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[Rodney]

If you plan to fish the Chilliwack/Vedder River system in the next week or so, please be aware that Fisheries and Oceans Canada has provided a First Nations fishery opening for Chilliwack Lake sockeye salmon. A dip net fishery will take place from Vedder Crossing Bridge to the outlet of the Chilliwack Lake. This fishery will start tomorrow and will go for 6 days during daylight hours only. A beach seine will take place below the train crossing bridge at Yarrow to the confluence into the Fraser River Mainstem. This fishery will be for two days starting tomorrow where most of the action should take place in the Vedder Canal. The current target is 15,000 fish.

This information comes from direct communication from DFO resource managers and the local SFAC group. I can't find the fishery notice for it yet but thought others should be aware of this so you can make alternative fishing plans and not be surprised by the netting activities when showing up at the river this week.

[dennyman]

Oh well, so much for trying to fish the river this week for any fresh push of fish.

[yoda]

Nice to see this group hard at work again, more Displaced Fish from the Ocean. Wonder where these will end up? very encouraging:(

[leapin' tyee]

A dip net fishery will take place from Vedder Crossing Bridge to the outlet of the Chilliwack Lake.

What do you mean by dip net fishery ??

[Bently]

This fishery will start tomorrow and will go for 6 days during daylight hours only.

 Dip net ? check !

Beach seine ? check !

Waders ? check !

Ice in the totes ? check !

"Hey Bro" !!........   Ya ?? ........   don't forget the For Sale sign !!


oh ya, CHEQUE !!!!!!!! 

[silver ghost]

Thanks for the information Rodney. I'm going to go right ahead and keep the negative comments to myself on this one

[Bently]

Does anybody know if there was a native gillnet fishery on the Vedder already, rumor has it that there was some gillnetting being done by Lickman road on the 16th.

True ?? False ?? Anybody know ??

[kingpin]

the soowahlie creek band has been set netting on the reserve all year....

[farky]

so why is it the dfo closes the retention of chum salmon the last 2 years. Was it not only to help with the success of the run, but also to enhance the nutrient levels of the river. Doesn't seem right to me to allow this if there is a problem with maintaining proper levels of nutrients to sustain future generations of fish of any species.

[crazypop]

Wonder if this will continue? How long after the netting does it take for the fish to move back into the river? A week? Next day?

[Bently]

the soowahlie creek band has been set netting on the reserve all year....

Hmmm, never new this, DFO regulated I would imagine then eh ??

[rickjames_2]

the soowahlie creek band has been set netting on the reserve all year....

 Where abouts? Would that mean that they were targeting fish heading back into Cultus lake rather than Chilliwack lake?

[the carp]

definate nedative effect on the already endangered cultus lake sockeye run, why not an opening from slesse creek to chilliwack lake, which would have no effect on anyone and not hinder the sporties, another shining example of mismanagement bi dfo

[yakideath12]

 

[RalphH]

definate nedative effect on the already endangered cultus lake sockeye run,

Cultus Lake sockeye are a fall run and won't be in the river for a couple of months