Squamish Dogs
Squamish River, November 25, 2006
When better to go fishing than right after a snow storm? Evan and I headed to the Squamish to check out the Chum Salmon runs. We arrived to find that many of the fish were still happily shooting through the system despite the rapid drop in temperature. A couple weeks later and these fish would be completely spent, littering the riverbed with their corpses. In the spring, their bodies will feed the river ecosystem and the fry that emerge from their eggs.
Salmon have lived in B.C. since the dinosaurs were around. Sadly, even in my short life-time I've seen some salmon species, such as coho and sockeye, disappear in our rivers. The chum remain strong and resilient probably because of their relatively poor food value.
When better to go fishing than right after a snow storm? Evan and I headed to the Squamish to check out the Chum Salmon runs. We arrived to find that many of the fish were still happily shooting through the system despite the rapid drop in temperature. A couple weeks later and these fish would be completely spent, littering the riverbed with their corpses. In the spring, their bodies will feed the river ecosystem and the fry that emerge from their eggs.
Salmon have lived in B.C. since the dinosaurs were around. Sadly, even in my short life-time I've seen some salmon species, such as coho and sockeye, disappear in our rivers. The chum remain strong and resilient probably because of their relatively poor food value.
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