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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: fishonsteelheader on October 06, 2007, 09:11:27 PM
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does any one know what the river is like fish or no fish
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went to the hatchery about 5 days ago and they were dividing the fish into groups since there is a reasonably amount of fish entering many pinks , for every for 4 pinks theres about one chum . and im not sure if this is irregular but there were 4 summmer steelhead one actaully looked not bad had silver and quite energenic . no coho yet they said. after the hatchery we walked down , agian many pinks , dirty chums until we got to a nice pool waited there and hoped for a couple coho to come through . nothing but there were another couple summer steelhead in the mix they would go after my silver spinner and just when it got to the tip of it it would fly off. after that my friend showed me a place called bible run he said , he said it used to be awsome years back casted in to this wide long still pool and out coming from the trees were two small coho chasing after my spinner , out of the 5 times casted i got one hit after that they hid under the trees (spooked out) but small only about 4 pounders . walked more until we saw a bigger coho hiding on the surface within some big logs casted twice until it dissapered walked back to the parking lot and headed home . never did fish the main river had a felling it was to high . please can someone say is it strange to see summer stellhead in october ??? and fishonsteelheader i dont know if this reply helps you but if was going to fish the chehalis again i would go to the canyon since there are fish entering with higher water now.
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Thanks salt :D No it not strange at this time of the year as there is still some in the vedder as well how did the bible run look ??? was the work they did on the river the pools that they added still there and if you fished the bible run you did fish the main river
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well i didnt bushwhack the chehalis last year , becuase i heard no decent reports for coho fishing . (really poor last year) , except taking a look at the hatchery a couple times. but since two years back the river changed alot , some of the nice pools dont exist (close to the reserve ) . and i guess i wasnt at bible run , because this place was definatly not the main river . it was joined with some hatchery water and a wide creek above my friend said that this palce was really good until there were too many fisherman on some private land . and the guy who owned the land one day brought in all these trucks and dumped a bunch of boulders and destroyed the run . i guess hes wrong but steelheader do you know the run there and whats it called ,? might not even have a name , just curious
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Thanks salt :D No it not strange at this time of the year as there is still some in the vedder as well
The vedder doesn't have a summer run of steelhead..
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The Chehalis in its glory days, produced lots of coho and steelhead. We would fish just below the hatchery area( we call it the long run-see last picture ) and would hook into cohos all day long. Steelhead fishing was the same. Years ago, you could walk all the way down to Prudy(spelling may not be correct) and hook into some nice fish. The water was nice and deep during those days.
The Conference Run was another nice run(just above the hatchery) and during coho season, we would get in early and someone would have started a fire and we would gather around to keep warm and chit chat about fishing stories. I think that is why it holds the name " Conference Run ".
The thing about someone dumping rocks to block off the river is a myth. The river basically changed it course and decided to go through the camp ground instead. I think they tried to re-divert the water but it kept going back through the camp ground. I was there last week just as the high water was about to lower and was surprised how much it has changed. Here are some pictures:
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The run is a lot longer now and across is the Bible Camp. Notice the higher dyke they constructed for flood control?
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/IM001021.jpg)
As you walk out from the campground, you will notice that the run turns to the left now. You will notice that no water goes to the hatchery anymore.
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/IM001020.jpg)
Another picture.
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/IM001027.jpg)
Catch of the day at the Chehalis.
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/File0004.jpg)
Ah...those good ole' days where one could easily hook into 4 or 5 steelhead a day!!(picture taken from way back)
Fishing the Chehalis is somewhat worrisome because at anytime, your car can be broken into. Mine was broken in once and I know lots more breakins with friend's cars.
We have not been back to the Chehalis for quite awhile now but decided to give it a try last week. We were the luckiest guys that day as we had the whole river to ourselves and was into cohos after cohos. The Chehalis is a funny river as it can change drastically the next day as evidenced by my friends that tried the next day with nothing to show. Apparently, it has been slow since that day-go figure!!!
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Haven't fished the Chehalis for a number of years due to vehicle break ins. Thanks for the pictures Steelieman. It has certainly changed.
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That run looks like a huge riffle to me without much holding water. Maybe it's just the photos. How did things look up closer to the bridge where they put the rock barbs in?
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The water was a bit fast at the top but as it slows down towards the end, it created a long stretch of nice water.
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This is looking like it should be under fishing reports but anyway I slipped over to the Chehalis today and walked around checking out for some runs when the main coho run comes in.
I started fishing around 10:30 and got two spawned out pinks, one that bit and another I snagged in the hump. :-[ I believe I had a coho on as well but could not confirm.
Sure a large dyke being built below the Healing Centre, to bad they could not spend a few of those dollars to run some water past the hatchery. Of course the Easter Seal run as we had known it for a long time is gone.
Also a few nice coho in the channel. I shot a picture of the dyke and a nice shot of a coho in the channel. I also saw one fellow packing a coho.
All in all a nice hike and trip walking along the river with the trees in their Fall colours.
The hatchery was full of vistors and many more heading to Weaver Creek as well, one could not blame them as it was a lovely Thanksgiving Day.
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/cgadsden/071008_1.jpg)
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Thanks Chris for the report.
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Thanks salt :D No it not strange at this time of the year as there is still some in the vedder as well
The vedder doesn't have a summer run of steelhead..
go and read the postings for oct 17 vedder in fishing reports and tell me about steelhead :o
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Pulled this from another forum, there is now an underwater cam at the Chehalis Hatchery!!!
http://www.hancockwildlifechannel.org/staticpages/index.php/20071006124325454
So excited, watched it for most of the afternoon at work, some nice coho, and a big cutty smiling for the camera today...
;D
Nicole
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can anyone tell me how the river is ???
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FULL OF WATER ;D ::) ::) ::)