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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: fish fear me on November 20, 2014, 02:27:08 PM
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I love to fish but always end up packing it in for the winter months is there any good fisheries for the winter any help would be much appreciated.
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Freshwater or salt chuck ?
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either one would be great :)
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Explore the squamish area with spoons and spinners.You would be surprised how many late coho there are.Ive caught them well into February.
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Winter steelhead is just around the corner!
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According to Freds Custom Tackle, some steelhead have already been caught.
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Lol ya and watch the gear fly off thier shelves now
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I believe they are up to 8 or 9 Steelhead from the Vedder so far, my buddy landed one last week.
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There are quite a few options when it comes to winter fishing in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Winter steelhead is probably what most can think of first. Beside the Chilliwack River system, there are several others in Region 2 where GoFishBC's Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery produces and releases steelhead into. You should also note that some systems like the Capilano and Squamish River (plus a few others) have no retention for steelhead (both wild and hatchery marked) but they still offer a good catch and release fishery.
Cutthroat trout in the Lower Fraser River and all the tributaries can be productive but it requires quite a bit of leg work. This is the ideal fishery for those who enjoy fishing uncrowded waters but aren't easily discouraged by the lack of fish. Squamish River system and tributaries can be good for bull trout and rainbow trout throughout the winter months.
The Tidal Fraser River produces bull trout throughout the winter months. January and February are typically slow but it really picks up in March once juvenile salmon emerge.
There's also lake fishing, for catchable rainbow trout in urban lakes and also for a variety of species in bigger lakes like Cultus Lake.
Moving to the saltwater, winter chinook salmon fishing can be excellent. A couple of charters which advertise on our website offer good deals on half-day charter trips between December and March. These trips are usually combined with prawning and crabbing. If you are not selective on what you catch, you can also target smaller species like flounder, sole, etc.
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Oooooh I guess we can look forward to our first Haily and Ken winter steelhead fishing report soon!!!
I believe there would be a fish or 3 in there already, my best is second week of Dec. about 7-8 years ago or so. I Have seen a steelhead in November caught.
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Oooooh I guess we can look forward to our first Haily and Ken winter steelhead fishing report soon!!!
I believe there would be a fish or 3 in there already, my best is second week of Dec. about 7-8 years ago or so. I Have seen a steelhead in November caught.
Yeah i'm awaiting the brilliant fishing report from Mr Ken. I was so shocked when buddy yells over at me to come take a look. Nice little hatchery buck about 8 pounds, chrome as can be.
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Kihei on Maui will be my fly fishing paradise for 3 weeks in February... Can't wait.
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I Have seen a steelhead in November caught.
(http://www.empireonline.com/images/features/100greatestcharacters/photos/25.jpg)
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Got a beauty pig of a steel (20-22lb) on Nov 2nd this year (great bday surprise)
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Got a beauty pig of a steel (20-22lb) on Nov 2nd this year (great bday surprise)
You're going to leave it at that?
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You're going to leave it at that?
Lol....ok fine....lower mainland northside flow, (im sure most can figure it out easy enough, lol) big wild pig on a jig......unfortunately, I was fishing solo and was not able to get a picture before the release but a great birthday memory none the less (managed a small bit of video near end of fight but no real good look at the fish as I was simply just to excited and worried about landing it to bother fumbling with the camera at the time as well. ;D
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I once caught a rainbow trout in early November on the lower Fraser.
I'm sure no one will demand the details. :)
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I once caught a 27" rainbow trout around Kamloops in mid-October
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Realistically you'd be better off trying for coho or chum, unless you live in Chilliwack or something can don't mind wasting time looking for the few Steelhead around right now. Fresh coho and chum move into some of the systems on the north side of the Fraser as late as January.
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Kihei on Maui will be my fly fishing paradise for 3 weeks in February... Can't wait.
Did you go for blue fins, mahi Mahi and sail fish?
Edit - oh nm. Fly fishing for what?
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Did you go for blue fins, mahi Mahi and sail fish?
Edit - oh nm. Fly fishing for what?
You can fly fish for those guys, they have fly rods up to 16#.
Though my gut is telling me he will be targetting bones.
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Did you go for blue fins, mahi Mahi and sail fish?
Edit - oh nm. Fly fishing for what?
You can fly fish for those guys, they have fly rods up to 16#.
Though my gut is telling me he will be targetting bones.
I will be going after whatever I can get my hands on really. After doing some digging I found out my condo is adjacent to one of the only decent areas to fish bones but I am happy to get what I can. I will be renting a kayak so I will see what I can get with that as well. Bringing an 8wt and 10wt. The 8 for inshore and the 10 for if I can get out a ways and work some sort of structure off shore a bit with the kayak. Also planning on booking a 2am charter to get out for tuna and mahis. If they let me drag a fly I would be more than happy too but I've heard the charters are pretty stringent in how they do things. One of the big offshore fish would probably either blow my reel up or my 10wt but it would be worth the ride... Leave in 3 months today and I'm already counting the days lol.
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You can fly fish for those guys, they have fly rods up to 16#.
Though my gut is telling me he will be targetting bones.
They use gear to tease billfish close enough to the boat for a fly cast and then a cast is sort of bombed out 30 or 40 feet.
While there are bones in Hawaii, the Island are volcanic and so don't have to extensive shallow beaches and flats that make for good bone fishing. You pretty much have to go to Christmas Island. If you are a Marine you can go to Midway Island.
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Ya RalphH unfortunately there aren't a ton of flats just a few shallower areas. There are bonefish around though as I know from first hand info that they are just not a lot. Me personally that is not my only species I want to target so it's not big deal. My last couple vacations I always bring a fly rod and book charters. Fun to get to explore different fisheries on the planet.
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What part of the Vedder river do you want to find yourself at if your fishing for Bull Trout? Will area's around the Crossing/Teskey Rock work?
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Winter chinook and prawns prawns prawns.
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http://www.fishingwithrod.com/blog/2014/01/31/exploring-alternative-saltwater-fisheries-in-vancouver/
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/blog/2012/02/25/a-late-birthday-reward/
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/blog/2012/02/11/a-tug-erases-all-doubts/
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/blog/2011/01/26/bull-trout-wrestling/
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/blog/2009/02/20/definitely-spoiled/
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/blog/2009/01/29/presentation-changes-enticed-a-fish-and-a-half/
Some past winter stories from the website.