Re: [GSAS-Member] Cold water fish and other wiggly stuff

[rick-rose@comcast.net]

Hi June!
Good to hear from you :)  October's meeting topic will be a presentation by Jim 
Atchison of "The Bug Farm" (California) speaking on "Live Foods."  
I noticed that we still have your old mailing address so I was half-expecting 
to have your August Picnic Mailer returned to me; but so far so good.  I assume 
your mail is forwarding somewhere and it will eventually catch up to you.  You 
might want to email Susan W. off-list and give her your new mailing address.

Bye for now,
Rick
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> Hi everybody, 
> 
> I finally got internet service to RV so can follow what GSAS is doing. 
> 
> We are just finishing the summer out in mountains in NE Washington. We 
> caretake property of seldom present landloard in trade for RV space on a 
> river. Is quite hot here in July and most of August, like in upper 90's so 
> go swimming daily in river. 
> 
> Being more of a sight seerer than swimmer, I snorkel. Boy is faster, colder 
> river habitat different from the lakes over here. No vegetation except for 
> hair type algae now that river is very low and relatively warm. Food 
> pyramid is pretty much bugs etc, small fish, larger fish. See lots of 
> periwinkle kinds of stuff, crayfish and assorted minnow kinds supporting the 
> trout. 
> 
> Saw a pair of sculpins once. I think there are probably quite a few of them 
> but is hard to snorkel in the 6 inch deep riffles they hang out in. If you 
> ever get chance, they make great little cool water aquarium fish. However, 
> NEVER decide to snorkel down riffles in search of them. You can loose soft 
> tissue that way. ;-> Guess how I know. It seemed like a good idea at the 
> time and I didn't really get any injury except to my pride. My sister in 
> law, whom I conned in to going with me, has recovered her humor and is 
> speaking to me agin too. 
> 
> See big trout (15-20 inches) and lots of small ones hanging out in deep 
> holes but more commonly in shallows where they lie in the icey cold water 
> from under grounds springs entering the river. Is strange to swim along and 
> suddenly have the water temp drop >10 degrees. There are also lots of 
> whitefish which swim with the trout. I think this is only becasue they too 
> are seeking cold water. This is a "catch and release" river. Have been 
> observing a big trout recover from probable hook and handeling injury. He 
> has lost one eye and has most of the net scars healed. Due to his one sided 
> blindness, I was able to drift up to him and "pet" him. To my surprise he 
> didn't swim away when stroked. 
> 
> There are also huge suckers, like couple feet and up, and they are truely 
> ugly; even to a fish lover. 
> 
> Summer is coming to end here as it frosts by first of Sept so will put away 
> my fins and drift south to the dessert soon. 
> 
> Would love to here from folks and what you are doing. 
> 
> Anyone have any idea of what Oct program will be? I may be in Seattle area 
> on business about then. 
> 
> June Olberding 
> 
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