Carnage in the Columbia

While rock gazing with the family this weekend, we smelled a strange smell. We followed our noses to find about 30 fish, cut in two and dead as doornails on riverbank. It was a sad sight to see. They were big fish, with hooked snouts and pointy teeth. I suppose I should know what kind of fish they are but I really don't. My husband found one fish that was still alive and struggling for breath. It was a sucker fish, over a foot long. He rolled him back into the river and the fish swam away. We are both hoping he is alive and well out there somewhere.