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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: frenchy on September 28, 2006, 04:04:19 PM
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First light this morning, I was on my favorite Vedder spot. Not a big surprise, the water level was very low, but as I start casting, I see several fish jumping. The stream is not really fast, but as the fish are here, I fish...I was using 2-2.5 feet leader, split shot, 8 pounds leader. I started with roe bags, then I shifted to smal pieces of wool in peach, green, red, then gooey bobs, then single jensen eggs, then colorado blades, then.... everything I have in my jacket... and nothing, not a single bite. The salmon (chinook and coho I think, but I am still not an expert ::)) did not stop jumping during the whole morning, sometimes almost on my float... Beavers came by to say hello. Even a bear came to laugh at me (take care!).
No river salmon yet for me. According to the reports, everybody else seems to catch fish. Am I that bad ?
Not a bad day to be on the river, just a bit frustrating!!! ???
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We've all had one of those days. Keep at it and you will be rewarded.
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youll get a fish just make sure your line is in the water, and you constantly switch it up. Sounds like you were doing everything right, try moving down to 6 lb leader line, I hit my 2nd coho switch from 8lb to 6lb.
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I am having a streak of luck like you are having right now. In past years I would hook up on what would seem every outing. This year I have a terrible track record. Its just some bad luck. Once they start biting you will find you cant keep them off. Just persistence my friend. Hopefully we both have our luck turn around. I'll be back at it on Saturday.
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yep!!! I am really looking for my first salmon
when you face this kind of situation (lot of fish but no bite). Do you stay at the same place and try again and again or do you move and try another run?
The run I fished was quite slow and I wonder if the fish did not bite because they had too much time to see the leader arriving.
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Hey frenchy,dont feel bad and dont give up. Time will come (fish on)and you run like hell :D :D ;D ;D
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yep!!! I am really looking for my first salmon
when you face this kind of situation (lot of fish but no bite). Do you stay at the same place and try again and again or do you move and try another run?
The run I fished was quite slow and I wonder if the fish did not bite because they had too much time to see the leader arriving.
Never caught a salmon? Well it will come,hopefully sooner rather than later. I will try a run for about an hour or a bit longer. If no fish come through after that I will move. Right now with little rain I would find the deeper pools as they will hold there longer. If fish are in the pool I see no reason to move. I will pound it for a good hour than take a 15-20min break to let the run calm down and try again.
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I am pretty well in the same boat as you with only one coho and a spring jack in numerous trips.
Was down by KWB cleaning up some garbage today and saw some fish on and many others lying in the water teathered by ropes. I wonder what they are doing right that I am not. ::) ???
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yes it is possible, no salmon in river yet.
I caught 2 nice chinooks in the ocean this summer, but it was with a guide, and when i am with a guide I do not really consider that I am fishing. The guide is fishing, I play with the fish...
I arrived in BC last December, so I started with the hard part, steelhead, and as I had some pretty good success at the end of the season, I thought catching salmon would be easy. I tried to catch a red on the vedder this summer, but nothing. And as I do not really enjoy fishing in line I did not go to the Fraser... Result after almost one year here, no salmon...
Lot of garbage where I went this morning. Next time I will bring one or two bags to clean a bit
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Was down by KWB cleaning up some garbage today and saw some fish on and many others lying in the water teathered by ropes. I wonder what they are doing right that I am not. ::) ???
Check what kind of hat they're wearing. ;D
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Frenchy, if you are still having a hard time in a couple weeks time, let me know. I may be able to help you out with that no salmon thing. ;)
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Yeah maybe he could help you more to ;)
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Thanks a lot for the offer guys. I hope I will solve this little "problem" next Monday
I will let you know
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I am pretty well in the same boat as you with only one coho and a spring jack in numerous trips.
Was down by KWB cleaning up some garbage today and saw some fish on and many others lying in the water teathered by ropes. I wonder what they are doing right that I am not. ::) ???
I believe they are using the long leader approach suggested in another post ;D ;D ;D
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no need to start a new topic... :'(,, I am still a salmon virgin.
Today I decided to do some exploring. I walked a lot but did not find a good spot with the current water level. I just caught a nice rainbow.
If it doesn't rain until next week, I will try another river.
Frenchy, alias bad fisherman
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If you are desperate for a salmon, most deep holes have chum in them and they arnt shy to bite. Throw a nice chunk of wool into or roe into the pool and I guanteed you will get one. Just make sure that hole hasnt been spoked and you should be fine. I Tried the upper river yesterday and there wasnt alot of action, best chances are at the bottom Id say. You said you caught some Steelhead this year already? You should be telling me how to fish. :)
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no I am not desesperate... I know it will come.
I still prefer to try to find some water for myself than fishing spots where there are already 10 guys... and with the water level we have all the guys are around the very deep pools, so... I just have to wait for the rain or to find a secret deep pool (I do not believe I will fnd one ::)).
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Concerning the steelheads, I have a secret for you... If you have problem catching them and around 100 $, take a steelhead class next winter. It is crazy. I started fishing steelhead in December, caught nothing between December and end of February. Then I took the steelhead class and after that I hooked at least one steely each time I was out... crazy eh. Or if you want you show me how to catch salmon and I will show you what I learned concerning steelheads...
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Thats ok, I also took the 100$ Steelhead class, and I also had some good steelhead days. I just didnt average one every trip like you :-\
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I guess what they showed me completed my previous skills + some luck :D
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According to the reports, everybody else seems to catch fish. Am I that bad ?
"History is always written by the victors"...or something like that.
For every angler catching fish, how many are there that aren't catching fish and not posting about it ?
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Same, but most of the time without the luck.
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dont feel bad frenchy, i felt like you did during steelie season :P
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Just make sure that hole hasnt been spoked and you should be fine.
What happens to a hole when it is "spoked" ????
I have never seen a spoked hole before, does it have something to do with bicycle wheels???? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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;D rick rick rick