Penobscot River Atlantic Salmon count
Journal Date: June 20th, 2009 | Filed Under: News
Today we broke the 1,000 mark with 1,051 new salmon at the Veazie trap. The run is just off last year’s pace and looking strong. The grilse have begun to show up in small numbers. We have seen 11 grilse this year, last year we had trapped 147 by this date. Water temps have been hovering around 20 C ( 68 F). Oliver Cox, Fishery Biologist
