Salmon Watching on Vashon Island If you volunteer as a Salmon Watcher on Vashon Island, or if you are interested in fish at these streams, this page will provide you with relevant information.
If you would like to volunteer as a Salmon Watcher on Vashon, please contact Jennifer Vanderhoof at jennifer.vanderhoof@kingcounty.gov, or 206-263-6533. Veteran volunteers are always welcome. We are uncertain from year to year when we will have a training on Vashon, so stay in touch to find out if we will have one this fall. You are always welcome to come to a training on the mainland! Salmon Watcher sites The map below shows some sites on Vashon that have been watched by volunteers in the past. Click on this map to open a web page with an interactive site map. 
Training Can Be Fun
These photos were taken at the stream-side Salmon Watcher training session, Fall 2001. 
Vashon Salmon Watchers gathered on a damp fall day at Fern Cove at the mouth of Shinglemill Creek.
Dr. Robert Fuerstenberg talks to the volunteers about salmonid life history and tricks for salmon identification.
Volunteers model the experienced Salmon Watcher's secret weapon: polarized sunglasses!
Tides Rising tides can actually "push" fish into streams that flow directly into the Sound, so if you are watching a stream near its mouth, you may have the best luck seeing fish during a rising tide. You can use these tide predictions to help you choose times when you have the best chance of seeing fish. But keep in mind that the further upstream you are, the less tide effect matters. Fish Species One species you are likely to see in Vashon's streams are chum. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently unveiled an extensive web site on chum salmon. If you follow links from the home page, you can find life history and identification information, recipes, databases, and lots of information specific to Puget Sound chum. Links to other Vashon fish-related info People on Vashon Island also might be very interested in checking out some of the work that Washington Trout has been doing. NewsThis program is conducted in cooperation with the King County Water and Land Resources Division, Bellevue Stream Team, Redmond Stream Team, and the cities of Seattle, Bothell, Kirkland, Renton, Woodinville, and the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust, with support from the King Conservation District.
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