With the numbers they are projecting to return in the Lower Mainland, the Fraser River should be awesome this year. Lots of areas in the tidal portion of the Fraser that should fish well. Had great results 2 years ago and the return was nothing near what they are expecting to return this year. Can't wait.

Over the past three years, I have participated in coho fry salvage operations on the Little Campbell River. I posted about it here two years ago https://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=44977.msg425641#msg425641

Last year, I had a real eye opening experience on how closely related the river and the groundwater are.

My partner and I visited this pool which is ~5 ft deep at its deepest (It's a very unusual feature in this river and we suspect that it was excavated many years ago. Neighbouring landowners that we have talked to spoke about it being their local swimming hole when they were kids).We wanted to keep an eye on the pool as it was too deep to beach seine at this point,  but it likely held a large number of fry.



We returned to check on it 8 days later, and is was bone dry.



All that water didn't just evaporate. I'm not a hydrologist but it seems apparent that increased agricultural and residential groundwater use during the summer quickly lower the aquifer levels.



This year, the river has already started to disconnect and the organization that I volunteer with participated in salvage ops last Friday and netted ~10K fish.

I joined them today, along with DFO and Salish Sea Indigenous Guardians Association and we seined a number of disconnected pools and rescued perhaps another 10K. Maybe more, maybe less....it's really hard to guesstimate a black cloud of fish in a tank!



We netted a number of juvenile coastal cutthroat that were ~6" in size plus a number of trout fry, some that were ID'd as rainbow/steelhead, but others that we suspect were cutthroat also. Also a number of larger chinook fry which is unusual as chinook in this river head to the ocean in the late spring at just a few months old. DNA samples were taken of these fish.

We also netted a large number of pumpkinseed sunfish which were delivered the heel of our boots.

A very productive, worthwhile morning, but the work is just starting. There are other pools that need salvaging, but also many that we will never get to in time.

what are the dead giveaways its a pink?

I think the singular defining characteristic of a pink is the oval, elongated spots all over the tail. They get much easier to ID w.r.t colour and body shape as they get closer to spawning condition, but the tail is always a dead giveaway

I think pinks are most likely to be confused with jack springs; compare pics of the tail spots of the two and the difference in spot shape will become quite obvious

The largest truck park in Surrey, with a capacity 240 trucks, is being proposed in Surrey. The site would be adjacent to the Little Campbell River.

If interested in learning more,  you can the visit following two links. 

https://arocha.ca/land-use-changes-opportunity-threat/?utm_source=MAIN%3A+A+Rocha+Canada+National&utm_campaign=f336cfdfd9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_03_26_07_51_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-8726fd459c-712450374&mc_cid=f336cfdfd9&mc_eid=99277fd220

https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/planning-reports/PLR_7925-0126-00.pdf

If you are interested in engaging the City of Surrey and showing your lack of support for this Temporary Use Permit, the first link provides information on a petition and letters. Deadline June 23, 12 PM.

Haven't seen any so far. Having said that... what are the dead giveaways its a pink?

A bit more of this and we'll be back to politics

I don't understand, you complain that nobody is active on the forum but insult the only active person.

Astute observation, Darko!

Generally I find that those that complain about a website's inactivity are the same individual's that do little to contribute to its activity.

I know it sounds cliche, but take responsibility to create the site you want.

MFWRGA

Hopefully they don't show up.  People and garbage everywhere..

And the "know it all" appears!

I don't understand, you complain that nobody is active on the forum but insult the only active person. You didn't even comment on any of the 4 other replies. If you want to insult Ralph so bad why don't you just private message him.

And the "know it all" appears!