The Urge to Merge: Salmon swim across flooded road in Washington

[onedef92]

Salmon swim across flooded road in Washington

Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 10:43 AM

UNION, Wash. - 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.

[Burnt C6]

So instead of a Chicken the joke would be Why did the Salmon cross the road?

[island14]

Sounds like a good place to fish :D

[onedef92]

Sounds like a good place to fish :D


Might not be a bad spot to hunt dogs, too, apparently. :D

[island14]

Surf & Turf? :lol:

[onedef92]

Surf & Turf? :lol:


:rofl: Exactly!

[Bingo Fuel]

Great headline OD. :cert:

So instead of a Chicken the joke would be Why did the Salmon cross the road?

He was looking for a Hoh (river).


The Skokomish is not too far away from here.
The salmon are spawning and it's pretty common to see them
swimming across roads and in fields when the rains come and rivers
flood.

For those that haven't been out this way, the Olympic Peninsula has
some great fishing rivers. For many years, I used to make the annual trek to Forks, Wa. the last week of October to fish the Hoh, Bogaciel and Sol Duc rivers.
Largest caught was a 48lb King that took me 5 miles down river in
a drift boat.

BTW, it almost looks like that's a Chum (Dog) Salmon he caught. :lol:

Dog catches salmon - YouTube

[Jobaka]

:mad:

That's jaywalking. Those salmon have no respect for the law.

[CP]

:mad:

That's jaywalking. Those salmon have no respect for the law.

How did the fish know to cross the road there??? There's no "Fish Crossing" sign!

[Bucwheat]

They moved it, fish can't read anyway.:slap:

[CP]

They moved it, fish can't read anyway.:slap:

And derr can?????

[Stangkiller]

I think they need a PETA sponsored fish crossing sign!