Sockeye Salmon

“Can you imagine swimming 400 kilometres against a raging current, encountering thousands of obstacles along the way, not eating a bite of nourishment, with only one purpose to your journey — to reproduce and die? Such is the fate of the Adams River sockeye salmon. The drama of reproduction is played out in exactly the same way every cycle as millions of sockeye make their way back to the gravel beds of the Adams River, the place of their birth, to spawn and die.” – Adams River Salmon Society
In October of 2010, an estimated 15 million Fraser River sockeye salmon returned home to British Columbia after spending two years out in the Pacific Ocean. These adult sockeye will battle the Fraser River and the Thompson River to reach the Adams River. Along their journey, the sockeye will seek out the streams that gave them life four years earlier. The 12- kilometer long Adams River will be the final stop for as many as two million of these salmon. While the sockeye return every year, the migration that occurs every fourth year (2010, 2014, 2018…) dwarfs the others.
This was another remarkable trip- First time for Marie and I . We went with Cathy & Bob Hamaguchi on a beautiful fall day.
Details  Lens VR 105 f/2.8 G   ( f/6.3 , 1/1000’s, area mode dynamic, wb direct sunlight)