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[chris gadsden]

Today Rodney and I went down to do some filming of the anadromous (sea-running) form of the Threespine Sticklbacks that I filmed last Saturday. We were wondering if they would still be there but they were.

Rodney shot a lot of pictures and video footage including some underwater shots. He will be putting a video together of them.

Also we did another video about illegal dumping beside a pile of drywall someone dumped a few weeks ago at the Bert Brink Game Reserve.

Rodney may have them up as early as today so watch for them.

[clarki]

Rodney shot a lot of pictures and video footage including some underwater shots. He will be putting a video together of them.

Interested to learn more about them

[firstlight]

So this is whats been happening with all the Salmon disapearing.

[Rodney]

Quite an enjoyable morning without wetting a line!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI4ieCgZjVE

These fish are tiny, but the scale of this migration is absolutely amazing.

[blueback]

I remember seeing those little guys going up the shallows, back when the Fraser was open for Chinook in May. I remember asking a few of the others on the bar fishing what they were, and no one knew. Good to know what they are after all these years!

[Dave]

I remember seeing those little guys going up the shallows, back when the Fraser was open for Chinook in May. I remember asking a few of the others on the bar fishing what they were, and no one knew. Good to know what they are after all these years!

How long ago was that blueback? The more info about these guys, the better.

[wildmanyeah]

the population must of really increased in the last few years.

Shared this video with Bugs, a uvic researcher who has been sampling chinook stomach contents for the last few years. This migration corresponds with the timing he has documented three spined sticklebacks in chinooks stomach caught in the ocean off the fraser river.

[RalphH]

also the new herring!

[Rodney]

Sounds like it's just a rare massive return which no one has seen before. I've been getting lots of messages from people who have had similar observations further upstream and in the tributaries like the Sumas.

[blueback]

"How long ago was that blueback? The more info about these guys, the better."

I guess it must've been in the later 90's. I remember seeing them during several years.

[wildmanyeah]

shared the video with a few bio's, There response : "That is extremely cool. Thank you for sharing it. I knew that these guys were anadromous, but had no idea that migration occurred on that kind of scale"

thanks again Rod for bring awareness to this

[clarki]

At 4:30, look at the size of, and how predominant, their eyes are.

Now I realize why some baitfish fly patterns use stick-on eyes. 

[Rodney]

The scale of the migration is most likely a rare occurrence. The key questions then would be, is this a regular peak cycle that occurs once every few years? Or is it happening due to changes in the ecological balance in the ocean (less predation, more primary productivity, etc)? Still many unknowns out there.

[Dogbreath]

'like'

FWIW-I cross the North Arm twice every AM for work and just noticed how the freshet has grown/was wondering what changes were happening but had no idea about this amazing event.

Thanks for your efforts.