Do you think all the restoration activity at the mouth messed it up until it restabilizes?Zero chum or coho (live or dead) spotted in Lund's Creek this morning. This is the first time I've ever seen it barren in November. The cutthroat population along the beach there is also down.
Possibly. Coho numbers have been very low for several years, but lack of any chum is surprising even for an odd year. Replanting salmon in spring 2024 would be a good plan.Do you think all the restoration activity at the mouth messed it up until it restabilizes?
Meadowdale Beach Park and Estuary Restoration Project (2023) | Snohomish County, WA - Official Website
This project restored a historic (pre-railroad) 1.3-acre estuary that provides essential rearing habitat for ESA-listed Chinook (threatened), Chum, and Coho salmon as well as Cutthroat trout; and restored nearshore processes key to Puget Sound recovery.snohomishcountywa.gov
There is a impassable beaver dam right?Not as nearly as many chums in Carkeek this year compared to last year in my eyes, at least based on what I saw last weekend.
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There is a impassable beaver dam right?
I saw one yesterday morning that came right up to the shoreline on a walk, caught me by surprise. Spoke with a guy who lives close by and checks the creek often and claimed he counted 16 near the second bridge on Monday.Zero chum or coho (live or dead) spotted in Lund's Creek this morning. This is the first time I've ever seen it barren in November. The cutthroat population along the beach there is also down.
For what it is worth, over the summer I saw tons of cutthroat jumping by the beach, in fact more than years previous. I understand that the cutthroat around this time of the year are the lunds creek fish, maybe the jumpers I was seeing were fattening up before heading to the sky or stillyZero chum or coho (live or dead) spotted in Lund's Creek this morning. This is the first time I've ever seen it barren in November. The cutthroat population along the beach there is also down.