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Author Topic: Chilliwack River, January 26th 2012  (Read 1799 times)

CohoMan

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Chilliwack River, January 26th 2012
« on: January 26, 2012, 05:19:02 PM »
Not much to report as nothing happened for me!!!

Fished Bergman and the wind was just insane...could not drift properly.

Ended up at the canal with nothing to show either. I spoke to a few guys and nada....

The water was a murky green with maybe a foot of visibility close to shore.

I threw roe, shrimp, roe bag and you name it....

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chris gadsden

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Re: Chilliwack River, January 26th 2012
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2012, 06:43:08 PM »
Went out around 12:30 after coffee, Lew stopping by while I was having my coffee to report on his fish he landed mid morning so that got me going. ;D

I found conditions improved throughout the afternoon to at least 2 feet or more by 5 o'clock. It certainly was a very pleasant afternoon again, especially when the wind died down.

I heard of 5 fish taken and I had a chance too but the fish was on only briefly as it got off as it swirled to the top when I set the hook and got rid of the hook. On the next cast it took the float down again (unless another fish) but I missed it completely but was not offered another opportunity.

Not a lot of pressure in the area I was in.
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Matt

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Re: Chilliwack River, January 26th 2012
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2012, 08:13:49 PM »
no fish landed for me either, fished til dark.  only saw one other guy hook up briefly.  was surprisingly busy.  suspect weekend will be crazy busy unless the clay slides...
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flyrabbit

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Re: Chilliwack River, January 26th 2012
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 09:57:58 PM »
Arrived upper river around 1:00 pm. Had a chat with an old friend for a while. Then started fishing. 10 minutes later, landed my first hatchery this year. Decided to let it go because I didn't want to spend 3 hrs on driving but only 10 mins on fishing :'( That's the pain of living in Richmond.

Anyway, continued after this. Had another fish on for about 5 mins. That was a big fight but lost it near shore.

Fished until dark without any more success.

This is my 2nd year of steelhead fishing. Last season, I totally had 6 fish on and landed 5. This year, so far I had 8 fish on hook but only landed 3...But that's ok, even one fish can keep me excited for a month...

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rhino

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Re: Chilliwack River, January 26th 2012
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2012, 12:03:24 AM »
That's beauty!congrats!
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cohoaaron

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Re: Chilliwack River, January 26th 2012
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2012, 12:49:56 AM »
Wow :o thats a thick fish...beauty!
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Re: Chilliwack River, January 26th 2012
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2012, 09:30:33 AM »
One word ::::: slab!!
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Re: Chilliwack River, January 26th 2012
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2012, 12:02:34 PM »
Quote from: rhino on January 28, 2012, 12:03:24 AM
That's beauty!congrats!

Thank you...That's probably the most beautiful fish I ever caught...quite lucky.
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