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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: c-pin on November 06, 2006, 01:51:34 PM
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On Global TV on the Noon News.
Wilson Road in Yarrow - Mandatory Evacuation due to the river flooding in that area.
If anyone from FWR heading to the Vedder to fish in the next couple of days, please be careful!
This is crazy .... just a month ago, we were complaining that there is no rain .... now there are flood warnings.
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Just herd chris on the radio. They where saying that the river is now flowing by the houses.
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These were taken by Buckeye and Chris not long ago.
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Wow the water is high, and theres a lot more rain in the forcast. The flow in the third pic is crazy!
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I hope I will be able to get up their for salmon once more with good weather conditions before it's to late.Let me tell you from experience fishing the vedder when the water looks like mud is no fun.
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Just got back from a look and it is wild and very dangerous. The house just below the Vedder Bridge is trucking in rock and gravel to protect the house. The amount of debris is amazing. Just heard that they had to rescue one of the squatters off the island just above the Vedder Bridge. I lived just above the Vedder Bridge in 1948 when it was built and have seen quite a few of these high water incidents. That's why I live up on the hill. Have a few more pictures that I will send to Rodney to see if he will post them.
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wow that's insane amount of water :o i knew she was flooded but never thought it would be like that.
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Video clips from today
Part One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLq7A6bc5WY)
Part Two (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2noKNRhwSY)
Part Three (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlQ7kiwDDEk)
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that's just scarey... and look outside - it's STILL pouding down.... yikes!
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Question...at with water flowing so fast, at what point does it become detrimental to the redds?
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Lew's photos
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That is insane !!! Almost looks like that bridge will give out...!
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Just came from the Vedder crossing. IT IS WILD!
Both CBC and CTV have satellite trucks so watch for it at 6:00.
Search and rescue hellicopter is out looking for, can you believe it, some missing fishermen. As though they haven't got enough to worry about.
Please stay away from the river for the next day or two.
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Those pics and videos are spooky!! :o :o I have't been out here that long, but that is the craziest I have ever seen the river. Has me thinking poor fish and I hope that everyone comes out of this safe and sound. So anyone think that river will be fishable by the weekend?? ;)
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what animals are those in the last video clip rod??? Where is that on the river??? I hope those fishermen are ok...
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I guess after things settle down a bit, everyone will be on the same footing in having to find new & secret favorite fishing spots. The old ones are long gone & the river as we knew it is changed. It will be interesting to see how the gravel removal sites have filled in.
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They are cows, It is the farm field just up from from ON The Way Store. I stopped by the River @ 3 am last night, wow it comes up pretty fast when she rains. ;D
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Thats what happends when , to many people wish for to much of one thing
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Rod, are those cattle stranded? :o
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Just got word from the boys, (well, my "boy" anyways) that they are helping fill sandbags, I believe at the firehall on Chwk Lake Rd.
Sure hope they can be of some help. Good work guys! :)
Certainly hope this weather starts improving, although as I'm sitting here typing this, I can hear the rain splashing on the windows again. :(
Hopefully things dont get too much worse. Glad to be sitting high and dry on KW road, although, who knows for how long... :o ;)
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wow just watched part of this on the news... its absolutelly nuts.... so much rain..... take it easy guys....
I am thinking if i come over from north van and fill some sand bags what time i can be back by for work tommorrow.... anyone know how long they are working til tonight
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They showed some cows stranded on a high spot on the evening news. Who knows what happened to them? I remember I think it was 89 when the river took out a few houses and changed course in a few spots. looks like we can expect some big changes after the water recides. I wonder if that pick up will still be there. Looks like some folks will wake up owning waterfront lots. :-\
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private fishing area?:D
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I watched the news at 6 and man is that river flowing :o I hope everyone is ok. Everyone sure is gonna have to go searching for a new spot for the upcoming steelhead season. This is what happens when to many fisherman wish for rain at once. :D
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Yeah thats some impressive footage. All rivers across the lower bit of the province and even into Washington state were looking over the banks. Squamish is only area that doesnt seem too concered as its only at 27 feet or something like they said ??? The Snoqualmie falls were rather impressive and so was the footage of Shannon Falls.
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Your right GoldHammeredCroc, Shannon falls was impressive. Yea they said the squamish river has raised 24 feet ??? How much can it take?
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29 feet for Squamish before flooding. Ive seen Chum pass under my car going fishing at the Chehalis once. I bet that river is pretty blown out as well Probably has diverted away from the hatchery again.
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:o That river is flowing - wow! Anyone hear about the lost fisherman??? Was he found? I sure hope so.
Steelhead season which that one fellow had mentioned - when does that start? What kind of gear is used for that? I normally fly fish but I don't know how heavy my rod is if it would be good enough, not very heavy.... Let me know if you can.
Eveyone keep safe.
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i was out there today and noticed a mini van half submerged, at keith wilson bridge. hopefully that didn't belong to the fishermen they're looking for :-\.
its nuts out there. i went up and the road past apache was washed out. this massive flooding is not doing the fish any favours.
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I heard there closing the road that goes past On the way to local traffic only until the river settles down
I heard that too from one of my friend live over there,so better stay home and wait for better condition. Safety first
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They closed the Road to all a little further up from ON The Way. All those cows you saw in that Video have all floated off to a better place, no joke. :o
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I hope they could swim to safety some of them anyway
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Floated off as to a drier pasture or to the great steakplate in the sky?
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Up 2 meters in as many days...crazy...
We're seeing it pretty wet on the island too, saw on the news that the previous record for Victoria rainfall was 21 mm or something, Sooke got 116mm today... :o
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so i hear this rain is remnants of a typhoon that hit japan and vietnam.
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We used to get some whicked Typhoons in Taiwan and HK, but it is pretty far for a single storm to travel, although this could just be the edge of it as it disperses...
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Curious to see what's left of the bar at KW, where will the snaggers all go ??? ;D JOKE
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the bar will always be there :P
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Actually this rainfall is caused by the Pacific Ocean subtropical jet stream that brings moisture from Hawaii.
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Rain should ease up for a couple of days but rain expected this weekend again.
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html
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November 7th, 2006 photos
Forget roe, this is how the locals catch their fish. ;) The photos were taken this morning when Chris and several others discovered chum salmon (very fresh ones as you can see) being trapped (in what used to be a trail) as the water started to drop in the canal. Global news crew was also on site to film the whole rescue operation. They estimated around 35 chum salmon were scooped and released into the main flow. You can see more of this tonight in the news.
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Curious to see what's left of the bar at KW, where will the snaggers all go JOKE
the bar will always be there
thats where they shoulda extracted the gravel ;)
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Curious to see what's left of the bar at KW, where will the snaggers all go JOKE
the bar will always be there
thats where they shoulda extracted the gravel ;)
Can't do that. It would expose bridge columbs if gravel extraction take place there.
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those are some nice looking chum! Good on you guys for relocating them ;)
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Chris and company .. you guys do amazing work and I want you to know that is is appreciated
good stuff!!!! ;D
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Fantastic job, Chris, Buckeye and all. :) :) :)
You all deserve all of our respect and thanks for all the work you do for the fish stock, environment, and all of us fishers. :) :) :)
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Great work Chris, George and Grizz. Those are really fresh chum and it's good to know they will now have a chance to survive and spawn.
Also that area you were in is where we took out quite a bit of garbage on our last river cleanup ! Just shows how important it is to contunually remove this garbage so that when the inevitable high water comes, it does't wash back into the main river system. All of the 2.8 tonnes of garbage we removed on Rivers Day is in the land fill and not in the river system, thanks to all the 225 plus volunteers who came out and helped on Sept 24. ;D
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Good job guys!
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Glad I remembered to put my Leaf hat on this morning, if I donot blow the interview that is if they use it, we may get a few more Leaf fans or maybe not. :o Watch for it Fish Assassin. ;D ;D ;D
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Well for tonight...i'm gonna root for the make beliefs...just because C.G. and his buddies did such a great job...(though I do have a feeling Chris was out looking for floats again )...GO Liefs... :D
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Well for tonight...i'm gonna root for the make beliefs...just because C.G. and his buddies did such a great job...(though I do have a feeling Chris was out looking for floats again )...GO Liefs... :D
Yes that is how I discovered the stranded chum. Moved one by hand before we found the pod. Moved one at dark also that was caught up in some long grass.
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Just saw you on Global Chris!! Great job and thank you very much again for doing whatever needs to be done. You looked good on there, minus the laughs hat of course!! ;D
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ditto from me.
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Way to go Chris et al.
It was actually quite a bit of footage considering it was about saving Chum. Imagine if they were pike minnows, would have been a mini series. I saw the cows get away safe too, which was good, cause if it were Alberta?
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More photos by Buckeye.
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well done for those with the info.does anyone know how John and Dave M have faired? they live just off wilson rd.?
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Saw a brief shot of John on CBC last night going away from their house, it will have some damage I would think, unfortunately. :( Saw the house in person and on TV a few times ground and aerial footage.
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thanks Chris will try to get in touch with them thru the other brother
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Great job guys I was on the phone with the wife when it came on the news and she said "hey there is that guy with the leafs hat that you guys always talk about." I asked her what is chris doing for the river this time are they filming him rescuing floats ;D and she said no chris and a couple other guys are helping out some fish get back to the river. She was impressed as we always are about how much work you do for the river. Once again great job.
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i hope u guys are ready to hike cus all the old steelhead spots are gone! Get ready to look for some new ones!
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i hope u guys are ready to hike cus all the old steelhead spots are gone! Get ready to look for some new ones!
That what makes steelheading so exciting ;)
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That's our favorite way to fish for steelhead ;D ;D .
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Great job to all of you who helped.
I wonder if Chris got his 2006 Coho yet.............. ;D
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No only chum , no sign of a coho. :o
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The River is blown to Chocolate Milk, and Chris still seems to get into fish. :)
Thanks for increasing the spawning numbers for years to come.
No only chum , no sign of a coho.
All the Coho were washed back to the ocean, I hear were gonna have a coho/ steelhead season when the fish are able to make it back up again. ;D
amazing how the river changes so quick, Peach was a foot from spilling over, now its way down like 2 meters. Definately not fishable below vedder crossing yet.
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Glad I remembered to put my Leaf hat on this morning, if I donot blow the interview that is if they use it, we may get a few more Leaf fans or maybe not. :o Watch for it Fish Assassin. ;D ;D ;D
I saw it tonight Chris. So that's how you fish ? With a net !!! ;D ;D
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Photos from November 8th, 2006, taken by Chris. To date, 107 chum salmon and 1 chinook salmon have been released into the main river.
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I saw it tonight Chris. So that's how you fish ? With a net !!
Funny you should mention his method of fishing!
Buckeye and I met with Chris and the rest of the hardworking guys for lunch, and, as usual the topic being discussed was "how to" and "how to not" fish. :D Anyways, that being said, Chris kindly informed us that when he started fishing, he used to fish with a pitchfork!!! :o ;D
I guess his thoughts and his speech were having a tough time cooperating with each other, but then again, it's probably pretty hard to be able to think straight all the time with a leafs hat on your head! ;)
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I saw it tonight Chris. So that's how you fish ? With a net !!
Funny you should mention his method of fishing!
Buckeye and I met with Chris and the rest of the hardworking guys for lunch, and, as usual the topic being discussed was "how to" and "how to not" fish. :D Anyways, that being said, Chris kindly informed us that when he started fishing, he used to fish with a pitchfork!!! :o ;D
I guess his thoughts and his speech were having a tough time cooperating with each other, but then again, it's probably pretty hard to be able to think straight all the time with a leafs hat on your head! ;)
Actually it was with a spear when I used to go with a First Nation High School classsmate on the Cowichan River in the 1950's after chum, seem to be having better luck with the net this week. ;D ;D ;D
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Today's photos, taken by Terry. I'll let Chris tell the story later on today.
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Nice to see they cant get enough of a good deed. :)
Iv Never seen Chris so excited over a couple fresh beers.
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He's cooling his beer on top of a dead salmon! What the heck is he doing that for. Chris get some rest.
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He's cooling his beer on top of a dead salmon! What the heck is he doing that for. Chris get some rest.
Actually the plastic holders that had two full beers were wrapped around the dead chum. Terry said this caused it to die, the plastic rings that is, all the more reason to not throw them out as they can tangle with all sorts of wildlife.
I told Terry this shot could be used for a good ad, 'it pays never to drink and swim". ??? ::)
Now that a bad one, anyone with other captions that could be used more original than that?
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Ok, now that picture makes some sense looking at it again. Some guy probably through that Rig on his hook, and the chum went for it and busted him off. Cant think of any other explaination... ;D
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raining hard in richmond, how bout chilliwack ???
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raining hard in richmond, how bout chilliwack ???
A light rain started here in Vedder Crossing about 4:30 am--Right now at 9:15am it is raining very heavy--The flood victims may need some good luck to get through this day.
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It has been absolutely pouring here for about 5 hrs now with no sign of a let up!! The rain actually stopped me from fishing today. Was going to hit the Chehalis and a couple other spots, but.....
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Moved one chum this morning after going for the birds that Big Fisher does not want me to talk about. ;D We have now saved 139 from certain death, spotted two more but water too deep yet to get at.
It has been an interesting week may try to condense the week into one journal. River this morning is of course still mud, it may be coming from Chilliwack Lake as it has colored up before . If so it will be a while before we are fishing. Going to a CRAC meeting now, will be late but wanted to check the chum first. After meeting going for some cutthroat for the brood capture program. Better get at it or Stevie O will be after me. ;D ;D ;D
No time to post on Sports Chat how well the Leafs are doing. ;D ;D ;D Poor BS, TR and the boys must be having a very hard time these days. Of course FA will be owing me some floats. ;D
To get back on topic their boys are falling as hard as the rain is outside now, I think things should be okay flood wise this time as it is fairly cold out and it will be snow in the hills. While the temperature stays that way things should be OK. Cheers.
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As of 1:25 pm the Vedder seems to be holding its own-I just came back from haveing a walk at Peach Road and things at this time still look stable-There are still some wood pieces comeing down the river and of coarse it is pure mud.
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Snow level way down. Wet snow East of CHWK this afternoon.
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Chris ( or anyone)... Do you have any info on how the slides/clay banks have held up to the deluge?
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Snow level way down. Wet snow East of CHWK this afternoon.
For sure - local hills are piling up too. Ski Hills were saying approx. 40 cm or so over the weekend.
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A happy Veterans Day to all the old guys (Chris, Lew and the boys up on the Chedder)..(( I'm a vet. too but not like your generation))...Hope everyone had a moment to take some time and stop and remember what these guys did for you and their country.....
Chris, when you say it's still all mud, is there any point in fishing or is totally useless? Is there anything we can do to help up there as were not fishing it??? Are there any groups meeting to try and get fish back to the water or anything like that? Any need for volunteers to do clean up, limb cutting anything like that??? Give me a shout or post on here if you have the need for bodies...I'm only an hour away...
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Chris ( or anyone)... Do you have any info on how the slides/clay banks have held up to the deluge?
Not sure, but I was told the Tolmie survived OK but have not been into check.
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A happy Veterans Day to all the old guys (Chris, Lew and the boys up on the Chedder)..(( I'm a vet. too but not like your generation))...Hope everyone had a moment to take some time and stop and remember what these guys did for you and their country.....
Chris, when you say it's still all mud, is there any point in fishing or is totally useless? Is there anything we can do to help up there as were not fishing it??? Are there any groups meeting to try and get fish back to the water or anything like that? Any need for volunteers to do clean up, limb cutting anything like that??? Give me a shout or post on here if you have the need for bodies...I'm only an hour away...
Still muddy and will be for a while best to wait a while although the Fraser is starting to clear up. I hope we do not get another Pineapple Express from the 50th state or we will have a real mess with the snow that is in the mountains. Nothing planned re cleanup but there is a fair amount of garbage along the high water mark in some places that could be dealt with.
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http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc42 (http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc42)
Not looking great for the river .