It's been a little more than a week since the Muscongus Brook alewife run began. They came into the brook over a few nights when the tides were highest around May 29th. All said this first phase of the run was only
about 2,000 fish. 100 or so remain below the fish ladder today and a handful below the north culvert. Yet higher evening tides come around again this weekend with a full moon approaching next week.
I will keep an eagle eye out for more fish. They have run as late as July 1st in previous years here.
Attached find a picture of alewives in the fish ladder last week and a picture trying to show the spiny
scales on the belly of an alewife.
I have heard it said that these spines help hold an alewife from falling back downstream
when in fast flowing places. Has anyone heard about this?
David Wilkins
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