| Rod: | 9' to 10'6" baitcasting or centerpin rod, rated between 8 and 20lb |
| Reel: | Small baitcasting reels or centerpin reels |
| Main line: | 12 to 15lb test |
| Leader: | 6 to 10lb test |
| Hook: | Size 4 to 2/0 |
How have the rolling closures been? I've seen the one at Peach but other than that, looks like every place is accessible?
There is a gigantic swimming pool dug up upstream of the KWB. That will be interesting when it's finished.
I guess it's cheaper transport the "river" soil than the gravel because of their weight. The river soil isn't worth as much as the gravel.
The pool will eventually get filled up with more rock slides and floods naturally.
Had an angler walk past me the other morning and try and call me out for fishing too early. I had been standing for 20-30 mins in the dark, waiting past the “1 hr before sunrise” rule (sunrise this particular morning was officially 6:45 and the time of the encounter was approximately 6 a.m.).
It was literally my first test cast to peel a bit of line off my pin and get the bearings moving, check my float visibility, etc… and buddy pops out from behind the bushes like a special ops. I wasn’t even technically fishing yet, just getting the kinks out and prepping. And besides I was fully legal to fish by at least 15 minutes. Just a reminder to people to educate yourself on the rules and to not spout off if you don’t know what your talking about. Tight lines ;)
Had an angler walk past me the other morning and try and call me out for fishing too early. I had been standing for 20-30 mins in the dark, waiting past the “1 hr before sunrise” rule (sunrise this particular morning was officially 6:45 and the time of the encounter was approximately 6 a.m.).
It was literally my first test cast to peel a bit of line off my pin and get the bearings moving, check my float visibility, etc… and buddy pops out from behind the bushes like a special ops. I wasn’t even technically fishing yet, just getting the kinks out and prepping. And besides I was fully legal to fish by at least 15 minutes. Just a reminder to people to educate yourself on the rules and to not spout off if you don’t know what your talking about. Tight lines ;)
Had an angler walk past me the other morning and try and call me out for fishing too early. I had been standing for 20-30 mins in the dark, waiting past the “1 hr before sunrise” rule (sunrise this particular morning was officially 6:45 and the time of the encounter was approximately 6 a.m.).
It was literally my first test cast to peel a bit of line off my pin and get the bearings moving, check my float visibility, etc… and buddy pops out from behind the bushes like a special ops. I wasn’t even technically fishing yet, just getting the kinks out and prepping. And besides I was fully legal to fish by at least 15 minutes. Just a reminder to people to educate yourself on the rules and to not spout off if you don’t know what your talking about. Tight lines ;)
Had an angler walk past me the other morning and try and call me out for fishing too early. I had been standing for 20-30 mins in the dark, waiting past the “1 hr before sunrise” rule (sunrise this particular morning was officially 6:45 and the time of the encounter was approximately 6 a.m.).yea it's crazy how many people do not know the laws.. One time when pinks were open 2021 in the fraser I came to a spot with about 15 people waiting to cast and it was 15 m before official sunrise and when I casted two of them said like "hey you aren't allowed to fish yet". I told them you are allowed to fish one hour before official sunrise and they all looked flabbergasted.
It was literally my first test cast to peel a bit of line off my pin and get the bearings moving, check my float visibility, etc… and buddy pops out from behind the bushes like a special ops. I wasn’t even technically fishing yet, just getting the kinks out and prepping. And besides I was fully legal to fish by at least 15 minutes. Just a reminder to people to educate yourself on the rules and to not spout off if you don’t know what your talking about. Tight lines ;)
Had an angler walk past me the other morning and try and call me out for fishing too early.
I wonder how many people mark their licence after catching a chinook. Last year we were at a popular run and there were quite a few chinooks caught. Not one guy marked their licence.This has been my experience aswell.
All retained coho must measure 35 cm or more
Norrish (Suicide) Creek | Coho | Sep 1 to Dec 31 | 4 hatchery marked per day, only 2 over 35 cm
He is probably jealous.As a matter of fact I did manage a Chinook jack that morning about a half hour later. Only fish I’ve brought to hand in many outings in the last couple weeks.
Did you catch any fish though?
As a matter of fact I did manage a Chinook jack that morning about a half hour later. Only fish I’ve brought to hand in many outings in the last couple weeks.
FYI there appears to be a typo on the DFO Region 2 webpage (https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/fresh-douce/region2-eng.html)
Pretty sure that used to say 25 cm?
The web page has been fixed now and has been changed from 35 cm to 25 cm
Dan did you email them about it to get it changed?
Landed a chum today, fairly chrome too.Wow, that's really early!
Wow, that's really early!thats what I thought also, but seen chum in every run on the Harrison today.
amazing what returns when multiple commercial & rec fisheries are closed. The Big Bar and Chilcotin slides may help out a lot of other weaker runs with closures.
amazing what returns when multiple commercial & rec fisheries are closed. The Big Bar and Chilcotin slides may help out a lot of other weaker runs with closures.
People were being ticketed parking on Boundary Road south of Keith Wilson Bridge.Yes. The heavy haul trucks are using the dyke road to access and egress the construction zone. Cars on Boundary are parked illegally impeding regular traffic. What a zoo. City bylaw officer and tow truck drivers dream come true! ::)
The construction crew closed the parking on the dykes while they work.
Oh but you missed out after you left us yesterday....
Kidding, you missed nothing lol...
Cars on Boundary are parked illegally impeding regular traffic.
They can fix the parking issue by keeping 1 side of the dyke open. I am a bit surprised they didn't do that.Heavy equipment moving on both sides of the canal now. The Boundary rd gate is being monitored by traffic control.
Heavy equipment moving on both sides of the canal now. The Boundary rd gate is being monitored by traffic control.Why couldn't they work on 1 side and then the other? They can have both crews working the same side.
Why couldn't they work on 1 side and then the other? They can have both crews working the same side.
I saw the biggest push of chinook salmon through the C/V system a couple days ago once river level dropped a bit after the rain. Fun to watch and hook a few, but tough to get the coho to bite.Doesn't get much prettier than that.....the fish Rod ;)
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Doesn't get much prettier than that.....the fish Rod ;)Beauty Doe. I got her twin sister the other day ;)
The dyke on Abbotsford side has been closed to vehicle access permanently since many years ago, due to irresponsible usage. I believe the Fraser Valley Salmon Society pushed against the closure and was unsuccessful.Rod you are right about the Abbotsford side, too much garbage dumping and trucks ripping up the riparian zone. However the Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Society and The Fraser Valley Salmon Society met several time with the City of Chilliwack to keep the East side of the Vedder Canal dyke road open from the Salwein gravel pit down to the East,to the Frontage Road near Cannor Road. I hope the people parking in this area do not dump their cups and other litter in this area, I used to clean it up, must check it out today.
Just back from a drive along the Vedder Canal dyke road and WOW there must of been 200 plus cars and trucks parked along the lenght of the dyke road from KWB to the freeway. I was going to go out and cleanup some litter on the bar but no where to park.I’m going to set up a hotdog stand there tomorrow!
Are there supposed to be a lot more wild coho than hatchery this time of year? Seems like the wild population is way more than the hatchery ones.There are many more wild than hatchery at the moment. My experience last few weeks is about 1 / 5 fish are hatchery. The wilds seem to be of excellent size aswell. I have caught a few around 10-12 lb. I've been told as we get later in October the hatchery fish will be much more dominant.
Covid Coho is real.
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Covid Coho is real.
Well I had my 2nd go 'round with Covid this summer but I hadn't come into close contact with any coho since last fall so I don't think there much to that.XD
A reminder of the stupidity and paranoia of the majority of the human race....how easily the masses can be brainwashed by the left.I think you have your left confused with your right......and yes the earth is round and we have been to the moon...
Here we are a few years later looking back makes it look even stupider than it seemed at the time.
How people fell for such lies and gave up their freedoms so easily is beyond me.
Hey Superbobby, lucky there are a few select, highly intelligent people like you around .X2. His tinfoil hat is cinched on tight.
I think you have your left confused with your right......and yes the earth is round and we have been to the moon...
X2. His tinfoil hat is cinched on tight.
Out on the flow today, lost a chinook salmon and a coho salmon, saw mostly chinook salmon caught and the odd coho salmon.
Thanks for the report Chris, I always enjoyed reading about your outtings on the riverThanks, I donot write here like I did for many years.I think people enjoyed "The Journal" when I first started writing it in 2002.
bring back the journal!
Water spiked up? Was it raining that hard in Chilliwack?
Water spiked up? Was it raining that hard in Chilliwack?Yes visibilty around a foot when I went out, did not fish. Good flossing water. :P ::)
Yes visibilty around a foot when I went out, did not fish. Good flossing water. :P ::)
Good to see your reports again.Thanks had not fished the Vedder for 3 years.
Thanks had not fished the Vedder for 3 years.
Fishing was a little better today than yesterday, of course with no float down yesterday one chance would be more encouraging. Water was up a tad as well yesterday with good visibilty even with the rain we had yesterday.
To conserve roe I went with roe bags for the most part this morning, of course not as messy as well, my wife hates the smell of roe in the house. Trying to reach 60 years of marriage in a few months from now, so centainly do not want to threaten that milestone in our lives. Bringing a fish home helps too. I think back to when I first started fishing the Vedder River in the 1970's it took me a while to catch my fitrst coho salmon but teaching from the Master finaly paid off.
The first two chances this morning saw 2 coho lost after a brief tussle. The second was a nice chrome fish and the coho salmon was pleased to gain its freedom while it ws airborne.
My third opportunity was more succesful with a nice hatchery buck coho salmon coming to hand.
That was the only activity for me so time to give something back to the river. I went down to the two gravel bars below KWB to do a litter cleanup that I had planned to do yesterday afternoon but did not.
It was not too bad as only got 3 quarters a garbage bag filled, litter that will not end up in the ocean during the next high water event. There is litter along the dyke road where people toss their coffee cups etc. but too tired to tackle it today.
Fishing appeared to be slow in this area as only saw 3 fish on the beach for maybe 40 or so anglers. Maybe the salmon run is starting to slow down from what it has been a few days ago.
not a lot of coho around in the lower river run i was fishing this morning. chum are in thick however!any fresh chinooks in the mix?
How have the Arm Chair and the Diving Board runs been this season ?I did take some in the DB but is very crowded these days when I took a look,they get there so early.
what are the chances the river is fishable Saturday morning? My weather app is showing 17 mm of rain Friday night , 61 mm Saturday! and 28 mm Sunday.Might hang on for a bit early, you better take the day off tomorrow.
Might hang on for a bit early, you better take the day off tomorrow.help me convince my professor to reschedule my exam ;D
help me convince my professor to reschedule my exam ;DWell your education is more important than fishing, do well in your exam, the fish will wait for you.
Been out the last few weekends, and it’s been walking thru the beginner process with my friend. We’ve
avoided the busy spots to give her room and others to fish. She’s had a a few fish on but nothing to hand until Monday.
after a morning of breaking off springs, she got her first coho in the downpour.
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While filming the water condition this fish was taken in a gravel extraction pond using a jig I believe. The pond was clearer than the main river so was fishable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hALcF_nhj_U
Looks like its coming in by the tailI thought so too at the time. I looked at it again and maybe it was twisted up in the line that coho salmon can sometime do?
Been out the last few weekends, and it’s been walking thru the beginner process with my friend. We’veIs Kitty back!?!?
avoided the busy spots to give her room and others to fish. She’s had a a few fish on but nothing to hand until Monday.
after a morning of breaking off springs, she got her first coho in the downpour.
(https://i.ibb.co/TcZj90y/IMG-3497.jpg)
Jet boat ripping around above the crossing today. Seemingly a mile wide in some places, it will take awhile for the river to recover from this rain, as it continues to pound down here in Chilliwack after a welcome break for part of the day.
Is Kitty back!?!?
Might as well have been talking algebra to a donkey.
Were they looking for Rufus. God damn shame chilliwack Crown Counsel refused to file charges. I wrote them a letter saying why it was important to lay down the law on those bullies who assualted him. Might as well have been talking algebra to a donkey.Those meatheads should have been charged for assaulting Rufus. Ridiculous that they got away with what they did. >:(
Those meatheads should have been charged for assaulting Rufus. Ridiculous that they got away with what they did. >:(Agreed. Unfortunately our current liberal/NDP government does whatever they want, makes up their own rules, and enables everyone from addicts to murderers to terrorists to walk and thrive in our streets without consequence. And now today surprise surprise it looks like they’re doing everything possible to cheat. What a joke. Will be very interesting to see how this plays out.
Agreed. Unfortunately our current liberal/NDP government does whatever they want, makes up their own rules, and enables everyone from addicts to murderers to terrorists to walk and thrive in our streets without consequence. And now today surprise surprise it looks like they’re doing everything possible to cheat. What a joke. Will be very interesting to see how this plays out.Not to hijack this fishery thread, but point in case in this ironic article this morning I saw shortly after this post was made:
Agreed. Unfortunately our current liberal/NDP government does whatever they want, makes up their own rules, and enables everyone from addicts to murderers to terrorists to walk and thrive in our streets without consequence. And now today surprise surprise it looks like they’re doing everything possible to cheat. What a joke. Will be very interesting to see how this plays out.
Water slowly dropping, landed 2 chum salmon that included a fresh run doe. Also a wild colored buck coho salmon, all on roe bags. Visibility nearing a foot.
Water conditions continue to be good on dropping water levels. I did not get to the river until 8:30 and of course the river was very busy however the spot I wanted to fish was vacant on my side of the river.
The situation this morning was to get by so many chum in the system right now, they certainly liked by roe bags so I switched to straight roe with no wool and it seemed to help some.
I found the odd coho salmon willing to bury my float and I ended up with a nice hatchery buck to take home for supper. I also landed a hatchery jack coho salmon I wanted to release but was bleeding a bit so decided to retain it.
I lost another hatchery coho salmon at the beach. The bite was on and off when I left the river at 11. From reports I got from some other anglers the fishing in our area had slowed from yesterday.
If by chance anyone was out near the heron reserve this morning i left my behind telescoping , rubber meshed net( cant recall the brand off hand).Good idea to post on the lost and found thread on this forum too.
Let me know if you came across it .
Thanks
If by chance anyone was out near the heron reserve this morning i left my behind telescoping , rubber meshed net( cant recall the brand off hand).
Let me know if you came across it .
Thanks
Needless to say it was very busy on the river today. More color in the river today than yesterday due to the rain last night however plenty fishable, All I could tangle with were chum salmon and they were not in good condition.
The only good news was I found my sissors that had fallen out of my bait box yesterday. I thought they would have been washed downstream but got caught up between 2 rocks. Having some pink flagging tied on them helped me spot them.
Observed a few coho salmon caught and of course a lot of chum salmon harvested on the first day of the opening. It was good to meet some members of this fishing forum and they told me how they enjoyed the forum and reading "The Journal" that I used to write a number of years ago,well I did write one this year.
Hmm, you forgot that it ain't over until I say it's over... ;DYou always say that when I call the end is near for coho salmon hookups as October comes to an end.lol.
https://youtube.com/shorts/ov0s-GfcXH4
Hmm, you forgot that it ain't over until I say it's over... ;D
https://youtube.com/shorts/ov0s-GfcXH4
You always say that when I call the end is near for coho salmon hookups as October comes to an end.lol.
someone's gonna have to explain to me how all 8 coho I caught today were wild...
Well, I’m not a biologist, but I’ll take a stab at it.impossible :-X
I suspect it’s because all 8 fish weren’t reared in a hatchery and weren’t adipose clipped.
only ones laughing are these hatchery coho that all are wearing an adipose as a Halloween costume
Last 4 trips I landed 62 coho on another system, (lost and missed lots) and only 6 of the 62 were hatchery. Last year on the same river it was the other way around. Seems the Vedder is not the only river with an abundance of wild coho this year. Talked with the survey guy at Dewdney boat launch and he said 95% of the coho there are hatchery this year. Seems very odd to me.that's a lot of dam coho you've caught. That doesn't make sense to me either how can it fluctuate from 10% wild to 90% within one year..
Last 4 trips I landed 62 coho on another system, (lost and missed lots) and only 6 of the 62 were hatchery. Last year on the same river it was the other way around. Seems the Vedder is not the only river with an abundance of wild coho this year. Talked with the survey guy at Dewdney boat launch and he said 95% of the coho there are hatchery this year. Seems very odd to me.There is just lots of coho salmon spawning now in the main stem of the Chilliwack Vedder River and all the new spawning and rearing channels that have been built over the last few years.
How many fish do we really need anyway?60-70, my dog eats salmon every day.
See? Not over yet. ;D
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Not a bad outing today. I crawled out of bed and into the truck, ended up at the river at 10am. ;D First hour was a little challenging, but from 11am to 1:30pm or so, I ended up hooking 10. 2 were the above hatchery fish. 7 were wild and they were probably the brightest fish I've had so far this season. The tenth fish was lost because the hook came off the spoon. I guess it thought I caught too many and gave up. :D Water clarity was just right, hopefully the rain this weekend doesn't degrade it too much.
You are such a tease.
I see on social media the Aquatic monkey pulled out a rogue gill net that was hung from the train bridge. Bunch of dead salmon were in the gill net. A new low for the C/V system.
I see on social media the Aquatic monkey pulled out a rogue gill net that was hung from the train bridge. Bunch of dead salmon were in the gill net. A new low for the C/V system.For every net that is seen there are probably 10 that are removed by the person that puts them there with a bunch of fish before anyone notices.
I reported it to rapp on Thursday afternoon.
Spoke to a CO today who said that report was passed on to DFO.
River was up and a bit colored yesterday. I mostly just drove around looking at different locations, maybe thinking of the steelhead season that is a few weeks away yet.
I saw a number of chum salmon being caught in one spot, one of the gravel excavation spots.
A good number of FOC staff doing dead pitching of the chum salmon morts in differnt locations, that is very good for the river system of course.
One worker I spoke to also added there is a large run this year by the amount oy spawned fish they have counted so far.
Any hatch cohos by any chance? I've been getting into a bunch of ho's recently but almost every single one has been wild, all below crossing.There is still some but the coho season is over now on the Vedder River so you would have to work hard to find one especially in the Lower river. As well the river is up a foot from a few days ago and heavy rain overnight and now so I would guess it will be quite colored.
It is my understanding that the wild coho population consists of three distinct return groups—early, mid, and late—along the Chilliwack River. The hatchery population was created by interbreeding these three groups. Therefore, it is not unexpected that there are frequent assertions of only encountering wild fish at the beginning and end of the season.
Years ago, 1980's we had good fishing in December in the Lower river for Salwein Creek fish but there was enhancment of this run of fish at that time by the Chilliwack River Hatchery. Not done now. I remember catching a bright coho salmon in January in the Canal section of the river when fishing for steelhead.
You are correct, the run timing diversity is nearly gone. Historically, early run coho spawned in the upper river and tributaries of Chilliwack Lake. That group is still doing relatively well but the later run fish that spawned in December and January in off channels in the lower river are now nearly extinct.
It's just last year I did really well in November for hatch ho's but not this year, so was curious to hear what you were seeing.2/14 of my last two trips were hatchery, last two weekends
You are correct, the run timing diversity is nearly gone. Historically, early run coho spawned in the upper river and tributaries of Chilliwack Lake. That group is still doing relatively well but the later run fish that spawned in December and January in off channels in the lower river are now nearly extinct.
Thanks Dave that's good info. Recently watched a video of coho at the head of Chilliwack Lake taken by a local diver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltm4quR_0IA
Also is the demise of the late run coho understood to any extent? To go back to WMY's comment that the hatchery stock "was created by interbreeding these three groups.", that's one of the sins hatchery management is said to commit; not respecting the diversity that nature produced. Has the late run been mix stocked out of existence? While the mainstem of the lower river doesn't seem to provide good spawning strata for any species, there has been work on side channels and small tributaries. Has this been insufficient? It's a shame to see this stock disappear.
Thanks Dave that's good info. Recently watched a video of coho at the head of Chilliwack Lake taken by a local diver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltm4quR_0IA
Also is the demise of the late run coho understood to any extent? To go back to WMY's comment that the hatchery stock "was created by interbreeding these three groups.", that's one of the sins hatchery management is said to commit; not respecting the diversity that nature produced. Has the late run been mix stocked out of existence? While the mainstem of the lower river doesn't seem to provide good spawning strata for any species, there has been work on side channels and small tributaries. Has this been insufficient? It's a shame to see this stock disappear.