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[Rodney]

There hatchery fish. Go ahead and catch and keep, another year of fish will be brought up by the hatchery.

That is only true, if the hatchery is able to collect enough broods for its target egg production so in several years now the same quality of angling can be experienced.

The Chilliwack River summer red chinook salmon is a transplanted stock which creates angling opportunities in July and August for the Chilliwack River.

[camtheman]

thanks rodney and buck for the questions and answers

[Big Rob]

Rod when you say that the red springs are a transplanted stock, Friends of my dad fished springs in the vedder in the 1960's, any idea when red springs were introduced to the system? Have you any information on how many sockeye have returned to the alouette river this year and how many they are expectingto return this year.

[Geff_t]

Rod when you say that the red springs are a transplanted stock, Friends of my dad fished springs in the vedder in the 1960's, any idea when red springs were introduced to the system? Have you any information on how many sockeye have returned to the alouette river this year and how many they are expectingto return this year.

  The Alouette had 12 come threw by the middle of July.

[chris gadsden]

I took a video of the fish at the hatchery today. I will put on u tube later if it looks OK.

[chris gadsden]

Visited the Chilliwack River Hatchery today and for a first hand look at the chinook in the channel go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApWmWmRai4A

[buck]

Big Rob 
 Red chinook were introduced to the system from Slim Creek in the mid eighties. A number of stocks including Quesnel, Chilko, Slim, Cottonwood, and Pitt were used to see which stock would take in the Chilliwack. There are a few indigenous reds still in the system but are difficult to capture in the upper river. ( 10 - 20 fish ) There are approximately 150 -200 fish now holding at the hatchery.

[rhino]

that's pretty awesome to see. Thanks for the post chris! They are very powerful!

[hue-nut]

very cool video, thanks

[noxcape]

deffinatly alot more there now then where was last week when i was there

[Keener]

Wow. That's neat. I've never been up to the hatchery. Can't wait to see it when it's at it's peak!

[doja]

Wow, very cool, I haven't seen fish spawn since I was in school and the kokanee were running.

[DavidD]

Wowsers!!!! 

Watching that video made me smile.  Hopefully the hatchery will be able to acquire the numbers of brood fish they need.

[chris gadsden]

buck:

Why not have people brood the reds like the steelhead? Or net a section of the river for them? Both are easily do able and it would keep the gong show at limit hole and away from the other normally more layed back spots.



noxcape:

Sockeye spawn in the lake not the hatchery...

Buck will know better but I believe when they did net brood in years past it was found the survival rate before they were spawned was not good due to fungus growth and the stress of being netted had adverse effects on the fish.

[buck]

Chris

Brood stock numbers have increased  but at this time it appears that we may be a little short. However we still have until the end of the month before we start spawning. Hopefully more fish are holding upstream / downstream of the hatchery and will trickle in over the next week of two. We have not considered tubing as an option at this time but if survival rates continue to be low it could be considered in the future. Water temperatures and handling during summer time highs could be a problem. Chinook like sockeye become stressed at higher temperatures and depending on the particular stock may not take the additional handling very well. Thats why we hold fish just downstream from our diversion fence and try not to handle them until the last possible minute, so to speak.