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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: blaydRnr on November 19, 2010, 11:49:28 PM
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earlier this week, i heard someone on the Vedder landed a hatch at mid river...just wondering for those who steelhead, what was the earliest date you've caught a winter run?... mine was Dec. 29 back in 2006.
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Mine was on Jan 1st on my first cast !!
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earliest was last year which was before xmas, around the 20th i think(maybe earlier) :-\ sorry i dont write things down ever LOL I did a boxing day triple (got a fish on boxing day 3yrs in a row) ;D but always Wild fish
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i don't really remember the dates but i have caught several over the years before Xmas,last year i got my first fish the second week of December,was a 7lb wild on a pink worm.
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When and where will steelhead regulations be posted? Here?
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/fresh-douce/region2-eng.htm
Thanks.
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earlier this week, i heard someone on the Vedder landed a hatch at mid river...just wondering for those who steelhead, what was the earliest date you've caught a winter run?... mine was Dec. 29 back in 2006.
The annual rumour. ;D ;D ;D
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Boxing day on the Capilano. My buddy had gotten a new set up from Santa and let me have a couple of casts. Third cast, a chrome bullet and the first fish on that rod. We were supposed to only being out "testing" the equipment. ;D
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The annual rumour. ;D ;D ;D
Ya so true, the rumour seems a little earlier this year tho 8)
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Jan 2nd
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November 21st of last year. Was a local flow though that gets very few Steel so it was a nice surprise.
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Earliest winter run I have seen landed on the Vedder is Oct 12, sometime in the early 80's. Earliest I have hooked a Vedder steelhead was Nov 14, 1966 .... earliest I have landed a Vedder steelhead is Dec 1, 1974.
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(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/steelieman/IMAGE_032.jpg)
Jan 3rd
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Last week of december and early january for me. But I know of one fish caught on the 8th of december, a hatchery too. ;)
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I got one nov 27 in 2006! But not in the vedder,it was in smaller system.
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I started fishing the chilliwack vedder in 1975.I got to know a few of the locals in Fred's coffee shop.They told me to go down to Peach road and cast behind the big stump in middle of river.When I came back to the coffee shop about an hour later were they ever surprised to see a 14lb. buck in the back of my truck.Nov.14.
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I started fishing the chilliwack vedder in 1975.I got to know a few of the locals in Fred's coffee shop.They told me to go down to Peach road and cast behind the big stump in middle of river.When I came back to the coffee shop about an hour later were they ever surprised to see a 14lb. buck in the back of my truck.Nov.14.
What the hell? What are the odds of that? lol
I think you should have bought a 6/49 that day instead.
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2 steelhead one year on the vedder before October 15, and one on the Chehalis on October 17. This is over a 10 year period. I did not mistake the fish either. I am a Washington State habitat biologist and often fish with US Fish and Wildlife enforcement agents and hatchery personell.
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Cheakimus about 1978 in mid August.
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xmas day..
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December 2, 2000 - Chehalis River. It was a hatchery buck of about 12 lbs - released. I've got the photo framed along with the fly that caught the fish... ;)
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november 11 1986 at the old schoolhouse run, rememberance day fishing for coho
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December 29, 2009. First time fishing gear, first time fishing a jig I tied, first steelie - a small wild doe.
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December 29, 2009. First time fishing gear, first time fishing a jig I tied, first steelie - a small wild doe.
i got mine last year on the same day except mine was a 14 pound hatch buck
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Earliest winter run I have seen landed on the Vedder is Oct 12, sometime in the early 80's. Earliest I have hooked a Vedder steelhead was Nov 14, 1966 .... earliest I have landed a Vedder steelhead is Dec 1, 1974.
I like your mind for details Dave. Would love to read your journal
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Nope, not me. I caught one and never took it out of the water. Just reached down and unhooked it. My buddy caught one about 150 yards downstream of me the next day. Both were caught in the vicinity of the campground. The Chehalis fish was caught in the pool above the bridge. All 3 were caught using different methods.
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Mine was on Dec. 27th last year, but I ususally don't start fishing for them until the Boxing Day Derby. Can't wait for Steelhead...
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I caught my 24th this year last Friday. All have been in North Central Washington.
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I like your mind for details Dave. Would love to read your journal
Thanks Clarki but trust me, it's not my mind :D I have kept a steady fishing diary now for about 30 years and had a few others before then (that are now unfortunately lost).
I have also fished with/hang out with pretty much the same people for 40-45 years so we jog each others memories. A common thought nowadays is there were always lots of late Nov -Dec Vedder steelhead back in the 60's and 70's ... not so. I recall a few years when they didn't show till January ( but that's misleading as well because there were a lot fewer anglers then)
Further, us oldtimers still talk about that November run of fish in 1966 - bigguns and lot's of em ;)
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November 2-- Oyster River ;D
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I took a friend out who had little steelhead experiance,i think it was december 15,few years ago and he landed his first 6lb wild buck in the upper vedder.
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12 lb hatch hen on Christmas Eve morning near Tamahi. Fun morning as Santa was fishing (with a level wind) a little way up river of me; suit, beard and all. :D :D :D That was in the mid-nineties.
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November 13, Harris Creek wild steel head Port Renfrew
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Nov 11th about 15 years ago.
2 Hatchery does. ;D BONK BONK
I still regret it to this day as that earlier run is next to nothing now. :'(
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Nov 11th about 15 years ago.
2 Hatchery does. ;D BONK BONK
I still regret it to this day as that earlier run is next to nothing now. :'(
There are still a few around. Rumours were floating around that one was caught this month.
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Dec 21st Stamp. Wild winter doe.
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Earliest hatchery steelhead was on the Chehalis about 20 years ago end of November while fishing for Coho church camp side when the river used to flow past the horse corralls...earliest on the Vedder was Dec 16th Peach Rd north side 17 lbs.. 1991..the reason I remember so clear because it was my biggest steelie and the year I met my wife.
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My earliest winter run was on the Vedder December 5 2008 also have caught a couple winter runs on the Chehalis in late December but cant remember the exact dates.
The one day I killed 2 chrome Coho and a hatchery Steelhead. ;D
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My first winter run would be on Dec 11 a couple years ago
My earliest winter run was on the Vedder December 5 2008 also have caught a couple winter runs on the Chehalis in late December but cant remember the exact dates.
The one day I killed 2 chrome Coho and a hatchery Steelhead. ;D
That must of been a very good day
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My first winter run would be on Dec 11 a couple years agoThat must of been a very good day
It was a good day, that's going back a few years. The main river was still running past the hatchery and down in front of Purdy's. Lots of good water below the hatchery then and very few anglers. The last 10 days or so of December had a good late run of Coho and a small early run of winters. It was a great river back then excellent fishing.