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South Nation River fishery has clean bill of health
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Hyndman and Spencerville, located between the headwaters north of Brockville to where the river empties into the Ottawa River near Plantagenet. “Our regular monitoring provides insight into the health of our waterways and local fish populations,” statedMichelle Cavanagh, SNC team lead. “Data recorded helps guide long-termmanagement decisions to ensure the sustainability of the fishery.” Results of this year’s survey at the Plan- tagenet reach indicates a health fish popu- lation for the South Nation River. More than 100 fish were caught using hoop nets over a 24-hour period, identified, weighed, mea-
sured, and examined to determine their age before released back into the river. Themost abundant fish species collected during the sampling period were Pumpkin- seed, Black crappie, Smallmouth bass, and
Channel catfish.The largest fish in the survey sample was a 560-millimetre Channel cat- fish, weighing 3.175 kilograms.The smallest was a 20-gram Pumpkinseed.
The South Nation River is becomingmore popular for recreational and sport fishing and results of the latest survey of the river’s fish population explain why. Technical staff with the South Nation Conservation Authority (SNC) released results of their latest survey study of the 120-kilometre river and its tributaries. Every year the SNC monitors fish popu- lations and fishing activity within one of the six reaches of the river, which include Plantagenet, Lemieux, St-Albert, Berwick,
U16 Girls team make RUSC history
Rockland United Soccer Club (RUSC) history was made this weekend on Sunday, September 17 when the Club’s U16 Girls team, coached by Gregg Harmison, beat the undefeated champions, Ottawa Futsal Elite, at the ERSL Shield game held in Perth. This is the first RUSC team to win back-to-back ERSL Shield titles, having won it last year in the U15 division. The team took the title this weekend with a 3-2 win over Ottawa. —submitted photo
La rivière Nation sud devient de plus en plus populaire pour la pêche récréative et sportive. Les résultats du dernier sondage sur la population de poissons de la rivière expliquent pourquoi. Ci-dessus, Une marigane noire retenue pour vérification. —photo d’archives
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