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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sylus on September 29, 2011, 07:40:45 PM

Title: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: Sylus on September 29, 2011, 07:40:45 PM: hey i was wondering if anyone knew some rivers in the lower mainland were i could get a fly line wet for some coastal cutthroat, any help is greatly appreciated, oh also i was wondering if anyone knew what the off season fly fishing for trout in the vedder is like.

Cheers Sylus
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: Sam6140 on September 30, 2011, 05:09:03 PM: The Pitt River and Allouette River are good - those are just locations that I know about and been to personally.
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: steelie-slayer on September 30, 2011, 05:49:54 PM: the vedder trout fishing is good from now till about jan/feb fishing egg imations
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: steve B on September 30, 2011, 07:27:22 PM: Stave, Harrison, Coquitlam, rivers
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: Sam6140 on September 30, 2011, 07:40:13 PM: Is the Coquitlam River actually any good for Cutties? I live right by it, and never fish it. I used to go there when I was a kid, but never saw a fish. Where on the river is a good spot? Under the railroad tracks, near Riverside Fly & Tackle? Or further down by the Colony Farm area?
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: Rodney on September 30, 2011, 08:34:02 PM: You can catch coastal cutthroat trout pretty much everywhere in the Lower Mainland. They are caught on beaches in DFO's management area 28, around Richmond in all three arms of Fraser River, in small tributaries of the Lower Fraser River, as well as small river systems that feed into the sea around here.

This time of the year, you'll find them in the Fraser River and tributaries. They'll congregate to be where salmon are spawning, feeding on deposited eggs. Their diet eventually shifts to flesh of salmon carcasses and aquatic insects in the winter months during their spawning period. Once spring comes around, they hunt for juvenile salmon.

Two main systems where the Fraser Valley Trout Hatchery releases hatchery raised coastal cutthroat trout are Stave River and Chehalis River, so you can expect to find fairly consistent fishing around this area.
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: troutbreath on September 30, 2011, 10:24:52 PM: try some cutty lakes or the harrison river
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: CohoJake on October 02, 2011, 05:47:23 PM: The Chehalis has good cutthroat fishing in the summer (for when you get bored of trying for that miracle summer steelhead).
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: k.c. on October 02, 2011, 06:11:54 PM: Stave below the toilet bowl and behind the spawning channel use flesh color rabbit zonkers.
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: Sylus on October 02, 2011, 08:48:11 PM: Thanks for all the help! i will put it to good use
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: RonniePache on October 03, 2011, 03:05:20 PM: not rivers, and sorta out of the way, but the sasquatch lakes have lots of cutties in 'em
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: Easywater on October 03, 2011, 03:36:33 PM: Are those cutties on the Chehalis cam?

Relatively large (for cutties), fully spotted fish with large tails - searun?
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: Sam6140 on October 03, 2011, 04:22:02 PM: Looks like Cutties to me. Maybe rainbow.
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: Sandman on October 03, 2011, 08:35:21 PM: Got two nice cutties on the Stave on Sunday morning on olive muddlers.
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: Sandman on October 04, 2011, 05:29:36 PM: Quote from: Fin on October 03, 2011, 10:12:12 PM
There are very few cutts in the aloutte, if you go there and target them most likely you will catch squaw fish

That's pike minnow...and you just need to know the right time to try. The cutts follow the salmon into the river as they do in all the salmon bearing streams. Fish the tail outs with egg or flesh flies or minnow patterns and you will find them. Just remember that all wild trout are released.
Title: Re: Coastal Cutthroat Trout in the Lower Mainland
Post by: joska on October 04, 2011, 08:36:23 PM: hmmmmm cutthroat... i have had some success using small spoons. but please remember you must release all wild trout in region 2 8)