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Every Day

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Vedder 'Bows
« on: February 08, 2009, 08:38:52 PM »
So how many of you have ever gotten a non-anadromous (resident) 'bow out of the Vedder before?
Here is one my buddy got today, very scrappy and pretty looking fish to boot  ;D
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2009, 10:19:20 PM »
I got one on boxing day a year ago and I was surprised when it hit my prawn. Still do not know how it got it in it's mouth.
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2009, 10:44:10 PM »
I pulled two out of the river on Thursday. Both about that same size...
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2009, 10:56:43 PM »
Have caught a ton in the Chilliwack over the years while steelheading and got some beauties pushing 18 inches.  Have had a couple days where I caught 3-4 of them.  Mostly caught in the Upper river.  They like bugs
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2009, 08:06:26 PM »
how do you tell if it's a resident or not?
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2009, 09:36:20 PM »
White tipped fins... spots below lateral line.
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2009, 10:02:26 PM »
Looks like a steelhead to me, must have put up one hell of a fight.  ;)
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2009, 10:05:03 PM »
Yup!
Saved me from a skunk more than once! :)

Especially when fly fishing.
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2009, 05:53:27 PM »
Technically speaking, there's no easy way to tell if they're resident type or ocean type.  They can smolt at any time in their life stage.  Yes, most steelhead do smolt at an earlier age than the fish shown above.  However, National Marine Fisheries Service, will define this fish as a steelhead until either genetic testing is done or there is a natural downstream barrier that prevents the fish from reaching saltwater.
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2009, 06:07:24 PM »
Picked up this one today. When the float went down I was certain it was a steelie  :P


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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2009, 06:11:19 PM »
Beautiful fish on the jig Biff.  Was it clipped, it's hard to tell in the photo?  It looks like a male which would make sense as they are the fish that tend to residualize.  Congrats.
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2009, 06:38:16 PM »
Wild fish. Definitly one of the nicest looking fish I've caught in a long time.
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2009, 06:38:45 PM »
There are a lot of these around this year....  ???
Im beginning to think that the fish are getting smaller, they are all bullet chrome, and that one looks like a Steelhead for sure  :-\
Main reasoning behind that is there are no white tipped fins, and the spots pretty much stop after a certain point, also the fact its getting rosy cheeks.
Hopefully Im wrong and just a lot of trout are coming down from the lake or something.....

Maybe they are 1 year Steelhead (like a Steely jack) that are coming back, kind of like all the coho jacks we had around  ???
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2009, 12:35:38 AM »
That's a steelhead.....
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Re: Vedder 'Bows
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2009, 07:25:06 AM »
Its a steelhead, possibly a ones of those jack steelheads.
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