Article NEW ARTICLE: Skagit Bull Trout Primer Ch 1: The Early Years (by Smalma)

[Josh]

Skagit Bull Trout Primer Ch 1: The Early Years
by: @Smalma


Photo by @Matt B

In the North Cascades it is winter. On a Skagit basin stream located above 2,000 feet elevation, the forest floor and stream banks have been snow covered for months and the water itself stands just barely above freezing. The clean and stable gravel in this wilderness stream and the other moderate to small waters like it provide near ideal environments for the eggs and young fry of one of the Pacific Northwest’s enigmatic species. With the stirring of life in those gravels the next generation of our native char, the bull trout, prepare to hatch...

Read the rest of chapter one in @Smalma's awesome series about Bull Trout in the Skagit river basin. This is an updated and expanded version of a short article he wrote for some other website a decade ago. It's full of the history and science and status of one of our coolest native fish species.

Thank you to Smalma and to everyone who uploaded photos to illustrate the article series.

Skagit Bull Trout Primer Ch 1: The Early Years

Skagit Bull Trout Primer Ch 1: The Early Years In the North Cascades it is winter. On a Skagit basin stream located above 2,000 feet elevation, the forest floor and stream banks have been snow covered for months and the water itself stands just...

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[Evan B]

Awesome stuff, @Smalma ! Really appreciate you providing so much information for us

 

[Smalma]

My thanks to all that provided photos for this article and a special thanks to Josh for making this happen!

Hope this series provides some insight into the behaviors that make our bull trout one of the more interesting fish that we have the chance to interact. The cherry on top for these fascinating fish is that they willing take our flies and in many cases, flies are the way to go.

Curt

 

[Canuck from Kansas]

Thanks for your efforts Curt. Read Chapter One, really interesting!! Looking forward to Chapter 2.

Cheers

 

[Josh]

I just want to say I love bull trout and am really glad @Smalma was willing to take the time to write some of his knowledge down to share with the rest of us.

 

[Buzzy]

My thanks to all that provided photos for this article and a special thanks to Josh for making this happen!

Hope this series provides some insight into the behaviors that make our bull trout one of the more interesting fish that we have the chance to interact. The cherry on top for these fascinating fish is that they willing take our flies and in many cases, flies are the way to go.

Curt

Very nice, looking forward to more chapters on these amazing fish.