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Outlook: This past week has been a good one for the local Vancouver fishing scene. For river anglers steelheading has continued to be good on the Vedder River and our staff saw the first fry out and about in the backchannels while fishing for bulltrout and cutthroat trout.
Ian took our steelhead course (
http://www.pacificangler.ca/courses-2013.pdf) a few weeks ago and is putting his new found knowledge to good use. On a recent trip to the Vedder he noticed everyone was fishing roe bags, prawns, and pink worms. He knew from the course that is was time to show them something different so he put on a #3 hammered silver colorado blade. He proceeded to catch two steelhead! Nice job Ian!
For the saltwater anglers the local Vancouver harbour has finally perked up a bit with a few legal winter chinook being caught. The encouraging news is that while fishing has remained good, it can still be a lot better with a few changes in the conditions.
It is no secret that February has been an extremely dry month. While Vancouver received some rain last week we still need a good amount of steady precipitation to come through the coast to drive the river levels up, push in fresh fish, and get the eggs moving downstream where bulltrout and cutthroat trout can feast on them.
February has also been relatively mild this year, possibly causing some fry to emerge earlier than we are used to. It will be interesting to see when the peak of the fry emergence will occur this year. Pacific Angler head freshwater guide, Matt, recommends using an alevin pattern underneath an indicator at this time of year. He has had some of his best days on the water with this technique.
The Vancouver weather forecast is calling for cloudy conditions with periods of rain throughout the weekend and into next week. The daily high temperatures will range from 6 to 10 degrees Celsius, while the daily low temperatures will range from -1 to 6 degrees Celsius. One word can be used to describe February, dry.
The marine weather forecast for Straight of Georgia is calling for northwest winds over the weekend. You can expect some stronger winds on Saturday (25 to 30 knots) but then backing down on Sunday and then turning to a southeast wind. If you are going out fishing this weekend definitely make sure to check the latest reports as conditions can change rapidly on the ocean.
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