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Title: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: scruffy on July 27, 2005, 09:22:29 PM
went to the Fraser this morning and thought I'd give her a try again no luck for myself but the fellow next to me had something on for a couple  of Min's but ended up losing it after a few hours i decided to go over to the vedder and see what it's like, well the water is gin  clear and very low in most parts of the upper river saw a couple stupid fisherman catching and netting sockeye I'm sure if i didn't go over there and mention that it was sockeye they would of been bonked,went down river and saw a father and son fishing and wow nice 15 lbs spring on the shore and still nothing me  :(
Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: Floater on July 28, 2005, 01:57:28 PM
I think red spring fishing is just really bad this year. I hope it dosent reflect on the rest of the seasson. :(
Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: Rodney on July 28, 2005, 02:04:56 PM
floater, the fishing has not necessarily been bad, just typical. The red spring fishery has never been big. Please take a look at the information on fish production at Chilliwack River Hatchery (http://www-heb.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/facilities/chilliwack/fish_prod_e.htm).

The target numbers of juveniles released tell the story. The amount of red spring released is 1/4 of the white spring, and 1/5 of the coho.

Don't expect the red spring to be abundant throughout the entire river. The fish would hold together at certain locations instead.
Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: chump on July 28, 2005, 03:52:11 PM
rod where were you the last 2 years???
Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: Rodney on July 28, 2005, 04:08:09 PM
rod where were you the last 2 years???

In front of this screen the whole time. ::) ;)

Obviously the fishing is not as good as the 2003 run that we had. Salmon runs differ each year, I was simply pointing out the difference between different runs in the same year so people do not have the same expectation when fishing for red chinook, coho, or chum.

Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: Sterling C on July 28, 2005, 06:23:01 PM
The last couple years the run has been as large as 9,000 fish whereas the typical run is about 3,000 pieces. Compare this to the 100,000+ whites and 40,000+ coho so the fishing might seem a little slow..... :P
Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: Gooey on July 28, 2005, 08:09:04 PM
I have not done better in 4 years of active red fishing.

I took 4 trips thus far: skunked in on the first, 3 to shore the next trip, 3 to shore 2nd trip, and today 3 hooked - 1 to shore.

IMHO this season, while starting of slow was great.  (yes I do think its essentially over - most of the fish I saw today were quite colored).
Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: rjs on July 28, 2005, 09:08:44 PM
The last couple years the run has been as large as 9,000 fish whereas the typical run is about 3,000 pieces. Compare this to the 100,000+ whites and 40,000+ coho so the fishing might seem a little slow..... :P

Ummhh... I think its like 10,000 or less,  whites they expect back yearly  ;D
Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: fisher88 on July 28, 2005, 10:03:50 PM
I never knew how many Coho went through!! This Fall im going Ho hunting on the vedder!!
Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: Rodney on July 28, 2005, 11:49:01 PM
Maybe the angler's skills need to be questioned. ;D
Title: Re: fraser & vedder July 27
Post by: Sterling C on July 29, 2005, 04:19:56 AM
The last couple years the run has been as large as 9,000 fish whereas the typical run is about 3,000 pieces. Compare this to the 100,000+ whites and 40,000+ coho so the fishing might seem a little slow..... :P

Ummhh... I think its like 10,000 or less,  whites they expect back yearly  ;D

I'll bet you a trip to your favortie fishin hole  ;)