Salmon swim across flooded road in Washington

November 1, 2012 @ 8:43 am

UNION, Wash. (AP) - A flooding river covered a road in Washington, allowing some migrating salmon to swim across the pavement.

Video from KOMO-TV shows one salmon didn't make it Wednesday when it was caught by a dog that walked away with its catch near Union, about 40 miles southwest of Seattle.

The salmon-crossing-the-road scene is replayed nearly every year on the Skokomish (skoh-KOH'-mish) River. It frequently floods after heavy rain in the Olympic Mountains.


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  • vern ivan wrote...
    Skokomish
    November 2, 2012 2:27 pm
    I've walked the watershed. The fish pass as they have always done so. A road will not stop them. Dams do. It is the humans that call this a phenome, the "people" know this should be, not to be disturbed. The successful "spawners" reach places in the streams that are not visible to humans. People may see, humans cannot. ...
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  • fishnpol wrote...
    I saw a pic of the dog carrying the salmon.
    November 6, 2012 10:11 am
    If the dog ate it he's probably pretty sick about now and could die if not taken to the vet., unless it's ate salmon and been sick from it before.
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