Nabil River, Nabilski Bay, north-eastern Sakhalin – part 2

There are 3 species of Pacific redfins. This is small-scale redfin – Tribolodon brandti)

Cherry salmon was not numerous, so it was not easy to catch

The braided areas had log jams. On the way to the sea we had to portage over 5 log jams.

Little sea-run (Sakhalin) taimen

Cherry salmon often strike classic Atlantic salmon flies

In some places the river is up to 50 meters wide

Chum salmon smolt and its imitations

Some specimens of white-spotted char have pink dots

Lake minnow Phoxinus perenurus is also present in the drainage

Three-spine stickleback (top), and nine-spine stickleback

Near the sea the river looks like slow, deep pool

Coho salmon smolt ready to the sea migration

I prefer an inflatable kayak to any rubber boat

Our convoy is coming to the Sea of Okhotsk

Here one can feel the waves created by the coming tide