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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Trout Slayer on August 30, 2004, 12:34:26 AM

Title: Chilcotin River
Post by: Trout Slayer on August 30, 2004, 12:34:26 AM

Heard tonight a mud slide has occured and blocked off the river? Anyone confirm this and possible devastations to amounts of salmon that go up that system? :(

Title: Re:Chilcotin River
Post by: DragonSpeed on August 30, 2004, 07:29:06 AM

Hitting Google News produced no results.   Will be interesting to hear what happened, and what they might be able  to do, if it did.

Title: Re:Chilcotin River
Post by: Koho on August 30, 2004, 08:59:27 AM

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=68807671-f331-4cc2-a726-f4fd30a168b4 (http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=68807671-f331-4cc2-a726-f4fd30a168b4)

Local fishermen worry the slide could do irreparable damage to salmon runs.

"The last time [a slide occurred] it was over a two-year period it took for the fish to come back," said Greg Ashley of the Williams Lake First Nations band.

"We know there's a big run coming, so I'm hoping it clears up and at least some of them can come through.... It could be a huge impact on the fish."

Title: Re:Chilcotin River
Post by: chris gadsden on August 30, 2004, 09:56:10 AM

Just talked to Nick he has been told the Fraser in Chilliwack dropped 2 feet verticial over night because of the upstream blockage on the Chilcotin.
Will check it out and report back later.

Just checked the river gauge at Hope and it dropped a foot there overnight so do not think it would have dropped 2 feet verticial here.

Title: Re:Chilcotin River
Post by: Sam Salmon on August 30, 2004, 11:15:30 AM

I've fished and rafted the Chilcotin-it's happened before and it'll happen again.
Years ago a 2 foot wave swept all the way to Steveston when the dam broke on the Chicotin.
However it's important to remember that these are not complete blockages-if they were the resulting lake behind the slide would devastate that area.
In good time the dam will loosen/let go and the mud will sweep down and things will go back to normal-they always do.

Title: Re:Chilcotin River
Post by: 2:40 on August 30, 2004, 04:54:10 PM

It'll suck trying to bar fish or just plain fish period when the debris hits down here sometime early tomorrow morning.

Though there is a plus...just try and set a net for the next couple of days... ;D

Title: Re:Chilcotin River
Post by: chris gadsden on August 30, 2004, 05:27:01 PM

Just received notice re a e-mail a large debris flow is in the Lillooet area on the Fraser now and will be reaching our area some time over night or early morning.

So I would advise to keep off the Fraser River for a few days until it passes.