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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: summersteel on December 28, 2005, 04:08:45 PM
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Went out with winter Steel today. After 4 casts WS hooks into a nice chrome bullet of about 8lbs, it put up a great fight and as he gets it near shore we see its a hatchery. He thought for a second about letting it go but decided to keep it. So he has to put his rod down now and wait for me. It took a few hours but I got a 10/11 lb wild doe that we released after a few pictures. We also got a few coho as well, too old to keep. Good start to the season!!
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the Vedder was ugly today, but fishable in the upper river.
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Thanks for the report and pictures.
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Well done. I slipped out for an hour this afternoon after badminton but nothing except I found 3 floats. The river was not the best in the lower reachs anyway, it was about 14 inchs tops at dark. However should improve overnight as it is clear out now after some heavy rain for a good part of the day.
Talked to another angler who also found 2 steelhead today so hopes are up for tomorrow.
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Looks like I will have to do my best to get out on Friday!! Good job on the fish Bug Pumper and WS, congrats!! ;D
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nice,bp.thx for the river report.hopefuly get out tomorrow.i just got back from the stamp/sproat,they were all blown out,sproat had perfect color by was way too high.cheers.
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When you catch a steelhead, you have to stop fishing on THAT river right? so you could still go to the chehalis or something to fish?
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Yes, I believe you can go to another river. Anyone else have an opinion?
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Thanks for the Stamp report Mr Pink. I was supposed to be at the Stamp today but we cancelled because of the conditions. Too bad but we are now trying to reschedule for Jan 9th.
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Yes, I believe you can go to another river. Anyone else have an opinion?
That is true. If you bonk a steelhead on the Vedder you are finished with that system for the day but can continue your fishing on another system such as the Chehalis or Stave.
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Thanks for the report guys,nice fish.
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Thanks for the report and the info! :)
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but can you bonk another one at a different river.
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fished 3 hours this morning in the upper river today while in the wack on some errands. nothing for the first 2 hours and 40 minutes, but i decided, okay, have a smoke while i fish, then go do the stuff i had to do. nothin on 4 inch or 6 inch pink worms, nothin on roe, nothin on blades, but a nice 10 lbs or so doe took the spin nglo prawn rig, in a 3 ft deep seam a couple feet from shore. was funny scrambling to set the hook cuz the float was near right in front of me. conditions were less than optimum that's for sure. visibility 12inches to 1 1/2 feet tops and flowing too strong for anything but tight to shore drifts where i was fishing. will be out in the a.m. tomorrow I'm off to an out of the way flow with a gorgeous fishn babe in tow... i found out they do exist hehe. maybe i'll post a report hehe
on a report note, I have heard from a few friends in chilliwack and from abbey that the river has taken in a good number of fish with increasing reports even though this weather sucks. good news for this season
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sniff sniff
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i was on the vedder at the bottom of Allison pool..first time trying out my 9wt fly...man it wasn't pretty for the first part...wind and rain was seriously f***ing me up at first...saw two other guys fly fishing as well but they were moving through pretty quick...only saw another guy and his son while there most of the morning..saw nothing caught but did see a small trout (I'm guessing, smolt sized) jumping below me....it was not too bad clarity wise but the river was really up and continued to rise while i was there, i had to back out of my original spot about 15 feet into the side current as it was picking up and started to move me....it dumped till around 1pm....
Only good thing was i was able to pick up a small amount of technique finally and was able to get some line out...damn different on a fast river then a field...with the wind etc i was only able to get my line out on a good cast maybe 50 feet....we dropped down lower and were taking a look at a few other spots (railroad bridge) etc. and the sun came out..i stood on the bank and did some more work and was able to get my line out 60+ feet to some spots we were trying to hit...so at least that was kind of cool...Am damn torn on really wanting to just catch a steelie and catching anything with the fly rod...I'm not very good at the fly rod yet but it is much more fun or fascinating or whatever to me...could be a long fishless season but I'm gonna stick with the fly for the time being....
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Golfman, if you do not mind the drive the squamish is a great place to practice chucking a fly and hooking the numerous bull trout that are around. Wait for the temps to drop a bit so this rain can turn to snow on the mountains. The runs are nice a uniform with moderate flows that are perfect for the fly fisherman. Cheers, Winter Steel.
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How do you look at other gallerys?...also Allwaysfishin..dont accuse someone of something they never said ;D...knowing me I would never bonk two steelhead..let alone one. I never said I wanted to bonk 2 in one day???
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DID I NOT SAY " DON"T TAKE OFFENSE!!!!!" geezus, boy, I'm not accusing you of anything
matter of fact, I think for now on I'll just shut my yap and not waste anymore effort typing in this thread.... WOW
and no more steelhead reports or technique comments from me, ya'll have fun now y'here
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This conversation would be much more exciting if it was done in a confined cabin while 3 feet of snow surrounded it. :) It's always interesting how a slight miscommunication can always lead to a series of verbal battles where no one wants a compromise.
People, relax, breath, and rethink what you are arguing about. If you can think of other issues that are much more important, then I suggest you all cool down and move on. If you think that opinions of other internet users who you have never met in person impact your life tremendously, then please continue on and be prepared to take the consequences.
Secondly, watch your choice of words please. Words that are filtered out on the forum are words that we do not wish you to use here, because they degrade others and yourself, so best to leave them out.
allwaysfishin, roe kid is 15 year old. Being someone who's much older, I would expect some tolerance from your part. Participation of Roe kid and others in the same age group is always welcome on this forum, but at times they will come up with opinions that make you say, "what the heck was that all about?". When that happens, it's best to let it go or explain to them like an adult who wish to be respected by the younger ones. I personally don't think much of Roe Kid's comment "knowing me I would never bonk two steelhead..let alone one. I never said I wanted to bonk 2 in one day???". I doubt he was offended.
Thirdly, how was CohoOn! and Floater's opinions on you interpreted as the general feeling by most FWR members towards you.
<edit>Thanks for deleting and editing your own posts. :)
Oh yes, breath, and relax.
Regarding the regulations in Region 2, you can find it in the pdf file on MOE's website (http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/pdf/region_2.pdf). In Region 2, the daily quota of hatchery steelhead is two per person, unless specified otherwise such as the Chilliwack/Vedder River system, which is one fish. Once you have retained your quota of steelhead in a particular system, you must stop fishing in that system, but can move onto another system and continue fishing if you wish.
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ya fair enough rod, and done sort of.
evryone who knows me knows i don't give rats my friend what people think of me, here or other wise, i'm me take it or friggin leave it. don't like it , tough here's my boot, I take sh#t from no one
roe kid
maybe the wording in my response singled you out but it wasn't meant to bust your chops, i even stated that the question had me curious
too the other two , whatever and kiss my.......
i really do have better things to than this
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ok, back to fishing now...hopefully your hot fishing chick got you feeling better.
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allwaysfishin, your experience and skill as a seasoned steelheader are most appreciated, and your reports are valuable to us office-bound steelheaders. I do enjoy reading them, so please keep them coming. We all have our faults, so let's forgive & forget. Peace & harmony reign in this forum with a great moderator like Rod.
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You may retain a total of two hatchery steelhead per day in region two. If the retention limit is one at one river where you have taken one, you may go to another river where the retention there is also one and retain another.
The total steelhead retention for an angler per license year is 10 so who really cares how fast that person gets to 10? If a person pays his $26.00 for the stamp and $38 for the license then they are entitled to retain what is legal. Some people don't have a lot of days in a season to fish, so if they retain one early in a day and then choose to move on to another river to try to retain another, all the power to them. They are not breaking any laws.
Steelhead meat is DELICIOUS!!!!!
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exactly what addicted said!