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Title: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: strobes on January 08, 2012, 07:00:03 PM
Well I am now 0 for 6 after today.  Water was higher but very fishable.  We covered a lot of water, witnessed one fish landed by someone across the river from us but that was it.
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: Preliator on January 08, 2012, 08:15:29 PM
This weekend wasn't as productive as reports towards the end of the work week, at least in my travels. Did see a fair number taken though, including my fishing partner who took one each day. A lot more people out today as well.
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: CohoMan on January 08, 2012, 08:30:58 PM
I have been out 5 times now and only hooked into one so far. I have yet to see anyone else get one. I am off for 4 days starting Thursday and I wil be out there straight.
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: typhoon on January 08, 2012, 08:39:11 PM
Haven't been skunked this year but still no steel. Today it was a 4lb superfat bull trout right at dusk to salvage the day.
Pretty fish and my first char on the Vedder.
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: silver ghost on January 08, 2012, 09:19:33 PM
Haven't been skunked this year but still no steel. Today it was a 4lb superfat bull trout right at dusk to salvage the day.
Pretty fish and my first char on the Vedder.

Nice, Bulls are a much rarer catch out there IMO. Have seen/caught everything else but a bull trout on the vedder.
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: silver ghost on January 08, 2012, 09:49:43 PM
Was out fishing the lower section just after first light. Not as busy as I expected, I was happy. Weather was phenomenal, water conditions were near perfect with about 2-3 feet of vis. I thought it was a little bit high, but still worth the trip. I witnessed 3 fish killed and 1 wild released. Nicest one was a ~16lb buck caught by "a local". Things seemed to be the best around 10, as I did not see anything for the rest of the day until about 3pm or so. Most guys were "fenceposting" but me and my buddy fished a good chunk of the river and got some exercise  ;D It was really cool seeing a bald eagle swoop down and pick up this smaller fish (about 1 lb, char maybe?) out of the water and fly off into the distance carrying it. Last time I went I also saw a beaver, I got close enough to make out what it was but when I pulled out the camera and inched closer, it smacked it's tail on the water and it dove under. That was pretty cool.

Catching was not that great given the ratio of fish to anglers...(probably about 4:50) but the experience was 10/10  ;) Gonna try this week hopefully before things get busy at school once again

tight lines
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: typhoon on January 09, 2012, 02:47:23 PM
Nice, Bulls are a much rarer catch out there IMO. Have seen/caught everything else but a bull trout on the vedder.
Interesting, plus I was using a jig (and not roe).
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: Tadpole on January 09, 2012, 08:02:32 PM
Nice, Bulls are a much rarer catch out there IMO. Have seen/caught everything else but a bull trout on the vedder.


Last salmon season I caught  something like 20 bull trouts and most of them  fatties in perfect shape. Previous years I was lucky if I caught one or 2 a year. It says well about the shape the Vedder is in.
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: silver ghost on January 09, 2012, 08:08:16 PM
that's great news, strange I haven't come across one out there yet...
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 8th 2012
Post by: Brian the fisherman on January 09, 2012, 09:08:40 PM
2 mornings ago, first light i caught a 8 inch bull on a white piece of yarn and one orange jensen egg.
then no steel all day  8)