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[chris gadsden]

I filmed this today on the Fraser River.  I have had many different options what they are when I posted the video on FB, your thoughts.

https://youtu.be/fWPQL5omKdU

[Dave]

yes

[Fish Assassin]

Definite yes. Matter of fact just bought some from Super Store. Going to fry them up for supper. Delicious.

[chris gadsden]

I went down and caught one, they are sticklebacks, pictures on my FB page.

[Dave]

So they are. I didn't know they migrated like that, learn something new every day!

[chris gadsden]

So they are. I didn't know they migrated like that, learn something new every day!

Going by in the thousands too.

 From Marvin
"
"These are the anadromous (sea-running) form of the Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). The anadromous form is known as "trachurus". Like a sea-going salmon they are dark on the back, white on the bottom, and silvery on the sides. The non-anadromous form of this group is known as "leiurus" and is found in the ditches and sloughs around Chilliwack (as well as elsewhere). https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f67-138... Threespine Stickleback are found circumglobal north of 30 degN. You can find them in Great Britain, and other parts of Europe, for example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-spined_stickleback

[wildmanyeah]

[RalphH]

Thanks Chris! Cool video. I never realized there was an anadromous version of stickleback that called the Fraser home.

[clarki]

x2 Nor I! Very cool to learn that. Pretty amazing that a little fish like that has a spawning migration so far upstream.

Anyone know where their spawning grounds are?

All the more reason to protect the Heart of the Fraser. Those stickleback are an important part of the food chain of inshore marine areas.

This pot bellied jack coho was caught in Sept off a saltwater beach

was plugged with these stickleback.

I counted 25 intact stickleback and a mass of digested ones.   

[Hike_and_fish]

x2 Nor I! Very cool to learn that. Pretty amazing that a little fish like that has a spawning migration so far upstream.

Anyone know where their spawning grounds are?

All the more reason to protect the Heart of the Fraser. Those stickleback are an important part of the food chain of inshore marine areas.

This pot bellied jack coho was caught in Sept off a saltwater beach

was plugged with these stickleback.

I counted 25 intact stickleback and a mass of digested ones.

Really cool to see that

[firstlight]

Stickleback-the new Oolichan

I never knew about this run of fish either.
Very cool to see.

I seen something similar in a local river but it was a mass of Red sided shiners in a full on spawning mass.
They were about the same size as Oolichans as well.

[chris gadsden]

 I went down this morning 3 days later after the video and pictures I shot and I observed them still going by by the thousands. One could maybe say the millions now.

[Dave]

Chris, you just might be the first to document this migration  , very well done! 
Marvin could probably suggest a few people at UBC who would be very interested in this.

[chris gadsden]

Chris, you just might be the first to document this migration  , very well done! 
Marvin could probably suggest a few people at UBC who would be very interested in this.

Yes Marvin asked me to send to UBC which I have done. Rodney and I going tomorrow and see if he can get some underwater shots if they are still going by. One can only imagine how many have gone by in such a wide stretch of the Fraser. Now  over 6.1 K views when I last looked on the video I put up my FB page and more on the link when I posted to youtube too.

[Dave]

Photo journalism at it's best  Again, great job.