Let’s Play ‘Spot the Chum’

We’re getting good numbers of spawning salmon back in Byrne Creek in SE Burnaby, BC.  At least good for this little struggling urban waterway.

Here’s a number of shots I took today on spawner patrol. Though I’ve been volunteering as a streamkeeper for some 15 years now, I still find it cool how camouflaged these fish are.

Each one of the following photos has at least one chum in it, and some have several.

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The rising submarine chum

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The logger chum

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The hiding in plain view chum

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At least three in this shot

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Blending in chum

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OK, this dead one was easy to see. 52 cm male.

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Hide and seek, heads hidden, tails sticking out chum