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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: cohoaaron on July 30, 2023, 04:06:12 PM
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I was fishing the chilliwack river july 28 Friday and i caught and released a beauty Rainbow , about 5 pounds. It had a miss-clipped adipose fin (if i remember correctly) and was a beauty chromer. It hit hard and right in the fast riffles. I will post a picture when my buddy sends them to me. But what do you think? Ive read that chilliwack river doesn’t have summer steelies . Thanks.
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Possibly a stray from the Chehalis.
I’ve seen summer Steelies in the Vedder hatchery before.
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.....could also be residual non migrated smolt or possibly a lake drop down.....buddy got a 18 incher a couple of weeks ago....and I tussled with a couple 14 to 16 inches last week....buddy landed 5 pounder a few years ago....
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a 5lb residual would be a very old fish.
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Thanks for the input so far guys, i will check back in tomorrow with a pic hopefully (i will get the pic sooner or later)
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The Vedder does have summer run steelhead, but none produced by the hatchery.
None that we know of anyway...
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The Vedder does have summer run steelhead, but none produced by the hatchery.
can you confirm this?
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I will admit two years ago on September fourth when I was fishing a bit past the crossing I saw a 10-15 lb fish swim by the pool I was fishing. The fish had a silver body and a distinct very rosy red cheek. To me it looked like a massive steelhead buck which I had a hard time believing but I guess it is possible as the timing matches with summer steel and I can't think of any other fish that it could have been. Definitely was not a sockeye. I vividly remember that red patch swimming by and being a bit flabbergasted as it scooted past my bobber and swam by not even 2 meters away from me. Believe me I almost jumped in ;D
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not sure the size of the trout/steelhead in this video but looks like good size - https://youtu.be/_qiWzSOiwIY?t=185
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To my knowledge there are no indigenous summer steelhead in the Vedder. For sure , steelhead are occasionally caught in the summer but these are thought to be strays. Don't ask me how I know ( ;D) but there used to be 5-7 lb rainbows in the upper, closed section of the river, and no doubt there are still a few of those left.
Fwiw, the earliest steelhead I have seen caught in Vedder was Oct 12, the latest unspawned steelhead was May 26
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To my knowledge there are no indigenous summer steelhead in the Vedder. For sure , steelhead are occasionally caught in the summer but these are thought to be strays. Don't ask me how I know ( ;D) but there used to be 5-7 lb rainbows in the upper, closed section of the river, and no doubt there are still a few of those left.
Fwiw, the earliest steelhead I have seen caught in Vedder was Oct 12, the latest unspawned steelhead was May 26
it would be nice to have some catch and release trout fishing there. But I think they already have enough trouble enforcing the rules on the open portion
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i caught a steelhead or so I thought in Dec. of 2022. it was dark and skinny, about 4 lbs. It took a spoon in the middle of the pool below the crossing. the only other that I've seen was 3 years ago, in Sept. below keith wilson bridge. again skinny, but not dark.
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I myself last year caught a chrome steelhead mid September on the vedder while looking for early coho. I was told stray from coq most likely. I'm not an expert but sounds like there might be a small possibility of a summer run on the vedder perhaps cause by all the strays?
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Thanks for the input so far guys, i will check back in tomorrow with a pic hopefully (i will get the pic sooner or later)
When are we getting the pic?
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3 years in a row, I caught summer steelhead in the upper Vedder in mid to late December. All were wild. One was large and looked like an interior stray (blunted face), the other two were 8-10 pounds. 2016 was the last one. Outside of that I've only gotten 1 in the summer time. They happen, but they are rare.
My opinion is that it's far more likely a large resident. I've never seen so many large resident trout as I have this year, especially mid river. Most of mine have been wild. They've been incredibly well fed and fat too. I'd post a photo or two, but I can't remember how to do it anymore! Lots in the 14-16 inch range, and a few over 20 inches now. I've also noticed a good number of quite large whitefish, and even caught some juvenile bulls 6-8 inches that I've never seen before! Good time to be a resident trout/char/ whitefish in the Vedder it seems.
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likely they'll all be poached in the fall. Management of wild trout in Region 2 is a travesty.
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Haha yeah I'm not sure I would love to be a resident trout on the C/V especially during the fall but you gotta admit that to reach the sizes that Every Day is describing, they gotta have survived a few falls there at the very least - so it seems like the ones that make it past the fall, become super-specimens: either they are super smart for not continuously taking the millions of offerings that all the guys are throwing at the salmon or they are super strong after being caught and released time after time ;D
On the topic of posting pictures in the forum, not asking you to do it, but in case it helps you @Every Day or any others: to me the easiest service to use is https://imgur.com and then share in order to get the img forum tags, then copy/pasta and you are good to go