Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: rahmanjoy on June 15, 2009, 12:22:14 AM
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Hi all,
I went to vedder to see the recent conditon of the river.
Here is some pics of the river taken by me 14th June 2009 at 11.30am
The river is high and the water visibility is likely 4/5 feet.
http://photobucket.com/rahmanjoy
Enjoy
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Definately coming into shape quick. Still murky down below, and on the high side.
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2 more weeks.
Not long now.
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Almost time for tubing... probably the next hot spell will be the the test run day ;D
Still snow up chupmunk and other surrounding mountains so I would expect it to jump again during the next hot spell.
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Thanks for the info. I was wondering what the water conditions were like. Only 2 more weeks until she opens, and I can't wait. I am itchin to go fishin..........
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thanks for the pics, I did not know that the vis was that good.
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when they start to colour you can tell the difference also. the Reds (red meated) will go a red colour on the outside instead of staying silver until they basically go black. the Whites (white meat) however seem to go more a greyish colour before starting to go dark grey then finally black. You want to catch them when they are silver as this will give you the best meat quality.
there is a way to tell what type you have but im not going to explain this on a website because it invloves getting near the gills and this should only be done if you plan to kill the fish. However for the most part reds & whites come into the rivers at seperate times of year except in the Fraser where they overlap quite a bit. If your talking the Vedder the reds will start july 1st (river opens) but get more frequent mid july and the river will be full of them into august when they taper off near end of august, the whites start showing up in early september and continue (most years) into late october(last year the springs were done by october it seemed)
the reason for the different coloured meat i believe is due to genetics. some people like to say its because of what they eat which im sure has nothing to do with it.
Tell me if you can spot which of these is a red and which is a white.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a80/Flaming_Hook/vedderjuly28_06006.jpg)
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a80/Flaming_Hook/P9070002.jpg)
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umm.. first one?
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Its a nice red, Mr. Capt. Hook.
The fish on my hand in my picture is also a Red caught on vedder last year mid august.
Is your monster red caught from vedder???
;D
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I'm guessing the top one is the white one at it looks darker. (I've heard that white springs turn darker much faster when entering fresh water).
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Top ones a red.
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Top ones a red.
Agree with hazardmatt
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This is a picture of the Lower taken 2 days ago,pretty high... :-\
(http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss56/Kveite78/100_3489.jpg)
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first one is a red, second white.
just because he is fishing in shorts in the summer does not mean it is a red. a few whites are mixed with the reds.
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first is a Red 2nd a white
if you want a quicky way to tell them apart when you handle a white (barehanded) take a quick smell of your hand....if it stinks then you have a white LOL this works alot better when they start to darken of course. that 2nd pic was taken in the first week of september last year, like i said they showed up early, I could have fished in shorts that time of year but we were already having colder weather and i got that fish right near first light.
can anyone explain the gill checking good enough that a newbie could check without harming the gills ?????
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atta boy cody!
12 days to go and counting. High water in the canal means no snaggers and lots of water for the fish to push through with. This is good!
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Hook.....
Normally you can tell if the fish is a red or not quite easily in the vedder.
Reds have more of a bronzish chrome colour while whites are just pure silver or start going a blackish colour.
If I really have a hard time I go in as close to the mouth as I can (farthest away from the gills).
Just lift up a little and you should see red along the inside if it is a red.
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ya i wasnt referring to the Vedder because they dont overlap very well or at all in there, I was mainly stating rivers like the Fraser where Reds&Whites are travelling together quite frequently. I know how to tell the difference i just dont want to be the one explaining how to "check in the gill area" and having someone killing a fish by mistake by mishandling. I can show people in person which is best because you can show the proper way to check without touching the gills at all.
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I got all my reds this year in early and mid september at same time as the whites....