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KLX

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Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« on: October 31, 2007, 06:14:39 PM »
Got to the mamquam and squamish around 845. Reports from the few people there were bad and true. Absolutely no fish around, showing or dead on shore.
Water and air conditions were good for fishing if they were there.

After lunch over to the Cheakamus. A few chum were spotted as were some nice bright coho. Water conditions excellent. No hook ups for us but two fish were caught by others in the whole afternoon.
Slightly better than squamish but not by much.

Stay home is my advice...
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2007, 07:22:45 PM »
couldnt believe it either. it was a ghost town at the mouth of the mamquam ......no fish showing. hit two other spots up with the last actually being full of fish. most were darker than i like to take home though. lost a nice silver one.
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2007, 07:25:57 PM »
Bad day fishing still 1000 times better than a great day at work!
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2007, 07:59:29 PM »
Went for a drive to the Mamquam / Squamish from Vancouver today and arrived about 3:30 pm. I took the day off work today as I was feeling under the weather ... I thought getting out of the house would be a good thing (get some fresh air and all that). Stopped at the Train Bridge on the Mamquam, and worked my way down to the Squamish. Not a fish to be seen anywhere. Nothing. Nada. Verrrrryyyyy spooky.

I was there on Monday (Oct 29), and the water was about 2 feet higher, and much dirtier. Lot's of fish .... numerous Chums (coloured), and two bright mint Coho (Wild) were caught. But not today.
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2007, 08:06:17 PM »
   i agree its very eerie around there right now. not sure if they are coming at all ??? ??? ???
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2007, 11:06:13 AM »
that sums it up. very few chum compared to other years. heard more rumors that DFO might close down the rivers...
fished the Cheak yesterday... had a pretty lively coho on but was not able to get it to shore... several jumps made him spit the hook....
hickman 8)
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2007, 12:33:02 PM »
its the bad chum year like i mentioned before, but there are still tonnes of coho around and there should be a later run of coho (the big ins) in november, cant wait for the skookum northerns to come in,
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2007, 04:08:16 PM »
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2007, 04:59:53 PM »
Wow, thanks for posting that notice.

It goes to show you that nothing can be taken for granted if chum are being lost just think about the nutrient load that will go with them.

A wise man once said that it takes 10 chum carcesses to provide the nutrients to rear a steelie smolt........scary times

Maybe think twice about kicking back those "damn boot chum" you hook by accident in the Fraser valley flows

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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2007, 06:14:46 PM »
 not to many hatchery fish around for sure. but i have seen three taken this year..
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2007, 06:31:28 PM »
I agree that there are still lots of coho to catch. The ratio hatchery to wild seems to be 1:10 or so from what I have heard in terms of catch...
As for the chum there are few in there. Last year around this time you could walk across the river on chum, we even had them in our little creek by the house...
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2007, 07:59:25 PM »
Indeed, that was last year, but think back 4 years what happened when these fish that are returning now had to experience as eggs.



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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2007, 11:22:37 PM »
jesus, that explains things :( :( :( :( :(
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Re: Squamish/CHeak Oct 31
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2007, 09:10:10 AM »
Note that the retention of Chum has been reduced to ZERO because of the low return:
http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=105766&ID=recreational

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