Saw 5 live coho, and processed 1 dead coho on our weekly Wednesday spawner patrol for the Byrne Creek Streamkeepers.
Details:
I zipped out alone this afternoon, as Yumi and I have been very busy. I missed the second set of eyes, however there was not a lot to see as the water was still quite high and murky following last night's rain. Partly sunny, a few clouds.
Area covered: John Mathews confluence (Tag 506) to the bottom of ravine stairs (Tag 521).
1 dead coho, E-T 60cm N-F 70cm, all fins, male, spawned, 10m d/s of wooden footbridge (Tag 516).
1 live coho a few meters up underneath the downstream side of Byrne Bridge (Tag 507). This fish was nearly dead. When I got back from John Mathews, it was gone, and as I searched for it, it suddenly popped up out the water a few meters downstream of the bridge and moved awkwardly down the stream. Hope somebody finds it tomorrow!
1 live coho, also looking fairly pooped, in the spawning channel halfway between Tags 510 and 511. Visibility was very poor, I only happened to spot it because it flushed through a shallow section.
1 live coho, also very near the end, hanging in the shallows on the d/s side of the gravel accumulation in the sediment pond. Otherwise visibility in the sediment pond was zero. There was also a fairly heavy accumulation of oily guck on the surface of the water. The sediment pond was barely overflowing at around 2:15 p.m.
2 live coho at the slide in the ravine, about 15m d/s of Tag 517.