By chance Byrne Creek Streamkeepers Bob, Rusty, Yumi and I all converged on the habitat at the same time today under clear blue skies. Yumi and I usually patrol on Wednesdays, however it was raining and the water was too high and murky yesterday to see much.
We saw 3 live spawners and processed 1 dead coho.
Details:
Area covered: Marine Way (Tag 505) to bottom of ravine stairs (Tag 521). The water was still quite high, with the sediment pond still overflowing at 1:30. Visibility was marginal in the sediment pond, poor in the habitat, and fair in the creek.
1 dead coho, E-T 53cm N-F 67cm, all fins, male, partly spawned, in the sediment pond (Tag 514).
2 live spawners in the sediment pond, likely coho. Could have been more but difficult to see.
1 live coho, likely female, at the slide in the ravine, about 15m d/s of Tag 517.
We did not notice any new redds, or nests of salmon eggs.
Posted by Paul at November 25, 2004 07:10 PM