Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: bigblue on September 01, 2015, 08:42:28 AM
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We finally have some rain and the Cap is blown double double and the massive amount of fish stacked at the Cap mouth has be flushed up the river above Highway 1. Beyond the range of fishermen.
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Thanks for the update.
Is the mouth still fishable ?
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I hope the water washes away the barriers and traps build of stone in the mouth. With those in place I don't even know how any fish makes it up the river.
Building such structures on the river should really be outright banned.
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There's a massive stone barrier called the Cleveland Dam further up the river. Really ruins my fishing!
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I hope the water washes away the barriers and traps build of stone in the mouth. With those in place I don't even know how any fish makes it up the river.
Building such structures on the river should really be outright banned.
First nations are building them on first nations land and weirs are a traditional way to harvest fish although I highly doubt their ancestors used shopping carts and pallets lol
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And the rest of is didn't have mono, buzz bombs and such.
The method they use is traditional, only the materials have changed!
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Wondering if the portion of the river above hwy 1 is still closed to fishing?
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Wondering if the portion of the river above hwy 1 is still closed to fishing?
All of the river closures which the province has implemented remain closed until the end of September unless a new notice comes out to reopen them. With the sudden change in weather conditions, this is possible. The weather can still change back quite easily so managers are most likely taking precautionary measures for now.
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No need to wonder...
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/#anglingclosure
Rod any thoughts as to providing links for anglers who forget how the rule structure works? Seems a simple guide and several links would help many out greatly! It's quite simple but people easily forget how to do things they don't do on a regular base...?
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First nations are building them on first nations land and weirs are a traditional way to harvest fish although I highly doubt their ancestors used shopping carts and pallets lol
shopping carts and pallets lol
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Are there still fish worth trying to catch in the Cap in October?
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not understanding why they are letting the dam go. when all the news stations are still saying water restrictions are still in place. yet they are letting all this water go. meh
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Are there still fish worth trying to catch in the Cap in October?
Still the run of coho and springs that enter around that time. This year might be another late run of fish due to the weather and low water conditions, but even with that said I was more or less surprised that a good number of pinks arrived in Howe sound on July 3rd. :-\
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Still the run of coho and springs that enter around that time. This year might be another late run of fish due to the weather and low water conditions, but even with that said I was more or less surprised that a good number of pinks arrived in Howe sound on July 3rd. :-\
This dam is used to generated hydro electric power only. This is not a water reservoir for the metro Vancouver region.
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This dam is used to generated hydro electric power only. This is not a water reservoir for the metro Vancouver region.
I think you got it backwards:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Dam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Dam)
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I think you got it backwards:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Dam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Dam)
Indeed! :D
Although the reservoir will soon be re-purposed to generate hydro electric energy.
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wsd/plan_protect_sustain/water_use_planning/cabinet/Project-Development-Plan.pdf
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not understanding why they are letting the dam go. when all the news stations are still saying water restrictions are still in place. yet they are letting all this water go. meh
I'm sure they have their reasons. May be they need to open and close within a certain time frame to make sure everything is in working order or let the poor fish stuck at the mouth to safely migrate up.
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not understanding why they are letting the dam go. when all the news stations are still saying water restrictions are still in place. yet they are letting all this water go. meh
It is good to send some fresh water down the river to help the fish and lower the temp of the water.
i am not sure as this to be the reason, but i think hogging it all would not have any benefit to the animals and such downstream.
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They do not need to have opened the dam to have the river blow out. There was enough rain to blow it out without opening it up.
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Exactly, its North Van!
Lots of drainage and creeks came to life.
Though a lot of you local folk don't seem to realize it...
All the tap water and showers (if you take one) comes from the water from the Capilano reservoir, the Seymour reservoir and the Coquitlam reservoir.
Yes, certain modifications were made to allow you a water infrastructure which made major impacts to the original, natural system.
Now.
Convince everyone else, (other than I) to stop using water and perhaps we can regain some of what has been lost.
Seriously though, the population is growing and the strain on the resources is evident.
Unfortunately too few think further than the hook on the end of their line and that vacant spot in the freezer.
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Will the mouth be fishable again once water levels drop down to the 1-2 mark? Or wait till the river portion opens up.
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This dam is used to generated hydro electric power only. This is not a water reservoir for the metro Vancouver region.
Sorry, you're mistaken.
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OK DFO, time to open the rest of the Capilano River!
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Reopening the current river closures is up to the province actually, not DFO. An email went out this morning to the Region 2 biologists requesting the reopening now that condition has improved. I'll post up changes if they happen as usual.
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I'm sure they have their reasons. May be they need to open and close within a certain time frame to make sure everything is in working order or let the poor fish stuck at the mouth to safely migrate up.
Whenever we get a rain event the magnitude of what we saw the past week or so (or even less), they still need to spill water regardless of how low the reservoir is. Because of the topography and geotechnical issues, they cannot let the reservoir fill up too fast. In the past it also caused turbidity issues in our drinking water. Now all the water that we use from the Cap reservoir is pumped up through the tunnels to the Seymour Cap filtration plant at the Seymour dam, filtered out for any dirt and or particulants and then run back to the water mains at Capilano providing a cleaner source of water.
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^^^ bingo
Also we gained like 5% in the last week or so and water usage is down too...
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An email went out this morning to the Region 2 biologists requesting the reopening now that condition has improved.
I'm wondering if conditions have improved sufficiently to ensure water levels can be sustained within the rivers for the foreseeable duration.
River levels are not only sustained by surface water run, but also underground flow from upland recharge areas. With the very dry conditions a lot of water may have just flowed off as surface water run-off, as a relatively quick deluge. I wonder if the underlying aquifers have been recharged to normal levels to keep maintain water levels in the rivers and to prevent the levels falling quickly in the absence of long term rainfall, i.e. when surface water run-off is no longer present?