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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Rodney on October 15, 2014, 10:53:08 AM
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I gave it a go this morning from 7:30am to 9:30am. Fish were steadily moving upstream as expected so hard to get some consistent bites, but managed to hook four coho salmon and beached two of them. Both fish were wild and sent them back right away. Float fishing with freshly cured chinook salmon roe continues to produce well this season.
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Time for you to get a job ;D
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sounds like a good day to me. Was hoping to make it out this AM but no luck for me. Hoping for tomorrow.
none the less, thanks for the report, sounds like theres plenty of fish.
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Time for you to get a job ;D
What's that? ;D
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I went out today as well... first trip of the year to the vedder. Fished yarrow side, river seemed like its in great shape, had nice runs to myself but didn't see much activity. Threw jigs, blades and spring roe but didn't get any interest.
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I managed to get my limit today. There were lots of moving fish and I got mine on silver colorado blade first light, then on roe. Lost several and missed a bunch more. All the fish I saw were chrome so there must have been fresh fish coming in with the high water.
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I took one hatch home tday.that was the only fish i saw also.pretty quiet where i was.same place i fished last year with great success.
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Fished a run in the lower this morning where I had some success when we had the low water. No sniffs for me today on fresh boraxed coho goo, blades, jigs and even swung some spoons. Just one of those days ::)
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Flyfishing Magician and I limited by 10:30. Caught all our fish on cured roe. About 10 fishing our run and all good rods fishing cured roe. Almost all of them limited as well. Except for a couple showing a bit of Color, they were chrome bullets. Water was up but had a nice color to it.
Met 1son on our way out. We actually fished next to his friends (Kingfisher?). All in all, a good day and fishing with good people around us was a bonus. The net that I brought was put to good use!
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Flyfishing Magician and I limited by 10:30.
You two always have to make my trip look bad…. :P ;D
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Flyfishing Magician and I limited by 10:30. Caught all our fish on cured roe. About 10 fishing our run and all good rods fishing cured roe. Almost all of them limited as well. Except for a couple showing a bit of Color, they were chrome bullets. Water was up but had a nice color to it.
Met 1son on our way out. We actually fished next to his friends (Kingfisher?). All in all, a good day and fishing with good people around us was a bonus. The net that I brought was put to good use!
What a great day indeed, I had a blast today. You and magician were hammering them. That net was put to great use. I'm sure I'll see you guys on the river again, until next time.
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What a great day indeed, I had a blast today. You and magician were hammering them. That net was put to great use. I'm sure I'll see you guys on the river again, until next time.
Great to meet you out there FishingKing! Yes, we were very pleased to be able to share the net. I think it became the "communal" net for the whole run. :D :D :D
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wow you guys are going to great lengths to play a joke on us about limiting out.
Taking a flosser out tomorrow to convert him to fishing the right way...hopefully i can find some coho for him...where is the golden run this year haha
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Nice to meet you guys out there FlyFishin Magician and Stratocaster I wasn't there for the slayfest you guys all put on but man did I put a beating on those ho's after you guys left ;D anyway will be seeing you guys out there this season foresure and thanx for the parking spot.
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I guess you guys were in the right spot at the right time. Most people on the river had a slow day. We fished mainly mid, a bit upper and a bit lower but barely saw any action. Every person we talked to echoed what we said.
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Haha strato and magician between you two and son and fk I think you killed them all! Lol I got there at 5 and me and son fished till dark only managed one small hatch, there wasn't really a last light bite
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I guess you guys were in the right spot at the right time. Most people on the river had a slow day. We fished mainly mid, a bit upper and a bit lower but barely saw any action. Every person we talked to echoed what we said.
Overall, there are definitely less coho this year than last (also confirmed by the test fishing reports). We had been taking home a couple of fish each outing at this spot we had been fishing but I think the key was that the water had more color to it and the fish were a bit more aggressive. Even then we still missed many fish, only seeing the flash in the water as they shake the hook off. Another very important factor was that almost everyone in the run fished light gear with roe. I don't remember anyone bb betties and ripping at the end of each cast. It brought back memories of what fishing was like for me 25 years ago before Fraser sockeye gear starting being used in the Vedder.
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Hey stratocaster FFM always raves about your roe cure and the results seem to prove it.
You've already mentioned to take good care of the roe right from the start I was wondering if you ever tinkered with your own recipes. Ive tried a couple off the internet without much success so I usually use Pautzke fire cure with krill scent and havent had much succcess with anything else but that.
BN
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I've tried to put such things as Anise oil etc.. but I find going with what has worked in the past to be the best. I know a lot of people favor natural color cure when the water is clear but fishing both side by side I've found at least for me anyways, red works the best in all conditions. We also like to bring at least two types of roe, spring and coho and change things up. Good bait is only one part of the equation. Presentation and attention to what's going on is even more important. Sometimes the fish will smash the bait and make your float dive but more often than not, your float barely wobbles. It seems lately that FFM has been outfishing me at least earlier in the morning because his reflexes are a bit quicker than me. I sometimes catch up to him later on when his coffee wears off. ;D
I used to try Pink, Orange and Natural but now I stick just to red. BN, I think you are on the right track ;)
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I hate this pussy footing around, I like it when they smash it...its even better if I can carry on a conversation and turn around to find my float missing lift the rod and a fish is on.
BN
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I used pro-cure red when it first came out. The only color untill a friend of mine got this fly dye that was a purple red color. We added it to natural pro-cure. We couldn't keep the coho off.
I have caught coho on ghost shrimp and pink rubber worms. Still use pink worms today. I like to toss hardware also.
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I hate this pussy footing around, I like it when they smash it...its even better if I can carry on a conversation and turn around to find my float missing lift the rod and a fish is on.
BN
That actually happened to Stratocaster! He got a backlash and was trying to fix it. When he was done, he reeled in, only to find a coho on the end. What a change from the week before! :D
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Started in the Lickman area on the 15th. Hooked two coho early with a medium hatchery to hand. Lost two larger fish without seeing them. I did not see any other fishermen with coho. A fellow sharing the spot with me landed a large chum, released it and hooked the same fish about 5 minutes later. As Rodney said, the fish were moving through fast and the bites coincided with fish being evident.
Took a look up top. Lots of fishers catching dark springs at the cement slab. Didn't see any coho but I wasn't there very long.