BEWARE! So usually I receive anywhere from 50 to 150 messages in my inboxes per day throughout October and quite often you are sending me issues that others may need to be aware of. Here are two items which I received tonight and they need to be shared.
An angler had a good day catching and retaining several hatchery coho salmon today and when he returned to the parking lot at Fishermen's corner, two individuals were beside his vehicle and they had punched a hole in his fuel tank and were siphoning gas out. He proceeded to confront them and they took off, nearly hitting him in the process. Plate number and vehicle description were reported to the RCMP. Be vigilant on your and others' vehicles so everyone can have a good day out there.
Secondly, I had a conversation with one of the officers tonight to go over any particular issues from this past week. Compliance unfortunately has not been good at the popular fishing spots along the Chilliwack/Vedder River. The officer recommended that anglers should think about stopping fishing once retaining your limit of four salmon, so others have a chance to fish too.
Please identify your catches before deciding whether they can be legally retained. An angler messaged me tonight reporting that he saw an individual incorrectly identified an adipose clipped Cultus Lake sockeye salmon as a hatchery coho salmon at the Vedder Crossing, proceeded to kill it, then abandoned the fish once being told that it was a sockeye salmon. Please assist your fellow anglers who may not be as educated on the species. If they appear to be unsure, reach out and you potentially may end up saving a fish that is not supposed to be retained.
FOUND!! An angler has found a centerpin setup at Fisherman's corner today. If you left your setup behind, please message me and tell me the description of the setup so I can put you in touch with him.
Also this evening... I was too busy today so my parents went down to the Vedder Crossing on their own because my dad had yet to catch a coho salmon this year. I don't recommend it but they insist. Being 85 and 75, it's a long haul for them to walk from Vedder River Park to the river bank on the other side. Anyway, they got down there, it was too busy so my dad couldn't get many casts in. Meanwhile, after getting my work done I went out on my own to poke around and see if I could find a quiet spot where fish were present. After a bit of walking around, I came across a beautiful run that I hadn't fished this season, and nobody was around. It looked a bit shallow, I scanned through it from top to bottom twice without seeing much. Just when I was about to leave, I spotted one fish finning. It was a tiny ripple but it was so obvious that a coho was down there. A few minutes later, I spotted a couple more. I phoned my parents to see where they were, and they were just leaving back to the car. We had perhaps an hour of daylight left, so I directed them to where I was. Meanwhile, I decided not to make a cast while watching more rollers.
They finally arrived, and I proceeded to have my dad standing at where he should, made one cast for him so he could see how far the drift should be, handed the rod over, and a couple seconds later the float was buried and fish on.
The fight was actually quite entertaining for the size of the fish, perhaps around 5lb. It came in the net, a wild coho it was. A quick pic and back it went. For the rest of the evening, he managed to miss a couple more bites and I lost a bigger coho. Great way to finish the day without having to fish in the crowd.
Good nigh and enjoy the rest of the long weekend.
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Topic: 2022 Chilliwack River fall salmon fishery information & water condition updates (Read 67432 times)