11/02/09

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

SCHOONER TRAP IS OFFICIALLY OPEN

TEAM CHINOOK LEADS THE WAY FOR A NEW SEASON!


Larry Dale, Bud Roark, Chris Furgason, Bill Furgason, departed Longview Hills @ 9:00am and returned at 12:15pm. The day was beautiful and a very pleasant drive into the trap. We didn't see any wildlife except for FISH, upon checking the trap we noticed that there were FISH in the trap. Larry suited up and went down into the trap to check it out. Bud went to the stream and took up his position as needed. Larry dipped in and came out with a beautiful red Buck that had won a fight with a seal.
Larry passed the net to Chris who relayed it to Bud for a smooth release, and off up the stream he went. Meanwhile back in the trap Larry had corralled another beautiful Buck this one bigger than the last he netted it and past the net to Chris who again passed it to Bud who masterfully released it. Larry in checking found yet another fish in the trap upon netting it he discovered that it to was a Buck. The relay of netting the Steelhead to release was performed flawlessly.
Larry checked the trap and found no more fish so we set about cleaning the trap. Bud released a bunch of leaves and debris and sent them through the trap. Chris raised the gate to let debris through. Larry cleaned the gate and it was lowered, and the front gate was raised to release the debris on down stream. We stowed the equipment and recorded the fish leaving the trap ready to receive the next run of fish. Team Chinook will be manning the trap this Friday Nov. 6th if we get some rain we just could see more fish in the trap. We returned to Longview Hills with a job well done.

ELECTRIC BILL - for TEAM CHINOOK