May 2008

The past few weeks have seen dramatic swings in temperature and the water temperatures in the creek have followed along this trend with temperatures reaching 17c. This makes it great for working in the creek without waders but can add stress to our fish. Thankfully, the plants that parallel and…

Looks like the predictions of bigger fish this week have panned out, the cutthroat trout in the adjacent picture was 403mm, huge by our standards. This fish was one of 48 cutthroat and 12 rainbow trout that passed through the box this week. Coho numbers also jumped up for a…

Mother Nature appears to be a bit slow in changing seasons this year, at least in Morrison Creek. This slow change is reflected in the change in migration patterns of pink fry and coho smolts. Comparing the first two weeks of the 2007 season with this years migration looks like…