October 11, 2005
First Byrne Creek Spawner Sighted
Yumi spotted one spawning chum salmon in Byrne Creek today.
We patrolled from Byrne Bridge (Tag 507) up to the base of the stairs in the ravine (Tag 521).
The chum was hanging in the spawning channel right at the gate into the sediment pond (Tag 514). I poked my head over the edge of the rail and kept going, only to have Yumi shout that there was a spawner there a few seconds later.
It looked like a female, and was starting to develop whitish spots so it had likely been in the system for several days. Perhaps the redd we saw on Saturday was her work. We hope she had a boyfriend that we missed!