The Seymour Salmonid Society and Metro Vancouver hosted the annual Father’s Day trout release at Rice Lake on Vancouver’s north shore.

This is a super event with lots of other stewardship groups represented. Great fun to see kids so excited about releasing fish — and, um, getting a chance to try fishing, too .

Now that’s a huge Seymour watershed 3D map!

Seymour Salmonid Society hatchery tour

The Seymour watershed provides a good chunk of Metro Vancouver’s drinking water, and is a pristine, protected area.

Heading down to the lake for the trout release

Fishing gear to borrow for free to try your hand. It’s great to see urban kids so excited to release fish, and yes, try to catch one, too!

Yumi waiting for a trout to release. She got one the last ones.

What a beauty!

Interesting hitchhiker as we walked the lake loop trail.