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[Plum Smugglah]

Hey all,

Location: West side of Vedder bridge on the north shore.

My brother in law and myself decided to skip work (hehe) and go fishing.  We’ve arrived at the location at about 8 am; there were 4 people there already.  Rain was coming down hard, risers down stream o’ plenty, perfect day for fishing!!!  Firs cast out (pink wool) hit, fish on, got it in the net, small male.  Judging by the day we were going to have I let him go.  Second cast, fish on judging by the way she was running and the hard time I had trying to land her, she was hooked.  Long before I got her in she got loose.  Couple of pinks later and due to lost leader I went with orange wool.  At about 10:30 few casts in I got a hit but this time my line just flew off my reel, I also saw big silver flash in the water I was pretty sure it was not a pink (I’m still a noob so I had no idea what it could‘ve been).  Within about 10 mins I had the fish in.  There was definitely a lot of silver in the water, it turned out to be a hatchery Coho.  At about noon I was at my quota for pinks had my Coho and had a blast.  CO came by checked every ones fish, hooks and licenses, must say that he did not half a$$ his job.  Good on him!!! 

8am – 12pm   about ten fish on, few broken leaders, few that got away, I’ve let three go, kept two and my Coho.

Funny little add on, we just got our fresh water licenses two weeks ago as we’ve done most of our fishing this summer on the ocean.  This is our first year fishing over all.  Having said that, I got my rod as one of those wicked Wal-Mart specials for 24.99 lol, I mean pinks are a stretch but when that Coho hit that rod was at its wits end.  I think the test on it is 7 lbs…lmao.  Makes it for great fishing.  All in all it was a great day.

[Fish Assassin]

Good to hear that the fish are arriving right on schedule.

[GoldHammeredCroc]

Good work - sounds like a successful day out.

[Rodney]

Oooh, time to defrost some roe... This is such a tease.

[dennyman]

Congrats on the fish. Was also able to get out later in the day to the Lower Vedder.  The little bit of rain received has pushed in some fresh fish into the river. Hopefully, it will not rain too much more, as too much rain could realy discolor the water. As for the fishing, it was very good. Most people in the area I was fishing were getting into fish. And a nice variety too, as not only were there pinks, but also coho, and springs. And some of the springs were of a nice size too. I myself connected into at least a dozen pink, and a couple of coho. The  wild coho I was able to land and later release was taken on a brass hammered croc.  And the small spring I landed was also taken on a  brass hammered croc. Did some short floating too, but most of my fish were taken on spinners or spoons.   And as a side note: although it has been beaten to death in other threads, these fish will bite if given half a chance. Saw some characters doing some questionable float fishing where they are heaving back on the rod - obviously trying to floss the fish. Other than that  this weekend should be very good for fishing on the Vedder.

[Blackrt03]

Love that coho very nice

[Taboo]

I'll be out tomorrow or Sunday trying my luck! 

That is one nice 'Ho you landed!

As for the Walmart rod and reel, the fish don't know how much you paid for your gear!! 

[younggun]

nice coho

[JL]

Thanks for the report...Nice fish

[Nicole]

beauty coho!

Man I really wish I wasn't on a plane tomorrow to Toronto...

Life is not fair sometimes

Glad to see someone is getting them!

Cheers,
Nicole

[Steelhawk]

So you are the lucky guy with a hatch coho I mentioned in my thread for the same day. Congrats. Any rod that can catch a fish is a good rod, so it is surely a 'special' rod, Walmart of not.   

[kellya]

danm nice fish congrats

[BladeKid]

awesomein lookin fish