens at the hatchery were cleaned and are now ready for us to start our 2020-2021 adult fall Chinook collection.

Volunteers cleaning and disinfecting the raceway getting ready for the collection of 2021 Broodstock.

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Going forward we will be posting all of our activities as well as future events on this site. This will include event photos, annual videos and most importantly updated timelines and ways you can help us succeed.

Due to COVID-19, we are unable to hold large events and/or any fundraising activities. With the launch of this new site we are planning to run a GoFundMe activity asking for help with the breeding, rearing and transplantation of this next years run of fish.


VISIT OUR GoFundMe HERE

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DONATE HERE



Please visit are new site and bookmark us for future notifications. Thank you for your continued support.

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2019 Year End Post

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We have just uploaded our 2019 “Year End Post” video. These volunteers and many others strive to keep this program successful year over year. Stay tuned for our 2020 summary and don’t forget to book mark our new events page for future activities.

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2020 Fish Are Growing

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2020 Fish Are Growing

Our fish are healthy and growing and need more space. Last week Cedar Creek Hatchery staff with Nestucca Angler Volunteers moved some of our fish from pond 6A to 5B.

This gives our fish more room to grow. Nestucca Angler volunteers continue to feed daily. Our projected release date into the Nestucca basin is toward the end of August. Thank you for your support.

View our FB video HERE

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June 9th, Automatic Clipping of 105K

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June 9th, 2020 Automatic Clipping , 105K Smolt

Cedar Creek Fish Hatchery still remains closed to the public.

ODFW and Nestucca Anglers spent a long day Tuesday June 9th at Cedar Creek Hatchery working the automatic clipping trailer clipping 105,000 of our Fall Chinook smolt. Ron Rehn from the District Office secured funding for the auto clip trailer for the day.

Thank you for your patients through this covid crisis. Nestucca Angler volunteers will be feeding through the summer until liberation.We continue to maintain the pond at Rhoades Pond and keep an eye on our fish.

Thank you for your continued support.

Ron Byrd Nestucca Anglers (President)

2020 Clipping
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