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Last day of fishing for sockeye salmon. I had the chance to catch some and here they are, all made up fillet and ready for freezing. I thought I’d take a picture of ‘em. The fish did put up a fight, but the man won. And the man’s kids will have food on the table for a few more days.

This is one of the days when the government regulations allowed fishing the sockeye salmon in British Columbia. It is the first year in many years when they allowed it, and people got really into it. You can see here how crowded the banks of the Fraser River are, just north of Chilliwack, BC. It was so crowded that I couldn’t believe there are so many fishermen on the planet. Lines got tangled. Many times. But, people caught lots of fish. I caught only a big one, but only because I didn’t have a very long line, don’t get me wrong. Otherwise I would have had more in the bag.
It was actually very fun and the kids loved pulling out the fish. Every once in a while (quite often actually) a fisherman would ask a kid if he caught something; if he didn’t he then would let the kids wrestle with the fish to pull it out. Fun. fun. fun.