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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: rahmanjoy on June 18, 2009, 11:43:17 AM

Title: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: rahmanjoy on June 18, 2009, 11:43:17 AM

Hi everyone,

Vedder opens 1st July. Last year I went there but no chinook until mid august, only some sockeye that I encountered with.

Do you think this year we can connect some nice reds on the first day???

Thanks.

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: younggun on June 18, 2009, 11:46:56 AM

Its gonna be like steelhead, alot of walking and searching. Go and find them.

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: coho killer on June 18, 2009, 11:54:50 AM

Last year the river was blown out though when it opened

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: rahmanjoy on June 18, 2009, 12:17:32 PM

You are right. Last year the lower part was high and dirty. Only upper part was clear and I have seen lot of people caught and release sockye. But no one got any chinook on that day as far I know.

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: lapa on June 18, 2009, 12:33:41 PM

Quote from: rahmanjoy on June 18, 2009, 11:43:17 AM

Hi everyone,

Vedder opens 1st July. Last year I went there but no chinook until mid august, only some sockeye that I encountered with.

Do you think this year we can connect some nice reds on the first day???

Thanks.

can you get silver fish at mid august?

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: rahmanjoy on June 18, 2009, 01:58:46 PM

Last Year I got Silver Springs Mid August - early September.

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: Fish Assassin on June 18, 2009, 04:26:48 PM

Generally gets better by the 3rd week

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: TheChumWhisperer on June 18, 2009, 06:11:42 PM

In my opinion catching red springs is more difficult than catching steelhead. I don't know why but every single year I only catch one, maybe 2 red springs.  It's lots of fun walking the river on a nice hot summer day, but it would be nice to get more than one fish every 4 trips..   
the daily black bear sightings in the upper river make it pretty exciting too....

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: HOOK on June 18, 2009, 06:16:17 PM

problem with red springs is because the water is considerably higher so there is alot more water to search through for the few thousand fish that come back. also reds on average are alot smaller then whites which adds to the difficulty because they hang out in different types of water, Whites like big deep holes, i have caught most of my reds in pocket style water.

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: rides bike to work on June 18, 2009, 07:40:52 PM

My opinion is the vedder river red spring summer run is just as fragile as the endangered sockey running at the same time personally I leave them alone and focus on the fraser during this time hopefully my kids will be able to enjoy this fishery in the future as I have in the past.

Title: Re: 1 July Vedder : Do you think Productive ????
Post by: skidsteer on June 18, 2009, 11:07:15 PM

Quote from: rides bike to work on June 18, 2009, 07:40:52 PM

My opinion is the vedder river red spring summer run is just as fragile as the endangered sockey running at the same time personally I leave them alone and focus on the fraser during this time hopefully my kids will be able to enjoy this fishery in the future as I have in the past.

Fish being caught in the fraser are fish going to rivers with weak runs as well.

The chilliwack red springs do require some work but once found it comes easy after that.