My husband and I have been doing some work for a group in our office and one of the members who has lived in Redding for a long time told us of a great place near our home to see the Salmon on Clear Creek. Clear Creek comes from Whiskeytown Lake is released there. I flows South and eventually enters the Sacramento River. From the Sacramento the Salmon enter to spawn. We took a trip out there this last weekend. I took a few photos to share.
This is the Canyon as it flows South. The sides are steep and dangerous.
Craggy and goregous, Clear Creek looking North as it flows from Whisketown Creek.
Still looking North but more downward.
Here is what we came for....two Salmon spawning. It's great however, it is sad. There use to be many more. Our friend said we would see twenty fish. We only saw two.
Another view...it's a bit hard to see them...they are brown and in the very center. We could see them perfectly. It was beautiful to watch.
This is the map of Clear Creek. At the very top it leaves or is released from Whiskeytown and flows down to the Sacramento. We are actually only about 10 miles from Redding.
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