OUTLOOK
Welcome to another edition of the Friday Fishing Report. Though the weather was a mixed bag of snow rain and sun it was not as cold as was predicted last week. The weather gods must have heard us ranting about the cold in last week’s report and decided to prove us wrong. Though it was not warm by any stretch of the imagination the cold clear conditions didn’t happen and the fishing was better than expected. The mix of rain and clear days didn’t affect river levels too much and though it was clear on the Squamish, Stave and Vedder the fishing was good. It looks as though the slightly cool temps with a mix of precipitation will carry into next week.
We have reports on all the major rivers and the steelhead outlook is promising. We are coming up on prime time for a number of the systems and though the early season was tough, at least right now we are seeing fairly solid numbers of fish. It will be interesting to see at the end of the season where the fish number estimations settle.
On the salmon fry front it is still probably too early and with the snow last week even when the warm weather comes out the melting snow will keep water temps cold. We don’t expect a noticeable fry hatch this weekend but depending on the weather and how fast the snow melts it could be as early as next week. We will keep you up to date on the cutthroating when we hear more reports.
We are hitting the mid point of the winter chinook season and it has been one of the most consistent on record. Maybe not crazy “hot” but consistent. Jason has more info in the saltwater report at the end of the post and we’ll be out on the water all weekend so look for more up to date reports and photos on our social media feeds!
Read on for this week's full report: http://www.pacificangler.ca/pacific-angler-friday-fishing-report-march-2-2018/
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Topic: Pacific Angler Friday Fishing Report: March 2, 2018 (Read 1665 times)