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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: DragonSpeed on November 06, 2011, 06:00:03 PM
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Started out the day at 0800 up just past On-The-Way. I spent about an hour throwing different colours of wool and finally switched to a Jensen egg to see if there was maybe just a lockjawed coho sitting down in the slot... No love.
I moved down to the nice fishy looking area just below the crossing bridge... Threw the Jensen egg at 'em for about 45 minutes... Was beginning to wonder if there were ANY fish swimming in the river at ALL. :'(
Well, my buddy showed up and we headed WAY down river. We found a spot by ourselves with almost no current. I switched to a gold hammered colorado under a float which I tossed and retrieved. Bingo! A beautiful female chum that got to go back to doing the job. She was pretty - too bad... would have been nice in the smoker.
After a few more casts, the fish in the area seemed to be less willing to chase. Also, I had fed about 6 blades to the various wood structures around which I had been working.
I waded about mid river and cast to the far shore... lots of willing chum. I was easy going... Feels great to fight fish...
Then, as I was just finishing saying that I'd be happy to C&R chum for the rest of the day, I noticed one of them really wiggled a lot more than usual. it started darting and dashing... it was SILVER!!!
COHO!!!!
Did it have the fin? Was it there? It tried to take a few small runs, but it didn't really seem to have it's heart in it. I look at it as it approaches - NO adipose fin! w00t! A lovely 3-4 male coho came up to the beach to hang out... He came home with me :D
More chum for an hour or two after that.... then home!
A BEAUTIFUL day to be out fishing - other than the STENCH of rotting fish ;)
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OMG, you went fishing??? :o
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OMG, you went fishing??? :o
I'm as shocked as you :)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6220/6321195014_378619c1c0_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6321195014/)
Platinum Catch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6321195014/) by DragonSpeed (http://www.flickr.com/people/dragonspeed/), on Flickr
Some photos from up above....
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6107/6320672469_114aa09e5d_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6320672469/)
Frosty remnants (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6320672469/) by DragonSpeed (http://www.flickr.com/people/dragonspeed/), on Flickr
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/6320671827_96a17f07d3_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6320671827/)
Frosty remnants (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonspeed/6320671827/) by DragonSpeed (http://www.flickr.com/people/dragonspeed/), on Flickr
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Blue moon.
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Blue moon.
Well - the Leafs are doing well, and I think I saw a cat lying with a dog :D
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Well - the Leafs are doing well, and I think I saw a cat lying with a dog :D
Give it a month, the dog will be coughing up furballs.
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that is one CLEAN fish!!! nicee
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that is one CLEAN fish!!! nicee
Sure is! I was TOTALLY surprised when I saw that bright shine of platinum :D
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Do you mean Vedder River???!
OH MAN, that's exactly the coho I want to get !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o
EDIT: btw, very very nice reel ............mouth watering............... :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P TE versoin?
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Do you mean Vedder River???!
To answer your question.
(Ch)illiwack + V(edder) = Chedder ;)
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i see lol thanks
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EDIT: btw, very very nice reel ............mouth watering............... :P :P :P :P :P :P :P :P TE versoin?
Looks like a lightly used 400s.....
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Looks like a lightly used 400s.....
aYup! I don't recall an S, but it sure ain't a TE. I picked a couple up, used, probably about 6 or more years back. LOVE the reel.
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Good to hear that clean cohos are still being caught in the lower river.
Enjoyed the Jurassic Park pics. Cool stuff.:)
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And I thought you had given up fishing, after the truck crossing incident ;D ;D ;D sorry.
Good work, glad you are making time to fish.
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And I thought you had given up fishing, after the truck crossing incident ;D ;D ;D sorry.
Good work, glad you are making time to fish.
It's tough.
We're heading off for a 3 week vacation on Wed - Mrs D wasn't too pleased with my desire to go fish on Sunday.
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shocked! so clean.
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shocked! so clean.
Yeah - so was I! :o
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Nice fish man! A buddy of mine is fishing the upper river as we speak (I don't think he'll catch anything except for a good buzz) ;), but he just texted me to say that when he stopped in at Fred's on his way to the river, they told him that somebody weighed in a 70lb spring yesterday! and that it might even be a river record. Anyone else hear of this?
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Holy chromer! perfect specimen right there! i think its time to bring out the spinning rod for some late runs ;D
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Nice fish man! A buddy of mine is fishing the upper river as we speak (I don't think he'll catch anything except for a good buzz) ;), but he just texted me to say that when he stopped in at Fred's on his way to the river, they told him that somebody weighed in a 70lb spring yesterday! and that it might even be a river record. Anyone else hear of this?
There's a "70" lb spring caught every year on the Vedder isn't there? Lol ;D
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Nice fish man! A buddy of mine is fishing the upper river as we speak (I don't think he'll catch anything except for a good buzz) ;), but he just texted me to say that when he stopped in at Fred's on his way to the river, they told him that somebody weighed in a 70lb spring yesterday! and that it might even be a river record. Anyone else hear of this?
must'a been a real good buzz.
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Yeah - so was I! :o
Shocked , or clean? ;)
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Shocked , or clean? ;)
Hah!
When I came home, I made the mistake of resting my wading boots inside to dry out... Putrid odour of rotting fish!! Apparently not all of me was clean ;)
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Hah!
When I came home, I made the mistake of resting my wading boots inside to dry out... Putrid odour of rotting fish!! Apparently not all of me was clean ;)
Lol rookie mistake dragonspeed.... I did almost the same, left them in the trunk with the backseat down. Didn't take long to notice!!
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Nice fish man! A buddy of mine is fishing the upper river as we speak (I don't think he'll catch anything except for a good buzz) ;), but he just texted me to say that when he stopped in at Fred's on his way to the river, they told him that somebody weighed in a 70lb spring yesterday! and that it might even be a river record. Anyone else hear of this?
Regardless of whether or not the story is true, it would sincerely piss me off if someone took a fish of that size home. That is a valuable genetic brood and to bonk it [to only put in your freezer, no one can eat that much fish] is a waste IMO
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that is what I thought.
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it would sincerely piss me off
It seems like every thing pisses you off. Of your 300+ posts I'd be surprised if even one had some sort of positive tone to it. Lighten up and quit being a downer.
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LOL
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I think someone hasn't heard the fall chinook in the Chilliwack are not native and without hatchery support would likely disappear after a few generations. No need to worry about genetic quality of the brood stock
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I think someone hasn't heard the fall chinook in the Chilliwack are not native and without hatchery support would likely disappear after a few generations. No need to worry about genetic quality of the brood stock
Is that why they only clip the adipose fin of cohos? Other species they don't bother because they all came from the hatchery?
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Is that why they only clip the adipose fin of cohos? Other species they don't bother because they all came from the hatchery?
they also clip sockeye and fall chinook, but mainly for research.
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I think someone hasn't heard the fall chinook in the Chilliwack are not native and without hatchery support would likely disappear after a few generations. No need to worry about genetic quality of the brood stock
the white chinooks have thrived since being transplanted from the harrison...they're an aggressive species that doesn't need to rely on the hatchery for survival... if not for fishermen targeting them, they would have decimated the indigenous populations (which now rely on the brood stock program for maintaining their numbers).
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the white chinooks have thrived since being transplanted from the harrison...they're an aggressive species that doesn't need to rely on the hatchery for survival... if not for fishermen targeting them, they would have decimated the indigenous populations (which now rely on the brood stock program for maintaining their numbers).
The red springs taken for brood stock are not indigenous as well (assuming you are talking about the July run). They are interior stock fish.
The actual indigenous population runs during steelhead season, which is why there are posters up everywhere showing the difference between steelhead and chinook. I have only ever seen 3 of these fish caught in the upper river. There was also a small run of the indigenous reds in the fall, I normally tag 1 or 2 every year that I fish the vedder. Seemed the last year before I left for college they were making a small comeback as I hit 5 that year that were reds, and were still chrome (some with sea lice) in late September.
O and clipped sockeye are solely to mark Cultus Lake hatchery enhanced sockeye. None are clipped for research that I know of, especially since the hatchery doesn't raise sockeye due to IHN outbreaks that they commonly have. They simply want to see if there is any actual wild representation left over.
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I caught 4 red springs this fall season, and took one home. :)
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The red springs taken for brood stock are not indigenous as well (assuming you are talking about the July run). They are interior stock fish.
The actual indigenous population runs during steelhead season, which is why there are posters up everywhere showing the difference between steelhead and chinook. I have only ever seen 3 of these fish caught in the upper river. There was also a small run of the indigenous reds in the fall, I normally tag 1 or 2 every year that I fish the vedder. Seemed the last year before I left for college they were making a small comeback as I hit 5 that year that were reds, and were still chrome (some with sea lice) in late September.
O and clipped sockeye are solely to mark Cultus Lake hatchery enhanced sockeye. None are clipped for research that I know of, especially since the hatchery doesn't raise sockeye due to IHN outbreaks that they commonly have. They simply want to see if there is any actual wild representation left over.
correct...and as for the cultus lake sockeye doesn't that study and observation constitute ''research"? they also clip a selected number of chinooks.
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The indigenous red springs enter the system in May, June and early July. They start spawning mid Sept to Mid October. Only a small number of these fish return each year and they all spawn in the upper
Chilliwack. Any fall reds that are being caught in the fall are not indigenous Chilliwack chinook and most likely Harrison chinook. The hatchery has noticed numerous red fleshed jacks and adults during brood stock spawning.
Attempts at capturing these fish for brood stock has been nearly impossible due to their spawning location and numbers.
Red springs are eggs taken from Slim Creek fish which is 100 miles N/E of prince George.
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It seems like every thing pisses you off. Of your 300+ posts I'd be surprised if even one had some sort of positive tone to it. Lighten up and quit being a downer.
:'(