Our Trip to the Manistee River Weir

On Wednesday Oct. 7 the third graders went to the Manistee River weir. We saw a bald eagle and its nest. The class got to see salmon in some pools. One salmon was huge. After that we went inside. I got to kiss a salmon. Then we were split into groups. My group saw 2 men getting eggs out of a female salmon. In about five minutes we switched places. My group then saw men cutting open salmon. I got to hold a salmon's heart. After that we went back outside. We ate lunch at the park. Soon we rode back to school and put salmon eggs in a fish tank in our room. Now we'll wait for them to hatch.  ~Ben J.

On Wed. Oct. 7 the third grade class went to get the salmon eggs for our classroom. The best part was when I got to hold the heart. There was a biologist taking blood samples. There is one egg that is white. I got to see a salmon jump. When we got on the bus the teacher went back in to get the salmon eggs. The trip was fun because I kissed the fish. When we got back we put the eggs in the fish tank. ~Mason

On Wed. Oct. 7 the third graders went to tthe Manistee River Weir. The male had a pointed snout and the female had a rounded snout. There were DNR officers there and one Biologist there. The kind of fish was Chinook Salmon. I liked when we saw them jumping. When we were done we brought the eggs to the classroom. I liked it there because we got to see a lot of things like salmon eggs.  ~Maggie

On Wed. Oct. 7 the third graders went to the Manistee river weir. We saw the Chinook Salmon called a King.  In the weir we saw a worker look for disease and we saw them get the eggs out of the fish. When they check to see if the fish have diseases they cut the fish open. To get in to the building the fish went up a swim ladder. We got one cup of eggs = 200. Then we went to a park . When we got back to the class we put them in the tank. I liked the trip because they let us tuch the salmon and let us have eggs for the class. ~Hope

On Wednesday Oct. 7 the third graders went to get their salmon eggs. Next they saw a bald eagle. Then they got to go inside the fish hatcherey. After that they came back outside and answered some questions. When we got back we put our eggs in the tank. But at the trip we saw fish in the pond. We also saw a fish being cut up. Some kids kissed a fish. I would rather kiss it alive. I liked the trip because I saw salmon in a pond. ~Jarrett

 On Wed. Oct. 7 the third graders went on a field trip to the Manistee River Weir. I saw the two people looking for diseases rip a fish's heart out. It was still beating for a while. I saw a swim ladder there was a dead fish stuck in it. A male salmon has a pointed snout. A female has a rounded snout. When it was time to go we got one cup of fish eggs which is about 200 eggs. We took them to our classroom and put them in a fish tank in our classroom. ~Blake

I went to the Manistee River Weir. Some of the boys kissed the salmon. A male salmon has a pointed snout. The female salmon has a rounded snout. After the female salmon lays her eggs she dies. All most at the end the boys held the heart. We got 200 eggs or less. The female and the male dies at the end of their life cycle. At the end we saw her put them in. ~Sara

On Wed. Oct. 7 the third graders went to the weir. We saw a biologist cutting fish open. They were looking for a disease. We got to see the liver it is Disgnsting. We saw the heart of the fish. One cup of eggs is 200 eggs. I like the weir because they cut fish open. We put the eggs in a tank. ~Rylan

On Wed. Oct. 7 the third graders were a field trip to the Manistee river weir. The class got to see a living heart and eggs. I learned that you can tell the difference from a male and female because femals have rounded snouts and mals have pointed snouts. We lerned that biologists take heart samples to see if there is any poison in it. In femals if there is not poison in the fish they will take their eggs. We got 200 eggs and we put them in a fish tank. We had lots of fun. ~Katelyn

On Wed. Oct. 7 the third graders went to the Manistee river weir. We saw Chinook Salmon swimming up the ladder. Inside of the place the girl that worked there told us that males are diffrint than females because males snout is rounded. To get the eggs out is to put a needle in the fish it pops out from the air inside it. There are 200 eggs in the fish. Then the guy put the eggs in the bucket. When we got to school we put the eggs in the tank. It was cool at first. I like when we saw the fish go up the ladder. ~Lauren

On Wed. Oct. 7 the third graders went to the Manistee river weir. There were a lot of chinook and a few coho salmon. There was a Juvanile eagle and an adult. The eagles had a big neck. We looked at a salmon's heart and liver. The males have pointed snouts. The female has a rounded snout. There were a lot of DNR officers. There was 1 biologist. We gook one cup of eggs. One cup of eggs is about 200 eggs. We took them back to our classroom and put them in the fish tank. I liked the trip because there was a lot of fish. It was a lot of fun.  ~Brendan