About 40 million sockeye decided to return to the Fraser this year. No one quite knows why there were so many, but it was neat for a brief period. On the way home from our last camping trip, we drove over a creek that was totally loaded with them.
Of course, this creek was near an artificial spawning channel, and there were more people than salmon, but we managed to ignore them (and they were too happy to ignore us, with our post-camping smoke smell).
It's neat seeing the fish make their way up the river. Hard to photograph though.
I like this shot.
It wouldn't be complete without a dead fish. Surprisingly, they don't really stink, it's more of an earthy smell.
(they do stink)
We've been doing lots, we'll have more eventually.
R
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