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Pacific Angler Outlook:The weather pattern seems to have changed from cold and dry conditions to our typical mild and wet conditions that we Vancouverites experience on the coast. This is welcome news for the river fishermen. Precipitation will help to drive in fresh steelhead to the river systems. You can expect to see this trend as we move further away from winter and closer to the spring. Yes I said it spring! It is hard to believe we are only a couple months away from spring.
Overall, river fishing has been fair this week with a few reports of steelhead caught on the Vedder/Chilliwack River. In terms of steelhead fishing the Vedder/Chilliwack River is the place to be right now. The Sea-to-Sky Corridor has been slow over the past week with a few reports of the odd nice bulltrout being caught. One thing to note is that the dykes along the lower Squamish River are being worked on and thus access points have been closed off due to construction. Construction is due to be complete by the beginning of March. The Pacific Angler staff has also heard of some dire reports from Vancouver Island, namely the Stamp River.
You can expect the Harrison/Agassiz area to start picking up for cutthroat in mid-February with the milder temperatures. This is when the fry start to hatch and emerge from the gravel.
The local Vancouver saltwater salmon fishing has been fairly tough as of late. Captain Eddie will be out Friday morning. Jason Tonelli will also be out on the water this weekend teaching his famous Mastering Local Saltwater Salmon course. Eddie and Jason will make sure to update you on the Pacific Angler Facebook page with any results. If you are planning on heading out this weekend make sure to check the tides to get out during the optimal time, which is typically during the flood tide, the start of the ebb tide and the bottom of the ebb tide. But the rule is you can’t catch them sitting home. So make sure to put the effort in now to learn the fishery and if you persist you will be rewarded with a good catch of winter chinook salmon.
The Vancouver weather forecast is calling for sun and cloudy conditions on Saturday with a high of 8 degrees Celsius and a low of 3 degrees Celsius. For Sunday you can expect light rain (10 to 15mm throughout the day) with a high of 8 degrees Celsius and a low of 5 degrees Celsius. Over the past week the daily temperatures have been quite mild. The forecast looking into next week is calling for considerably more rain on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. You can be sure that this will affect the river levels throughout the Lower Mainland and Sea-to-Sky Corridor.
For the local Vancouver saltwater angler the marine forecast for the Straight of Georgia is looking favourable once again. For Saturday you can expect southeastern winds ranging from 10 to 20 knots and on Sunday you can expect 15 knot southeastern winds.
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