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[Danosaur]

Hey All,

A friend of mine is trying to plan a small bachelor party for another friend in early June (I'm thinking Squamish-Chilliwack), and he wants to do a half day of fishing. In June I would typically be fly fishing small streams or lake fishing for trout, but i'd be a little concerned about having 6 guys or so bunched up in these types of locations. It seems like we'll have too many guys to take a charter as well, so I'm hoping i'm not asking a question that has been answered too many times.

Where would you go if you were in our position, to get the best opportunity to get a fish on (or a couple)? I think we could spread out ok on a larger river doing a walk and wade. I don't think anyone is too concerned about target species, Salmon, Cutthroat, Dollies etc.

Thanks in advance for any input

[fisherforever]

Chilliwack/Vedder - closed to all fishing for the month of June. Fraser - no fishing for salmon till DFO announces an opening, probably Aug 01/16.

[Fish or cut bait.]

Unless you want to travel for a lake fishing adventure.
I'd suggest a local ( Vancouver) salmon fishing charter.
There are a number of good outfits out there
Phone around now as your probably gonna want a 28 (min) to 36 foot boat for a comfortable trip for 6.
Lots of fun though and there are fish to be had in June.

My 2 cents

[poper]

Sunshine trout park in mission, lots of actoin and ya can have fire and hang out.

[kalex60]

interior trips could be fun local salmon would be a good option too

[Fish or cut bait.]

Let's remember this is a bachelor party STAG.
This is where memories (and perhaps embarrassment )can last a lifetime.
It's more than fishing with buds.

Any duckpond will do if just fishing.
Make it memorable!

[Fish or cut bait.]

(I'm busy so intermittent posts)
A charter/ guided trip will cost around 150 - 200 per person.
(I'm just quesstmating)
You can probably get a better deal but you have to do the phoning around.
Pros:
You get to chill and BS with your friends and perhaps enjoy a bevy.
Cons:
Probably not everyone will catch a fish.
And money.

If you do want to do a stocked pond (Rice, Como, Mill, Green Timbers....)
Make it like a scavenger hunt or poker run.

Everyone meet up somewhere.
And leave instructions to find there gear.

Take all there rods and they have to produce the hidden ticket or whatever  before they can start to fish at the end destination.

You can tweek that idea however you want but being a Stag, I'd suggest to start early before libation and driving start to mix.
Have a BBQ at the end of the session and remember Taxis are cheap in comparison to other not so good outcomes.

Have fun!

[jordanc]

I went for a bachelor party with STS sturgeon fishing. They had a huge jet boat, I think we had 10 guys on it, around 200 bucks each. Pretty good time!

[Danosaur]

All good ideas! thanks everyone! i planned a small bachelor party a few years ago with 4 of us and we chartered in ucluelet, that was a LOT of fun! everyone almost limited out! also did another 4 guy stag sturgeon fishing and we caught 1 - 6.5'er! that was awesome too!  i'll run these ideas past the guys planning it and let them know, i'd love to do an interior lake trip but nobody wants to do an overnighter. bevvies and fire sounds like a good fallback in case theres no fish caught.

thanks again all!

[Sandman]

My bachelor party was up at the head of Chehalis Lake.  It was a small group of 8 guys and we caught a few fish trolling across the mouth of the river.  Of course that was pre-tsunami and I have not been up there since, so I have no idea what the site is like now. 

[joshuag232]

A certain company in Steveston does 8 person bottomfish charters... liquor friendly. Pm if you want more info.

[Damien]

Note that a lot of cabin lodges and lake resorts don't allow Stags.

So if you go that route, keep it hush hush....in TWO ways.

1) Don't tell them you're having a stag.  And (2) respect the noise rules of the lodge/resort.

Most of all, have a blast. 

[Shinny]

We did a stag the other year with a package booked through Sandpiper golf course... Twilight round of golf on a Friday followed by a dinner. Saturday we had three jet boats, 5 or 6 per boat for 6 hours of sturgeon and salmon fishing, some guys tipped extra for 8hrs. Rented a house in Harrison, fishing guides pick you up at the Harrison lake dock so you can walk to it. Saturday night was fish stories and debauchery.  was a blast, one of the best stags I been too.