There are fry (baby fish) busting out all over Byrne Creek, and we also found a dead frog in the sediment pond today.
Here are our observations:
-- Dozen new fry in the sandy area just below the old weir.
-- One small fry-sized dark fish just above new weir. Could be one of the mysterious dark ones that zoom about.
-- Several dozen fry above Byrne Bridge.
-- Several dozen fry above and below Meadow Bridge.
-- Saw a few fry in the overflow pond.
-- Dead frog at lower end of the sediment pond. Fished it out and took some photos. Nose to end of bent legs about 6.5cm. No obvious external damage. Not identified yet.
-- Two schools of fry in the sediment pond. One at lower end and one around the gravel pile near the upper end.
-- The usual midsize to large cutthroat in the sediment pond -- wonder how long the schools of fry will last!
Excited at seeing so many fish we then proceeded backwards (moving downstream) through the spawning channel.
-- 1 midsize cutthroat or coho smolt near tag 513.
-- School of fry near tag 511, at least 30-40.
-- A couple of fry near tag 510.
-- A small fish, larger than fry, perhaps 7cm, near tag 509.
-- 1 midsize cutthroat or coho smolt near tag 508 under stump, could only see tail.
WOW!!! A beautiful day, and fish all over :-).
Posted by Paul at April 1, 2004 09:42 PM