Summers end brought welcome visitors from England to explore Bee Creek and Royal Roads University. Hilary and Robert along with thier family had a chance to see some of the sites currrently monitored plus a demonstration of the mechanics of a gee trap. A picnic overlooking the Esquimalt Lagoon at the mouth of Bee Creek was a peak moment for our visit.
Daryl and Rod completed the creek monitoring this month and much like July, the count was low leading to speculation that the trout are using the increased vegetation for shelter making it more difficult to lure them into the gee traps.
Despite the drought in BC this summer, leading to record forest fires and several heat waves, the creek remained healthy with cool waters and normal water levels. Trout fork lengths ranged from 50 to 120 millimeters again normal for the creek during the summer.