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[halcyonguitars]

Have an opportunity to be out that way, just wondering what kind of fishies might be in there?

[dobrolub]

Chinook, coho, chum, trout. Coho and Chum open for retention now. Check regs for specific dates.

[Rodney]

No, chum salmon are not open for retention right now, and only hatchery marked coho salmon are open for retention in limited areas.

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/fresh-douce/region2-eng.html

In November, coho and chum salmon are the two dominant species which you will find in the system. I've never seen chinook salmon in the Squamish River past September.

You'll find trout and char feeding on salmon eggs in side channels where salmon are spawning further up the river.

[NothingToSnagAbout]

Any particular techniques to target Coho on the Squamish? Or just the same stuff that works on the Vedder, no bait or course.

[Rodney]

Casting and retrieving, swinging spoons and spinners.

[halcyonguitars]

And on the fly, I hope, as we're going on a dedicated flyfishing trip.

I was hoping to hear coho...

Thanks all!

[TheChumWhisperer]

Be extremely bear aware on the Squamish.  Lots of bears hanging out by the rivers this year.  I found grizzly tracks in the sand near a popular fishing spot last week. 

[milo]

Find frog water and you will find coho. Green, blue and silver christmas trees and sparkly olive woolly buggers shouldn't disappoint.

[BCfisherman97]

Just go with a box of twitching jigs and a spinning rod, all you need. I find year after year that late season fish respond better to twitched jigs than spinners and spoons. I find people fishing metal have a lot of short strikes or followers but not always committing. Jigs stay in the zone far longer than metal and just seem to out fish it plain and simple.

Also floating trout beads in the late fall and winter months for trout and char can be amazing in that area so have some of that handy for sure!

[Ambassador]

Anyone ever catch hatch ho's up there? I was speaking to a legit Squamish river fishing veteran who said in all the years he has fished it - he has never landed a hatchery fish there. I've only caught wilds there myself - all on big, ugly jigs.
I agree with BCfisherman97 on the trout beads later in the fall (albeit never tried floating ones), and have done well with those when nothing else is working.

[BCfisherman97]

Last year I was getting 2-3 H/10W through December.

[Ambassador]

Last year I was getting 2-3 H/10W through December.

Niiiiiiice! Good to hear!

[RalphH]

hatchery fish will be below the Cheakamus since they are  raised and released from the hatchery on that river. I fished the lower Squamish a number of times some years back - mostly in the 1st and 2nd week of November & never saw a coho - period. It is a great river for chum on the fly and hopefully there are reasonable numbers there this year. Larger pink and chartreuse green flies - mostly of marabou or rabbit did very well for me.

[BCfisherman97]

Yes, forgot to add. Depends on how high up you want to fish.

[hammer]

Very few hatchery fish from my experience