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RalphH

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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #480 on: October 23, 2015, 11:00:53 AM »
lots of nice clean and chrome chum in the bottom end yesterday morning:



I don't think I have ever seen so many chum in such condition in any FV stream in my life. It was almost like the Squamish from maybe 10 years ago.
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #481 on: October 23, 2015, 01:28:43 PM »
Quote from: RalphH on October 23, 2015, 11:00:53 AM
lots of nice clean and chrome chum in the bottom end yesterday morning:
I don't think I have ever seen so many chum in such condition in any FV stream in my life. It was almost like the Squamish from maybe 10 years ago.

Great tactic, Ralph.  :)
Tomorrow everyone will be chasing chum in the lower while you go after all the coho that are staging in the mid river escaping the chum invasion.  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #482 on: October 23, 2015, 01:31:26 PM »
I fished the lower this morning for a few hours. Tried a couple of spots and found success in the last spot I tried. A couple guys were fishing on the opposite bank and I believe one of them was from this forum. I recognized the maple leaf hat but couldn't be sure so I didn't want to blab too much ;D We both fished the run with roe and he managed to hook a couple of fish. He also missed quite a few too. As he was leaving, I had hooked one but lost it. After 15 minutes or so, I managed to hook a nice hatchery doe which I was able to land. I think it may be the biggest coho doe I've landed so far this season. Finally have some roe to cure!
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #483 on: October 23, 2015, 02:09:54 PM »
Quote from: milo on October 23, 2015, 01:28:43 PM
Great tactic, Ralph.  :)
Tomorrow everyone will be chasing chum in the lower while you go after all the coho that are staging in the mid river escaping the chum invasion.  ;D ;D ;D

I got a nice 22 inch hatchery doe as well but didn't take it's photo or of the chum doe I killed. I don't fish on weekends so that's not my style  though it may be yours.
So like how much does an average 22 inch doe weigh? - clue - the fillets weighted 1.080 kg ;D
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #484 on: October 23, 2015, 03:34:10 PM »
Quote from: RalphH on October 23, 2015, 02:09:54 PM
I got a nice 22 inch hatchery doe as well but didn't take it's photo or of the chum doe I killed. I don't fish on weekends so that's not my style  though it may be yours.
So like how much does an average 22 inch doe weigh? - clue - the fillets weighted 1.080 kg ;D

Depends how good your fillet skills are. :o
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #485 on: October 23, 2015, 04:36:52 PM »
3.5lbs
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #486 on: October 23, 2015, 04:37:27 PM »
Quote from: Noahs Arc on October 23, 2015, 03:34:10 PM
Depends how good your fillet skills are. :o


Ding ding, winner... ;)
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #487 on: October 23, 2015, 05:12:31 PM »
Quote from: Noahs Arc on October 23, 2015, 03:34:10 PM
Depends how good your fillet skills are. :o

pretty good. So Flytech what formula did you use to calculate 3.5? I guessed about 4 to 4.5 looking at the fish and based weight of similar sized does I weighed with my digital s cales. However what I can find on line based on farmed fish and Atlantic Salmon seems close to your estimate.
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #488 on: October 23, 2015, 08:20:11 PM »
Well my luck changed! Fished my spot this morning and was rewarded with 1 Spring and 2 Cohos. My buddy got 1 Spring also. Also caught 1 Chum and lost 3 other cohos. Seems like the Hos decided to show up today as the other guys around me either limited on cohos or lost a bunch also. Fished with really great people today.


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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #489 on: October 23, 2015, 08:35:31 PM »
That pretty much sums it up this year. Bananas today humble pie tomorrow. (At least for me)
My spots starting to running out of water...
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #490 on: October 23, 2015, 09:00:09 PM »
Quote from: RalphH on October 23, 2015, 02:09:54 PM
I got a nice 22 inch hatchery doe as well but didn't take it's photo or of the chum doe I killed. I don't fish on weekends so that's not my style  though it may be yours.
So like how much does an average 22 inch doe weigh? - clue - the fillets weighted 1.080 kg ;D

C'mon Ralph, you have the sense of humour of a German.  ::)
One can't even say something tongue in cheek with you these days.

The day that my favourite spots become too crowded I might have to turn to that tactic but for now it's OK.  ;D

I have no firm idea about how much a 22-inch doe could weigh. Not all fish are the same. Some are plumper than others.
4 pounds sounds about right.
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #491 on: October 24, 2015, 09:29:24 AM »
Quote from: milo on October 23, 2015, 09:00:09 PM
C'mon Ralph, you have the sense of humour of a German.  ::)
One can't even say something tongue in cheek with you these days.


if I can paraphrase Rick Mercer, perhaps you are just not funny. :P
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #492 on: October 24, 2015, 06:18:58 PM »
got some nice hos today. Landed 5 of them 1 wild and 4 hatch. the 4th hatch was to small for my liking. 4.5lb doe, 3.2lb doe, 1.1lb jacky.

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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #493 on: October 24, 2015, 07:32:55 PM »
Looks like the Hos are in... ;)
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Re: 2015 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #494 on: October 24, 2015, 11:56:35 PM »
Quote from: fishmonk on October 24, 2015, 07:32:55 PM
Looks like the Hos are in... ;)
....and the chums are so clean......

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