Avoid chasing or harassing animals under any circumstances. Learn wild animal signals that tell you that you are too close. This is your signal to sit or stand quietly or move slowly away. You may lose the chance for a prize winning picture but gain the unique experience of viewing a wild animal behaving naturally, undisturbed by humans. If at all possible, view spawning salmon from the bank of a stream and avoid walking among the reeds or kicking up silt upstream from the fish.
Fish act reluctant to move back onto spawning reeds.
Spawning behavior stops. Fish may remain over reeds, but interactions between fish stop. Large masses of sticks in the tops of tall, broken topped trees along the coastline are often the obvious nests made by bald eagles. You may spot other nests as well. Avoid nests and never handle eggs or young.