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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rodney on September 16, 2009, 12:34:05 PM
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Most on this forum know how enjoy the fishing can be on the Chilliwack River almost year round, from fall salmon to winter steelhead. Most have also noticed the ongoing litter problem, which this heavy usage has generated over the years. On Sunday September 27th, you can do something about it to make this a good start of another enjoyable fall salmon fishing season on the Chilliwack River.
Sunday September 27th is BC Rivers Day and the Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Coalition will once again be hosting its annual celebration at the Chilliwack Fish and Game Club. The celebration will include a river cleanup from 9am until noon, followed by a thank you BBQ for volunteers, draw prizes and entertainment. This event is only possible with the support of Lower Mainland anglers, who make up the biggest user group of this watershed.
Come on out, fish for salmon in the first few hours at sunrise, when fishing is usually good, then come out to the event and help us to make the river cleaner. You can then enjoy a free BBQ, talk to other Vedder anglers and swap tips before heading back out to the river for the last light bite. Those who attend from the forum, will receive a free annual FWR subscription that gets you instant access to the fishing report section, personal messaging function and access to video diaries.
Here is the event detail.
Date: Sunday September 27th 2009
Location: Chilliwack Fish and Game Club (48685 Chilliwack Lake Road). It is approximately 7km upstream from the Vedder Crossing Bridge, across the road from the Pointa Vista Restaurant.
Registration: 8:30am - 9:30am
Cleanup: 9:30am - 12:30pm
BBQ, draw prizes, entertainment: 12:30 - 2:00pm
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See you at this year's BC Rivers Day celebration!
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With so much interest in Vedder River fishing on the forum, I'm sure many will donate a few hours of the fishing season to help out in this annual make-over of the Vedder.
I'll be throwing in some drift fishing rods for draw prizes.
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Bump. If you are coming out, post a reply so we know who we might see at the event.
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Kevgor will be there. 5th or 6th year in a row.
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I will be in town so will be there.
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i would have loved to come with my wife but i am away at a business function. :(
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Mary and I would like to attend and I will bring a truck under one condition, Chris has to give up one of his coho hot spots. ;D
Just kidding about the hot spots Chris, you don't need to say a word if you start getting into coho I will just tail you from home one early morning. Better keep checking your rear view!
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Bummer, I won't be up there till Oct. 1. Thanks for all you do for the river and people who enjoy it. Only a very few people are stewards enough to leave things better than they find them.
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I will be there. As this will be my first time for the clean up I was wondering if everyone is given a section of the river to clean or do you pick your own section?
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Mary and I would like to attend and I will bring a truck under one condition, Chris has to give up one of his coho hot spots. ;D
Just kidding about the hot spots Chris, you don't need to say a word if you start getting into coho I will just tail you from home one early morning. Better keep checking your rear view!
i would like too but have been in the big City the last 4 days in the Senior Games in Richmond, still depressed about losing the gold medal game 2 games to 1 in the Mens doubles. :( :o
Anyway you will not be able to find me in the new Leaf Mobile. ;D
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count me in
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i will be out of town. i would have love to come. but just wanted to show appreciation and respect for all you guys do. :)
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I plan on being there. Hopefully the weather forcast will be good.
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I'll be there.
Butch.
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I will be there. Couldn't make the last one in july but I will be at this one with my daughter, pitching in.
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I am going to come, and I'm bringing my wife and daughter with me.
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Do you need waders. I have a 13 yr old and I want to keep him away from the river flow for safety but wish to participate.
Do you have to register or just clean an area and show up at 12:00?
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Is the parking at the Fish and Game Club safe for us to attend and leave our rods in our vehicle?
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Yes the parking lot is quite safe. In the past, we have also set up a safe area for people to leave their rods at the registration. I'm not sure if we are doing that this year, Chris would be able to tell more.
Good to see so much interest! It should be an excellent day. :)
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Hey Rod - for sure there can be a spot put aside for participants fishing gear! Good idea.
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Ok, Dave just volunteered to look after all the rods. ;D
I will be there. As this will be my first time for the clean up I was wondering if everyone is given a section of the river to clean or do you pick your own section?
I forgot to answer this earlier. Participants are assigned to a section of the river for the cleanup, but you're also welcome to tell the directors where you wish to go to. We'd like to assign strong individuals to sections with difficult terrains and individuals with pickup trucks to areas that have large amount of garbage.
For others who are fishing the Vedder on the 27th but don't plan to come, please also carry a plastic bag and fill it during your fishing breaks so you are part of this year's Rivers Day celebration. The Chilliwack River can only be cleaned up if all anglers chip in. :)
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I plan to be there on Sunday. It will be the first time I attend (luckily, only because my Sunday game is cancelled). DO we need to bring any special equipm./clothes? Rubber boots, gloves, our own garbage bags I presume, and so on? Thanks, look forward to meet many of you there.
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You should bring appropriate clothings and footwears. If you show up with just normal shoes, you'll most likely just be assigned to an easy section like the Rotary trail. If you show up with rubber boots or waders, you'll most likely be sent to areas where some wading is required. Garbage bags will be provided. Some pickup tools will be provided. Rubber gloves are available, but feel free to bring your own working gloves too. :)
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I was planning on attendinf this cleanup.... unfortunately my friends stag in Whistler is also this weekend, I will have to take a riancheck until next season :(
thanx to everybody that makes it out ..... may the fishing gods bless you this weekend
cheers Rick
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I was planning on attendinf this cleanup.... unfortunately my friends stag in Whistler is also this weekend, I will have to take a riancheck until next season :(
No coho for you this year! ;D ;D ;D
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I will try and make it out and lend a hand.
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I plan to attend the clean-up by myself. I'd be interested to walk the banks and clean up with a partner, preferably an experienced Vedder angler :-) -- maybe I can use this outing as an educational opportunity as well, to learn more about fishing on this river... I live quite far from the Vedder area, so I fish it only a few times a year. If anyone is willing to partner up, it'll be a pleasure. Many thanks, see you Sunday a.m.!
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I clicked that I would be attending as I totally expected to be able to do so. Being a business owner though sometimes things come up that you cant avoid. I have some business matters to take care of on Sunday. Sorry :(
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I will attend with couple of guys (KALBC-Korean Angler's League BC Members) ;)
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I will be giving away experienced floats this year once again at the CVRCC booth, many to pick through. ;D Not sure if there will be a Maple Leaf Drennan near the bottom of the box, a place the Leafs will not be near this year as we are off to the best start in years, in exhibition play that is. ;D ;D
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Excellent to see good amount of both new and returning support from the angling community! The weather forecast for Sunday continues to look good. So far we have had sunny weather for all of the Rivers Day event except one. :)
We're also looking forward to see your catches from the morning bite when you come to the registration. ;)
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A few members have requested that they would like to partner up with other forum members or fishermen for the cleanup so they can learn more about the river at the same time.
Dennyman has emailed me and said that he will most likely be at registration at around 9am. Perhaps forum members should attempt to all show up at around 9am for easier grouping if they wish to? Just a thought.
I'll have a booth set up tomorrow, pretty easy to find. There'll be a big screen TV with fishing video playing.
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I will be there with my son Matthew.
Steelheading
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if i could find a ride i would so be out there
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I'll be there!
Hope to meet some of you guys!
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Was a great effort again by the organizers and volunteers. thanks to both plus the sponsors too!
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Attendance of today's event was just under 250 people.
Here are some photos that I took: http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2009sepcleanup
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Attendance of today's event was just under 250 people.
Here are some photos that I took: http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/2009sepcleanup
Just a quick question about one of the photos as I don't want to change topics from the great clean up that you guys did. Are those pinks on ice still good for eating?
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Just a quick question about one of the photos as I don't want to change topics from the great clean up that you guys did. Are those pinks on ice still good for eating?
Coho? May look dark because of the white background caused the camera to reduce the exposure, eg backlighting of sun will cause all the faces in foreground to be dark and unrecognizable.
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Nice work on the cleanup. And nice Coho's on ice.
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samw was referring to this photo in the album.
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They are edible, but personally I prefer mine a bit fresher than that. ;)
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A shaky and sun spotted video of the day at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nsWL7Mdok
I will slip a recent survivorman type video (camera filming from the top a rock) in of some fishing too but I should save it for The Journal that should be written. :-\ It is a bit embarrassing tale in it and even Rodney has not heard this one and it is a couple of weeks old now. ;D
The video is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNLB4QgnWmo
Oh and excuse the Thompson flip but it only the safe way for a old guy to land a fish on the very slippery rocks along the sleep incline of this run in low water conditions. Of course we donot do it if we are not going to retain the fish but I did make a mistake once that Rod and Mark saw. :-[
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Chris, whats the deal with calling everyone cheaters?
A buddy and I walked the canal corner up to the train bridge and got a good sized garbage bag full, half of it coming from the train bridge area itself. When we got back to the clean up at around 1:15 it looked like everything was winding down, and I was lucky enough to grab the last couple jalapeno smokies. ;D I still have my draw ticket, Is it a winner?
One of the booth signs I read said "pinks are one of the 7 pacfic salmon"? Is there another one I do not know about? ???
WOW was there alot of people out fishing, it was a little rediculous. We stopped at the Kieth wilson bridge to take alook and show my buddy the huge school of fish under the bridge and what I saw was just stupid. One guy hooks a pink, the pink wraps up in 3 other guys lines, the poor fish is brought to shore by 4 guys reeling it in. The fish was then dragged up on the beach where it was unhooked and left there, must have been 10 guys within 5 feet of this fish on the beach, and not one person could even put in 2 seconds to push or even boot it back in the water... :-\
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Chris, whats the deal with calling everyone cheaters?
A buddy and I walked the canal corner up to the train bridge and got a good sized garbage bag full, half of it coming from the train bridge area itself. When we got back to the clean up at around 1:15 it looked like everything was winding down, and I was lucky enough to grab the last couple jalapeno smokies. ;D I still have my draw ticket, Is it a winner?
One of the booth signs I read said "pinks are one of the 7 pacfic salmon"? Is there another one I do not know about? ???
WOW was there alot of people out fishing, it was a little rediculous. We stopped at the Kieth wilson bridge to take alook and show my buddy the huge school of fish under the bridge and what I saw was just stupid. One guy hooks a pink, the pink wraps up in 3 other guys lines, the poor fish is brought to shore by 4 guys reeling it in. The fish was then dragged up on the beach where it was unhooked and left there, must have been 10 guys within 5 feet of this fish on the beach, and not one person could even put in 2 seconds to push or even boot it back in the water... :-\
Not at all we were just supposed to have someone at the the table to regulate it as that what those in charge of the table wished to do.
Re your other concerns, everyone was asked to be back to the clubhouse by 12, maybe you missed hearing that. Registration was from 8:30 to 9:30 so we only ask people to be out on the river for 2 to 3 hours. You must remember the directors, other volunteers and those with the displays had a very early start that morning many driving from Vancouver and are very tired by 1:30. Of course that is not the end of it for the directors as some of us did not get wrapped up until 6, a 12 hour day. As well today there was other things to complete.
Tickets not claimed were redrawn for. I will copy and paste your concerns to some other directors, later, as I am going fishing as you can see sometimes being a volunteer at such an event you are never completly finished.
Thanks for taking part in the cleanup and maybe one day you will consider being a CVRCC director as many of us have been at it for 8 years, maybe we are just getting too old and should spend our last few years fishing more.
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This was our first cleanup and it certainly was a good feeling removing so much garbage from such a beautiful place. Hats off to those who put on such a good BBQ afterwards, those burgers really hit the spot after walking the river all morning.
We started on the backside of Tamahi but much to our suprise it wasn't in that bad of shape. After filling a bag of garbage and a bag of cans at Tamahi we decided to head up river in search of the motherload.
Just as I suspected we found two old campsites up past the cedars that managed to fill my truck.
The worst part of our day came heading back to unload, we passed a bag on the side of the road on the way up and it was still there coming back so I pulled over to pick it up. The wife jumps out and tries to throw it in the back but its too heavy, I jump out and with a little elbow grease manage to get the heavy bag on top of the trash. A few seconds down the road I look at my wife and ask "whats that smell?" knowing all too well that I had just thrown a 50 lb bag of rotten fish guts onto our truck :P While unloading the bag in question leaked some of its contents onto my clothes and the rank odour came all the way back to Vancouver with me. Im guessing the bag of fish guts was more than likely left by one of the camper units that spend weeks at a time harvesting fish up there.
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Thats worth a few extra good karma points there Lucky :)
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Good luck getting that smell out of the car, you might be stuck with that car for life. ;D
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Good luck getting that smell out of the car, you might be stuck with that car for life. ;D
Just like that Seinfeld episode when Jerry had that BO smell from a car valet. Nobody wanted that car LOL
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lol
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Total weight collected was 1990 kg or 4387. 2 pounds. This gives us around 57 tons taken off the river in our 8 years of cleanups. Well done by all as a lot of this would have been washed into the Fraser and into the ocean.
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thats fantastic, though pretty callous of people to discard it all