Name: mark nickles
Email: deb@intergate.bc.ca
State: bc
Country: canada
Location: chehailis
Date Posted: 30-Dec-98
Comments:
About three weeks ago i went to the chehailis river with a couple of buddys , it was
pouring like crazy , the river was running high and mad. We did realy great for the
morning bite and banged on a few clean coho ,(wild).Well being soaked to the bone and the
hands waterlogged i banged on a white spring, had to have been thirty pounds there abouts.
The spring stood its ground for a good five minutes or so, then sha bang , the spring
srung into the air , said hello and ka zaam down river she or he went. I tried to slow it
down but burnt the thumb. So then i cranked the drag just to snap the line, but to no
avail. Then the worst part happened , every anglers worst fear . With one big last lunge
the spring took my rod and reel rite out of my freaken hands and down river she went! MAN!
was i choked. The sring won!. Borax and wet hands don't mix. Any ways if anyone happened
to find a rod and reel at low water on the chehailis over the last few weeks be sure to
drop me a note. (sure!). Its an 11' KGX91 Diawa Kevlar Grafite rod with an Abu 6500c level
wind reel. I realy can't afford to buy a new set , so It would be realy nice to get it
back. Thats if the fish didn't chew it up and spit it out ha ha ha !. I had it for alot of years and fished alot of water with that rod. It will be sadly missed.1998 was a year to remember thats for sure. Tight Lines Ya'll.
Email: dmwillis@sfu.ca
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 29-Dec-98
Comments:
Fished the Vedder today, below the clay banks it was totally pooed out, above the banks
the vis was about 10 ins or less, Slesse Creek was puking chocolate.
Email: Rick_Seely@bc.sympatico.ca
State:
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Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 27-Dec-98
Comments:
Fished the Vedder today.(Dec.27) Water conditions not as good as last week. Due to the
heavy rain & snow melt the water from clay banks downstream was just barely fishable.
I did manage to luck out and got a nice 11 lbs. hatch.
Email: dmwillis@sfu.ca
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Stave River
Date Posted: 27-Dec-98
Comments:
On Xmas day I flicked a fly around in the side channels of the Stave. Got one nice cuttie
on my first cast on an EggSucking Leech, but nothing shakin after that. The water had
dropped about a foot from the days previous, and there were still coho present in the
channel flopping about.
Email: stsfishing@hotmail.com
State: BC
Country: Can
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 27-Dec-98
Comments:
Was out on Boxing day on the Vedder. In 3 hours I hooked 1 fish and seen 3 more caught.I
was fishing the lower river with bait. Lots of fish around for this time of year, good to
see. Maybe our early run of Steelies are making a come back.
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Date Posted: 25-Dec-98
Comments:
The Night on the River Shortened and changed by Catch and Release 'Twas the night before
Christmas, when all through the slough Not a steelie was stirring, not even a coho; The
lines were all set by the river with care, In hopes that the King Salmon soon would be
there; The fishermen were nestled all snug in chest waders, While visions of
bright-silvers danced by their leaders; And mammas in her kitchens, ready for the fish,
Had sharpened her knife, to make that special dish, When out on the river there arose such
a clatter, The men sprang to the bank to see it jump from the water. Away to the rods they flew in a pack, Tore open the drag and took up the slack. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But the mightiest Chinook I've seen this year. With a tussle and a jump, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it hooked my "Deadly Dick", More rapid than eagles in the moonlight it shone, And as it whistled in, I shouted, "Fish On". Quickly reeling to match its awesome speed, Remembering only the small poundage of my lead, In a twinkling of a momment the opposite direction it flew, Released my drag and prayed a little too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard in a thundering clap The line had stretched and it broke in a snap As I lowered my head, and was turning around, The great silver fish came with a bound. It sprang in the water to my temptation, Suddenly I knew this was good, there'd be another generation. Amazingly the King exclaimed as it swam out of sight "HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-FIGHT!"
Email: kkrist@uniserve.com
State: B.C.
Country:
Location: Upper Fraser Falley
Date Posted: 24-Dec-98
Comments:
I would like to take a moment and thank all the anglers out there who took the time to
contribute valuable information to the upper Fraser Valley fishing reports. Your efforts
are greatly appreciated. A Merry Christmas to all ... and to all a good bite!
Email: globenet@dowco.com
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Chilliwack/Vedder
Date Posted: 21-Dec-98
Comments:
Fished the Chilliwack/Vedder on Sunday and it was damn cold, nearly froze my rear end off.
Hooked one Steelhead 1/2 mile up from Crossing, but got away. Most other guys who braved
the cold were reporting no fish. I guess the extreme cold weather slows fish activity.
Email: cutthroat@hotmail.com
State:
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Location: Capilano
Date Posted: 18-Dec-98
Comments:
super high water, no fish...well a few dark springs and coho left. Caught a 12"
rainbow on a small, brass croc. Steelhead perhaps?
Email: softail@intergate.bc.ca
State: bc
Country: canada
Location: chihalis
Date Posted: 15-Dec-98
Comments:
fished chihalis river on monday caght 20 or so coho. mostlty dark fish with the odd bright fish. most came on colorados with a few coming on my secret weapon witch the name im not going to say at the mouth of the channel by the hatchery
Email: brent@beck
State: bc
Country: canada
Location: chehalis
Date Posted: 14-Dec-98
Comments:
fished canyon yesterday.Several immature steelies caught on peach wool. Saw a 12 lbs
steely caught on a pink worm. 3 dark coho caught and a 18 inch sea run cutty caught.Lots
of rainbows in the whole river system.
Email: beck_brent@hotmail.com
State: bc
Country: canada
Location: vedder
Date Posted: 11-Dec-98
Comments:
fished vedder on the tenth of dec. Two coho caught on peach wool. The fish were quite
dark. Still a couple of dark nasty springs were being caught at limit pool. Saw one
hatchery steelhead caught. Tight lines.
Email:
State: bc
Country:
Location: chwk\vedder
Date Posted: 10-Dec-98
Comments:
fished the upper river hooked into 3coho one old dark spring and a few dogs.
Email: softail@intergate.bc.ca
State: bc
Country: canada
Location: alouette river
Date Posted: 6-Dec-98
Comments:
fishing on aloutte has been pretty good the last two weeks had a good push of fish come in to weeks ago when they let the dam go.from glacer pool down to horsemans park area has
been good all week end . earlyer in the morn the bedder. steelhead have been taking any
small roe egg sacks and rubber worms naterl colors [ brown perpule light pink] and coho
have been eating 1/4 oz.spoons [any thing with ornge on it] and all the mented above. sea
run cutt'y are now in the river in full force takeing all the above and dew worms .4 coho
and 3 steelhead this week end.tight lines. matthew
Email: tcferguson@pacificcoast.net
State: British Columbia
Country: Canada
Location: Cowichan River, Duncan
Date Posted: 4-Dec-98
Comments:
The cowichan is a wash out. High water and an ever eroding claybank has made the upper and
lower cowichan unfishable. It will take a good 1-2 weeks to clean. Oh well there's always
the Stamp. Steelheading should start around Jan 15th this year. Tightlines all and Merry
Christmas.
Name: Gerry
Email: globenet@dowco.com
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 30-Nov-98
Comments:
Went out to the Vedder on Sunday, water level was much lower than anticipated and quite clear. Caught no fish, not even a bite! I am new to this salmon fishing game, can anyone tell me when I should expect the next big run of coho or steelhead or whatever tends to enter that river next. Much appreciated!
Name: Tom Ferguson
Email: tcferguson@pacificcoast.net
State: British Columbia
Country: Canada
Location: Cowichan River, Duncan
Date Posted: 28-Nov-98
Comments:
The Cowichan is swollen and running fast. Lots of chum on the lower river(Vimmy Pool to Virgin Run. Some coho mixed in with them. Not only is the river dirty but there is nobody fishing it in the numbers compared to last year. Coho are scarce. The drift set up with #4 metric's are the ticket and also, day glow Crocks. The best river on the Island right now is the Stamp. Lots of Coho.
Tightlines Tom...
Name: salmonslayer
Email: djacklim@netcom.ca
State:
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Location: cap
Date Posted: 26-Nov-98
Comments:
have not fished it ,but it is open again to 4 coho!!!!!!!
Name: Eric
Email: cutthroat@hotmail.com
State:
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Location: Capilano
Date Posted: 26-Nov-98
Comments:
Anyone been to the cap lately? If so how was it? I'm going this Wednesday and haven't been for a few weeks.
Name: Ryan
Email:
State: BC
Country:
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 23-Nov-98
Comments:
Went to the Vedder on Sunday, hooked into lots of big silver springs in the upper reaches. Kept a 56 pound spring,caught a 10 pound hatchery coho let it go and found a side channel with steelhead caught two, about 5-6 pounds. What a lot of fun
Name: Brian Losie
Email: brian_losie@bctel.net
State: BC
Country:
Location: Vedder/Chilliwack
Date Posted: 22-Nov-98
Comments:
My daughter, Sabrina (11) and I scouted the river this morning and found; a) MUCH less rain than we left at home in Langley b) The water levels are still high and, while clearing, the visibility is poor. We checked out our favorite spot near the Vedder campground but found the dry riverbed of 2 weeks ago flooded. Drove to a spot upstream of the Sardis bridge and cast into a channel to no avail. Saw some big ole springs and some dogs thrashing around but no fish hooked much less landed.
Name: Ron Francis
Email: ron_francis@bc.sympatico.ca
State:
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Location: Vedder/Stave
Date Posted: 20-Nov-98
Comments:
Braved gale force winds and torrential rains today and made my way out to the Vedder River. Sure enough, only a few people, but even less fish. It's still dirty, although the level is way down compared to last weekend. I caught one Chum on pink wool, no one else reported getting anything. I then took the long way home via the Stave River. I was told some Coho jacks were caught earlier today, I caught a couple more Chums. My wife calls me the "dog catcher" around the house now. I should probably ditch the pink wool, and buy some green, or something... Just for interest, the price of gas, on Hwy. 10 through Langley, was back down to 34.9/lt. today.
Name: Philip
Email:
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 17-Nov-98
Comments:
Field day at the Vedder last Saturday! Yes, the river was swollen and fast running but I played some still waters where the river forked. Caught and released chums, jacks, and springs, mostly fresh, on green wool! Don't let the conditions deter you, as the fish are still around. Fish on!
Name: Terry
Email:
State: B.C.
Country: Canada
Location:
Date Posted: 15-Nov-98
Comments:
The hatchery at the Chehalis is filled to the brim with dogs. Lots of "sportsmen" hooking them by the tail, dorsal etc. Get a life !!!!!
Name: Erik Poole
Email: epoole@sfu.ca
State: BC
Country:
Location: Thompson R.
Date Posted: 15-Nov-98
Comments:
Few fish, lots of anglers and apparently lots of stale, wimpy fish. NOTE: A $10.70 Class Waters license is obligatory for resident anglers. Apparently a BC conservation officer was dinging lots of folks with $100 fines. [I am sure that most did not know or forgot.]
Irony: the feds only ding you $50 if you drag a fish up on the beach, step on it and then kick it back into the water. But I guess this fits the current scenario of a cash-strapped province, spending rare nickel to play politics or cater to very narrow special interest groups. cheers, Erik Poole epoole@sfu.ca
Name: Ron Francis
Email: ron_francis@bc.sympatico.ca
State:
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Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 13-Nov-98
Comments:
Spent the day at the Vedder today. As I only moved to BC this summer, I had only been to the Vedder once before, about two weeks ago. Today it was much higher, and muddier. I would call it flodded judging by all the trees floating past (and tons of other junk). But because everyone seems to feel that the water has been low, it might just be back to normal levels, I really wouldn't know. It was dirty, visibility only inches. I caught a Coho, about 5 or 6 lbs, and very dark (purple sides, hooked jaw, but definately a coho, as I looked it up in a book after I released it. I really am new to this area!). Not totally sure what a "clean" fish would look like, but figured this was past worth keeping. I was using pink wool behind a pink spin/glow. Saw some other fish caught but they were on the far side of the pool at the end of Lickman (sp?) Rd. The water was slower inside the bend. I hope this helps, these reports have been extremely valuable for a newcomer like me. And if anyone living in Richmond wants to ever share gas or driving to various rivers, e-mail me.
Name: MJ
Email: mjmoore@compuserve.com
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Fraser valley
Date Posted: 13-Nov-98
Comments:
Went fishing......I mean driving today, only to find all rivers blown out big time ( except Stave which is dam controlled). Nicomen Slough, Chehalis/Harrison and Vedder all raging torrents of muddy water and debris. It may be Sunday at best before the rivers are worthwhile and more rain is coming. Some people were catching dark coho up top at the Chilliwack as well as lots of chum.
Name: Steve
Email: stcooper@sfu.ca
State:
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Location: Thompson River
Date Posted: 12-Nov-98
Comments:
Just spent 10 days on the mighty Thompson. We did fairly well compared to most other anglers. The fish are there but not in the big numbers expected from the small commercial effort this fall. I believe that this should be of concern to fisheries. River is low and clear and well suited to the fly guys as most drifts are very slow. Bank conditions (ie: people) were some of the worst I've ever seen. More guys fishing than fish in the water. Won't say what we used (everyone has their secret lures), but it worked. Anyone venturing up there should be prepared to share the water with a few others. Respect the anglers who are in the water first and start your fishing
above them and follow behind them as they work down through the pool. On the 6th of November, a guy got hit by a train as he was walking down the tracks and was very seriously hurt (locals say he was the first person in recent memory to survive a train tangle).
Rumour has it he had been up till 4 in the morning the night before and had too many sodas still in his system when he set out for his morning fishing at about 8:00. Please respect the power of the trains and their speed. A train travelling at 70 k/mh has an incredible vacuum effect and can pull you in while you walk along side them.
Name: Ryan
Email:
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 11-Nov-98
Comments:
Still lots of fresh fish in the river. They are bitting on flo. green wool
Name: Rodney Hsu
Email: rhsu@direct.ca
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Squamish River
Date Posted: 11-Nov-98
Comments:
Squamish River is great for chums right now. This week was the first time I fished there and it's a much better chum fishery than Stave. The chums are much fresher, some of them are actually silver! There are lots of coho jacks around (catch and release only) but didn't catch any because we were too busy fighting chums.
Name: DaleDo101@aol.com
Email: DaleDo101@aol.com
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Fraser system
Date Posted: 11-Nov-98
Comments:
For a knowledgeable guide on the Harrison (and Fraser system in general), I know that Steve of Fraser Valley Outdoor Adventures knows his techniques quite well. He has possibly the most complete web site of any guide I've seen, check it out:
http://www.anglingbc.com/fvoa/
Name: Dale
Email: DaleDo101@aol.com
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location:
Date Posted: 10-Nov-98
Comments:
Ken Kristian has a great new web site (Fraser Valley!) It's great, and I know from personal experience that this guy knows what he's talking about! http://www.anglingbc.com/kkristian/Now-Thats-Fishin/default.htm
Name: Geoff McDonell
Email:
State:
Country:
Location: Harrison River
Date Posted: 9-Nov-98
Comments:
What a beautiful day fishing up on the Harrison on Saturday, Nov. 7th. Counted at least 50 to 60 eagles milling around, screeching and otherwise enjoying the fine feed and warm sunlight, mobs of unruly seagulls, flights of ducks whistling past while sharp splashy slaps of huge Chinooks sounded like someone throwing boulders in the water. Surrounded by rolling, porpoising fish of all kinds, we cast our flies in search of the wary Coho. The water is the lowest I've ever seen, with the water level about a foot below the end of concrete at the boat launch ramp at Kilby. The shallows at the top of the bay towards the Chehalis estuary area is a huge desolate desert of sun-baked gravel bars and sand traps. Mounds of ripening spawned out salmon littered the banks and bars, and some of the Chinook were just huge! Two corpses we saw must have been close to 60-65 pounds, the tails were measured at over a foot wide. Just friggin' awesome. Anyway, yeah, where was I, fishing, right...We were targetting the Coho and thus were casting small tinsel minnow patterns, and on my third cast and drift into a slow deep spot off the end of a riffle, my short strips were interrupted by a solid tug and I set the hook on a darkening Coho that proceeded to go aerial and take me down to the backing on my 9 wt. fly rod. Broke off on me as I tried to tail him. I was using a yellow-orange crystal bullet fly, and then switched to an epoxy minnow pattern whereupon a large fresh Chum grabbed it and did the purple bass-boat thing across the river, spray flying in his wake. The rest of the day was more of the same, about ten casts and drifts then a hook-up on mostly Chum, one good 25-30 lb Chinook and just the one Coho first thing in the morning. Only saw about a half dozen others who had boated upriver around us, so it was virtually deserted, lots of room to cast, play fish and run down the banks trying to get line back on some wild Chum. Cheers.
Name: matthew
Email:
State: B.C.
Country: Canada
Location: Harrison river
Date Posted: 9-Nov-98
Comments:
went fishing with my dad and it was great on sunday morning and afternoon. Hooked a nice 4-5 lb coho forth cast and after catching and realeasing 8 or so chum got a nice 8 lb coho still bright. After that caght 12 more chume and when home. got 2 chum on a large epoxy minnow and got every thing eles on a 3/8 oz. croc hamerd silver and with a red strip down the side. tight lines
Name: Rodney Hsu
Email: rhsu@direct.ca
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Capilano River
Date Posted: 7-Nov-98
Comments:
Fished the Capilano this morning (Saturday). Conditions were just perfect due to the rain we had a few days ago. The water level was just perfect. Lots of cohos around. Hooked and released five in the fast water. Fished with float and green, pink wool. Green wool seemed to work better. Lots of HUGE springs swimming around. People were bottom bouncing off the cliff at Cable Pool with green wool and it worked very well. Saw two big ass male springs fighting over a female, what else is new... Remember, it's catch and release only for cohos right now, and you can only keep springs under 62cm long. Fished the lower portion (tidal) of Fraser yestarday, no luck, didn't even see fish. Water was fairly dirty.
Name: Andy
Email: alafriz@netcom.ca
State: BC
Country:
Location: Vedder/Chilliwack
Date Posted: 7-Nov-98
Comments:
Friday. It was a beautiful day at the river, although the rain didn't do much except stir the bottom of the lower river slightly. Same story as the beginning of the week, mostly old stock. Saw a few springs taken, fairly clean. Hooked a sockeye?( spawner red as they come )and saw three more 4kms. down Tamahai bridge. I could not believe it. Fished the upper river and hooked a real dark wild coho, released it, and spotted a few more moving up Ranger run. Hooked more dogs and springs. Excellent day for catch and release.
Name: MJ
Email: mjmoore@compuserve.com
State: BC
Country:
Location: Vedder/Harrison
Date Posted: 5-Nov-98
Comments:
Vedder still very low but it did rain a lot more today Thurs. Tons of springs holding in the big pond below the rail bridge. Some caught on lures some bottom bouncing in the inflow. I didn't see any coho. Harrison - Briefly hooked one coho and landed a scrappy 2 lb. jack on spoons. Raining hard driving back to the city.
Name: pooie
Email:
State: bc
Country: canada
Location: Harrison
Date Posted: 4-Nov-98
Comments:
Fished harrison on sunday.Hooked 10 coho on kroc spoons at the mouth of harrison.Went up river and also hooked 4 big springs which were released.Got them bottom bouncing roe and a flame corky.
Name: Greg Leche
Email: rleche@sprint.ca
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Chelhalis
Date Posted: 3-Nov-98
Comments:
The report is a little late but I fished the Chelhalis just below the hatchery on Saturday. I caught and released 3 silver bright coho in the 4-5 pound range. 2 of them were caught on a #6 hook and a tiny piece of dark red wool and the other was caught on the fly using a purple woolly bugger. my friend hooked a bright coho around 8-9 pounds on a large crocodile spoon but he didn't land it.
Name: Rodney Hsu
Email: rhsu@direct.ca
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Fraser River and Capilano River
Date Posted: 3-Nov-98
Comments:
The saltwater portion of the Fraser River opened last Sunday and we were out at the River Road bar in Richmond fishing the North Arm. Not much action, saw some small jacks jumping occasionally. I've been told that the reason of Capilano & Burrard Inlet closures is that they are having a bad fall run of coho. You can still fish for springs in the Cap but just gotta release those cohos. Remember, catch & release of coho in the Fraser also. There are still some chums around the lower Fraser. I'll post a report once I catch some...
Name: Aaron
Email: DaleDo101@aol.com
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Harrison River
Date Posted: 3-Nov-98
Comments:
Fished Harrison River this weekend. Lowest I've ever seen it. Lots of chum around. Need to fish the slower water for coho. Got one on spinner (brass), fast retreive. One boat was using orange spoons with good results. ANYBODY with ANY helpful hints on hooking Springs (catch and careful release ONLY!) in the Harrison River would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Name: Bill gottschalk
Email: bill@bc.sympatico.ca
State:
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Location: vedder river
Date Posted: 31-Oct-98
Comments:
Fresh springs showing up at vedder ,last week started to get dark ,but rain drove some new ones up.hooked one on every other cast fishing was unreal got 1 over and 3 jacks by 7:30 and released about 30 fish awsome. tight lines
Name: Rodney Hsu
Email: rhsu@direct.ca
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Stave River and Capilano River
Date Posted: 31-Oct-98
Comments:
I fished the Stave yestarday afternoon, and it was not crowded at all. Lots of dead chums, but there were still some fairly fresh ones around. I kept one myself which was actually freshest fish I've seen this year. The green wool was working better than pink. I didn't see any cohos caught. The hatchery people were out collecting the coho earlier in the afternoon. One note, please don't drag the salmon up the bank when landing them. Why? Two reasons: Respect the fish, and if you are caught by the DFO, there is a fine for not properly releasing the fish. Another important notice, just found out on the DFO Fraser River Division website: From October 31st
until March 31st, sportfishing for coho is closed in the Burrard Inlet (including the mouth of Capilano) and the non-tidal portion of Capilano River. Does anyone know why they decided to close it down?
Name: Rodney Hsu
Email: rhsu@direct.ca
State: BC
Country: Canada
Location: Capilano
Date Posted: 29-Oct-98
Comments:
Guys, this is a FISHING REPORT page, no a chatroom... Anyway, fished the Capilano this morning and the water is low low low, much lower than during the summertime. Saw lots of springs, and cohos, but they are all quite dark. I caught one chum?!!? about 6 pounds. The cohos and springs wouldn't touch anything.
Name: Eric
Email: cutthroat@hotmail.com
State:
Country:
Location: Capilano
Date Posted: 28-Oct-98
Comments:
Water super low but TONS of springs and a fair number of coho. Any suggestions on what flies to use for the Springs? I always flyfish for coho but have never had any luck with the springs and I know one of those jacks would be amazing on the flyrod.
Name: Geoff McDonell
Email:
State:
Country:
Location: Stave
Date Posted: 27-Oct-98
Comments:
I've taken my family to the Stave a few times and depending on how crowded it is, it could be a good time. There is a nice spawning channel where you can see the salmon doing the dance close up, lots of eagles and a nice trail along the east side of the river between the back channel creek and the main river. If you are heading from the east to the west, you want to turn right at the road that goes north just past the gas stations on the Lougheed, main paved road, can't miss it, with signs leading you to "BC hydro rec. sites" along the lower Stave and Hayward Lake. There is a parking lot up the road about 4-5km that is on a bluff overlooking a big back-eddy and the spawning channel, with the main lower Stave dam just upstream. Picnic tables and an outhouse are there as well. Cheers
Name: money
Email: mdeato@smartnet.com.
State: bc
Country:
Location: ruskin
Date Posted: 26-Oct-98
Comments:
fish on again,oct.18 sunday.same time n spot below the dam,using silver blue koho spoon,(wow)a female 30lbs.spring.not bad eh,two times in the river two big fish.after I landed the big fish and gained comfidents, I"ll go for coho which I like but no luck, next time I will try the lower river.try the Cap river.reel in thanks
Name: money
Email: mdeato@smartnet.com.
State: bc
Country:
Location: ruskin
Date Posted: 26-Oct-98
Comments:
fish on, my first time fishing in ruskin last oct.11 sunday 7:30 am on the spot. my first bet (kit a mat)#55 silver green.on my fifth cast I hit one and its big fresh 48lbs. male spring on a 10lb. line, we played for 45min.before he give up. he is my biggest fish so far. thanks reel in
Name: Marlo Sarmiento
Email: msarmiento@brobeck.com
State:
Country:
Location: Harrison River & Chehalis River
Date Posted: 26-Oct-98
Comments:
For my birthday, my girlfriend kidnapped me from San Francisco and told me I was going on a fishing trip (she's a keeper). I found out at the airport that we would be going to Vancouver and that she had already talked to some guides in the area. On short notice, Harry Penner agreed to take me fishing on the Harrison River, where he planned to target the first run of coho salmon. On Friday, October 16, 1998, I drove two hours east of Vancouver and met Harry just south of the Highway 7 bridge. We headed upriver to the confluence of the Chehalis and Harrison Rivers. This was my first time fishing in Canada, and I grew excited as I saw large fish jumping to both sides of the boat. Harry said they were chum salmon ("dogs" was the exact term) and we probably would catch a few as the river was full of them. I saw my first ever Bald Eagles, which was noteworthy because very few Americans have seen their national bird in the wild. Our first stop was just north of the Chehalis where we found some slower water that looked promising. Using sinking lines and a minnow pattern, we cast to about 15 meters perpendicular to the shore and retrieved the fly in short, quick bursts. I took a few minutes to get used to casting this far because in California I was accustomed to short roll casts on much smaller streams. Harry quickly hooked up with a chum salmon, which I had the pleasure of fighting and losing after a 10 minute fight. We next headed to some holes on the Chehalis, a 15 minute walk in shallow water from the main course of the Harrison. Harry tried his usual spots along the undercut banks but not one fish took our flies. He commented that the cohos did not appear to have arrived there yet, but were likely to in the following days. We boated upstream again and passed some fisherman trying to land a huge fish (which turned out to be a sturgeon as we discovered on our way back). Almost every hole we fished we hooked into a chum salmon. On fly rods, these fish put up a good, steady fight. We noticed a large Chinook salmon (approximately 50 pounds) on the river bottom, prematurely dead as Harry surmised from its fresh appearance. We caught a few more chum salmon through the morning, and Harry managed to coax a small, hatchery coho salmon (approximately 2 pounds) to shore before releasing it. Most of the chum salmon we caught looked spent, and many more were dead or dying in the shallows. Even so, I thought that the 4 hours of fishing was enjoyable, and I would definitely come back.