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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: 2:40 on April 29, 2005, 08:28:46 AM

Title: Fish Cam
Post by: 2:40 on April 29, 2005, 08:28:46 AM

This is pretty neat to watch the fish as they migrate. Some nice chromers!!

http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/b/fishcam.asp

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: kellya on April 29, 2005, 09:31:20 AM

Cool are they late steelhead or early chinook?

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: 2:40 on April 29, 2005, 09:47:19 AM

They are all springs. Im not sure if they get any steelhead to that river. Someone saw a sturgeon last week!

They seem to come in schools. Last night they were coming hard and heavy about 10:30.

Going from the measurement you get from the lines they've placed I dont think any Ive seen has been over 15 lbs.

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: Randog on April 29, 2005, 04:33:23 PM

I was at the Bonneville dam last year and it was amazing. Millions of Shad were on their migration and the sturgeon were following them up.

Here's some pictures from the Bonneville dam observation deck.

(http://photobucket.com/albums/v195/Randog/th_100_0572.jpg)

Me teasing a Columbia River Lamprey EEL

(http://photobucket.com/albums/v195/Randog/th_100_0575.jpg)

Columbia River Shad

(http://photobucket.com/albums/v195/Randog/th_100_0574.jpg)

Columbia River Lamprey EEL

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: GoldHammeredCroc on April 29, 2005, 04:35:44 PM

Thats awesome.  What a great way to kill time at work.  ;D ;D

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: kellya on April 29, 2005, 07:51:17 PM

cool!

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: Sterling C on April 29, 2005, 09:17:04 PM

I've been there in the summer, crazy amounts of steelhead swam by. But then again, they were all hatch jobs so it wasn't as cool.

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: kellya on April 29, 2005, 09:31:26 PM

I noticed most fish are small 15lbs or less Why is this? Because they are hatch fish or because the early runs dont get as much time to feed in the ocean?

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: Sterling C on April 29, 2005, 10:44:18 PM

I'm not too sure about hatchery fish being smaller but I do know that the majority of fish are hatch jobs and that the wild run is less than 200,000 fish.

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: DragonSpeed on April 29, 2005, 10:50:13 PM

Here's an interesting stat.....

https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/fishdata/fcounts.asp?cdm=4&cdd=28&cdy=2005&op=daily&subbtn=View+Report

If you look at the "John Day" station....  they had negative fish  :o  Swimming the wrong way I guess  ;D

Title: Re: Fish Cam
Post by: chris gadsden on May 02, 2005, 10:53:31 AM

Nice link. In the first minute of watching it saw two nice chinooks slipping by. ;D