December 29, 2005
Never Give Up, Salmon Are Still Coming
Yesterday I wrote a sad post about how the salmon spawning season appears to be over with poor results in the lower mainland of BC, and today I find two dead coho spawners in Byrne Creek!
That's the good news. The bad news is that they were both unspawned females, ripe with eggs.
This one was a beauty, big and plump. Too bad she couldn't link up with a male. Where have all the boys gone?
While the overall coho run in the lower mainland has plunged this year, streamkeepers keep finding unspawned females, with few males to be seen. It's a disturbing trend.
Posted by Paul at December 29, 2005 11:04 PM