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chris gadsden

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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #405 on: November 08, 2018, 11:16:41 PM »
Quote from: AaronWilde on November 08, 2018, 03:21:01 PM
Why even tell us this? it did make me laugh at how unnecessary a comment  ;D.. I bet the river changed a lot. I told my friend where the hop spot is so  :P to everyone on the forums xD
I put that in especially for you as I felt you needed a laugh. :D Fishing is a hobby and so we must not to take things too serious. Also when when you get to my age it does not really matter.lol.
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #406 on: November 09, 2018, 07:31:57 AM »
Yesterday, visibility in the lower started with about 1.6 feet in the morning. In the afternoon, trees and branches started coming down and it deteriorated to like 6 inches or less.  With the rain today, it is probably worse. Just in time for weekend fishing.
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chris gadsden

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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #407 on: November 09, 2018, 11:57:50 AM »
Was OK this AM but did color once and a while as the bank is being eroded somewhere. We had some activity in another hot spot Aaron.lol
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #408 on: November 09, 2018, 12:40:57 PM »
Here's a short little river report I did for yesterday's conditions.
https://youtu.be/O-ppJV4YkgE
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #409 on: November 09, 2018, 12:53:54 PM »
Short video, but very helpful to fishers like me who have to travel 100kms to fish. Thank you for that...showed enough to know the conditions.
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #410 on: November 09, 2018, 05:55:15 PM »
i looked at the lower at dark and it did not look too good, Rod was going out so he may have a better report for you.
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #411 on: November 09, 2018, 06:41:37 PM »
Quote from: AaronWilde on November 09, 2018, 06:02:59 PM
Haha.. glad to hear it! I had an awesome day myself.. on another system :). Hopefully get another shot out there some time.. if not, well, steels not far away now is it :)
Can you tell us the "Hot Spot"? lol
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #412 on: November 10, 2018, 05:11:04 AM »
Quote from: AaronWilde on November 09, 2018, 07:26:59 PM


No.. but I can say it was SUPER HOT, and I even told a bud on here where it was ;). Hahaha. Hows the Vedders Coho run doing? Are there typically many late Coho through November?
Many of us know these spots especially us old guys that have fished there before you were born.lol
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #413 on: November 10, 2018, 05:13:12 AM »
Just looked at the river, yes in the dark with a light and it has improved since last night, should be OK but there may be some slide action from the clay slides so conditions can change. We say it yesterday as some banks caved it,in the Lowerereachs of the river, it was mud for a bit and then cleared
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #414 on: November 10, 2018, 05:34:14 AM »
Quote from: clarki on November 08, 2018, 02:14:22 PM
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?   

If you assume 8 fish return for each spawning pair then you could say you had a 122 fish day! Hahaha
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #415 on: November 10, 2018, 07:36:17 AM »
It's called a "Frost Flower"
Dead wood soaks up the water but when it starts to freeze it forces the water out of the cracks as the wood starts to contract into freeze (below zero) type temps and builds on itself.
I've seen them a foot or more high.

I actually search them out in the upper if I'm up there early enough.

Depending on the temps they don't last long.
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #416 on: November 10, 2018, 08:09:04 AM »
Quote from: Fish or cut bait. on November 10, 2018, 07:36:17 AM
It's called a "Frost Flower"
Dead wood soaks up the water but when it starts to freeze it forces the water out of the cracks as the wood starts to contract into freeze (below zero) type temps and builds on itself.
I've seen them a foot or more high.

I actually search them out in the upper if I'm up there early enough.

Depending on the temps they don't last long.
Fascinating...thank you for the explanation.
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #417 on: November 10, 2018, 10:08:00 AM »
Checked out the vedder yesterday. Water still up and raging. vis was 6-8" and clearing up. Hooked a yellow spring and 3 chums past their prime. Think the run is pretty much over. Went up to tamahi rapids to see how the crowd was doing. The whole group only had 4 killed boot chums and no cohoes. Also talked to the fisheries count guy and he said it is really slow and coming to an end.
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #418 on: November 10, 2018, 12:29:41 PM »
Saw a chap get 4 Coho salmon in the lower two days ago 3 on jigs and one on a blade. I went and bought a $4 jig but have not tried it yet.
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Re: 2018 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates
« Reply #419 on: November 10, 2018, 01:37:40 PM »
Quote from: chris gadsden on November 10, 2018, 12:29:41 PM
Saw a chap get 4 Coho salmon in the lower two days ago 3 on jigs and one on a blade. I went and bought a $4 jig but have not tried it yet.

I made the switch to the jog twitching train 3 years ago and haven't looked back. There's nothing wrong with spoons and roe but jig seem to get more bites for me personally.
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