The Summer end brought cooling weather to Bee Creek.

The creek shows a strong water flow with consistant temperatures below 14 degrees even after hot weather during August. In addition, there appears to be a drop in water level most apparent in the pools located on site 1, and 7. Despite these issues, there appears to creek appears healthy with good quantities of invertebrates .

Jamie and I were joined by Judy, a good friend and neighbour, well experienced with ELSI due to her volunteer work with Jason on the European green crab trapping. Some similarities exist between crab and trout trapping, in that in both cases, traps are baited and left to soak for a day.

We recorded a healthy 185mm cutthroat in site 1, likely readying its return to the lagoon shortly and beginning its next stage. Based on research, juvenile trout remain in freshwater creeks for about two years.

We experimented with two alternatives for measuring the trout. The cutthroat on the left was measured using a stream keepers viewer which has a small tape measure at the bottom of the device. We need to keep the trout secure with our hands on top as opposed to the 185mm trout on the right which was measured in a ziplock bag with a ruler placed in the bottom.