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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: bbronswyk2000 on September 11, 2011, 06:53:50 PM
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Does anyone know if you can access it safely now? I am not going to bottom bounce. Just looking to take the family up there next weekend at the top end of it where its slack so they can catch pinks. If you know and dont want to announce it send me an email bbronswyk@gmail.com or send me a PM
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hey bryan i was fishing across from it and it looked like you could access it there were people with out boats on it
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Does anyone know if you can access it safely now? I am not going to bottom bounce. Just looking to take the family up there next weekend at the top end of it where its slack so they can catch pinks. If you know and dont want to announce it send me an email bbronswyk@gmail.com or send me a PM
Only the bottom 1/5 of the bar is open. The channel that runs through the lower end is much deeper and wider than last year. Yesterday we saw some some intrepid anglers that got across by boat, and perhaps wading, but they were few in number. I would not recommend it, esp with a fam. The portion that is open has a high cut bank that is acively being eroded by the reiver. Yesterday 2 anglers fell in.
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doesnt sound good.i have to send a pup off from abbotsford airport tomorrow morning was hoping peg would be ready...
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omg my bad sorry from where i was it looked do it able sorry for the miss information
and thats not good aobut the 2 people that fell in i hope they are ok
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Let's tell the truth here people it was knee deep Wednesday and it's been hot as heck since so it's definitely lower now
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well seeing as i wont be out there again this year i will share. You can cross this little riffle waterright near the main flow) but its alot safer to just use a small boat to cross the channel and walk out which is what we did. We watched a few people walking through, first section was mid thigh and second wasnt even knee deep, with kids i would go the boat route unless you wanna piggy back each kid back and forth ;)
fishing wasnt the greatest because the clarity was maybe a foot and was almost nothing everytime a boat went by and churned up the water. W caught a bunch of pinks but nothing like it normally is like. I took 1 doe home for dinner ;D
We also watched 3 nice sturgeon caught a few hundred feet away from us, one being close to 7 feet
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well seeing as i wont be out there again this year i will share. You can cross this little riffle waterright near the main flow) but its alot safer to just use a small boat to cross the channel and walk out which is what we did. We watched a few people walking through, first section was mid thigh and second wasnt even knee deep, with kids i would go the boat route unless you wanna piggy back each kid back and forth ;)
fishing wasnt the greatest because the clarity was maybe a foot and was almost nothing everytime a boat went by and churned up the water. W caught a bunch of pinks but nothing like it normally is like. I took 1 doe home for dinner ;D
We also watched 3 nice sturgeon caught a few hundred feet away from us, one being close to 7 feet
Hook, was that your fly fishing group at the top of Peg Leg on Saturday?
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the fishing on sunday was better we all got out limits in sockeye and they where all chrome stilll
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The two Spey guys and the girl in the bikini was my dad, my friend and me. The other guys fly fishing I didn't know.
Noxcape- we figured Sunday would be better with the commercial openings but I was given the okay for Saturday so I go when I can right now :-)
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lol go figure eh isnt that the way it always works the days your given the ok are the worst days to fish lol
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"...and the girl in the bikini was my dad" :D :D :D Nice one Hook! Btw - I hear ya - now with two little kids, it gets more difficult to get out. I'm hurtin' right now!
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Might be better to head over the Golden Ears and fish anywhere from Langley south through to Delta?
Deas Island Park is very family friendly.
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Deas Island Park is very family friendly.
As long as the kids stay away from those nasty slippery dyke rocks.
Deas Island Park is the last place where I would take a kid fishing. Too dangerous.
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Sorry guys would like to retract my earlier statement and tonight was shitty two guys in waders tried crossing both lost grip one got free to the shore and the other bobbed a couple times than was gone so it's not safe at all
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Exactly the reason why I said to use a small boat or dinghy to cross. People always underestimate how soft loose gravel can be and with current pushing you it's even worse. If something look kinds sketchy, chances are it's worse then your thinking it is.
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Bryan go to the bar in Abby at the end of Walter road. Go into the shop and ask Randy for the map. Great place to go and it is not far from home either. We were there on sunday so that I could try my new switch rod and we did ok. Great beach for the kids to just hang out on.
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Bryan go to the bar in Abby at the end of Walter road. Go into the shop and ask Randy for the map. Great place to go and it is not far from home either. We were there on sunday so that I could try my new switch rod and we did ok. Great beach for the kids to just hang out on.
I was there on Sunday. I have fished that area quite a bit.
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Sorry guys would like to retract my earlier statement and tonight was shitty two guys in waders tried crossing both lost grip one got free to the shore and the other bobbed a couple times than was gone so it's not safe at all
Drowned?
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One man missing after fishing on Fraser River
Global News Monday, September 12, 2011 12:00 AM
The Pegleg area of the Fraser River in Chilliwack.
Photo Credit: Google Maps ,
One man is still missing after losing his footing and falling into the Fraser River near the popular Pegleg fishing spot in Chilliwack.
A witness told Global News that there were three men fishing just before 5 p.m. Monday afternoon, when one got in trouble and his boots started filling with water. The other two men went to the aid of their companion, and although they got out, the other man was still in the water and was swept away. Chilliwack RCMP said the man was unable to grab onto a life jacket that was thrown to him.
"This is the second time in two weeks that this area has been responsible for lost fishermen," said RCMP Cst. Tracy Wolbeck. "The circumstances of this incident are strikingly similar to the last one. It's very sad and tragic."
The two surviving men have been treated by paramedics as a precaution, and Chilliwack Search and Rescue and RCMP are searching for the missing man.
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Terrible to hear news like this. Especially when only a week earlier another person almost drowned in that area. Certainly wear a wading belt with your waders, but another thing to realize is that if you are going to wade an area with running water higher than your knees you have to be super careful. In those cases, the use of a wading staff is another thing to consider as it can be used as another point of contact, and also to judge how deep the water is you are trying to cross.
Better yet, if you start to feel uneasy listen to that inner voice, as no fishing spot is worth losing your life for.
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If you cannot see the bottom (and the water is waste high or less) you should not be crossing that body of water without a wading stick of some sort. I personally wouldn't even bother for a fishing spot, although I have walked across a fairly swift moving river at over waste high during training exercises (but I knew I was going to be saved if I did give way).
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One man missing after fishing on Fraser River
Global News Monday, September 12, 2011 12:00 AM
The Pegleg area of the Fraser River in Chilliwack.
Photo Credit: Google Maps ,
One man is still missing after losing his footing and falling into the Fraser River near the popular Pegleg fishing spot in Chilliwack.
A witness told Global News that there were three men fishing just before 5 p.m. Monday afternoon, when one got in trouble and his boots started filling with water. The other two men went to the aid of their companion, and although they got out, the other man was still in the water and was swept away. Chilliwack RCMP said the man was unable to grab onto a life jacket that was thrown to him.
"This is the second time in two weeks that this area has been responsible for lost fishermen," said RCMP Cst. Tracy Wolbeck. "The circumstances of this incident are strikingly similar to the last one. It's very sad and tragic."
The two surviving men have been treated by paramedics as a precaution, and Chilliwack Search and Rescue and RCMP are searching for the missing man.
So tragic and all due to simple carelessness :(
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The two Spey guys and the girl in the bikini was my dad, my friend and me. The other guys fly fishing I didn't know.
I was in that large group fishing just downstream of you. Did those 4-5 jets anchor in front of you because of the sturgeon hole, or your bikini clad friend/father?
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I was going by there a few times in my boat on Sat. One fellow slipped in from the gravel bank at the walk-in part. By the time I got the boat turned around and a bit downstream of him someone had cast him a fishing line. That was enough for him to get some balance and fight the current back to a place where others could help him out of the water.
That's a dangerous place and access should be closed. They closed waterfront access at Island 22 a few years ago when that washed away to a steep loose bank.
Unfortunately, I've seem small children playing, and even sitting on the edge, of that gravel cliff at lower Peg.
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I might suggest bookmarking this site http://www.flyfishingoutfitters.com/leland-customer-service-wading-safely-buddy (http://www.flyfishingoutfitters.com/leland-customer-service-wading-safely-buddy).
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They ran this story on the late news last night on Global. The wife saw it. Guess we are not going to Peg Leg on the weekend. Lots of other places to go.
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Bryan, try Popular Bar - just east of Fort Langley - pinks travel nicely thru the channel, water is slower and lots of beach and sand for the kids to play. Haven't been there over the weekend - but mid week, its quite quiet. The plus side is that it is a GVRD park - has picnic tables, tree coverage for shade and a decent(?!?) public outhouse.
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So tragic and all due to simple carelessness :(
I think that inexperience may be another key factor in ths accident. between the channel being too deep to wade this year and the high bank corner down below being steep and unstable, peg is a dangerous place this season.
i can simply load up the BC water level website and see there is way more water in teh river even now compared to the last 2,3,4,5 seasons.
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Clarki - they anchored out there to catch sturgeon but when they saw her we could hear a couple guys ask if they has binoculars on the boat LOL
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Clarki - they anchored out there to catch sturgeon but when they saw her we could hear a couple guys ask if they has binoculars on the boat LOL
boats, betties, and broads - you can't go wrong.
your dad must have quite the pair, LOL jk man.
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I really think the dangers and tragedies are under reported. And that's just as dangerous, people not realizing how dangerous it really is.
Second time? When was the other one lost? Where else has this happened on the Fraser? Seen a couple close calls myself at other places... it happens fast.
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i know ocassionally at scale, people wade to far down the bar and step right into the big hole.
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Was fishing at peg yesterday when the man drowned. went back to fish again today and where you cross there's a 4x4 post buried in the ground with a sign about the currents and danger and a long rope on a hook and sure enough someone still crosses I wonder if people know you can buy a sockeye from the reserve for 15 bucks sure sound worth the risk to potentially get to a better spot I anybody wade across this year yet I'd love to hear your rational behind it
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The man who fell in the water was a close friend of mine and cousin to a few members of this site, we will be out on the river tomorrow with a few boats searching for his body, if everyone boating or on the shore could please keep a lookout it would be greatly appreciated, the family deserves closure. Thank you to everyone.
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That is tragic. Did the man fall in from the high bank or from wading across the side stream?
I was there last weekend and notice the high bank in the lower portion being erroded away and falling into the river. Some guys with "fish on" and walking down stream pretty close to the edge...
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The man who fell in the water was a close friend of mine and cousin to a few members of this site, we will be out on the river tomorrow with a few boats searching for his body, if everyone boating or on the shore could please keep a lookout it would be greatly appreciated, the family deserves closure. Thank you to everyone.
So sorry about your loss.
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On CTV local 11:30 pm news they showed the grief of the mother....saying something to he effect.."Find my son's body"
Oh the sadness & heartache of this story. Totally preventable.
Maybe it is time to make it law to have a small life jacket or floation belt or canister where it fills with air in an emergency...
It is the hip waders that get filled with water that make it IMPOSSIBLE to surface in currents........ God comfort the mom & family & friends at this time of sadness. Prayer said.
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Fishhunter - for us it goes more like this. Spey rods, flies and broads ;D LOL
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my condolences go to you and your family as well. i am truly sorry for your loss.