There’s Salmon in the Creek!!! 4

As I look back over the last year of fishing, I have quite a few fond memories.  I am thinking of my daughter Mia's and son Mason's first billfish, my big cuberra snapper in Panama, and watching my son Madden catch the tuna bug as bad as his dad and brother Mason have.  Bass fishing has also become a big deal as Madden and I learn the sport together.  However, nothing was more exciting than last weekend when Madden came running in the house and excitedly proclaimed, "There's salmon in the creek!" 

You see, our house backs to a little tiny creek called May Creek.  When we first moved in I did as much research on the web as I could to try to find out if the creek had any salmon returns.  Although the info I got was limited, it appeared that there were some small returns.  Unfortunately, over the past two years we haven't seen anything but a small trout or two.  I had pretty much given up on finding any salmon in the creek but Madden had not and he kept checking.  His faith was rewarded and now I can confirm that we have sockeye spawning in our little creek.

One of the great things about this is taking the time and opportunity to teach Madden and his buddies about the life cycle of the salmon and what a big deal it is to see salmon in this creek.  While it is great to enjoy the catching and eating part of nature, sometimes sitting back and observing can be almost as much fun.