The week on the nearshore & HI BLAIR

Let's just start out with HI BLAIR!!!!!!!!!! I was trying to come up with something really clever & exciting to say, as I have recently discovered that my blog actually has some disappointed readers & I have also just discovered that I have some high competition as far as my fellow classmates blog entertainment value. It is a challenge to try to say anything substantial + not boring & today I am not up to the challenge. Preparing for finals etc has sapped my strength & my posture.

The weather has not been too cooperative as far as getting out on the "toy boat" in order to sample the more difficult to reach sites. Although it is pretty amazing how the sun seems to shine once we arrive- we like to call it fish karma :) We were not going to go out last week due to all the amazing flooding but it turned out to be a great week & I think everyone was glad to be sampling. I know I was happy to have a break from the computer!

The flooding seemed to have displaced fish & created turbidity that made for some good fishing! We caught a HUGE steelehead this week- 800mm, some sardines- for the first time- saddleback gunnells, a cutthroat, a bull trout & something I can't remember. I will fill in some life history at a later date....