Salmon anglers launching on the Sacramento River this week noticed a scary mystery foam washing into the river from the Colusa Basin Drainage Canal. The canal drains a vast agricultural plain in the northern Sacramento Valley and, in the best of times, it pumps very thick, brown and warm water into the Sacramento River. Now, we’ve got this junk…
I’m not sure what this crazy foam is, but people on the scene said it was stacked 3-4 feet high. Whatever it is, it can’t be good. Thanks to Michael J. Peckham and Stephen Burgess for the photos. Hopefully, we can get somebody out there from Fish & Game to see what the heck is going on. Here are some more photos…
The Mystery Foam hitting the main river
The Foam was piled 3-4 feet high in places!
Foam filled the boat launch area at Knight
Scary...this crap can
Jeremiah W. says
What the F is it. I’ve been reading reports of this stuff for a week or so now. I’ve never been more than a few miles above Verona. Is this a normal occurence?