Trout Rescue

It was Saturday,July 26,2008.At the Carmel River in Monterey
county,we started the rescue for the Trouts caught up by a
drought in the upper portion of the river to make sure that
they will survive the continuing decline of water level in
the said area.

Summertime is fast approaching and water is starting to drain
a large section of the Carmel River down to the point where
the fresh water meets the salty water from the Pacific ocean
facing the Monterey peninsula in Northern California.

Seven o'clock in the morning ,the rescue team composed of two
females and six males members and volunteers threw our nets
and catches almost fifteen hundred of the said species for
barely two and a half hours span of work.

We collected them in a temperature controlled buckets
and carefully transported them to the lower section of
the River to make sure that a high percentage of survival
will be attained within the summer season until such time
that rain comes out later in spring and make the river
collect again a substantial amount of rainwater to sustain
a positive growth of nutrients needed by the Trouts as they
keep growing in the fresh waters before they are able to
sustain a life in the salty waters of the open seas.

The work of rescuing such species gave us a self
gratification aside from the value of exercising our
bodies for the sake of letting to continue and enjoy
the species life cycle which is laying their eggs at
the fresh waters and grow a little strength to prepare
themselves a more challenging life in the salty waters
of the oceans.

For the people behind the rescue,thank you so much.
Henry,Jack ,Jun, Andrea,Lorraine,Leif,Frank and me.

Till your next visit.