The Fish Trap Journal

Monitoring the river day and night with our experimental pound net trap, we are at the front lines of the Columbia seven days a week,

Fishing continues, and we have already doubled our total catch from last year with only half of the 2016 run size. We wake up hours

Writing this journal entry with swollen and aching hands, I want to express great thanks to the individuals that are making this incredible journey possible.

Constructing and testing Washington’s first salmon trap in over 80 years, there is a lot to learn and many new challenges to confront on a

With a deep red, smoke-obscured sun as our backdrop, the crew wraps up week two of test fishing. In less than 14 days, we are

The Chinook are in, and the fishing is better than ever. After 13 days of test fishing, we saw our first tagged Chinook cross McNary