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[tsuribaka]

Headed up to the top at first light.  Were lots of cars in the parking lot when I first arrived.  So I sat in my car a while and sipped on my coffee.  Then suddenly the lot started clearing out!  I thought, "whats going on here, why is everyone leaving?" 
So I wandered down to the river and seen why everyone was leaving.  The cap was totally blown out !  I have only been fishing there a few years, but it was by far the highest I have seen it. Were a few brave souls making some casts, but the water was way to high for much luck, not to mention if you slipped in on all the wet rocks, you would end up under the Lions gate before you know it~.
  They must have opened the dam as the recent rain should not make this creek look like the amazon.  Anyway, there were lots of fish in the ladder, and some nice big ones at that.  SO there are lots of fish in the system, just need the water to drop a few feet.

If anyone was out there later on in the day and the level dropped, please repost.  I left around 9 Am so I am not sure if it dropped.

Tight lines!

[THE_ROE_SLINGER]

thanks for the report

[bruce]

where is the park lot ? is it in the hatchary ?

[kellya]

Isnt there only a small handful of summer steel? If so how many were in the ladder? Sure they were steel?

[kellya]

I dont doubt you i was just wondering. That would be sweet to see.

[stinkytroutboy]

Yah birdman is right i've seen a few steals there to

[THE_ROE_SLINGER]

Well i just got back from the cap. Spent over 5 hours driving and walking. River was flippin high. Never touched the water or put a line in. All in all a pretty good day.NOT!

[stinkytroutboy]

What is the best bait for chum

[No_way]

What is the best bait for chum

Wrong thread.  try reading this:


http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=8433.0

[FISHIN MAGICIAN]

This morning (16th)  I went to the ladders to see what was in there.

Biggest spring was probably low twenties. Saw a few Coho's that were definitely HUGE! I saw probably 5 or so that were like TORPEDOES! One rivaled the size of the Springs. As a point of reference, one of the Cohoes I estimate at 17 or 18 lbs, and she was a sight to behold! I saw a few chromers that made the 8 and 9 lbers look like little fish! WOW!  I mean these were like NORTH COAST FISH! wowsers!  I saw a few others that were well into the teens...Yeah, there's a few steelies in there I saw 2 but they were lean. Lots of smaller springs in the ladders.

[FISHIN MAGICIAN]

Yeah.. There was this one fish that even now, still sticks in my mind. I am going to say that fish may have been 19 to 20 lbs...it was just IMPRESSIVE, and I have seen a lot of Coho, and I would like to think that beauty may have been just THAT big. Wish I had snapped a pic of it, it was well over 3 feet long!

Hey C.F. most of the time you fish, do you fish below the Suspension Bridge on the curve there? I had a peek down there, and there is a nice stretch that looks VERY fishy.

PM me.

thanks,

[Steelhawk]

CF is right about the Cap. It is one of the most dangerous river because it looked so innocent when there was no water, and people, particularly newbies, have not learned to respect it in raging floods.  It has claimed many lives in the past when people just got caught by rising water, or slipped off those slippery rocks in Cable Pool.  The last time I fished it in raging flood years ago, it was July 1st Canada Day and a newbie slipped off from Cable Pool and drowned. So be careful there.

[GoldHammeredCroc]

Is there any warning like a horn or something when they are going to open it or is it pretty much take notice and get moving to safer ground?

[Steelhawk]

CF, you are right about the time there.  It was over 10 years ago.  I took a newbie friend there at Cable Pool on Canada Day.  Took a look at the Pool and the flooding water level, and decided to fish some where else at lower river for safety.  There were many people on the Cable rocks and they were catching fish, but I told my friend that no fish was worth risking our lives and our families depending on us. One slip and you can be history. Too bad the premonition happened later in the day at Cable Pool.

The most dangerous time is during landing of a fish when excitment of the moment can keep people off guard about safety.  I talked to a fisher at the river a few days later about the tragic event.  He told me he was actually fishing beside the unfortunate guy, who was actually landing a fish, and the fish came off on the rock.  He slipped while trying to stop the the flipping fish.  He said he never forget how sad & shocked it was to see the last look of a panic man knowing it was his last moment.  This tragic incident hit home a caution I received from my fishing instructor when I took a river fishing course as a newbie way back.  He would not want to talk about the Cap while he talked about other local rivers.  When questioned why, he sadly said that his best fishing buddy drowned in the Cap.  The Cap looked so innocent in summer when water trickles, but watch out after days of heavy rain, like it is now....

[Fish Assassin]

Don't know how many out there know Ted Peck but his son drown in the Capilano. It can be a dangerous river.