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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: leaping steely on October 09, 2010, 08:43:48 PM
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Didn't want to face the gong show on the Vedder today, so headed over to Chehalis to take a peek. Tried the Easter Seal area a bit, but didn't like what I saw. Headed up towards the Canyon and long-lined released a beautiful 12" bow on a small jig. Found a nice pocket and lost the jig on a snag. :( Switched over to a blade and on the second cast, the float makes a dive and BAM! Fish on! It flipped, and I knew instantly that it wasn't a little trout. After a tremendous fight (for a fish it's size) I got it close enough to see that it was a nice little Coho, a hatchery at that. After a rather pathetic landing attempt, I beached the beauty. The next 2 hours proved uneventful, pounding a bunch of beautiful locations that I thought would hold fish. Then in the last hour, I nailed a wild Jack Ho that was carefully released. All in all, a surprisingly successful trip. Definitely not as many fish as the Vedder, but I did see fish surfacing every so often.
And before anyone says it didn't happen because I don't have a picture, take a look.
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c222/leapingsteely/DCP_2397.jpg)
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Looks like a Cap coho to me :D
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Looks like a Cap coho to me :D
Yeah, definitely NOT a brute like some of the ones on the Vedder, but I'm not complaining. ;)
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Hey leaping steely, Nice report, glad that you have such a great day ;). See you at the flow :P
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It's good to know that there are still places to fish this river, just wish I had the time. :D