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The Bonneville Fish Hatchery

We made a stop at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery on the Columbia River on our way home from the coast. The grounds were amazing. They were so well taken care of. It was beautiful. A definite worth while stop. We fed the giant rainbow trout. The kids were in awe at the big trout, until we made it to the last pool with the sturgeon. Holy Cow! They were enormous.

Jason helping Lyndie feed fish at the Rainbow trout pool.

The boys checking out the trout.

Grandpa and the boys.

Grandma and Grandpa Isaacson stopped with us and helped spot the fish.

The last pool was the most impressive. It had the Enormous Sturgeon

Grandpa Isaacson is trying to touch it here. I also got to touch it. It was a bit eery to see them after just watching shark attacks on the Discovery Channel that same week. I know they are not sharks but when they are swimming in the water their top fins come out of the water much like a shark.

If you look closely you can see the sturgeons fin coming out of the water (like a shark) by the log .

One of the Sturgeon in this pool is named Herman. He was around 80 years old and around 500 pounds and over 10 feet long. The sturgeon can get to be over 20 feet long and can weigh 1800 pounds.

Lyndie was so impressed.