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Author Topic: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates  (Read 156510 times)

sugartooth

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I know the river is still high but does anyone know what the visibility is like?
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chris gadsden

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I know the river is still high but does anyone know what the visibility is like?
Sorry I had hoped to check but was on the North side of the river today, fishing very slow only hooked one chum, conditions were very good but a lack of coho it seems. A reminder chum are closed over there.

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Does anyone have any  idea of the current water conditions ? Thanks in advance.
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milo

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Does anyone have any  idea of the current water conditions ? Thanks in advance.

Judging by the traffic camera on the crossing, the level is still quite high (>2.00m), but the colour looks good.
I'd say it's quite fishable if you know where to look.
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Thanks Milo.
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sugartooth

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Visibility was about a foot and a half when I looked at 8 this morning. Decided to head to a north side flow and was rewarded with a few fish.
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chris gadsden

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I estimate a foot in the Lower early one,I saw a few chum caught by the Mark/Recapture people, in a net I will get the video I filmed of that tomorrow.

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Hoping the river is in shape today as cool last night, will report back later.

clarki

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~ 18” vis in the lower
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chris gadsden

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Plenty fishable when I was out but I did more walking around than fishing checking for news runs after the high water. Steelhead season is not far away.

Saw a few fish caught and even told Rod where the hot spot was.lol

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Saw this hoar frost in the upper river valley today; almost hairy/feathery in appearance. Never seen anything like it before. Very cool, literally and figuratively  :)


Morty and I came across aprox 25 chum that had become stranded in a side channel when the water receded. Using a net, and a times our bare hands, we captured them and released them into the main river. Does that mean we had a 25 fish day?     
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milo

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Morty and I came across aprox 25 chum that had become stranded in a side channel when the water receded. Using a net, and a times our bare hands, we captured them and released them into the main river. Does that mean we had a 25 fish day?   

Don't know about the 25-fish day, but good on you for doing that.
In an abundant chum year, those 25 fish would probably mean very little, but with this dismal chum return, every fish counts. Thank you Clarki and Morty.
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Good stuff clarki!  What goes around, comes around ;)

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Super hot!!! :D

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Hi Guys. How’s the water today?
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