So as i mentioned in the camping blog, there are people fishing off the coquihalla river now. The Othello area of the river has been closed to fishing because of the Caroline Mines. When the mines were open, there was a lot of pollution poured into the river, fishing was scarce. It's pretty scary thinking about it all. Well I found out that the river was opened up to fishing, only catch N Release. The Stealhead & Trout are starting to come back in full force. i think salmon is also starting to come back(EXCITING)
BUT at the same time the river starts to come back to life, The mines are opened again. I'm afraid with the fish issues, that their going to start polluting the river. I' love to fish, but i also believe in Respecting the river. the fish are scarce right now, so you respect the river. if you start pouring shit into it, your gonna kill the fish. there already rare in the area. (I'm just going on a rant.)
I'm not 100% clear on the history of the river and the mines, but I'm so excited the Trout & Steelhead are back. For those who don't know, the fisher guy described it perfectly. Steelhead are just Trout who got it in their heads to head into the ocean after spawning. It's pretty wicked.
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