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[Sinaran]

Stick to the valley's flows for now guys. fished the squamish near mamquam confluence today from 11am to 2pm.  I was surprised to see only around 7 fishermen in sight.  I fished with the chum killer wool combo i had success with here last year, then chucked a little blades and spinners, i caught nothing but cold.  The water clarity was poor,  no fish to show for. Best action was, a big seal was surfacing 10 fts away from me     good thing i didn't foul hook this beast.      It was windy and chilly there.. as usual, and bumped into a very nice fellow fisherman, chatted for a while and found out he was also a member of FWR.. nice meeting you Nick (Capman) !  Hopefully we would fish together again next time     
Still early. Bulk of fish haven't shown up yet, at least another week i guess..

[allwaysfishin]

same report i got from a few buddies today who live in pemberton and squamish.... one more week and things should be getting good.... as long as the monsoons die down.

[speycaster]

The commercial chum catches from johnstone strait have been very poor, so maybe the chum runs to the rivers are going to be poor. The clarity of the river will be bad after all this rain so maybe by next week the river will be clearer and hopefully some fish will show.

[BladeKid]

I hit the Squamish Sunday. There was around 8 fishermen there. I did'nt catch anything. One person did though, he had about a 10 foot leader below his float fishing in around 2-3 feet of water. I'm assuming he was flossing. While I was there he caught(flossed) and kept a chrome chum and released a wild coho.

[hickman]

yep, that's pretty much the situation up here. Those "fishermen" who catch chum seem to floss... not everyone though. I have fished the Cheakamus and have seen a couple of guys catching chromer chum with float & wool (or gooeys). I have not seen anyone catching them on the fly yet.
This year seems totally different from last year. Same time last year I was catching chum left and right. There were also more coho - that's my impression. It has been raining pretty good up here and the rivers have come up again by a few feet.
hickman

[dereke]

 i got them on the fly with an 18 inch leader right in the snout. i think we were in the right place at the right time to run into some schools of fresh fish and water clarity was perfect. last few days you could tell the fish had been holding as they were a little more colored. finished the day at a run where i saw some fresh fish moving but the water clarity was poor (12-15 inches). hope after my next shift the conditions have gotten better........


tight lines
derek

[redlad]

I haven't been up to the Squamish yet, but I either the bulk of the Chum run in most rivers is late or not coming.  I am sincerely hoping they are just late.  If the Chum suffer everything else in the food chain suffers. 

[kellya]

I wouldnt worry to much yet theres tons of chum still up north. I think their still comin

[dereke]

for what its worth, i heard through the grape vine that this is expected to be one of the bigger chum runs in the last ten or fifteen years.

[Fish Assassin]

Didn't DFO predicted 19 million pinks ?

[VAGAbond]

Be careful how you interpret statistics.     We got 10 million pinks.   I think that corresponded to the 90% probability level of the estimate.    19 million Pinks was the 50% probability level.     You can probably also say 30 million Pinks at the 10% probability level.   ALL THE SAME ESTIMATE.

The estimated number of Pink fry going to sea was 615 million.   The differences  in the estimates and returns are a very small percentage of the initial population.  A tough target for the estimators.

[Geff_t]

There sure seems to be alot of chum in the Allouette right now. I have been walking the dog there alot in the last couple of weeks and the numbers seem to be there. I guess the smell with come soon

[Sam Salmon]

for what its worth, i heard through the grape vine that this is expected to be one of the bigger chum runs in the last ten or fifteen years.

Heard it on the Internet-that bottomless fund of hard fact and veracity?

[dereke]

 hahah i didnt know the internet tells anything but the truth?  no i got my info from some people that work around fisheries, again for what its worth. they will be here soon enough im sure. got another one today. still hardly any fish around though... maybe next week.

tight lines
derek

[Sabre]

Thanks for the report Derek, how's the water visibility?

Will