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[DanL]

Hit the C/V this morning trying for some first light coho and was able to get into 4 or 5 and land one hatchery before the bite shut completely off after an hour or so.
 
Not a particularly notable day otherwise except that I landed the cleanest chum I have ever seen from the C/V on a purple/black jig. We all thought it was a coho until we got it in the net and saw the head and some very faint bars that dont even show up in the pic. And a buck as well, though quite skinny. Never seen a chum in this condition from this system in all my years. I usually just laugh to myself when people say they caught a 'chrome' chum but now I'm a believer ...

[bigsnag]

did it have any sea lice still attached to its body ? That'll indicate the length of time from salt to the spot where he met your jig.

[Tex]

That chum is MINT! Incredible, I too have never come across a chum even close to that chrome in all my days fishing the Vedder. Very cool.

[clarki]

It's not often that a Vedder chum and coho are almost indistinguishable in pictures!

[spoiler]

got a chrome Chum doe this morning and it did have sea lice!

[sbc hris]

Funny how the chromer chum seem to be the later running fish too. Usually late Oct/early Nov is when I see and hear of the majority of them. Maybe water temp plays a role too?

[Rodney]

My own theory is that early fish tend to hold outside rivers longer due to the low river level, whereas late season fish can travel into rivers immediately from the ocean due to higher water therefore they retain the silvery body for awhile in freshwater.

DanL, I forgot to come over and see that fish before I left yesterday!

[spoiler]

of some the brightest Chum I have caught in the Vedder River were in early December.
A few years ago I was in the lower river searching for early Steelhead when I came across a spot with a huge school of chrome bright Chum rolling everywhere.
I quickly tied on a purple and cerise jig under my float and managed to hook 7 before the bite fizzled out!
that was around December 7th.

[NiceFish]

Have caught ones like that in the vedder and stave.... usually on incoming tide.....not super often, but usually get a handful of them once you get into one...

[Drewhill]

The stave will get a lot of 'fake' chrome chum. They're totally chrome on the outside but they've already spawned out or are shooting singles and the meat is no good.

[bigsnag]

[DanL]

did it have any sea lice still attached to its body ?

Didnt really notice but I dont think so.

Maybe there is something to the late run=cleaner fish theory. The only other 'clean' chum I have encountered on the C/V have all been in November though none remotely close to the appearance of this one. I think Rodney even posted a video of some very very nice looking chum caught in November a couple years ago.

DanL, I forgot to come over and see that fish before I left yesterday!

No problem, now you can see the photographic evidence

[RalphH]

I caught a chrome doe chum in the Harrison mid Oct many years ago. Just green backed & silver sides - no bars or a touch of any other color.

I've never caught a 'fake chum' but I have noticed some fish will turn a light color after then expire post spawn and look sort of pale (not white with fungus) - could be ghost chum, that swim at night - SPOOKY!

[trootn]

The stave will get a lot of 'fake' chrome chum. They're totally chrome on the outside but they've already spawned out or are shooting singles and the meat is no good.

Have seen a coho like that too, totally chrome but the meat was orange and mushy. Would like to know why this happens

[chris gadsden]

I posted this a few years ago, I caught 2 chum in the Chilliwack while fishing for steelhead in January, they were so bright when I hooked them i thought they were steelhead.