Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: CohoMan on October 26, 2012, 06:25:44 PM
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Hi guys
Fred has been reporting excellent fishing!!!!
Maybe it is just me but fishing has not really been that great for me the last few times I went out. Now, I don't normally fish pass the crossing. Maybe it is good above the crossing only.
Any ideas??
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Stop fishing the canal, and youll be amazed at what youll find. ;)
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sporadic...sure there are times when the bite is good, but i would say there's a bit of exaggeration on their part...don't forget what their livelihood relies on. ;)
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Poor for me, except for chum.
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Yep, last 2 times out nothing but chummer's for me and my friend. I guess it pays for Fred's to keep people believing in that pot of gold.
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I'm guessing the guys that are reporting of poor or ok fishing don't venture very far up river? Coho ROCKET for their spawning grounds and the lower river is only good when there's fresh pushes of fish through out the day. I've been hooking a LOT of coho... However I haven't been fishing below Ways Field either...
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Was in the Canal area tonight and saw some waves of fish moving up at dark Only bites I has was the bait robbing peamouth, chub moving in on the tide from the Sumas. ::)
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I'm guessing the guys that are reporting of poor or ok fishing don't venture very far up river? Coho ROCKET for their spawning grounds and the lower river is only good when there's fresh pushes of fish through out the day. I've been hooking a LOT of coho... However I haven't been fishing below Ways Field either...
Don't like the upper, too many dippers. ;D
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We should get the first report of a steelhead soon. ;D ;D ;D
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First Report of Steelhead was already caught the first week of september seen it with my own eyes.
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Fishing slow? I limited out tonight ;D
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I know a guy that got his 4 today at the vedder. And there is no way he was flossing or any of that bs
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for sure, there has been some good days, but to say it's been excellent on a regular basis is a bit of a stretch.
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I would consider fishing good now. I was out yesterday all above the crosssing. I went to three spots, with two I'd never been to before, and hooked at least one coho each spot. For me thats good fisihing. That being said I had long stretches without a bite, and only took one coho home that day. Met lots of people with no fish.
I recommend you try new spots. I try to make a point of doing that every time I go. For guys that don;t getout to often its the only way to get to know the river. Its prety easy on the vedder, look for cars and people and take a walk up or down! Generally when the waters low the lower is good, when the waters higher upper spots are better.
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Excellent, no. Ok, yes.
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I have also witnessed a 9 lb doe steelhead already.
I also hooked into a few coho today. Then came back to find someone tried to break into my car.... " tried " because they ruined my door handle and gave up and then hit up the next 3 cars in the lot.
Even with the club on and no face plate on my deck they tried.. the car was baron as I had everything on me while fishing.
Good fish luck though
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I'm guessing the guys that are reporting of poor or ok fishing don't venture very far up river? Coho ROCKET for their spawning grounds and the lower river is only good when there's fresh pushes of fish through out the day. I've been hooking a LOT of coho... However I haven't been fishing below Ways Field either...
You're probably right JC. I, like Mr. Gadsen prefer to fish below the crossing and the last two times I fished the Hopedale area and Bergman Rd. side. I'm going tomorrow and will definitely take your advice and fish higher, thanks !
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Fishing slow? I limited out tonight ;D
Dipper. ;D ;D
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Im the Farthest thing from a dipper, and you know it.
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Im the Farthest thing from a dipper, and you know it.
Just jealous. ;D
Wait until the steelhead season when fishing really starts.
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Lets start laying down the bets on who will bring the first steely to the beach. :) No cheating like last year Chris, Everyone knows theres no steelhead in the Vedder the 2nd week of december.
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Lets start laying down the bets on who will bring the first steely to the beach. :) No cheating like last year Chris, Everyone knows theres no steelhead in the Vedder the 2nd week of december.
Good memory. ;D
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Dippers up top and rippers down low, same crap different spot. The sport is plagued with problems ever since the Fraser was opened for sockeye retention.
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Id put money on that bigfisher :P
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I will admit I have just started to fish tamahi and watching those flossers is annoying. It sure is gratifying when you legit hook em and have a good battle down some rapids.
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was out yesterday lots of chum hook ups but no coho. i was flyfishing a coho fly and chums were loving it....
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I been out the last 3 days and all upper river. I fish with a foot leader so for sure im legitimately hooking them and i pulled 5 hatch and one wild from the last 3 days. same run. the coho are there. my buddy limited out 2 days in a row. you just got to venture out and find them.
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mistermongz AWSOME avatar ;D ;D ;D
hookR not wanting to side track the thread but leader length means nothing in the legitimacy of fishing. It's all in ones intentions, in fact in the pocket water near the boundary a 8-12" leader would be more effective at flossing fish than a 2-3' leader as the hook gets down and stays down in the swirly pockets. Each time I've been out I've gotten my limit of coho in a few hours usually and continue to C&R after that. So I'd have to say its still good and will continue to be good for another couple weeks as long as the river doesn't get huge and blow out like it usually does this time of the year.
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thanks JohnnyCanuck... 8)
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Freds bases their reports on the anglers that come through the door and talk fishing, perhaps that is why some reports are a little suspect. I find that they are quite truthful about conditions and fishing action , in general.
Often one area of the river is not fishing well and another is on fire, that could be called "good fishing" if you were in the right area of river.
Perhaps those who are complaining about Freds reports should concentrate on learning run timings along with river levels graphs and follow weather closely.
I have come to realize over the years that every river gets numerous distinct pushes of each species, aside from the main push of fish that most are looking for.
An example of this is the Coho in the Vedder, you have the early run, the main push of fish and numerous late runs that are pretty much overlooked. These secondary runs of fish are not going to allow you to stand on your favorite rock as waves of coho roll by.
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While on the topic of leader length.....
I have personally started fishing with no leader in an effort to become a more ethical angler. Basically just float to weight and then attach the hook to a snap swivel, it feels good knowing that I am not flossing, or dipping, or ripping. However I've had a couple of instances now where people see my set up and call me a snagger because I have no leader ::)
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Freds bases their reports on the anglers that come through the door and talk fishing, perhaps that is why some reports are a little suspect. I find that they are quite truthful about conditions and fishing action , in general.
Often one area of the river is not fishing well and another is on fire, that could be called "good fishing" if you were in the right area of river.
Perhaps those who are complaining about Freds reports should concentrate on learning run timings along with river levels graphs and follow weather closely.
I have come to realize over the years that every river gets numerous distinct pushes of each species, aside from the main push of fish that most are looking for.
An example of this is the Coho in the Vedder, you have the early run, the main push of fish and numerous late runs that are pretty much overlooked. These secondary runs of fish are not going to allow you to stand on your favorite rock as waves of coho roll by.
Exactly. I thought fishing was poor yesterday so I started wandering. I was getting pissed off with the crowds so I took a walk and found some nice peaceful water with no one else in sight. After about 90 minutes there I had landed 5 springs, 2 of which were very nice and silver.