Bowker Creek

About 50-60 chem fry school visible. Disgusting water pollution ever

CHUM SALMON FRY just behind distribution box!!🥰 About 50-75 juvenile chum fry swimming adjacent to shore back and forth between area of last year’s bed. Fewer than last year. ATU’s reached approximately 1060. Last year ATU’s were 814 on March 30,2022 when I saw the fry. Today April 18 was clear with sun. The fry were already present when I arrived around 11:30 and visible for about and 90 minutes or so. Gerald entered area alongside zone where they were swimming around 12:15 to take photos but their numbers were already dwindling. Around 12:45 the day became overcast and i left at 1. Around 2:20 pm photos of outfall discharge at oak bay highschool were taken by Kyle and when i went to check on the site at 3:05 the entire zone was was cloudy, murky with sludge built up in zone where fry had been hiding near last years location. No fry could be seen. A truly bittersweet day

Nice, clear water.

All quiet except that one of the gardeners at the site said there were little boys “running around in the creek yesterday on both sides. Hopefully our sign deterred them from disturbing the condos!!

Most suds I’ve witnessed but not over condos that are nicely submerged.

secchi depth reading of 120m was changed to 1.20m by admin

No flow over condos.

Water level getting very low and theres no flow over condos back or forward.
Temp quite warm over condos. 14 C
But I normally immerse in deeper area
Today its 10 degrees in deeper area where I normally measure.

Quite a bit of slime buildup upstream about 12 feet in vicinity of where last year’s eggs were placed.

Very murky tho sun is out.