Pink Salmon

My city is known as "The Salmon Capital of the World" and today I believe that claim. We went to the local fish hatchery and saw, what must have been thousands of pink salmon in the river. I could not believe my eyes. You'll probably need to view this large to appreciate it. There were more fish than water. The coolest thing ever. Not the best photo but I just had to share. We are having a record pink salmon return this year. They all stopped at this point because of a blockage thing that the hatchery has installed. They were collecting them and shipping them to other rivers.

Here's another shot: http://365project.org/kwind/extra-shots/2014-07-29

[Vee]

wow!

[Issi Bannerman]

Wow, there are a few salmon steaks there! ;-)

[Corey Lablans]

That is awesome!! So many fish!!

[Chris Scime]

SO MANY!!!

[Mike]

It is so cool to see. A few years ago I lived in Powell River and saw the same thing but not quite like this. Great photo of the run

[Denise]

Now that's a lot of salmon. Very interesting image.

[Bill Fenske]

Wow! What city is this?

[KWind]

@bill_fe Campbell River, British Columbia

[Maile]

Wow! That's amazing! Really nice capture

[Joan Robillard]

Nice capture.

[Corinne]

Incredible abundance !

[BeckyS]

That's amazing!

[Angelieke]

Wow,lots of salmon!

[Maggiemae]

That is thousands! Maybe half of them will die - but then I did see somewhere that the bears came in and had a feast?

[Lisa Poland]

Wow! Very cool!

[Khawbecker]

That's remarkable! I've never seen anything like it. It's heartening to see. Great documentary photo!

[monday west]

holy crap. like a hitchcock...!

[KWind]

@maggiemae They all die during the spawning process. Some were already dead.

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Nicole Campbell]

That is a lot of fish!

[Catherine W.]

Wow! That's pretty amazing!!!

[Suse♡]

Amazing!

[Graham Thresher]

Fantastic, so original. Fav

[Margaret Obey]

Stunning capture, I was going to ask were they spawning but then read your reply to MaggieMae.

[Marloes]

Wowy shot!

[Humphrey Hippo]

That's quite a sight!

[Tammy]

That is amazing! I have never seen anything quite like it!

[Kellelynne H. Riley]

Wow!

[Janiskay]

You live in Alaska? Great shot. I had seen this years ago on TV. What a wonderful sight to experience live.

[Kay Hodges]

Lovely shot and amazing to see

[Tremerryn]

I could hardly believe my eyes - incredible shot.

[Peter H]

Wow, never seen that before.

[Debi 🐩]

Great shot

[Pat Knowles]

Amazing scene ........so interesting to see these all together....I love salmon!

[Kass]

That's a boat load (plus way more) of fish. Where's my fishing rod?! ;)

[Davie]

Amazing shot. Never seen anything like it...incredible.

[☠northy]

very cool... and y'know - a tad creepy! reminds me of the snake scene in indiana jones

[bkb in the city]

That would be amazing to see

[Lisa Stein]

That is amazing! It's wonderful to know there is a place where there are still salmon runs like that! Great shot!

[Lisa Villella]

Amazing! I would love to see this in person! All the sparkles of the water really caught my eye!

[Alison Roberts]

That is unbelievable - great capture!

[Osia Strasner]

Wow, that's a LOT of salmon! Do you guys go fishing? Is there a season when you can catch and keep? Can you freeze them?! Yummm.....love salmon!

[KWind]

@panthora There's different fishing seasons for different salmon. I've lived here over 20 years and never gone fishing. I'm far too impatient! There are minimum size requirements in order to keep them and you're only allowed a certain number of fish per day. People fish all summer and then freeze it to eat all winter long. In fact, we had salmon tonight caught by one of my dad's friends.