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Offline bikerbart

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Salmon runs
« on: December 01, 2011, 08:24:13 AM »
The salmon are running here ,this is the creek down the street,Its awesome to watch,the seals and otters having a ball.
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 08:56:13 AM »
That is one big fish!
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2011, 09:18:00 AM »
Don't the dams mess with their pilgrimage to salmon mecca?
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2011, 09:21:38 AM »
Quote from: DukieFrankenkit on December 01, 2011, 09:18:00 AM
Don't the dams mess with their pilgrimage to salmon mecca?

most definitely... humans are bad
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2011, 10:22:07 AM »
heres another pic,these fish are between 26-36 inches approx
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2011, 10:58:52 AM »
Quote from: DukieFrankenkit on December 01, 2011, 09:18:00 AM
Don't the dams mess with their pilgrimage to salmon mecca?

Often times there are ladders built next to the dams to allow the fish to traverse them. Very interesting.
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2011, 11:43:48 AM »
Chums!!!!  bad eating but great fighters. even when near death they'll pull like a train.
we've been enjoying the fruits of the winter steelhead run a little further south :)
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2011, 11:49:31 AM »
Quote from: Cheffish on December 01, 2011, 10:58:52 AM
Quote from: DukieFrankenkit on December 01, 2011, 09:18:00 AM
Don't the dams mess with their pilgrimage to salmon mecca?

Often times there are ladders built next to the dams to allow the fish to traverse them. Very interesting.

Since we've become more aware of our impact on nature we have done things to decrease it.  The thing is, you have to consider what the world would be like without any of our tampering.  Those little fish use up basically their entire energy reserve to make it upstream.  Now we're adding additional obstacles to their daunting task... obstacles that would have never entered the equation of nearly impossible factors.
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2011, 11:54:48 AM »
this is only one, but its a big one... 8)

The Elwha flows out of the mountainous heart of Olympic National Park to the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Puget Sound. It once supported six species of Pacific salmon and steelhead and has been the home of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe since time immemorial. Dismantling the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams will allow the river to flow freely for the first time in 100 years, restoring over 70 miles of salmon and steelhead habitat. At 210 feet tall, Glines Canyon Dam will be the tallest dam ever removed. American Rivers helped secure more than $50 million in federal funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for Elwha River restoration. Dam removal began Sept. 17, 2011, and is targeted for completion within 3 years.

http://www.americanrivers.org/our-work/restoring-rivers/dams/year-of-the-river.html?gclid=CM2XjZPT4awCFUbf4AodJFXAnA
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2011, 12:04:26 PM »
Its amazing it took us this long to do this,we need to keep doing it,they need to do it on the east coast,The Connecticut river used to be one of the largest salmon runs in the country,but thanks to dams and G.E. there is none anymore,but they are trying to bring back the salmon on the east coast.But if I suspect correctly and the Republicans take over,that project will be scrapped.
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2011, 12:05:56 PM »
great vid from Flybox' link


<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28522390?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="Not a valid vimeo URL">Year of the River: Episode 1[/url] from Andy Maser on Vimeo.</p>
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2011, 12:07:33 PM »
Quote from: flybox1 on December 01, 2011, 11:43:48 AM
Chums!!!!  bad eating but great fighters. even when near death they'll pull like a train.

Nothing as gnarley as a 'gatored out' chum. All full of chum cum and roe.


Hatcheries have flooded the ocean with those things for the Japanese 'caviar' markets.  Most of the carcass gets dumped even though it's illegal for the fishing boat to do it.

They started making pet food out of some of it at Excursion Inlet, a big barge parks in the inlet and makes a stink for most of the chum run now. Not sure if they're still doing it.
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2011, 12:29:32 PM »
The salmon have just started their run here, still a wee bit early for my rivers, but they aren't far away.
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2011, 01:09:28 PM »
nice toad there scunny
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2011, 05:30:24 PM »
I've caught dog salmon when half their body was deteriorated but they still managed to actually bite and pull. At that point the thought of eating them was pretty gross!

Yeah that Elwa Damn issue has been around for over ten years and they finally started dismantling the thing. It's a new level of moving at the speed of government.

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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2011, 11:16:35 AM »
still heading south, Duanob....as soon as the shed sells.  :P
but while i'm still here, i'll rip as many lips as i can.
not too many fish in the desert  ;D 
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Re: Salmon runs
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2011, 01:43:53 PM »
Quote from: flybox1 on December 06, 2011, 11:16:35 AM
still heading south, Duanob....as soon as the shed sells.  :P
but while i'm still here, i'll rip as many lips as i can.
not too many fish in the desert  ;D

You'll be back my friend, you'll be back.  8) the urge to hook is pretty grand!
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