[SignalHillHiker]

June 26, 2013

Another grey, foggy day. BUT the capelin were rolling!

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A fellow SSPer and I took a friend from Kazakhstan and his friend from Montreal for a little tour of the northeast Avalon, all within the St. John's Metro.

We went to Middle Cove Beach to check for Capelin. The water was black with them - but they weren't on the beach yet and we didn't bring rubbers.



The appropriately-named town of Flatrock.





















Out in the cute little fishing village of Bauline.



And finally to Outer Cove Beach. The capelin still weren't on the beach, but they were close enough that people with rubbers could just catch them with nets. Everyone puts on clothes they don't mind getting dirty and heads down to get as many as they can. There are so many millions of them that some people even use them for garden fertilizer. People try to take only the ones that have already laid their eggs.