Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: CohoJake on June 30, 2014, 12:02:11 PM
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Can anyone give an update on clarity ahead of tomorrow's opener? I know it is nearly 2.5 meters at the crossing, which is pretty high - I'm just hoping for green water and not brown. A picture would be great. ;D
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Can't say anything about the clarity but fishing usually isn't that good until about after the 10-15th (give or take). This year looks to be shaping up for a pretty good run so I hope people start getting into fish early. I didn't have my first multi fish day (not counting socks) till about the 12-15th the last few seasons. Itching for it it start as it is one of my favourite fisheries.
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Talked to a buddy who's friend lives in Chilliwack. Says his friend is seeing alot of fish surfaacing on the Vedder
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I think these fish should be the smolts ,they re all over the river...not quiet yet for bigger fish to surface in large numbers, cheers
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Are you guys talking about Spring fishing?
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Are you guys talking about Spring fishing?
That's what I'm talking about.
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Talked to a buddy who's friend lives in Chilliwack. Says his friend is seeing alot of fish surfaacing on the Vedder
I would almost guarantee the majority of those fish are sockeye. They jump often while moving up river
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I would almost guarantee the majority of those fish are sockeye. They jump often while moving up river
My thoughts as well
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River is still pretty high, water colour looks good. Mid river and up look pretty good. Canal is still high and backed up from Fraser's freshet as expected.
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yeah the vedder is still high i drove over the canal bridge to go home
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Water fine, lots of effort, heard only of some sockeye caught.
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At least 3-4' visibility today at 2.3 m, with nice green tint.
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hows is the visibility after last night's rain? i suspect a river of chocolate milk. Anyone check it today?
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Its amazing the reports from the tackle shops.. you listen to them lots of fish being caught?? yet guys on the web don't seem to be doing much!Just a thought.
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Its amazing the reports from the tackle shops.. you listen to them lots of fish being caught?? yet guys on the web don't seem to be doing much!Just a thought.
the reason is a lot of anglers don't like to post about how great of a year they are having online. Especially because that can draw some extra fishing pressure to their fav honey hole. Some talk to their local tackle shop guys because theyve become friends over the years
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Especially during red season. Get out there and get at it. Fred's isn't that far off but you really need to search for a school.
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Fishing was good yesterday. We must have hooked 25-30 chinook. Now that was an awesome day.
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Fishing was good yesterday. We must have hooked 25-30 chinook. Now that was an awesome day.
pics or it didn't happen.
I caught a huge pike minnow in the hour I had on the water
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pics or it didn't happen.
I caught a huge pike minnow in the hour I had on the water
Believe me when I say he has pics.... I spent my day on a different river and it was good also... the rain brought fish in for sure.
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Quite slow out today. Probably moved on up already. Also you have to remember if 20 guys see 1 guy catch a fish and they all go into Fred's or any other shop and say they saw a fish caught, even though they are talking about the same 1 fish the tackle store won't know this and think 20 have been caught.
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Was fishing with 2 buddies at the upper boundary today and my friend caught a summer steel.. So beautiful.
Good luck with the river right now though. We fished all up it today and didnt see anything caught. Saw a boot red. Im sure if you put in a few full days you could find something to hook into.
Guy at Freds told me about the steel. Must've been a beaut! I fished that run and moved down to swing some flies and finished off near the boundary. Water is still too high for my liking but given a couple of days it should drop to pooling level.
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Large resident rainbow, still a beauty fish!
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Large resident rainbow, still a beauty fish!
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Large resident rainbow, still a beauty fish!
Agreed. Absolutely gorgeous fish but not a summer run. Great catch nonetheless!
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Guys working at freds saw the picture and told us it was a steelie lol. Also showed another seasoned friend who said steelie.. I wouldnt know but interesting non the less. So why do you say its a resident>steel?
Fred's will say anything to get guys to come to the Vedder...
Why do I say rainbow?:
1) White tipped ventral and anal fins (probably the dorsal fin too if the picture would show it)
2) Fins are coloured red/yellow... only time I have seen that on a steel it was ready to drop eggs
Pic of a "booty" January caught summer run anal fin:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/224859_10151126771936612_943154449_n.jpg)
3) Lots of spotting....
4) Because I've caught a few of them now and they all look the same....
Vedder resident rainbow caught December 2011:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/397540_10150426817281612_87931741_n.jpg?oh=7c90953f5398c86602ef7e7f3fede55c&oe=54434859&__gda__=1412949712_ec89ab21b1bf0e5e407bfed521ab214a)
PS this is not to detract from your fish, it's a beautiful resident rainbow... bows that size are not easy to come across in the vedder. I love catching them that size!
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@AaronWilde - what a gorgeous rainbow!!!
@Every Day - that summer run was quite the specimen! And that 'bow... Speechless.
Thank you both for sharing :)
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I was today at upper Vedder with my daughter ( I'm trying to teach her fishing) and at several spots there was no fish caught.
We're using roe ,wool and blades for about with wool and neither us or anybody around caught anything.
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Fishing was good yesterday. We must have hooked 25-30 chinook. Now that was an awesome day.
25 - 30 fish hooked?? Sure ya did.....
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pics or it didn't happen.
I caught a huge pike minnow in the hour I had on the water
Oh we got pictures all right. It was pretty damn crazy at times. You could pretty much call it that you were gonna hook up every time you got that perfect drift. Oh boy thats fishing at its finest.
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Slow and really busy today. Most people I've seen all season and least amount of fish. Also saw two people bottom bouncing in the upper river ???
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I was out for the first time this season on Sunday I tested the upper and lower rives, no fish to be seen...
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maybe he meant to say 25-30 sockeyes.
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every year on the vedder , theres a total hot spot for red springs , i havent found it this year in 3 trips, there is usual clues to where it is but yes this probably is a correct report , when you find it,,,its a golden fishery. the big problem with it is you kill a smaller darker fish then catch a chrome hawg later which goes back in
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Seems to be slowing down with less fish moving through. Only hooked 2 sockeye and lost a mid teens spring in 7 hours. All hookups were within a 20 minute span.
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Saw one landed this AM.
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My wife got a nice 15lb buck yesterday! Was her first red and it gave her a good battle, Caught mid afternoon on row mid chilliwack river. They are getting a bit of colour but still solid, tight lines 8)
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Proud to report that I hooked my first summer run Chinook this morning at first light. Strong pulling little guy estimating around 8 lbs.he snapped my 10lb liter like nothing when he got close to shore. After about 8:00am there was no more action. Caught a couple socks as well.
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Wouldn't use 10lbs when targetting spring. But regardless good on you for hooking one.
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Wouldn't use 10lbs when targetting spring. But regardless good on you for hooking one.
yep learned the hard way :-\ Got some 15lb flurocarbon and going back tomorrow to see what I can do. Was caught on pro-cured prawns. Save-on foods in chilliwack has buy one pack of prawns get one free right now .