After being away hunting for a few days I decided to try the Vedder this am. On arrival the river was packed per usual for a weekend but I found the spot I wanted to fish. I missed a few fish then connected with a large Chinook that because I was in a bad spot I knew it would be hard to land. To compound the problem a chap cast over my line but I was able to get it off without it causing a problem.
As the 20 pound or so chinook salmon tired it got caught up in some other line that had been broken off around a log. I tried to free it but after a while of trying I had to break it off. The Maple Leaf Drennam also broke free and was also left floating around but the current was just right as it drifted close enough to rescue it.
Some other fellows on the other side of the flow were snagging pink after pink and continually kept dragging them up onto the beach where they flipped around in the sand. Finally I informed them to leave them in the water when taking the hook out. Of course they disagreed with me but after that they did leave them in the water. I guess they did not know any better or did not care but so many people do it time after time and it can net you a fine for doing so.
As my time was running short as I am headed to the Salmon rally in Vancouver I wanted to check out another spot but first got a few floats from a log jam.
On my first cast at the Root Run I picked up a chinook jack that I decided to retain for dinner this weekend. Some other anglers there were getting pink after pink too. I mentioned to them to shorten up a bit to avoid snagging the pink salmon but they did not, I guess they enjoyed bringing pinks in tail first. I missed a couple of fish before I had to leave but I know where they will be on my next trip out.
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Topic: Chilliwack River, October 3rd 2009 (Read 2555 times)