Today we will visit the Norfork National Fish Hatchery Park located just below the dam. The picture above is to thank all the people and places who donated money to build the hatchery complex.
In side the main, only building, is where they hatch and keep the baby rainbow trout. Each of these concrete tanks holds thousands of new tiny fish. The water pumped into the tanks, both inside and outside, comes from the bottom of the lake to keep the fish at the right temperature. By the way the water is around 44F.
This is one of many outside tanks. When the trout get to be about hand size they are moved to one of these. They will stay here till the fish are about 18 months old.
Finally this is what you can see inside one of the outside tanks. Rainbow Trout.. In this particle tank these are adults and are about 1- 2 feet long. Well, hope you enjoyed a quick tour of the fish hatchery. See you tomorrow as I take you on another site seeing tour.
Now we come to our last day on vacation and this picture was actually taken when I was driving home. This is Morgan's Mill outside of Hardy,AR. What most do not know is a battle was fought here in the Civil War. Stopping here is a must. The main creek is behind the mill, not what you see in front of it. In the past you could go into the mill, but someone got hurt and now they have it locked.
This is the Dam Bait Shop. Now hold on, I am not cussing. This is the Norfork Lake Dam Dam Bait Shop. If you do not get the joke watch the movie National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation. In the movie the characters are at the Hoover Dam and the character, Eddie, yells out do you have any dam bait.
Today we will visit the Norfork National Fish Hatchery Park located just below the dam. The picture above is to thank all the people and places who donated money to build the hatchery complex.
In side the main, only building, is where they hatch and keep the baby rainbow trout. Each of these concrete tanks holds thousands of new tiny fish. The water pumped into the tanks, both inside and outside, comes from the bottom of the lake to keep the fish at the right temperature. By the way the water is around 44F.
This is one of many outside tanks. When the trout get to be about hand size they are moved to one of these. They will stay here till the fish are about 18 months old.
