West Seattle salmon update: Longfellow sightings; Fauntleroy visits

Coho season continues on 2 local creeks:

Thanks to Josh for sharing that quick clip of one of more than 20 salmon he spotted during a visit to Longfellow Creek: “There are a ton of fish near the bonefish bridge, and we recommend people check it out!” (It’s a short distance down the trail from the Dragonfly Pavilion area just south of 26th/Yancy.)

Meantime, from Fauntleroy Creek, Judy Pickens and Dennis Hinton report more than 90 human visitors during their three-hour “open creek” sessions Saturday and Sunday afternoons. No new coho sightings over the weekend, though, so the total remains at 19. But as Judy puts it, visits are worthwhile, fish or no fish, enabling visitors “to experience spawning season very close to home and to learn a lot about salmon and habitat protection.” (Find out ways you can make a difference, here.) Volunteers will continue their watch in Fauntleroy for at least another week.

2 Replies to "West Seattle salmon update: Longfellow sightings; Fauntleroy visits"

  • John November 3, 2014 (1:21 pm)

    I volunteer with the King County Salmon Watch program. On Saturday morning I saw approximately 10 Coho about 40 feet upstream of the bridge. That’s fantastic considering the damage we’ve caused to the inlet of the creek from the Duwamish River.

  • sam-c November 3, 2014 (6:56 pm)

    Thanks for the head’s up about the salmon. sent the boys to check them out this afternoon. according to dad and son, there were ‘3 live ones, 4 dead ones, and a beaver dam’ (near the fishbone bridge in N. Delridge)

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