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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: CohoMan on January 24, 2012, 03:41:49 PM

Title: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: CohoMan on January 24, 2012, 03:41:49 PM
Decided to head out today before the reported heavy rain comes.

Got down to Bergman around 9:30am and fished for about 90minutes. Only saw a couple guys fishing the run and nobody got anything to show.

I decided to head down below the canal. Fished for 2 hours there and managed to hooked into a wild fish.

I took some pictures to show what the river looks like for today. It was starting to rain quite heavy when I left at around 2:30pm.

Hopefully the cooler condition will hold the river at its current condition- just perfect!!!

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/IMAG0128.jpg)

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/IMAG0127.jpg)

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/IMAG0126.jpg)

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/IMAG0117.jpg)

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/IMAG0114.jpg)



Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: Big Steel on January 24, 2012, 03:44:49 PM
Nicely done CohoMan.. is it just me or is that an odd lookig fish?   :)
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: CohoMan on January 24, 2012, 03:49:57 PM
I thought so too so I quickly snapped a quick photo and let it go.

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: Trout Slayer on January 24, 2012, 03:57:59 PM
Looks like a cutthroat, hard to tell though with nothing in the pic to set a reference to the size..
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: Dave on January 24, 2012, 04:04:05 PM
Looks like a cutthroat, hard to tell though with nothing in the pic to set a reference to the size..
I agree, that maxillary is well past the eye but it looks rainbowish to me  ... would sure like to see more pics and yeah, size.
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: rhino on January 24, 2012, 04:14:25 PM
looks like an nice fat resident bow to me. Beautiful fish either way!
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: Sandman on January 24, 2012, 05:48:43 PM
Ah, the ole cuttbow.
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: salmonlover on January 24, 2012, 06:52:18 PM
shouldnt  a cutbow have slits under its jaw? i think thats just a resident raibow fatty either way.
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: 1son on January 24, 2012, 06:54:17 PM
Looks like a hybrid nice fish by the way
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: RalphH on January 25, 2012, 10:24:38 AM
Nicely done CohoMan.. is it just me or is that an odd lookig fish?   :)

that is a cutthroat - note how the maxilliary extends well beyond the eye. The spots and colouration below the lateral line is also cutthroat. No sign of 'bow that I can see. How big was it?
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: Every Day on January 25, 2012, 02:42:46 PM
shouldnt  a cutbow have slits under its jaw? i think thats just a resident raibow fatty either way.

At certain stages of their lives cutthroat actually lose the red slash under their jaw.
I have caught many off the beach the past few years with either no slash or a VERY faint one hardly visible unless really looking for it.
That is why you should not rely on just 1 characteristic of a fish to tell the species.

Btw I agree, I would call that a cutty... maybe a cuttbow (hybrids between rainbows and cutties are becoming a normal occurrence, and are actually impacted some places in the states where cutthroat are endangered due to introduction of rainbows).

Looks to be around the same size as the one I got last year judging by the rocks and the head size
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/165252_478680121611_604901611_6285396_6708212_n.jpg)



Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: CohoMan on January 25, 2012, 04:08:55 PM
I would say that it is about a couple pounds.

Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: poper on January 25, 2012, 05:42:48 PM
I think it's a rainbow by the color of the cheek
Title: Re: Chilliwack River, January 24th 2012
Post by: searun17 on January 25, 2012, 06:15:18 PM
nice cutty,by the looks of its belly it has really been feasting.