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Author Topic: 2019/2020 Chilliwack River winter steelhead fishery information & water condition updates  (Read 25188 times)

Fish Assassin

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Well done ! :)
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Jk47

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Fished a few spots from mid to lower river today. Lots of people out, didnt see or hear of anything hooked. Low . Nice colour but very low. Tough fishin'
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Wiseguy

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Same here yesterday. Fished mid and down low. Nobody we talked to had seen anything. Need some rain to bump the river up imo.
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Bingbamboom

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Anyone been out lately. I have some unexpected free time and thought I would hit the flow. Haven’t heard much, and wondering how the conditions are .
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Wiseguy

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Very low, the river looks like a creek now and really slow. Hit up a local lake instead would be my suggestion. Check Go Fish B.C for a list of recent stockings.
« Last Edit: March 18, 2020, 09:32:14 AM by Wiseguy »
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blueback

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Any reports on river conditions with this rain? Chris? Anyone?
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mikeyman

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I am heading out tomorrow. Can report then.
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mikeyman

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Water low but colour up nice. Got 2 wilds. Sounds like more rain so anyone guess what it looks like now.
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blueback

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Thanks Mikeyman. Sounds like a good day! I may head out myself as the strait is rather inhospitable to fishing this week. I was going to be in Mexico this week before CoVID 19. BTW; stay back from others at least 2 meters and be aware of what you touch.
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mikeyman

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I was worried about handle the fish. Poor fish might get corona. Lol.
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mikeyman

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I didn't kiss them before release anyways.
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jim

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water temp is 45.2
some turbitity to the water,
level back up to 1.6 meters
mostly wild fish, say 75-90%
some still using shrimp or roe, claiming no deeply hooked fish...
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mikeyman

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I was using bugs. So what. I rig them put hook thru top tail and the rest dangles down. Fish all get hooked in lip. If not quick on set u miss anyways. Bait or no bait a fish could get hooked deep.
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Aki

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Last day of steelheading for this season tomorrow...how is the river? Thinking of going for a walk along the river and taking a few casts...good Covid-19 therapy...
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avid angler

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water temp is 45.2
some turbitity to the water,
level back up to 1.6 meters
mostly wild fish, say 75-90%
some still using shrimp or roe, claiming no deeply hooked fish...
Not sure what your getting at here? I’ve easily hooked over 1000 steelhead on bait in the last 15 years and I think I’ve had to cut the leader on a bleeding fish 2 or 3 times. The highest deep hook ratio of any technique I have ever seen on steelhead has been dry flies. The fish rarely have time to swallow your hook when float fishing in moving water.
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