Open day at the Wildrose Fish Hatchery to celebrate the salmon spawn

WAUSAU, Wis. (WXCO) – The DNR is hosting an event to learn about popular wild fish species and celebrate the fall salmon spawning.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources invites the public to an open house on Saturday, October 26th at the Wild Rose Fish Hatchery Education Center in Wild Rose.

This free event offers participants the opportunity to learn about many popular wild fish species and celebrate the annual fall salmon run.

There will be games and educational activities for guests of all ages, including a casting station to learn to cast, fish identification activities and the opportunity to “swim” like salmon on their migration upstream to spawning grounds.

Other activities include printing fish on tote bags, a fly-tying workshop, fly-casting demonstrations and Kool-Aid clay fish making.

You can also take a self-guided tour of the original 1908 hatchery or take a tour of the modern operation.

The Wild Rose Fish Hatchery is a cool and cold water hatchery that produces steelhead, brown trout, coho and Chinook salmon, as well as musky, walleye and lake sturgeon.

Learn more about this event in the DNR events calendar.