Otis Fishing Report for August 11, 2023
As midnight draws near, Brooks Falls cam zooms into Otis in his Office. And then King Otis gave his Majesty’s Fish Counter the day off… and she didn’t return until 16 hours later. The Magic Time Machine saves 12 hours of film. And even we can do that math without the assistance of Excel! 😀 We missed four hours of rewinds, and then we did our best to catch up, but Otis Fishing Report Super LITE is upon us.
During catch-up, we can say -definitively- that what Otis caught most of today is Zzzz’s! We counted four times he left at the Platform side and one (adorable) Bank Bunk nap. Currently he’s off doing exactly that.
One notable: Perhaps we missed more than just a single day… certainly, it’d have take an eon for this to come to pass! Otis and 151 Walker sharing a cubicle. This is where you say “Awwwwww!”
We’re 100-percent certain there were more fish than this today, but here’s what we were able to catch on screen through now : 7 Fish or give/take 35,000 calories.
Now we’re going to do as Otis is and hopefully will be back on schedule tomorrow. 🙂 Sending wishes for fishes and fat bears in every nook and cranny! ♥
Bear cam images in this post are copyright National Park Service and/or Explore.org
What are “High-Grades”
Hi! When the salmon are plentiful and the bears become full during a fishing session, they’ll begin eating only the skin, brains, and roe (eggs). These are the highest-calorie portions of the fish. We call this “high-grading,” and we count them as “high-grades” in Otis’ fish count. To answer what may be your next question, the discarded portion of the fish will put nutrients back into the River itself, be picked up by gulls, eagles, ravens, or other birds, eaten by subadults, cubs, or moms feeding themselves and cubs, or it may end up on land where it’ll fertilize the ground. Nothing goes to waste! 🙂