Why did the salmon cross the road??
September 11, 2007
This is one of the coolest pictures I’ve seen in a long time. A buddy just randomly emailed it to me, so I sadly don’t have any info on where it was taken (or by whom…nice job, by the way!).
From my time living in Washington State, I’d have to guess that this was taken somewhere up there. In big rains, we’d often see chum salmon in some goofy places…though I never saw one swimming across the highway!
I’m thinking that the next time this happens, I might just have to do a new article for Salmon Trout Steelheader on fishing for salmon out of truck….something like Backtrolling out of the Back of Your Truck,” or “Pound the Pavement for More Salmon,” or “Black Top Trolling Tips” or…ah, nevermind!
This is the Skomomish river north of Shelton, Washington. Actually this isn’t that rare of a sight as the Skomomish frequently floods near the mouth at Puget Sound. This is a Chum salmon or “Dog” salmon as they are sometimes called because of their large canine like teeth.