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[Bently]

Fished the upper reaches today, hooked two, quick fight each, lost two.....I suck  .

Saw a young fella land a beauty up there as well, probably 15 lbs or so. 

[brownmancheng]

Fished the upper reaches today, hooked two, quick fight each, lost two.....I suck  .

Don't be so hard on yourself spent the whole day at the river with my brother and not even a sniff. Actually didnt even talk to anyone that had seen evidence of steel ( except for freds tackle where one 14.5 lb buck had been brought). Here I was telling myself it was just a slow day at the river, guess it was just me

[blaydRnr]

i have yet to meet a fisherman who've never lost a fish let alone a steelie...the fact that you've found and hooked them shows that you're doing something right.

[steelie-slayer]

i loose 2 or 3 for every 1 that i land lol
loosing 2 is better then nothing though 

[n8]

saw 2 hooked up there as well and my buddy saw another 6 today. I also saw one guy who bonked no less than 18, yes, EIGHTEEN white fish and a few rainbows mixed in there. My dad was amazed too. Whole damm garbage bag full of em. isn't there a limit for white fish? if you're allowed to keep them at all...

[Tadpole]

Yap..... you can keep 15 of them legally.

[DionJL]

i loose 2 or 3 for every 1 that i land lol
loosing 2 is better then nothing though 

Man, you need to work on how you play your fish. My landing ratio for steelhead this year is 75.8% (I keep a detailed fishing log).

[steelie-slayer]

Man, you need to work on how you play your fish. My landing ratio for steelhead this year is 75.8% (I keep a detailed fishing log).

ya i know, except usually the lost ones are right on the beach when my dad goes to tail em and spookes them and then line goes under a rock and fish gone

[azafai]

spent the whole day at the river.   hooked nothing and didn't even see one.  very slow day...
at around 3PM and after I saw dramatic ugly changes in mid river .... chocolaty river...while upper was still gin clear... and when I was driving home at around 5:30 canal looked OK at KWB..

[blaydRnr]

ya i know, except usually the lost ones are right on the beach when my dad goes to tail em and spookes them and then line goes under a rock and fish gone

usually when i've identified a hatchery, i'll play it out until it turns on it's side...that's when you know the fish is spent...horsing a steelie to shore is the biggest mistake you can make, especially when your adrenaline is pumping.

[steelie-slayer]

usually when i've identified a hatchery, i'll play it out until it turns on it's side...that's when you know the fish is spent...horsing a steelie to shore is the biggest mistake you can make, especially when your adrenaline is pumping.

i release everything so i dont really care if its lost or landed

[mr.p]

Man, you need to work on how you play your fish. My landing ratio for steelhead this year is 75.8% (I keep a detailed fishing log).

Also depends a lot on the water thats being fished.  If you're fishing slow water  or small flows with not much current, its a hell of a lot easier to land fish compared to fishing faster water, pockets, seams, etc.

I myself average 60-65% landing ratio consistently over the years.  Unfortunately, its seems most of the fish that get away are the trophies!

[steelie-slayer]

Also depends a lot on the water thats being fished.  If you're fishing slow water  or small flows with not much current, its a hell of a lot easier to land fish compared to fishing faster water, pockets, seams, etc.

I myself average 60-65% landing ratio consistently over the years.  Unfortunately, its seems most of the fish that get away are the trophies!

so true always the nice ones gone
but i also class a good bite has a lost fish, but when there on there on and about 65% of the time  with a handshake
i fish upperriver from prision camp up in the fast water

[Dave]

I also saw one guy who bonked no less than 18, yes, EIGHTEEN white fish and a few rainbows mixed in there.

I haven't heard of that many whitefish caught in one day on the Chilliwack for at least 25 years.  It would be nice to think they are making a comeback.  Strange you can still retain 15 rmw when anyone who fishes this system knows that (at least till now) they are not plentiful   And now 18 fewer.

[BNF861]

I was thinking the same thing Dave.

I grew up in Yarrow and fished the lower vedder a lot as a kid. I remeber 15 or so years ago catching a fair amount of whitefish as bicatch, some actually quite large ones too. We always just released them. I haven't caught or seen one on the vedder/chilliwack in a long time, until this sunday. I caught one about 13-14" in the upper river.