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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: fishermanphil on September 27, 2004, 02:50:24 PM

Title: Vedder steely
Post by: fishermanphil on September 27, 2004, 02:50:24 PM
Fished Tues. On the fly lower river-1 coho jack
                     Drift gear-2 springs on but lost both
                                    -1 coho
                                    -1 steelhead (with sea lice)
           Friday  On the fly-zip
                      Drift gear-1 spring
                                     -1 spring jack
           Sat.  Near the mouth Zip nada nothing on fly or gear but it was great to be out.
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: Fishin Freak on September 27, 2004, 08:56:33 PM
That kind of reminds me of that Blue Marlin I caught in the Vedder last July  ;D Do you have any pics of this Steelhead?
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: summersteel on September 27, 2004, 09:00:30 PM
Ya, thats very unlikely..but not impossible. Do you mean a baby steelhead? If you caught a adult steelhead this early thats gotta be a record!
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: fishermanphil on September 27, 2004, 09:15:55 PM
I was rather surprized myself but spots all over the tail white gums and the steelhead rose on the gill plates. The fish was 10 to 12 lbs. wild and a male. Lice still on so either a very early winter or a late summer. Ya there are summers in the Vedder. And I do have a pic of a Blue Marlin but not in the Vedder.
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: d_w on September 27, 2004, 09:17:57 PM
i have heared of steelhead caught this early, not often but have seen it, mostly wild fish though
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: scales on September 27, 2004, 10:14:35 PM
I've seen two caught in the first week in Oct. in the last 5 years.
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: d_w on September 27, 2004, 10:22:00 PM
yeah, the early steelhead are most likely lost( Thompson strain fish)
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: Fish Assassin on September 27, 2004, 11:00:22 PM
There's no plausible reason why it couldn't be an early returning steelhead. After all, I've heard of early returning cohos to the Capilano being caught in Feb.
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: daveg on September 27, 2004, 11:29:25 PM
Stray summer run from another system.  Summer runs are notorious for straying.
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: JP PATCHES on September 28, 2004, 08:20:51 AM
A picture is worth a thousand words, or would save a thousand words.
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: odie on September 28, 2004, 09:31:25 AM
Way to go fishermanphil, your first steely of the season and it's still September! Its been a great couple of days on the river catching or just fishing.
Thanks for the report.

Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: CAPTAIN BONK on October 01, 2004, 12:07:41 PM
IT MUST OF BEEN A SEA RUN CARP  ;D
Title: Re: Vedder steely
Post by: JP PATCHES on October 01, 2004, 12:42:07 PM
CB, wild or hatchery Carp?