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troutbreath

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Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« on: November 10, 2006, 08:05:32 PM »
Friend left the bar and went for a walk on the beach, saw this. Now I know where the Coho went.
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2006, 08:30:13 PM »
I would like to see a bigger picture before I make any comments, from that little pic they could be anything.
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2006, 09:32:11 PM »
Same but if that is the coho, were screwed, no coho now!
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2006, 09:35:33 PM »
I suppose some would still be good to pick off the beach tomorrow? ::)
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2006, 09:50:27 PM »
hey don't get that desperate! We all haven't done quite well like usuall! Big steel, caugh caugh! ;D
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2006, 11:47:49 PM »
wow that's sad.
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2006, 12:02:58 AM »
Probably do the Seagull thing, and bring a buggy to take some home tomorrow. Heck they'll smoke up just fine. :-* I have an old English pheasent recipe that say's you let the bird "age" 14 days with the guts in it. It's cold out and those Ho's will be toot suite. 8)
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2006, 01:20:41 AM »
Man thats sick.  :-\ You would actually pick up dead salmon for consumption, I really wouldnt enjoy sloppy seconds after the seaguls buffey.  :)
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2006, 03:30:51 AM »
I've near heard of cohos being washed up after a storm. Sure it's cohos ?
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2006, 07:01:03 AM »
why is the picture so small?? could be anything in that pic maybe just rocks show us a bigger pic
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2006, 02:03:11 PM »
thats not the beach, thats my freezer after teh last couple of days on the Cap!  ;)
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2006, 05:53:06 PM »
Salmon all die-what's the big deal?
Never seen dead fish? ::)
Out Sturgeon fishing on the Fraser we see that many dead Salmon wash downstream in a couple hours-all floaters so think how many must be rolling along the bottom.
It's nothing to see Chums half buried after a storm if they are Coho it's no different.
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2006, 08:10:58 PM »
 :'( why are all those fish dead? 
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2006, 08:44:57 AM »
if somebody could enlarge the picture we could see what kind of salmon they are .
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Re: Dead Coho washed up on Richmond beach after todays storm.
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2006, 10:07:22 AM »
It would be interesting to know how these fish died. It's a shame if they are Coho (because there seems to be fewer this year) but any Salmon kill not good.

There could be many reasons for all those dead fish.

1) They may have already spawned and got washed up on that beach with all the high water.
2) These may of been netted fish that got washed out of the nets with the high water. We have seen this many times over the years.
3) There is a possibility that industrial pollution may have killed this group of fish. That has happened more than once on the Fraser. Especially on the heavily industrialized areas like New West, Surrey, Delta or Richmond. It takes only one localized accident or spill to cause this kind of damage.
3) Or like SS said, just a bunch of dead salmon that happened to get washed up on the same beach.

It would be nice to have an actual answer.

TB, did your friend report this to anybody? If so can you keep us updated?
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