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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: KLX on May 20, 2008, 09:50:07 PM

Title: Where are the fry?
Post by: KLX on May 20, 2008, 09:50:07 PM

I travelled to the island this weekend to discover a remote river system that gets almost no pressure. It has a decent steelhead run as well as coho and cutties - reputadely. It's a system that has very little access and where i went, no signs of recent human presence.

I canoed upstream from the mouth at the pacific, for over a kilometer, over some excellent holding water and rearing pools for coho fry. The river is clear with some tanin stain and an excellent gravel bottom mixed with decent riparian foliage. A mayfly hatch was coming off the water. Conditions were prime.

So, I didnt see one fry nor any evidence of resident fish after scouring several pools and runs for hours. The water was so clear i could 'stalk' certain pools overhead for signs of life - nothing.

Without giving away the location, can anyone comment on the lack of life?

Title: Re: Where are the fry?
Post by: Camman on May 20, 2008, 10:37:53 PM

I was at White Rock beach and boated throught the Nicomekle and saw lots of fly present and one little coho jumped in the boat :D