LIVE now Alaskan Sockeye returning, HUGE numbers jumping

[John VN]

Haven't seen this many jumping in July in years and underwater cam also

https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brooks-falls-brown-bears-low

 

[bobbiwoz]

Wow! Great picture, thank you!

 

[Suger Mag]

Haven't seen this many jumping in July in years and underwater cam also

https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brooks-falls-brown-bears-low

I have been watching the last few weeks, lots of salmon, on some days just literally running over the paws of the bears.

some of the bears act like diners at the Country Buffet...oooh more ribs, I guess I can make room for just one more fish

 

[gottalovepluto]

I have been watching the last few weeks, lots of salmon, on some days just literally running over the paws of the bears.

some of the bears act like diners at the Country Buffet...oooh more ribs, I guess I can make room for just one more fish

Is there a certain time of day the bears tend to come out?

 

[Suger Mag]

Is there a certain time of day the bears tend to come out?

it is pretty much all day, they trade off, so sometimes one is leaving and another is coming in. But it is random, sometimes I click in and there are fish jumping like jiffy pop and I am like where are the bears at they are missing out....

 

[Suger Mag]

currently there are three cam sites with all you can eat fish monchers....

 

[John VN]

Is there a certain time of day the bears tend to come out?

Stay tuned in because coming soon could be 10 to 20+ bears at the falls and bellow. Really cool watching them catch the fish as they jump up the falls.

 

[monsterkitty]

Is it bad that I'm watching the jumping salmon as I'm eating dinner?

DH's aunt lives in Alaska, and this is the last of the filets she sent us last year. Unfortunately, she broke her arm last winter and had to have surgery so she's with her DD in Oregon this year so we may not get any random salmon deliveries this year.

 

[John VN]

Is it bad that I'm watching the jumping salmon as I'm eating dinner?

DH's aunt lives in Alaska, and this is the last of the filets she sent us last year. Unfortunately, she broke her arm last winter and had to have surgery so she's with her DD in Oregon this year so we may not get any random salmon deliveries this year.

r.e. bold -- Didn't bother me as I ate some Sockeye tonight, it's soooo good.

 

[Southernmiss]

Love this. We were in Alaska last August. Such a beautiful place.

 

[irlandaise]

Are we sure we aren't just seeing the same 10 fish jumping over and over again? Sure looks to me like they aren't doing a very good job of getting to the top of the little waterfall so they can continue upriver.

 

[Suger Mag]

Are we sure we aren't just seeing the same 10 fish jumping over and over again? Sure looks to me like they aren't doing a very good job of getting to the top of the little waterfall so they can continue upriver.

I love the ones who jump straight up and do not go anywhere...

look what I can do comes to mind....

 

[ronandannette]

If you ever get to Juneau, take time for the salmon interpretive center and salmon ladders. Once you learn a bit about what they are doing and how, the whole process is just…awesome.

 

[ronandannette]

Are we sure we aren't just seeing the same 10 fish jumping over and over again? Sure looks to me like they aren't doing a very good job of getting to the top of the little waterfall so they can continue upriver.

Beating and battering themselves against the rocks is a necessary part of their spawning process. They are literally programmed to arrive at the spawning grounds almost dead. It’s really all just fascinating.

 

[Suger Mag]

Beating and battering themselves against the rocks is a necessary part of their spawning process. They are literally programmed to arrive at the spawning grounds almost dead. It’s really all just fascinating.

Salmon really crapped out in the reproduction lottery.....

Slugs now.... there is true equality: all hermaphrodites.... can do it together with both getting pregnant .... or by themselves.....

 

[Nayan]

Here's some links for Katmai and the bears:

Brooks Falls:

Kats River View:

The Riffles:

River Watch:

Dumpling Mountain (OMG the view )

The Bears of Brooks River: https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/photosmultimedia/ebooks.htm