We’ve been at fish camp for a few days now. The sucker run started out pretty slow sincewe had a cold spell (the ideal water temperature is somewhere around 60° F). Even now, the run doesn’t appear to be very thick. Each evening, we go to the creek to several different spots and fish them out with dip nets. So far we’ve been sending most of the fish back to the school to be frozen and eating the rest fresh.
A simple tarp-lean to was our shelter at fish camp
Last night’s catch will be scaled and cut into fillets for drying and smoking.
It´s dinner time!
Fish are ready to be transported back to the school
Our camp is located in a beautiful maple/ironwood hardwood forest and many of the days are spent exploring the nearby areas. Some of the first greens are appearing – spring beauties, violets, dandelions, nettles. It’s an exciting time to be camping here – new birds arrive and join in with their songs, and the leaves are getting bigger each day.
Thomas