Joey Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 I live in Richmond Hill and there is a nice little path I take Ralphie on a walk in most days (Hillcrest Heights Park). You can Google map it. So today, as I'm walking, there were a bunch of people standing there going "oh, poor thing, he's stuck on the rocks........" So I look,and there is a salmon, at least 29", flipping about on the rocks out of the water. So I asked someone to hold Ralphie and I walked in, shin deep, shoes on, and grabbed it by the tail and put it back into the streaming water. I revived it by holding on for a bit and moving him back and forth to get the water back into him, then he swam away. It is a very small, shallow river so wonder if this is normal and I did a Google search and can't figure where it came from. Unless it swam upstream and got lost, the river does not lead up to Huron as far as I can tell. Any ideas how it got there???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Chinooks are stocked in the Don River. That fish would've swam up from Lake Ontario to spawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 It's pretty amazing how far salmon can go. In BC, my dad and I stopped by 1 creek to see the sockeyes spawning. To get there they would've swam up the Fraser River from the Pacific ocean through: Vancouver, Hope, Lilloet, Quesnel, Prince George, McBride, Tete Jaune Cache and Valemount, BC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Okay, so it swam upstream then. That makes more sense. Hope it makes it back. It will probably die after spawn though right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Pacific salmon die after they spawn (ie. Chinook, coho, pink, chum, sockeye) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Hmmm, maybe should have taken it home instead then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Or entered it for my team at least But, I didn't angle it so catching a salmon by the tail doesn't count right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Or entered it for my team at least But, I didn't angle it so catching a salmon by the tail doesn't count right Definitely don't want to fish for them there anyway. It's a sanctuary after Sept 30 HWY 407 down to the lake is fair game till Dec 31 though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Nice find,hard to believe they would go to that length to find the right spot.Determination in some I guess?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Definitely don't want to fish for them there anyway. It's a sanctuary after Sept 30 HWY 407 down to the lake is fair game till Dec 31 though Well Highway 407 is not that far away, I could have followed it down hahahahahahaha. Well cool, they really are a determined fish then. Never seen one this far up before and in such a small creek. It must have had a heck of a treck to get where it was!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Mmmm, nothing like a don river chinook to get the mouth watering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Well I went back on my lunch hour walk with Ralphie and searched the river to see if that salmon lived,and guess what, saw 4 salmon chasing each other. So they are definitely spawning. some looked in bad shape but at least 2 looked in really good shape and one was at least 30 plus inches, That one was chasing all the smaller ones. It was cool to watch!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Sounds like a large male chasing jacks. Looking bad is normal for Chinooks at this time of the year. The smaller jacks usually don't look too bad though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 And you without your camera? lol.,would be nice to see a pic of them with no background of course Joey.Must be cool to see . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatnFly Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 they're basically zombies this time of year, the living dead. it was probably black or a shade of black right? the flesh would be white, skin loose, basically rotting away as they swim upstream. me and a buddy usually go out each year to catch em late in the season for his dogs. we keep the spawned out females as they're just basically waiting to die, we release any egg carriers or healthy males. even though they are dying, they have a ton of power still, and are a ton of fun to fight, especially on 8lb or lighter line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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