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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: chris gadsden on October 01, 2005, 12:47:56 PM
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Just got back from a short trip to the Vedder and what a difference a day makes. A short report as well on the morning trip.
It was in perfect condition during the time I fished from 9 until 11. Lots of anglers out but did not see much fish on my drive to the spot I fished above the Crossing.
Lots of the diehearts at KWB some milling about at first light wondering where most of the gravel bar had gone although a bit is now showing. Saw nothing landed during the time I was there as I watched for a bit. I quess most of them did not realize the high water of the last few days would have moved the concentration of fish out of the area and they are no longer easy picking as they were for a couple of weeks. ::)
A lot of activity as well at the Hydro Bridge but saw only one pink landed while I was cleaning up a party site, got about $10 worth of bottles and tins, enough to pay for the gas for today's trip. ;D
The spot I fished last night was now too low so I moved up river and settled into a area I had caught fish in years past. I afix my good looking pink roe and start fishing with 2 to 3 feet of float, visibility I would conservativly say was 3 to 4 feet, perfect for the 5 to 6 foot deep run I am fishing. On my second cast i hook a small coho that boils to the top before falling off, 15 minutes later I am into another fish, a spring that I land and release, a coloured buck of about 10 pounds.
While talking to a couple of friends who have dropped by for a chat float down again, this time a jack spring. it falls off after about 30 seconds.
30 more minutes more pass by before my next chance happens. This time it is a coho that wraps itself up in my line right away so no fight at all as it comes to shore easily. It turns out to be an unclipped buck of about 5 pounds tops, it kicks up a bit of a fuss as I unwrap the line and take out the #1 Gammy. It leaves in a hurry on release, still full of energy.
A fellow fishing below me with which I believe is a jig of some sort. It is being fished with 8 feet or so of float and after I have released the coho he is into spring of about 8 pounds. I donot think I have ever seen a fish hit the beach so fast. It is hooked somewhere about the mouth area, I remain silent.
Nothing happens until a few minutes before I decide to head for breakfast. Float down again, right away as the fish takes line I know it is foul hooked :-[ It takes off into the current but I am unable to break it off and I finally I land the 5 pound spring that is hooked in pectoral fin. ??? ::) this should not happen to a short floater using roe but it did. The fellow below me remains silent ;D as I quickly pull the hook out and send the spring on its way.
A few casts later I find a snag of some sort and break off and that and the previous event are enough to send me to the showers ( I mean breakfast).
Even though I did not get a fish to take home it was good to have some fish on once again, an improvement over last night's sucker. ;D ;D
At least the water cleaned up in a hurry and should provide some fishing opportunities for the weekend anglers.
Have fun. ;D
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Good report. :) I see you were fishing as deep as Trout Slayer with those fish coming in tail first. ;D
So has anyone gone up to the hatchery to check how many coho are in there? ;D
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You had much better luck than we did. Went mid river firstlight with my pink roe. Tried this nice stretch for about 1 hour. No fish rolling and no fish taking the mighty pink roe. Moved down river just below Lickman a ways, few guys fishing but nobody catching. Saw a couple fish jump and my buddy had a fish on briefly but again nothing. So we went to a nice spot in the lower river where I like to catch rainbows in May. The run looks perfect. Lots of pinks around swimming between my feet. No fish wanted what I had to offer though. No signs of anything other than pinks in this location.
Decided to head far up river. Made our way to some steelhead country and nobody was in sight. Fished for another hour and again no fishing rolling and no fish biting. Stooped at On The Way bought some pepperoni. Asked if they had heard of anything. They said not much was happening and only one 11lb coho was weighed in. Decided to hit Peach Rd just before calling it a day. Went down and their was about 12 or so people. A few with spinning reels :-\ They would cast and at the end of the drift give the rod a yank everytime. I would look at them and just shake my head. Luckily for them that had no fish. Neither did I today Neither did I :'(
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Good report. :) I see you were fishing as deep as Trout Slayer with those fish coming in tail first. ;D
So has anyone gone up to the hatchery to check how many coho are in there? ;D
Their are about 1000
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well sounds like the river is getting back into shape. but the only thing is, is that its suppost to rain agian till friday. :-\ but im heading out next sunday so i hope the levels are perfect by then
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friends fished first light to 11 a.m. and report wall to wall pinks up top today. conditions were described as darn perrfect, slight color and good flow. no fish in the bag.
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I fished lower river below railway crossing took about a 10 min hike found a perfect run only about 3 feed deep. First cast with my new cured roe THAT WORKS SO GOOD NOW! got a nice female pink. Second cast a male pink and so on.The roe worked great but it was just pinks for me.:( The highlight of the day was no doubt a nice size rainbow that took the roe. For a little guy it put up a nice fight i had to snap some picks of that and off he went. I didnt see anyone land much but pinks pretty disapointed saw one huge spring on my hike to the fishing spot about 30cm from shore it then it took off like a bat out of hell.
One question for you roe guys when i put on a chunk of about 5 eggs some of them fall of in about the first two cast, but about 3 or so allways stay on. I also found thats when i got all my strikes.
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My chunks contains more than 5 eggs. Its usually the size of a quarter or sometimes Loonie(depending on water clarity).
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Fishing where you met the Ripper??? ;)
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Fishing where you met the Ripper??? ;)
Have not tried it this year yet.
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Slipped out for the last hour of daylight and all I could coax into biting was a 14 inch clipped coho jack.
Water was still good and I saw the first fresh snow on the mountains tonight so with the cooling temperature things should be good tomorrow. Saying that it seemed there was not that many coho around today, maybe as reports come in later this evening some others may have seen a few caught.
I thought after the rain of a couple of days there would be a good push of them, maybe they will be late like a lot of the other runs in the local rivers this season.
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That's what I was thinking as well, that the coho, the main run anyways would be a little late. To Searun17 and my surprise, we didn't hook into any coho that we know for sure. We think that we might have hooked into a couple, but we weren't sure. Very surprised about that. Maybe saw 4 tops moving up river. Still it was a fun day overall. Hooked my first big spring of the year, guessing around 30lbs or so, lost him though. :P maybe had a coho on, might have been a nice rainbow, lost him. Finally landed a spring jack. Lost two others. Searun17 landed 2 spring jack very early, then about noon landed an absolutely beautiful 3-4lb rainbow. He also lost what he though was a coho, I didn't see it. So overall, not a bad day, weather was great, scenery was great, hooked a lot of fish. But the lack of coho after the big rain wasn't very amusing. ;) ;)
Well that means that we will just have to slay them next weekend, hopefully I can shake this damn cold. :) :)
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1000 coho in the hatchery, I guess the rain prayers are now satisfied. ;D ::)
After talking to Chris on the phone, I decided to take my dad out for a couple of hours for the evening bite. The water level was nice, but clarity needed to be a bit better.
I took him to one spot where we normally don't see anyone around, today was no exception. ;)
After a few casts, my dad thought donating one Drennan to the river was not enough, and he had to give another one. ::) This latest lost Drennan was caught up between two branches, which I later on retrieved. ;)
Still lots of fish on the move, the chums just kept going and going.
About 30 minutes into it, my Drennan was completely buried. I set the hook as fast as possible, only to find the Zeppler flying back into my chest. :-X ::) One miss, and that was the only one for me today.
My dad on the other hand, didn't miss his bite. Finally he was able to connect into one fish that produced some beautiful kicks on the rod. Unfortunately the fish came off after about 30 seconds.
Dinner time, I have to go eat my coho fillet from Thursday. ;)
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Rodney I had the exact same encounter today the fastest dip of a float if ever seen. I was late on the hook set and everything came flying at me.
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I went out for a few hours today in the evening.. I couldn't believe how many chums there were! I went to my old spot mid river, where most of the island I was on was covered with water., but I managed to get over there on the little piece and there were TONNES of fish jumping! I managed to hook 2 chums in an hour.. first one was on my second cast in... used roe in hope for a spring or coho, saw a few coho/spring jump tho.
btw.. first chums this season.. nice fresh males :)
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CHUMS! what the heck i went all over lower river didnt see a chum didnt hear of any chum nothing but pinks and some jacks. Damn your secret SPOTS!!!!!!!!!!! :P
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are you kidding me! all I could see were chums rolling around my feet! to be more exact, I was about a 20 minute walk DOWNRIVER from lickman rd...
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Q: Who fish for chum?
A: People who can't catch coho.
;D
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Hey floater, chum salmon are the big ugly ones with the funky colours all over them ;) You didnt havto ask...I know...I know.
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heyyyy,,, I was going for coho! but hey.. atleast got some action.. they were big guys too! my bet would be 15-17 pounders btw.. out of about 5-7 people.. that were kinda near me.. I was the only one who caught anything BY THE MOUTH.. lol. this guy had a fish.. and he went for a 10minute walk downstream in the water along with the fish just to lose it.. fun fun :)
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15 to 17lb... kind of like this big? ;D
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/fishing/DSCF0003_001.jpg)
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almost, Mine doesnt have fat slugging down :P i have some pics, but they are on my phone, and ill buy a cable soon and il post them up :D btw nice fish :D
and my bet is that is 20 pounds ATLEAST.. what a fat arse! .. you or the fish? :D :D :D
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Yes yes rodney we have all seen that pic on the web on every possabl fish related site. :P But seriously what the crap chum man a big school must of moved up or something. Anyways im not comming back next saturday untill i get a freaking coho and a nice spring for the fight even if it kills me. ;)
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what a fat arse! .. you or the fish? :D :D :D
Well, I've been trying to get on a diet program...
Floater, I hope you have a nice camper for next Saturday, it's getting awfully cold at night. ;)
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Well thx for the motivation i know who i can count on now. :)
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So you're saying that you're going to be a long, long while then eh floater!!!!!!! ;D ;D Cause form what I've heard hooking a coho could take forever for you!!!! ;D ;D
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You guys just give me the fuel i need to post that next vedder record pic here. ::) and yes i will be holding the fish. 8)
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burn? :D the biggest fish ive ever caught on the vedder was a 48 pound spring :D
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brother in law and i set out for the vedder this morning as we arrive at our fav spot there was no sight of another angler around as i said to him all the meat fisherman are down at the KWB trying their luck there.About half an hour later my Bros float goes for the dip and about 5sec later we were watching this beautiful ho doing acrobat tricks for us :o as he started to reel the little guy it broke of his line :(.
The next cast in the bro has fish on again now I'm wondering what's going on as we both use the same roe he said to me i think it's a spring as we never seen the fish until the end when it's about 2 feet away from the edge, it's a coho i yelled ;D he lands this chromer buck about 6lbs i figure now he's all ;D as i waiting still to get a bit.
At the end of our day bro 1coho and a few dirty pinks me 0 coho and also a couple of dirty pinks :(
Oh well will have to try again next week
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I dont know if island chums are hard to get or what? I catch 1 chum for every 15 coho and the spots i fish chum greatly out number coho. I like catching chum good fighters i wish i could catch chum instead of stupid silver coho ;D Fishing today i saw probaly the largest chum i have ever seen 25 or so lbs and still silver with faint bars on it.
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ive never even seen a chrome chum my whole life! lol
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Now you have. ;)
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/fishing/DSCF0007.jpg)
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damn you! is that hope? btw nice hat ;)
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That's Squamish. :)
I know it's a nice hat. ;D
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oh yeah! looked familuar! is squamish open now?
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Rodney, always looking for a chance to show off eh? ;D
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It's never enough, especially when I am just sitting here doing boring web work. ;D
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It's never enough, especially when I am just sitting here doing boring web work. ;D
Should be out fishing in the Vedder as it is purr----fect.
I hope to get out later today after completing our 40th anniversary celebrations. ;D ;D ;D
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I set the hook as fast as possible, only to find the Zeppler flying back into my chest.
Ask Aaron, I'm the king of that.
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I hope to get out later today after completing our 40th anniversary celebrations. ;D ;D ;D
Congratulations. ;) Very patient indeed. ;D
Maybe the river will still be ok tomorrow morning. :-\
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Well I went out yesterday, with hope of many fish!!!!! I was already sick, shoud I have stayed home in bed? Who knows, lost 4 fish landed 1 spring jack. No coho. I am really sick today, didn't sleep all night, was it worth it. HELL YAH!!!! I would do it again as well. To me, I couldn't miss what had the potential of being one of the best days all year!!! ;) ;) Does that mean that I am addicted or something, cause I've been telling myself for years that I'm not!!!!! ;D ;D
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ouch :/ hope you get better!
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get well soon steel ;D
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Thx, I will try. I have to be better by next weekend, or you guessed it I'm going anyways!!!!! ;D ;D
Hopefully more coho will make it into the system this week, or at least start hitting!!!! ;) ;)
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big steel you are a true die hard ;)
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oh yeah! looked familuar! is squamish open now?
It's opened.
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thx for the reply, any fish in there currently?
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went to the Vedder yesterday with FishKind, one of my buddies and his Dad, my Dad and myself. left the house at 5 got to the river around 6:10. fished until 3pm. my dad caught 50fish..trust me, we counted, 3 being coho..one 14lb hatchery buck (a little dark, but still a nice fish, a 9lb. hatchery doe, and a 6lb. hatch buck. my self hooked 2 coho which i lost...one because FishKind (Justin) hooked my line...lol...hooked one chum which broke me off..over 20 pinks, and 1 spring which i also lost...FishKind landed a beauty chrome pink, which is unusual in the upper river. before we left, 2 guys came and started snagging pinks. one guy snagged one, brought it up on the beach, bonked it, chucked it in the black garbage bag, looked to see if anyone was around, and ran up to his car. i then told my Dad and he confronted the guy. he so called claims he "Let the fish go." what a bad fisherman :P :-[ :-X.
all in all was a prety good day.
will post pics really soon..in my gallery and here ;)
Tight Lines,
Coho Cody ;) :D
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were you mid river? I might have seen you..
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i was fishing with 4 other people..2 kids and 2 adults ;)
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(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/album30/vedder_oct_1.jpg)
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/album30/vedder_oCt1.jpg)
rest of the pictures are in my gallery ;)
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nice fish! how old are you?
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sorry i cant really say that ;)
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oh, I just thought u might be around my age.. im 15 :)
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I have noticed alot of people on the site are not very old yet as cody shows they can fish! Nice hos
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those are some nice fish coho cody :)
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Yes very nice cody, good job!!! :o
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Haha! who said young people cant fish! yesterday I caught 2 chums, and nobody even caught anything.. including my dad.. :P
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Coho cody in your pics isant that the bridge were all them damn kayakers train lol.
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they were training at lickman rd too! lol
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nice fish , i can't wait to get a freakin day off so i can get to the river . ( so far I am on day 19 without a day off !) with the rain it must have brought the river up a bit . what is the water condition like ? cloudy , clear ?
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Still good shape this evening but raining hard now so it may go out again if it rains all night. Always a tough call with the situation of the slide on Slesse Creek.
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Nice to be five minutes from the river eh? :P ;D
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Looks like lots of rain this week, should be good by the time I get down that way! Hey Chris is it too early for that spot or area or have you just not had the chance! Will be stopping by there next week possibly! Caught a nice trout at Marquartte today! 3lbs of muscle! Getting kind of cold though, thought it might snow!!
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Looks like lots of rain this week, should be good by the time I get down that way! Hey Chris is it too early for that spot or area or have you just not had the chance! Will be stopping by there next week possibly! Caught a nice trout at Marquartte today! 3lbs of muscle! Getting kind of cold though, thought it might snow!!
No I should check it out as it was two years ago the coho fishing was so good when the pink run was on. Had some good fishing on my side until the Ripper moved in ;D ;D
Nice trout, I though of a Fall trip to the lakes as I really enjoyed my few trips I made in the Spring but with the snow I see on the mountains here most likely means snow at the level I was fishing up there.