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Good to see you again, Chinook #14!

September 9, 2010 By JD 4 Comments

Kyle with our ol' pal No. 14


As most of you probably know, I’ve been involved with a multi-agency salmon project in which I’ve been hired to capture (with rod & reel…I know, cry me a river!) Chinook salmon and then outfit them with acoustic tags so their progress upstream can be monitored and tracked.

Well, we tagged 60ish spring-run kings in May and June and now we’re onto fall-run. While fishing for falls the other day, I encountered an old friend, Chinook 14. I hooked and landed him back on May 25 on sulfite-cured eggs and then on Aug. 31 he decided to sample a sardine-wrapped FlatFish. Proof positive that catch & release works.

Take a closer look of these two pics of him with my crew member Kyle holding — it’s not often that you get to see the same salmon at various life stages. Notice how many more spots he’s developed since he was a freshie. Overall, he looks pretty good considering he’s been hanging around for three months. Now, Fourteen…get upriver and make some babies!

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Filed Under: Cool Photos, River Restoration Projects Tagged With: acoustic tagging, chinook salmon, king, spring chinook

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  1. dan lizardo says

    September 12, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    looks like the yuba duba with the back ground

    Reply
  2. Jim says

    September 11, 2010 at 6:30 am

    J.D. Did you catch him in the same place?

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  3. Rudy says

    September 10, 2010 at 7:46 pm

    Now THAT is really cool!

    Reply
  4. fishbird says

    September 10, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    LETS GO FISHIN

    Reply

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