The Adventure Guys
We admit it. We've got great jobs. How many people get told by their bosses to go out and play? We write about those experiences each Thursday in The News Tribune’s Adventure section. But there's always more to the story. Here, Craig Hill and Jeffrey P. Mayor will share the inside stories on their adventures - including their misadventures - plus post news and answer your questions.

CRAIG HILL

Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about  adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com

JEFFREY P. MAYOR

Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com

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The inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Posted by Jeff Mayor @ 03:35:29 pm

Joe Hymer of the State Department of Fish and Wildlife just sent out this note about the steelhead count at Bonneville Dam:

"Unless someone had fat fingers, there is a new record daily count of steelhead at Bonneville Dam – 18,671 fish yesterday! The previous record that I could find back to when counts began in 1938 was 14,432 fish on August 3, 2001."

So far this year, 196,041 steelhead have been counted at the dam. Of those, 79,050 have been wild fish.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Here is a Webcam image from Bonneville Dam showing fish migrating through the fish ladder.