Today was a good day both weather wise and fish wise, we all met at Lussiers pit then went up to the lake. On the way up a mother black bear and cub ran ahead of the truck, good to see they are in the area. Also their are signs on the mail boxes down on the road warning of a young Cougar wandering around the area. We walked down to the lake and lo and behold it was full with water pouring over the top , bonus , fresh sign of the Beaver as evidenced by his or her droppings and some fresh branches. Two Geese , we think the residents, were squawking though not too disturbed as they leisurely swam to the other side of the lake. A quick inspection of the dam showed some fresh work with sticks and vegatation along the top where it was flowing over. Next we went down to the box to check for fish, the kids were very excited as we netted 24 Wild Coho smolts and 1 Trout from the box back into the creek, also 1 stickelback and 2 big water beetles. The Wild coho were two year olds with a average size of 125 to 135 mm. The Trout was very badly crippled with what looked like a broken back, this looked like it must have happened when it was a younger as it was well developed with no sign of recent injury. (see pic)
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