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[frozensalmon]

Mid-upper river, sunny day, hooked about 20 chums, about 15 of them are brown/dark stage, 5 of them are pretty chrome, all released.
took me quite a lot of time fightling/releasing them 
using wool/roe, surprised that those almost spawned out chum were so aggressive and ate stuff...
no coho hooked , but saw 2 coho around shore, super red stage! all body red...
snap a pic with the last chum caught, sorry no coho report

[fishseeker]

Interesting report.    I was fishing a deep hole in the lower section about two weeks ago that was full of chums but I could not get them to bite even on the classic purple jigs that work so well.  I guess they turned on for you when you were out there.

Not surprised it would take a while for you to land them.   I find it is easy to get them in close but the large ones are hard to tail when they are still full of vigor - even worse if there is a steeper embankment  like you appear to have in this photo.   There are times when I find the need to fight them a little longer just so I can tail them in nicely.

Even though the chum return has been poor, there appear to have been proportionally more in really good shape.  Don't know why that should be.[..I know others were reporting the same]

I some ways I prefer to get out late season when the crowds thin out but tough to find fish that aren't zombies anymore.   Done for me until next year.

[frozensalmon]

me too
done for all salmon this year.. even tho I still want coho

will probably try my first steelhead season if I can stand that cold in the coming months

[Matt]

me too
done for all salmon this year.. even tho I still want coho

will probably try my first steelhead season if I can stand that cold in the coming months

Just dress for the weather.  No cotton.  The best layer against your skin is merino wool, then over top of that, either wool or fleece, however many layers it takes to stay warm,  and over top that wear Goretex or at least something waterproof.  Wear a toque and a pair of fingerless *wool* gloves.  Cold becomes much more tolerable with the right clothing.  Wool, and to some extent fleece, stay warm when wet, fleece can be wrung out and dries easily.  Cotton absorbs moisture and holds onto it and doesn't insulate when wet.  Put money towards good clothing, being comfortable is going to get you more fish than having a Sage drift rod over a Trophy rod.

[frozensalmon]

great, thx for the tip dude
can't wait 

[fishseeker]

Not for me this steelhead fishing in January.   Gonna wait till April before I attempt that

[Dennis.t]

Just dress for the weather.  No cotton.  The best layer against your skin is merino wool, then over top of that, either wool or fleece, however many layers it takes to stay warm,  and over top that wear Goretex or at least something waterproof.  Wear a toque and a pair of fingerless *wool* gloves.  Cold becomes much more tolerable with the right clothing.  Wool, and to some extent fleece, stay warm when wet, fleece can be wrung out and dries easily.  Cotton absorbs moisture and holds onto it and doesn't insulate when wet.  Put money towards good clothing, being comfortable is going to get you more fish than having a Sage drift rod over a Trophy rod.

Or get a job in Fort Mac and when your home on days off it feels like Hawaii here.Lol.Nothing warms the heart like a chrome bullit on a cold wet dreary winters day.

[Britguy]

your right there Dennis
worth the cold any day for that adrenaline rush