I spent the weekend taking care of the chores and family time so I could be back at the river this misty morning, away from the crowd of course...
So I thought. As I pulled up to where I usually park in the mist at 6:20am, two cars were already there and one angler was already walking down to the river.
It was quite busy but I guess that was not surprising because the fishing has been reasonably good lately and everyone wants to take advantage of it.
Despite of the fishing pressure, just about everyone was specifically targeting coho salmon by either float fishing with the right depth or casting lures. This was same as what I observed last week, at a popular spot, so it was great to see.
The fishing started off pretty fast and furious. A small hatchery doe grabbed my spoon as it dropped to the strike depth just after my second cast. It was around 4 or 5lb.
My companions then landed a wild, lost a few, before I managed to hook another one close to the beach. This fish, most likely had followed the spoon right in, was a bit bigger than the first fish. It was another hatchery fish so onto the beach it came.
The first light bite turned off at around 9am after I started drifting roe and connected with another small wild fish. The rest of the morning was rather uneventful. The drama on the beach on the other hand, was pretty entertaining.
After one angler had caught his limit of coho salmon, he proceeded to fish again, which he is legally allowed to. Through the mist on the other side of the river, another angler yelled out and suggested that he needed to stop fishing as required by the regulations, which was incorrect.
"Stop fishing now or I'll come over to kick your ***"
The rest of the crowd let out a lengthy chuckle.
There's nothing wrong with informing others about the regulations etc. If you want to improve this fishery, then you better...
1) have the right information.
2) not threaten other users.
In this case the aggressor just gave everyone a bit of laugh and made himself look like a fool, but assaulting someone because you think they are doing something wrong will get you off the river for awhile.
Overall the fishing was so so even though I had a pretty good outing. Out of the dozens of people I could see, less than 10 hatchery coho salmon were landed.
Have a great week all!
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Topic: Chilliwack River, October 21st 2013 (Read 13540 times)