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[Rodney]

See? Not over yet.



Not a bad outing today. I crawled out of bed and into the truck, ended up at the river at 10am. First hour was a little challenging, but from 11am to 1:30pm or so, I ended up hooking 10. 2 were the above hatchery fish. 7 were wild and they were probably the brightest fish I've had so far this season. The tenth fish was lost because the hook came off the spoon. I guess it thought I caught too many and gave up.  Water clarity was just right, hopefully the rain this weekend doesn't degrade it too much.

[chris gadsden]

Did not fish but looked at the river and even with the rain yesterday the river remained in good shape, the low snow level helped stem the possible rise in the water levels and affect the clarity of the water.

A good number of anglers still catching chum salmon. Some are trying to find Rodney's spot where the few coho salmon are.lol

[canoeboy]

Thankfully last time I was with rod I slipped an airtag into his pocket 😉

[Darko]

someone's gonna have to explain to me how all 8 coho I caught today were wild... I caught my first bulltrout aswell, decent size at about a foot. One of my best days on the river

[clarki]

someone's gonna have to explain to me how all 8 coho I caught today were wild...

Well, I’m not a biologist, but I’ll take a stab at it.

I suspect it’s because all 8 fish weren’t reared in a hatchery and weren’t adipose clipped.

[Darko]

Well, I’m not a biologist, but I’ll take a stab at it.

I suspect it’s because all 8 fish weren’t reared in a hatchery and weren’t adipose clipped.

impossible 

[danielk]

 .  Priceless.   I’m still laughing.   

[Darko]

only ones laughing are these hatchery coho that all are wearing an adipose as a Halloween costume

[danielk]

Haha.  I don’t know why this is making me laugh so much. Haha.  God I need to get out more.  !!

[clarki]

It was just a “wild” guess 

[dennisK]

only ones laughing are these hatchery coho that all are wearing an adipose as a Halloween costume

LOL

[roeman]

Last 4 trips I landed 62 coho on another system, (lost and missed lots)  and only 6 of the 62 were hatchery.  Last year on the same river it was the other way around.  Seems the Vedder is not the only river with an abundance of wild coho this year.  Talked with the survey guy at Dewdney boat launch and he said 95% of the coho there are hatchery this year.  Seems very odd to me. 

[Darko]

Last 4 trips I landed 62 coho on another system, (lost and missed lots)  and only 6 of the 62 were hatchery.  Last year on the same river it was the other way around.  Seems the Vedder is not the only river with an abundance of wild coho this year.  Talked with the survey guy at Dewdney boat launch and he said 95% of the coho there are hatchery this year.  Seems very odd to me.

that's a lot of dam coho you've caught. That doesn't make sense to me either how can it fluctuate from 10% wild to 90% within one year..

[chris gadsden]

Last 4 trips I landed 62 coho on another system, (lost and missed lots)  and only 6 of the 62 were hatchery.  Last year on the same river it was the other way around.  Seems the Vedder is not the only river with an abundance of wild coho this year.  Talked with the survey guy at Dewdney boat launch and he said 95% of the coho there are hatchery this year.  Seems very odd to me.

There is just lots of coho salmon spawning now in the main stem of the Chilliwack Vedder River and all the new spawning and rearing channels that have been built over the last few years.

This is now paying off with a good number wild fish returning. I know I have caught enough hatchery fish to satisfy our needs to enjoy fresh baked salmon and put a few away for the coming months.

How many fish do we really need anyway? Of course with the coho salmon season coming to an end it is time to get some rest and gear up for the coming steelhead season.

[roeman]

How many fish do we really need anyway?

60-70, my dog eats salmon every day.