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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Rodney on September 25, 2007, 07:16:39 PM
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Since all the Chilliwack River reports started flooding in last week, it was only a matter of time before I caved and made the first trip of the season too. The alarm was set at 5:00am but the mental alarm once again woke me up at 4:45am. It seems that the mental alarm is only operational on fishing days. ;) I arrived at the river just before 6:30am, Chris was no where to be found. I phoned, he answered and said he was still enjoying a muffin. I said that his definition of first light must be slightly different to mine. ;D
Minutes later, he showed up in the Leaf Mobil. It must be nice to live just minutes from your favorite fishing hole. :P No time to be wasted, we got our bait ready and off to the run. I was complaining how soft my pink roe was and Chris offered some of his cured products. I decided to stick with mine anyway, which was a wise decision. ;)
A couple of misses by me started the action-packed day. Chris soon was into a jack chinook. This fish actually nibbled on the bait like a steelhead smolt before committing to the entire offering. Once landed, we found the hook to be deep down in its throat so he decided to keep it.
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He then spent the next thirty minutes cleaning his fish, taking it back to the car, coming back with a huge garbage bag and started picking up garbage instead of fishing. ::) Meanwhile, I got into a silver fish at the end of the drift, which popped off at my feet. Where was my fish tailer? He was picking garbage. :P A few minutes later he came back and I informed him about the loss. We both chuckled and at the same time my float went for another dip. He screamed, I set the hook, the fight was on. A few rolls made up suspected it to be a coho at the end of the line. Sure enough, a coho was identified once surfaced minutes later. I brought it in carefully while walking back to dry land. Meanwhile Chris stood in the water like a log, and the fish decided to go around him. I said, "Get out of the water you beek, you're gonna make me lose my first coho!" ;D He jumped out of there as if he was in action at the senior games last week. I saw the absence of the adipose fin, so slid the fish in and landed the first hatchery coho of the year from Chilliwack. This river has always been good to me on my first trip each year. ;D
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You can see the hooked nose is slightly pronounced, which is quite typical on a male coho salmon.
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A few casts later, my mind started to wander. Standing above me, Chris started talking to me so I kept looking upstream while the float drifted below me. After a lengthy chat, my rod suddenly was pulled down and I was into another fish, but only for a few seconds before it too popped off. ::)
"Now, do you want some of my bait?", I asked. ;D
We decided to try another spot due to some disturbance at the first spot. ;) The second spot looked just as sweet. The run is shallow, the current is walking speed, there was plenty of cover on the surface. We did a few casts. Chris was into one fish briefly before we decided to visit Cookies with Lew for breakfast. A Chilliwack River fishing trip is not complete without a breakfast at Cookies Grill. ;)
After the stomachs were filled, we were back at the second spot for more. It only took a few casts before I missed one, then another, then landed a jack chinook as Lew made his way to us.
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This was followed by my pathetic performance. I had three hard takes in a row, two were missed, one was hooked but lost within seconds. Disgusting indeed, they were probably all coho salmon. ;) :P
I rested the rod down after that episode. Chris had to rub it in by connecting with a wild coho salmon soon after. First of the season for him too.
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This was followed by a 3lb hatchery coho that he kept before heading off to babysitting. ;D
Lew then brought in a chrome jack chinook too. I finished the day off with another 3lb wild coho salmon. We then took off when Dion showed up. ;D
If this weather trend continues, it looks like we'll be enjoying some good coho fishing in the next few weeks. Good luck all. :)
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Great report Rod!
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drool
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Wow, Chris got a new hat :D Sounds like a nice day on the local flow.
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Oh yeah! I didn't even notice the hat. ;D
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Excellent report rodney!!! You got me all excited for my trip on friday!! :D
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Great report Rodney and congrats on your first coho of the year. And I want to know what happened to the make me laugh hat.
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Great report Rodney and congrats on your first coho of the year. And I want to know what happened to the make me laugh hat.
Trying not to be recognized. ;D ;D
So not to disappoint Fish Assassin it is going on tomorrow, just for him as the Leafs will soon be rolling right along ;D ;D ;D just like the fishing was today and will be tomorrow as well. ;D ;D
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Reminder to self: Buy Chris a new hat.
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Nice report Rod
I am heading out the on Friday
might see you out there THE_ROE_KID
anyone else heading out there FRIDAY ???
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Where is the Chilliwack river?? Is it near the vedder?
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Bug pumper, drive two hours west from your office. ;D
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Great report Rod, hopefully I'll do as good on Friday and Saturday, or better :D ;)
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A good morning of fishing thats for sure, even though I was outfished, on the bite end of things anyway. ;D ;D
Good to see a nice number of fish around, especially seeing a fair number of coho so early in the season, looks good for a bumper year for them once again. ;D The scarey part was we saw the big whites spashing around as well. :o :-X
Things are ready for another trip tomorrow with a better supply of roe as I ran out of today. ::) Smolts seemed to pick it off after a few drifts that is if you did not get a bite from a larger fish first. :D ;D
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Great report Rod, hopefully I'll do as good on Friday and Saturday, or better :D ;)
You will if you use bait. ;D
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good stuffs... Can't wait till the weekend...
is bait that much different than wool? I was hoping to use wool the whole season... perhaps I should beg patrick for some roe...
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Yes Charles, you would be pleasantly surprised if you start using roe.
Don't beg Patrick, just take them. ;D Go with him on Friday. ;D
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Great report Rod, hopefully I'll do as good on Friday and Saturday, or better :D ;)
You will if you use bait. ;D
Oh I'll be using bait ;D Got some nice roe cured up from my last trip up there :)
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Yes Charles, you would be pleasantly surprised if you start using roe.
Don't beg Patrick, just take them. ;D Go with him on Friday. ;D
I can't... I would if I could...
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good stuffs... Can't wait till the weekend...
is bait that much different than wool? I was hoping to use wool the whole season... perhaps I should beg patrick for some roe...
Leave the wool at home, baits the ticket for success for biting fish.
Fish guaranteed with well cured roe, I can see my float going down now, in 8 hours if I am not late again. ;D ;D
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Well done chris and rod. MMMROE is what the jacks and coho were yelling today ;D ;D
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Hey chris were ur jacks marble? cuz both mine were...jsut curious
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Thanks for the nice detailed report Rod. What a way to spend the day than some of us stuck in the office. Congrats.
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That's tanterizing read. Hope to get out soon also ;D ;D.
Thanks.
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awsome. Hopefully i'll spend the whole day at the vedder on saturday this weekend. Went for 3 hours last saturday. Nice fish, seems they've moved in.
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Charles.....mmmmmm roe...... ;)
Don't worry I've got a few cures all made up.
Anyways, I"m sure other things will work too.....like spoons. I"m not trying to advertise here for Rodney but this beauty which was caught last Thursday took a silver and green spoon which I got from Rodney.
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But roe sure does work.
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Oooh, green ones work too eh. ;D Actually, when the bites were off today, I was just thinking how I wish that I had my spoons with me. Sometimes if roe fails, metals would bring them in.
You're casting that spoon with the pin? ;)
Well done chris and rod. MMMROE is what the jacks and coho were yelling today ;D ;D
Yes, I think my roe even made Chris salivated today. ;) There were too many times today when the float was buried just seconds after the bait landed in the water.
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Nice fish. Rodney ur spoons must work, how bought those spinners, any success?
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Nope, that one was on my friend's bait caster. He wanted to try out my pin, so while he was using my rod/reel, I used his rod and tied on a spoon.
That day there were 3 fish taken on roe and 1 on the spoon.
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Hey chris were ur jacks marble? cuz both mine were...jsut curious
Not sure what Rodney's was but mine was white today.
There seems to be by reports a mix of all three colored fleshed fish. A load is going in the smoker now, before leaving for fishing. ;D
Keep working Steelhawk to help pay our pensions. ;D ;D ;D
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stop showing me pictures....
Patrick, you better lock your door at your house. I know you are going fishing friday... Anyone wants some free roes?
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u have roe? i'll take it.
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To follow up on Rod's report, I landed about 6 Jacks, retaining one hatchery. My buddy landed a nice dolly, and also hooked a huge 30+ super chrome spring, which he eventually broke off. I hooked one coho jack that was wild but lost it at my feet. From 2-7:30, i only saw one hatchery coho (other than rod's) and it was a beast.