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Smolts Begin to Dominate

Brace yourselves for this week's update, so far this year we have had a grand total of: Chum fry:  171,821 Coho Smolts:  4972   Combined Trout: 46 I was very pleased to see a handful (1200) of fry in the box this morning amidst a swirling mass of smolts (710)…
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Back with a Bang!

Well, we were back up with a vengeance on Saturday, 9 May, with almost 26,000 chum fry in the boxes.  We were rather hoping that the surge that broke the fence would have washed most of the fry out of the system but they seem to be well-trained and decided…
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Mother Nature Says Stop!

Mother Nature flexed her muscles last night and shut us down for the moment.  The rain, plus the debris being brought down from the trees, increased the volume enough that the water was pouring over the top of the fence this morning and broke the point of the water/fish funnel…
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Wow, That’s a Lot of Fish

As records go, they are falling fast and furious this week.  I thought 8,000+ was a lot of fish.  That is now a slow morning as we hit 10,000+ Sat and then 14,000+ chum fry plus a few others on Sun morning.  If anyone was wondering what that many fish…
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Counting Starts Slow

 Our first week started out fairly slowly as usual which is good since we need to knock the rust off our recognition skills and teach the new people what the various species look like without totally overwhelming them.  There was also the excitement of seeing some really nice trout, a…
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Smolt Fence Begins

 The smolt fence is once again ready for the season thanks to our coterie of volunteers without whom our work would not be able to continue.  The challenge, as always, was to situate the lower box so that it could be anchored properly and yet have a good flow so…