Nabil River, Nabilski Bay, north-eastern Sakhalin – part 1

Nabilski Bay is located on the northeast coast of the Sakhalin Island. Several rivers drain into the bay, the largest of which is the Nabil River. This is a very productive shallow bay with mixed fish fauna - here live marine, brackish-water, and anadromous species.

Nabilski Bay map

We started out float from the “lower” bridge. The distance from here to the sea is 60 km along the river. The river has many log jams.

A small cherry salmon, probably, a dwarf male of the species

Anadromous Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma

Dwarf male of Dolly Varden

A fox is interested to know the type of my camera

Siberian loach Barbatula toni

Young sea-run taimen (age 1+)

Benthos of the middle reaches of the Nabil

Steep sandy banks

On the way to the Sea of Okhotsk

One more portage

Igor has caught a redfin

Nesting area of the swalows

Today there are many butterflies at the river