Reports for February and March 2001.

Name: george
Lake or River:
Date: 31-Mar-01
Comments:

Hannah if you wanna know how to rig the shrimp listen up thread the hook through the shrimp tail first than simply put the loop around the tail and it should stay on for a while.


Name: hannah
Email: tunahuna@hotmail.com
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 31-Mar-01
Comments:

went out to the vedder earlyer this week, no luck. Got a line bump and that was all. Im interested in how you guys hook up those shrimp to your hooks. I got the egg loop knots down but dont know how to hook those darn shrimp up! so if anyone can help me out that would be sweet. PS. we also need more women like myself out on the river.

Name: Fliegenfischer
Email: jbutz@bigfoot.com
Lake or River: Harrison / Fraser
Date: 31-Mar-01
Comments:

Spent a great day fly fishing the Harrison and Fraser (near Deroche) - lots of liquid sunshine, a good fishing buddy, nobody else in sight - as Frank would say: A great day fishing - bad day catching !!

Name: george
Lake or River: alouette river
Date: 31-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished for 3 hours and got one litlle 8 incher on roe.Heard of one 8 pounder caught first thing this morning.Water was perfect and the heavy rain didn't effect the river one bit.

Name: Randog
Email: fishon2000@home.com
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 31-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished below the ranger my buddy hooked and lost a 10lb. buck on steelie pink cocktail shrimp, we moved to behind the on the way store and I hooked and lost one in the tailout also on cocktail shrimp with purple yarn. The river is in prime condition so get out there and wet a line!!!

Name: Ken Einfeld
Email: keneinfeld@zoolink.com
Lake or River:Alouette Lake
Date: 30-Mar-01
Comments:

Trolled a gold hildebrant near the surface wherever I saw fish rising.Caught 7 Rainbow (small)Released all but one.Fished from 1:30 'till 3:00 PM . It's very beautiful there. Only saw one other boat. He was using a willow leaf wedding band and worm, and they weren't biting on his gear. Tight Lines!

Name: george
Lake or River:alouette
Date: 29-Mar-01
Comments:

fished the alouette after school for two hours water was perfect got a hit on a jensen egg.

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River:coquitlam River
Date: 29-Mar-01
Comments:

hit the coquitlam today!!!.... water had alot of color and there was about 2foot visability but since some people are getting upset about me posting about the river im not going to tell you if i left with fish slim on my hands or where i left my footprints and how many times my float went under!!! tight lines

Name: JtW
Lake or River: South Island Lakes
Date: 28-Mar-01
Comments:

Get the fly rod out, it's full steam ahead on our lakes! Spectacle lake has recently thawed and is showing good surface activity. Thetis lake is producing well, as is Langford and Kemp out near Sooke. Spider lake near Qualicum Bay has shown some nice rainbows over the last month, and the bass should start soon with the warmer weather. That is, unless it's going to snow again! My favorite lake, a tiny little thing that I call "Golden Pond", has been steady over the last two weeks with cutthroat up to 35 cm. It's a south Island lake, and like so many others. Try a light olive WB or a stone fly nymph, or go for the dry fly on those warm afternoons. The Cowichan has been low and slow, and while those steelies still refuse my fly, the trout seem eager. Don't forget to renew your licence!

Name: Bugman
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 28-Mar-01
Comments:

Ahhhhh, just one of those days. The first one was a hatch buck, 12 pounds, i let it go. That was at 10. Hit one at 2, about a 12 pound doe, lost it. My buddies were on me like flies to stink. Then i hit a 8 pound wild doe. My buddy proceeded to pluck a 12 pound snatch doe. next fish was a 3 pound dollie. 6 oclock landed a screamin 14 pound wild doeski. Hit my old faithful spot for last light and hooked a beauty doe around 12, fought awesome, 5 minute battle, had her head on the beach, buddy had his hands on it, and PINK, out goes the #1 gammi. The fish rolled around between my pal and the shore, but it was a long day and he was awfully BURNT OUT so thats one lucky doe that will make some beak happy tomorrow. work sucks.

Name: Big Shrimper
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 28-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Shrimper likes guys like Big Reefer. Big Shrimpers wife let him fish after dinner on Sunday and he got one one just before dark, but Big Shrimper lost it.

Name: Big Reefer
Email: greeldeal@hotmail.com
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 28-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Reefer and a buddy hit the Vedder today at first light. We fished from gravel pits and various spots all the way up to Tamahi without as much as a sniff. At 12:00 we decided to head to the upper river, after about 15 min, Big Reefer nails a beautiful hatchery doe on peach/white wool. Weighed in at 15lbs,13oz at Fred's. 1 roll of pictures and a 1/2 pack of rollies later and Big Reefer is cookin up a swell dinner. Tight Lines and Good Luck.

Name: sulker
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 28-Mar-01
Comments:

I don't know what all the hype is about this year because I have been out 2 doz times and only landed 5 fish and no hatchers, consider last year when everyone said it sucked, I almost filled my card! This is the worst year for me in last 12.

Name: Radical
Email: coast_angler2@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 27-Mar-01
Comments:

Awesome day! Buddy and I went out, fished the lower river. I lost 1 and beached 2, my buddy lost 2 and beached 2. Seven fish in all. Few guys in the morning, no one around in the afternoon. Biggest fish 14lb, all wild.

Name: Rodney Hsu
Email: rhsu@direct.ca
Lake or River: Sasamat Lake
Date: 27-Mar-01
Comments:

Greetings all, hope everyone is having a excellent spring. Fishing in the Sasamat lake has been consitently productive, the stocked trout catches are still quite good. Generally the rainbows are between 25cm to 30cm long, and the odd cutthroats can also be caught. Best time to fish is during dawn and dusk, you can see many rises. For bait anglers, shrimp is the ideal bait to use. Fish under the float, depth at around 1.5m. One useful tip is to be mobile, keep moving your float, small movement of the shrimps on the surface can often cause fish to bite. For float size, use a long light one instead of a round heavy ones, the optimal weight size to balance with the float is only 1g or 2g. Fish light, with 4 or 6lb test line, or even less.

Name: george
Lake or River:alouette
Date: 26-Mar-01
Comments:

fished the alouette for 2 hours after school today and got nothing,but there was a number of guys who caught 3 fish and up.I figure they were using roe sac's and sand shrimp since the pinchers were every where and please pick up your garbage there is garbage cans all over the place thank you.

Name: skipper
Email: skipper@steelheadheaven.ca
Lake or River:Kalum and Kitimat
Date: 26-Mar-01
Comments:

We'll fellas the season is getting started. I hooked into a beauty winter Steelie yesterday on the Kalum and that fish did tail walks like I have never seen. We had a good glance at the large buck before he (spit the hook) split, leaving us smiling. The Kitimat is showing signs of its Steelie run, but the river is very low and some new log jams have made there way into this tiny stream.

Name: Ian Cameron
Email: ian_steelheader1@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 25-Mar-01
Comments:

Started at limit hole just after first light. Saw nothing nor hit nething up there so moved down. Hit a 14lb. wild buck at Thurston meadows. Bonked a chrome 11lb. buck mid river. River was up and nice colour above claybanks and below a foot and a half to two feet of vis. Talked to a guy who said he saw a 10lb. spring cuaght at behind the way.

Name: Big Shrimper
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 25-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Shrimper fished Saturday and lost one, me thinks 10 lbs. Big Shrimper is going out tonight after dinner.

Name: sean ortiz
Lake or River: squamish river
Date: 25-Mar-01
Comments:

tried pass brackendale for a few hours yeaterday nobody around and no fish good luck and sharp hooks

Name: Casey
Email: powerdbyoreos@hotmail.com
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 25-Mar-01
Comments:

camped at tamihi creek fished for 4 days Lots around the campground below the crossing above and the crossing its self hooked in to one fish and got a white fish people catching fish all around me I didnt really have a clue what the hell i was doing so that could have impacted my results!!!

Name: Bugman
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 25-Mar-01
Comments:

Vedder fishin is good. Best I've seen it in years, at least ten. Saw a 25 pound spring on thursday at lickman. I thought all these springs I've heard about was BS, but i saw that pig with my own eyes. Kath and trev, whats the point of reporting anything on the alouette? Just walk dowm the middle of the piss trickle and watch the boots swim away from you.

Name: George
Lake or River: south alouette
Date: 24-Mar-01
Comments:

My buddies uncles were fishing the south alouette when they caught 4 (BASS) yes that's right bass. I couldn't believe it either. THey say the bass were about 4 ponds.

Name: Big Reefer
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 24-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Reffer hit the Vedder on Thursday and was into a couple of wild ones. One 7lbs, one 10. Both hit peach wool. Big Reefer was fishing with Lee in the afternoon and Big Reefer thinks Lee might have hit a big spring. This fished dragged him up and down the river for at least 15 min before busting off, it was huge.

Name: Mermaid
Lake or River: Alouette (South)
Date: 24-Mar-01
Comments:

To answer your question regarding the seal sitings, it cruised along the Neaves bridge area a couple of times in the past few weeks.

Name: Donkers
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 23-Mar-01
Comments:

Donkers fished the upper river today and hooked 4 fish. Big shrimper is right, there was a more hatchery fish than I expected. Saw 6 hatcherey( none for me) puled between alison and limit hole and countless wild fish. Good to see tat there were'nt too many people in the river. tite lines.

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River:everywhere
Date: 23-Mar-01
Comments:

went on a camping trip this week and fished alot of differnt water first off i fished gold creek for a couple of hours got nothing then fished the Allouette river got a hit on jenson egg at some big pool!! then fished the vedder hooked and played a steelie about 6 pounds but long line release after about a 3 minute battle hooked it at a part where the water runs through and there wasnt another guy in sight got it at about 3 in the after noon on jenson egg...then fished a small river up by whistler got nothing then camped at allison lake and got 3 rainbows on mayflys!!!then hiked to fawn edith and stump lake but only got 1 rainbow in fawn lake on mayfly

Name: Joel Spreller
Email: jspreller@Telus.com
Lake or River:Chilliwack
Date: 23-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished Peach Rd to the crossing. Got one (12lb) on a crocadile and one roe (14lb)

Name: Art Chingee
Email: Artechoke@hotmail.com
Lake or River:vedder
Date: 23-Mar-01
Comments:

I can't believe the number of fish in this river right now. There was lots of room, I guess everyone has gone golfing. I used a spinner, a roeball and rubber worm and got fish on all three. The biggest was 14 lbs and the smallest was 6 lbs. I killed a clipper for BBQ.

Name: Big Logger
Lake or River:Allouette
Date: 23-Mar-01
Comments:

I fished below the bridge and hit a hatchery on a jenny egg. A long, snaky ##%@-er

Name: Big Shrimper
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 23-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Shrimper fished the vedder and hooked 3 steels. Big Shrimper bonked a 16lb hatch, and has only one spot left on his liscence. Big Shrimper knows that there is a good push of Hatchery fish in the upper river. Big Shrimper likes it in upper river lots of room to throw that Shrimp.

Name: george
Lake or River:
Date: 23-Mar-01
Comments:

mermaid I find that the best cuttie fishing is in late march to early april and where was the seal in upper or lower alouette.

Name: Mermaid
Lake or River:Alouette River (S)
Date: 22-Mar-01
Comments:

Fish the Alouette on a regular basis, however had no luck in the past two weeks. Had seen a seal pass through a couple times obviously taking its share of fish. Had better luck about a month ago catching sea-run cutthroats, anywhere from 16 1/2" to 18 1/2", about 8 of them (7 were hatchery)within a two week period. Does anyone know how long these sea-runs stick around?

Name: george
Email: kath trev
Lake or River:alouette
Date: 22-Mar-01
Comments:

fished the alouette for 3 hours today and got 2 hits on worms and that was about it.

Name: Derek
Lake or River:Stave
Date: 22-Mar-01
Comments:

Fly fished this "river" all day Wednesday. Hooked 3 and landed 2 trophy whitefish for my efforts. No steelies seen, no cutties landed. Was very very bright and sunny from 10am onward. I think they were cowering from the sun.


Name: slayer
Lake or River: fraser
Date: 22-Mar-01
Comments:

We fished yester day off of the log booms just above the mission bridge.We caught and released 15 small sturgeon raging in size from 2 feet to 5 feet.The bite was on as soon as our lines hit the water,It was like this for 3 hours then the bite just stopped and nothing,My buddy said that when this happens there is usually a bigger fish that has moved in to the hole to feed and it chased all ythe little ones away,Well he was right,His rod jerked violently and nearly went for a swim.Dan set the hook and the fight was on.After an hjour tug of war and numerous jumps we were both begining to realize that this fish might not come in.After two hours a passing boat offered to help chase it down,We hopped in and gave chase,Four and a half hours later we got the prehistoric monster to the boat, This fish was atleast 10 feet long and weighed in at more than 700 pounds.Thanks pete, without youre help we would not have landed this fish from shore. I think we owe you some cold beer.By the way the sturgeon were biting on dew worms. good luck all

Name: Craven Morehead
Lake or River: Nickomekl
Date: 22-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished the nic today and landed a 14 pound steelie and a smaller one of about 8 pounds. Released both of course. Used dew worms

Name: Crazy Anna Bellows
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 21-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished under the Crossing Bridge and nailed a chrome 16lb hatchery doe. Nice size, good fighter. Great eater

Name: Big Shrimper
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 21-Mar-01
Comments:

Went to the Vedder after dinner, Fished below the Hatchery. My Partner hit a beauty-nice wild. Big Shrimper didn't get nada. Went down to that pull out above the crossing bridge and talked to a guy that hit two.

Name: sean ortiz
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 17-Mar-01
Comments:

hit the vedder today. Tried up from the prison saw nothing and caught nothing. Then went to Alison Pool. Nothing happening. Went to above the crossing, a few guys but no luck. Stopped at Keith wilson bridge and then headed home. good luck and sharp hooks

Name: Big Swinger
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@telus.net
Lake or River:Chehalis
Date: 20-Mar-01
Comments:

Took my spey out to the Chehalis with my buddy Big Spin n Glo. We were there first light and saw numerous fish hooked in and around the Hatchery spot and lower down until about 8 am. While I did'nt hook anthing on the Spey, my buddy Big Spin n glo managed to hook two BIG Chehalis fish, one around 13 lb's which he lost and antoher approx. 35 inch (we held him up to the rod and them measured where he was on my Big Spin n Glo's Rod, est. 15-16 pounds) Buck which he landed. That is a big Chehalis fish! Bigger than anything else we saw hooked and/or landed the whole day. Roe/RoeBags seemed to be amongst one of the biggest producers mind you the 15 pounder I just talked about came at the Easter Seal on his first cast with a Big Chartreuse/orange Spin n glo bottom bounced. Water was up a good foot, maybe more and flowing pretty good. Still fairly wadable, but be careful. River is still clear as well, not blown at all. Could still be in good shape tommorrow, if the precip keeps up up river. Good luck if you get out, Big Swinger

Name: Big Weiner
Email: bigweiner@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Mike Lake
Date: 20-Mar-01
Comments:

Lotsa fish rising. Lotsa fishermen fishing. Not many fish taking anything... frustration.

Name: Big Dipper
Email:
Lake or River: Lotus Land
Date: 20-Mar-01
Comments:

The local lakes around Victoria are definitely picking up. Big (popular adjective lately) chironies have been the main buffet lately. Fishing the 12 to 20 foot depth in all the lakes seem to be the key areas, even if your in 40' of water.

Name: george
Email: kathtrev
Lake or River:alouette
Date: 20-Mar-01
Comments:

Water was about 1 to 2 feet higher than usual. Fished from 3:30 to 6:00.Used worms and roe and not a bite.The fish should really start to move up river now dew to the rain.

Name: Big Shrimper
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 20-Mar-01
Comments:

Big shrimper is OK with people using "Big". Big Shrimper is back at home after fishing this morning. Picked up a small Hatchery buck around 6 lbs, and took the runt out of the gene pool. Upper river, below the hatchery.

Name: Big Reefer
Email: greeldeal@hotmail.com
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 19-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Reefer hit the Vedder and realised that conditions were not favourable for his fly rod. Big Reefer had to kick his own butt for not bringing his drift rod too. Big reefer kinda just hung in the rain and smoked...He agrees with Big Streamer and Big Nympher that we should all do a small bit to help clean up after the Big Idiots who litter our wilderness.

Name: Big Streamer
Lake or River: Morris Lake
Date: 19-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Streamer went to Morris Lake with Big Nympher the other day. Big Streamer notes that the fish in Morris Lake, while hard to catch, are generally quite fantastic. He notes this as he has caught a beautiful cuttie there a couple of weeks ago and because he had one magnificent fish on his line on Saturday that headed straight at the canoe and thus spit the hook. Big Streamer wants to remind everyone to fish with care, and unless you plan to eat it pronto, release what you catch.

Name: BIG PINKER
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 19-Mar-01
Comments:

doing just fine on BIG pink werms

Name: Big Shrimper
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 19-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Shrimper went to the Vedder today, water is high and a little coloured. He Fished up high and lost one, saw another one get hit below the Hatchery.

Name: skipper
Email: http://www.skipper@steelheadheaven.ca
Lake or River:Kitimat
Date: 19-Mar-01
Comments:

Good day fellow anglers. The Kitimat is still quiet, but an 18lb wild Steelie was landed yesterday, so of course I had to go out and see for myself. The wind was blowing and the rain was pounding. I gave it an hour and no luck, thats why its called fishing not catching, TIGHT LINES!!

Name: me
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 19-Mar-01
Comments:

hit 2 yesterday in the park. BUGS,BUGS,BUGS!!!!!!

Name: Big Stinker
Lake or River:Chehalis and Vedder
Date: 18-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Stinker hit both rivers today. Chehalis was still low and clear, Big Stinker heard stories of fish being caught. Then Big Stinker decided to drive his butt over to Vedder and Big Stinker got skunked, water was grey as grandma's &%#@*^! Big Stinker never get's skunked.

Name: Aki
Email: alintune@attcanada.ca
Lake or River: Chilliwack / Vedder
Date: 18-Mar-01
Comments:

Caught and released a 10/11lb wild steelhead about 11 am below the crossing bridge. Saw another one hooked at the bridge. A little wet, but nice and warm and not to busy.

Name: Casey
Email: powerdbyoreos@hotmail.com
Lake or River:Coquitlam
Date: 18-Mar-01
Comments:

ross sumed it up pretty much!! it was an adventure trying to find places that we could get to without going for a swim!! places were WAY deeper then they looked WATCH your step!!

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River:coquitlam
Date: 18-Mar-01
Comments:

hit it for awhile with casey up by the mines river was half way blown out but we fished it anyways but got nothing!! wet

Name: george
Email: kathtrev
Lake or River:alouette
Date: 18-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished the alouette from 4:00 to 6:oo caught nothing but could see many big fish swimming since the water was so clear,and saw quite a bit of fry swimming in the water."Tight Lines"

Name: Big Nympher
Lake or River: Morris
Date: 17-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Nympher went to Morris Lake today. As usual there was a lot of garbage laying about and a newly torched Honda ?Civic Sedan. Big Nympher supposes that someone stole the vehicle and then set it ablaze. No matter, it fit nicely among all of the beer cans, empty bags of chips and oil containers. Big Nympher hooked into a nice cutty on a #18 adams. Big Nympher realizes that this is incongruous with his name but one must be flexible. Big Nympher thinks that people should not leave garbage on God's green Earth!

Name: sean ortiz
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 17-Mar-01
Comments:

hit vedder today tryed a little ways up from the prison but got nothing i saw some guy land a really dark wild fish. from thier i tryed up from the crossing also nothing then stop a peach road on the home again nothing so i called it a day. good luck and sharp hooks.

Name: Brian M
Email: silvadv@yahoo.com
Lake or River: chilliwack
Date: 17-Mar-01
Comments:

I took my kid to river today and he got the thrill of reeling in a 15lb wild buck. Myself reeled in a 10 lb wild buck, both on pink worms.

Name: me
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 16-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished allison pool for first light,second cast with a bit of roe and BAM...A nice 18 pound chrome hatchery doe BONK BONK.

Name: BIg Shrimper
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 16-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Shrimper hit the Mid- 1km above cross bridge at that little pullout and caught 2 steelhead. One hatch and one wild. Both under 10 lbs.

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: coquitlam River
Date: 15-Mar-01
Comments:

water was way up and looked awesome!!!! no fish tho...i hit it for about 30 min before work!!!

Name: eman
Email: eman@telus.net
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 15-Mar-01
Comments:

Was out tuesday. Fished from the crossing up to the houses. No fish seen or touched but managed to land about 60 pound garbage bag. Please guys (and gals) pick up after yourselves (and others) cause its not just going to float away to nowhere. The guys at FREDS with give you a garbage bag (not 4 fish) and let you dispose of it in their dumpster.... If we all pitch in the vedder could quickly be cleaned up.

Name: finseeker
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 14-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished for Steelhead all day, using my buddy's method with split shot vs. pencil lead, which I always use. Caught nothing, until I cut it all off and put on a Silver/blue fox spinner and caught a 34.5lb Spring! A CHROMER and Hatchery clipped. Anyone else know of any "early" Spring caught lately?

Name: Salmon Ho
Lake or River:Barkley Sound
Date: 14-Mar-01
Comments:

Headed over to Barkley Sound to get into some better nook action than what we've had locally. Hooked into about 18 feeder springs. Six were keepers ranging from 8-18 ibs and some other large ones got the long line release. All fish were caught deep at 195 feet in water around 240 feet deep using chovies and a dummy flasher on 1 downrigger. (nothing like dropping a manual downrigger to 195 feet and either having the release go because it was set too tight or some small fish took a nip and popped it-better than a work out at the gym) Fish were found only when we found the bait and we only found the bait in one place out of many. Stomachs showed either pink krill or large herring as the feed. Many were completely empty. Suspect the herring haven't totally moved in yet. Weather was great for WCVI. Calm wind, warm, and mixed sun.

Name: shimano sam
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 14-Mar-01
Comments:

nice day on the river hooked 3 landed 1 wild about 14lbs. lots out there go getem

Name: ROSS
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: coquitlam River
Date: 13-Mar-01
Comments:

water was sweet it was up and had a good color but every cast i took i snagged up only fished for about an hour!!! tried shrimp and jensons!!

Name: ross
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: sasamat lake
Date: 13-Mar-01
Comments:

got 3 trout on shrimp all were fairly small!!

Name: anglr#1
Lake or River: sasamat
Date: 12-Mar-01
Comments:

heard that someone caught a couple when we got there i caught alright fish everyone had a few on but none stayed on???

Name: Big Shrimper
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 12-Mar-01
Comments:

Big Shrimper hit a beauty. There are lots of fish up high--I mean high, like that cedar tree run before that hatchery. Big Shrimper used a sandwich shrimp with peachy king

Name: Eman
Email: eman@telus.net
Lake or River:vedder
Date: 12-Mar-01
Comments:

Was out frigay at dusk. Fished the lower river for a while lots of guys fishing. Saw samll male buck rolling around just above the train bridge not takes so headed up above the crossing and after working a few pool managed to land a beauty 19 lb hatchery buck on a hot buble gum worm. I am trying to organize a clean up while the water is low (theres way too much garbage out on the river.... lets see a little more respect from everyone). Anyone interested in helping organize feel free to email me. Need a few people to rally the troops to work the river in sections so we can al enjoy this peice of paradise a little more. Saw a couple of posting on about the cap river. I grew up in North Van but never fished the cap till last coho season... it only took my 45 minutes of being there and chew out a half dozen people on their poor ethics before i was so disgusted that i just had to leave. Would be great to see DFO make a more visable appearance there. May take on it was that alot of the people there dont even know that there are regs so maybe dfo could tkae it upon themselves to post some enlarged reg pertaining to the cap on signs at some of the more easily accesible fishing locations such as the hatchery/cable pool as thats when i saw fools in droves.... Tite lines ...and keep it clean would ya.

Name: Eric Zentner
Email: e_zentner@yahoo.com
Lake or River:arrow
Date: 11-Mar-01
Comments:

8-15 pound dolly. about 25 feet deep. blue and or green plugs working best

Name: anglr#1
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 11-Mar-01
Comments:

i got there to late it seems, i fished for 2 hours just 1 on nothin else heard of other caught but none!!

Name: sean ortiz
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 11-Mar-01
Comments:

hit vedder yesterday try a little ways up from the crossing and hooked into a steelie but lost in about ten minutes tryed peach and saw one on but got lost and I tryed the train brige nothing. tigh lines and good luck to all

Name: george
Email: kathtrev
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 11-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished the vedder from day break till 10 one hit on prawns,and that was about it.one guy pulled in right beside us and got 5 right away.Then we left weren't really into it today.

Name: Brian M
Email: silvadv@yahoo.com
Lake or River:chilliwack
Date: 11-Mar-01
Comments:

3 fish today on colorados--9lb wild, 4lb dolly, and 16lb hatchery lost after a good tussle. Terry- use siwash hooks size 1/0(eagle claw).

Name: Timmy
Lake or River:North Thompson
Date: 11-Mar-01
Comments:

Slow day to day caught 3 wild steelhead, and 1 hatchery stlh. Had better day but still a good day. Used float and steelhead roe.

Name: Casey
Email: powerdbyoreos@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Brunette
Date: 11-Mar-01
Comments:

....SUCKED!!! ross sumed it up pretty good saw a few rise couldnt temp them to take my fly though. fished all over water wasnt bad i was supprised we didnt get any takes.

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: brunette
Date: 11-Mar-01
Comments:

fly fished the brunette today... would have had more action at home watching tv!!!

Name: Terry
Email: TSLogscaling@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 11-Mar-01
Comments:

Hooked a 8-9Lb doe at 4 PM just above Vedder bridge on a colorado. Fought like crazy for about 2 minutes, then spit my hook. The ones they come with just dont seem to stay on the fish.

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: coquitlam
Date: 10-Mar-01
Comments:

hit the coquitlam today..fished from the train bridge to riverview hospital.got two hits and one dollie.. got em on roe.talked to a guy who got a 13 pounder last weekend and he said he saw a guy keep a fish over ten pounds!!!!

Name: mike
Lake or River:vedder
Date: 10-Mar-01
Comments:

Hit one fish first cast at daybreak on a pink worm, hit another fish at noon and bonked her for the barbie

Name: brian M
Email: silvadv@yahoo.com
Lake or River: chilliwack
Date: 9-Mar-01
Comments:

What a beautifull day on the river, 2 wild fish(13,16lbs) on pink worm, both fish released while they were still in the water(8-12 inches), not like the dumbass I saw across the river behind 'on the way' store who gill lifted his wild fish onto the rocks to pull the hook out and then poorly handled it back into the water. When will people learn?! I still see fresh garbage every time I go to the river, don't you guys realize that vests can hold all your pop cans and plastic containers, etc. To all the true outdoorsmen-tight lines.

Name: parry
Lake or River: fuller lake
Date: 8-Mar-01
Comments:

Not a bite 1.5hrs. Leech,chronamids, muddlers,royal coachman etc.waters still too cold for this lake i guess,boat leaks too. Should have gone steelheading maybe.march 7.

Name: Parry
Lake or River: ocean
Date: 8-Mar-01
Comments:

yo salt water surgean, in the sooke area,the top 50 feet of water is best as long as you get the right roll on your bait(anchovy).I use a hot spot flasher,6ft.of leader.You should also soak your bait in 1lt.salt water,1/2 cup-1cup rock salt.your bait will stay much firmer this way.In the spring mnths,they slaughter halibut in oak bay apparently.good luck.

Name: mark
Lake or River:stave
Date: 8-Mar-01
Comments:

had a really good time tonight. fished the stave. fished from 5 to 6 pm and caught a bunch of white fish. either cutts or white fish were jumping everywhere. used minnow paterns. lots of fun.

Name: Mark Simson
Email: greeldeal@hotmail.com
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 8-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished yesterday about 1 km down from the crossing and BAM hit a 13lb wild doe at 7:30 am. This was my first steelie with my fly rod so I was extremely stoked. It aggressively hit a weighted pink egg pattern This beauty was never taken out of the water and was released completely unharmed. What a beautiful day, 20 degrees and no one else on the river. I can die peacefully now!

Name: unknown
Lake or River: sasamat
Date: 8-Mar-01
Comments:

FISHED THERE 6&7 FROM 5 TILL 630 GOT 2 ON WORMS THE 1ST DAY SECOND DAY GOT 3 ON SHRIMP!!!!!!!!!

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: sasamat
Date: 6-Mar-01
Comments:

got two more pan sized bows tpday on shrimp!!

Name: Ian Cameron
Email: ian_steelheader1@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Buntzen Lake
Date: 7-Mar-01
Comments:

Hit Buntzen from 3 till dark. Tried chronimids and nothing. Then trolled a red spratly and hooked a couple of bows all had just been stocked. Got a few more on a bergundy leach. Saw a guy take 6 trout home and called DFO and hopefully they got him. Most fish were taken just off bottom near the dog beach.

Name: Dave Willis
Email: dmwillis@sfu.ca
Lake or River: Mike Lake
Date: 7-Mar-01
Comments:

Went out for 90 minutes this evening before dusk. Down in the southwest bay there was a heavy chironomid emergence, I hooked a fish kickeing over there. Once over, i switched over to dries because the fish were gorging themselves on adults, but I couldn't get the pattern right. After an hour with only one rise to my fly out of the hundreds of rises around me, I threw on a wooly bugger, and proceeded to take two fish quickly.

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: sasamat lake
Date: 6-Mar-01
Comments:

fished sasamat lake this afternoon they stocked it march first... got two rainbows about pan size..got em on shrimp!!!!we ran out of light got to dark to fish!!! Tight Lines

Name: john
Email: bouvfish@mybc.com
Lake or River:fraser
Date: 5-Mar-01
Comments:

fished for sturgeon on mid fraser,lots of small ones,2 over 6 feet.tryed fresh eels and oolies,both worked.anybody lookink for fresh eels or fresh oolies email me and Ill hok you up

Name: Ian Cameron
Email: ian_steelheader1@hotmail.com
Lake or River:
Date: 5-Mar-01
Comments:

Salmon Ho, try a small pink apex and troll it 5 feet under the school with a red hot spot flasher. Whatever is there will hit it.

Name: Salmon Ho
Lake or River:Saltchuk
Date: 5-Mar-01
Comments:

Went out yesterday. Great day on the water but only 1 undersized nook. Lots of interesting activity. On way out towards QA-Roger Curtis area went through a football filed size area that had euphasid shrimp right atthe surface and lots of small gulls feeding. ALso found a herring ball. Usual gull activity lead us to it. We couldn't believe how tight they were packed in. It was about the size of a table and one big mass of solid herring, about 2 feet under the surface. There were scales everywhere so we had just missed a carnage. Only 1 diving bird around so we assumed there must have been predator fish that packed them up like that. The cohos are still too small I think so I can only assume a dog fish or nook. We trolled around the area but hit nothing. Further out inthe straight we saw lots of dsmall gulls dipping and diving-looked like more euphasids but this time the gulls were spread out all over the place in the open straight. The north westerly picked up later in the day and we came back in. Oddly enogh we saw no bait on our sounder throughout the whole day, just signs of bait near the surface all over the place.

Name: Johhnybuck
Lake or River:vedder river
Date: 5-Mar-01
Comments:

Fished sunday with my brother and my buddy Matt from 11:00 to 4:00 in some water above the crossing and down below bergman and got nothing.Water was low with a nice green tinge a beautiful day for steelheadin' just didn't have any luck! P.S. Didn't see anybody with one on either.

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River:coquitlam
Date: 4-Mar-01
Comments:

hit the coquitlam friday statrday... but no fish not even i sign of one.. fished leader bar today and got two dollies about 2 pounds each got em of cured roe!! its slow for this time of the year!!

Name: Gary
Lake or River:vedder
Date: 4-Mar-01
Comments:

fished mid river, hooked one big fish on a blade , broke me off in the current.saw one other hooked.

Name: Shannon Burbee
Lake or River: Big Hibbert
Date: 4-Mar-01
Comments:

Hit the Big Hib for a couple hours today. Got a nice steelhead on the fly and a half-dozen cutts. General Practitioners were the big-ticket, please release all wild cutts, this is a special fish.

Name: george
Email: kathy trev
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 4-Mar-01
Comments:

fished the vedder from 6:30 to 3:30 fished mid river can't say where but saw 5 fish caught and heard of thirty fish total.Hooked into one nice steelie around 10 12 pounds GOOD LUCK

Name: peter
Email: bcflyfish@home.com
Lake or River: cowichan river
Date: 4-Mar-01
Comments:

lost one good steelie. got 2 trout and 3 atlantics. yes 3 atlantics. thats 5 total so far this season.

Name: Big Shrimper
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 4-Mar-01
Comments:

This river was good, good great to me on Saturday. Big Shrimper hit a 22 lb hatchery on you guessed it, pro cured sandwich shrimp. Bonked and socked by 11 am, just the was big shrimper likes'em.

Name: Peter Horak
Lake or River: Cap
Date: 4-Mar-01
Comments:

Low, Low Low and clear. Saw one steelhead holding in the tail of the Cable. Used a dew worm, got it to bite, lost it instantly. Tough luck. No other fish.

Name: johnny
Email: johnny@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Morris Lake
Date: 3-Mar-01
Comments:

Went to Morris Lake today... now before someone gets all up-in-arms that I am revealing "some gem", let it be known that the place was crawling with trailer-dwellers catching and killing cutties with dead annelids on the end of their line. My buddy caught one very fine cutthroat at about 1.5 lb on a black chironomid and released it.

Name: Mike
Email: mrvt@pacificcoast.net
Lake or River:cowichan river
Date: 3-Mar-01
Comments:

water very low still, i saw several large splashes in the morning as well as about a 18lb buck who came out of the water 3 times in a row heading upstream. landed a 6lb wild buck beautiful chromer who really fought for a fish his size

Name: Stan Sticklip
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 2-Mar-01
Comments:

Went to the Vedder river today. I got no bites and didnt see anyone catch anything. I fished all day and everyone i talked to said the same. I had fresh roe and ghost shrimp, but they didnt want any of it.

Name: rossgolding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River:coquitlam River
Date: 2-Mar-01
Comments:

hit the lower section today water was up and had a good color to it but no fish to report not even a sign of a fish!!!

Name: skipper
Email: skipper@steelheadheaven.ca
Lake or River:Kitimat river
Date: 2-Mar-01
Comments:

The Kitimat is very low and in need of some rain or snow melt. You can cross where ever you like. The nice thing is you can sure tell where the deep pools are. The Steelie fishing was slow but to be expected. Dodging the ice flows was a problem as well. March is here and the run will start as soon as the rainy season washes up the King of fish!! TIGHT LINES!!

Name: GEORGE
Email: kathandtrev
Lake or River: alouette
Date: 19-Feb-01
Comments:

fished the alouette for the past two weeks talked to one guy and he said he caught a 12,9 pound steelie out of alco park.and the water is very low need some rain.try using any minnow pattern that has deer hair and crystal flash the cutties love this.

Name: joker
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 19-Feb-01
Comments:

Went fishing today around Lickman, Vedder Crossing, saw nothing. Water was very low, nice day though.

Name: Dave Willis
Email: dmwillis@sfu.ca
Lake or River: Stave River
Date: 19-Feb-01
Comments:

Went down to the Stave on Saturday morning for a while looking for some cutties. Flyfished around the Hydro park on the east side. I only managed one small cutty and two whitefish on a minnow pattern, there were scattered rises occurring around noon, with some fish feeding on a tiny midge hatch in the big glides. The water is still real low.

Name: Brian M
Email: silvadv@yahoo.com
Lake or River: Chilliwack
Date: 18-Feb-01
Comments:

went out for the late afternoon and hit 2 big steelies on a spinner deaddrifted. Both fish hit hard, you can sleep and fish at the same time.

Name: george hupka
Email: kath and trev
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 18-Feb-01
Comments:

Me and my Dad fished the ranger run today for about 2 hours and not a nibble.Then we thought we would try our luck up by the on my way store but no luck.We heard of fish being caught by the crossing bridge.And the water was low but a nice colour.

Name: Ryan
Email: rcstanley@telus.net
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 18-Feb-01
Comments:

Hooked 3 mid river only landed one wild of ten lbs on a white 4" dink. They sure are just sipping it though don't sleep and you will hook em

Name: realfisher

Lake or River:stamp
Date: 18-Feb-01
Comments:

water way too low,need rain badly but,landed 2 steelies today anyway.a 6lb. hatchery doe and a 36inch.silver steelie,my biggest one ever. its too bad it was wild or "it"would have been dead meat!

Name: Bugman
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 18-Feb-01
Comments:

Such low water, but so many fish. Went Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat, multiple hookups every day. Good fishing, mostly wild, but lotsa finless ones too. Been everywhere, upper, lower, middle, doesnt matter they sure have been chewin. I dont know why Im even reporting this, Im sure everyone already knows.

Name: parry
Lake or River: stamp
Date: 17-Feb-01
Comments:

lost pure silver steelie at my feet 8a.m.Caught 8lb.wild buck 9am,released carefully, pink worm.beautiful warm day,fresh snow last night on hump.good luck,good fishing,conserve your catch.

Name: sean ortiz
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 17-Feb-01
Comments:

I hit the vedder insearh of my first steelhead.I tried the crossing and had no luck, too many guys saw nothing there so I went to tamahi crossing and no one was there and in about ten cast or so hooked into my first steelie but lost it in a matter of minutes.I guess next week I have to catch a steelhead overall good day

Name: Pat Riebalkin
Lake or River: Chilliwack
Date: 17-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished Gun Barrel and up around the corner to Twin Cedars. One guy said he lost a wild steelie. After catching a whitefish on a Jensen egg and black wool, I tried a 6" pink worm and on the second cast landed and released a 12-lb. wild doe. Poor fish was really scarred up from a seal and had a horrible infected wound just forward of the tail. Hope she makes it through the spawn.

Name: Chris Angerer
Email: chrisangerer@home.com
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 17-Feb-01
Comments:

not a bad day today despite the cold. Hooked and lost one at yarrow, then figured I'd try the gong show at the bridge. Yes there were a lot of idiot's fighting, but after 5 min I got one on that snaped my leader. Ten min later I hooked and landed a 13lb hatchery doe. So I didn't have to spend much time in that mess. All fish took my usual pink worm.

Name: Steelie
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 17-Feb-01
Comments:

Boy!! Was ut ever windy and cold today. Fished down Lickman all the way but did not see anything. Talked to a friend and heard that the Vedder Crossing is at it again. People arguing and fighting- what a gong show!!! People must be desperate for something to tug at that fishing rod!!!

Name: Casey
Email: powerdbyoreos@hotmail.com
Lake or River:Coquitlam
Date: 17-Feb-01
Comments:

Me and Ross "practiced our casting" today water is low i knew the fishing wasnt gonna be good but couldnt resist you could see in to all the runs we fished and they were empty fished from just above doctors down past the airplane park a little.

Name: Steeler2000
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 16-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the frozen tundra today.YIKES !!! Went to my favorite spot and the one idiot on the hole river is standing in the middle of the river beeking off. Its not just the weekends. These jack asses are out there all the time. Saw one caught (hatchery , 7lbs.) Heard of a few others. Without all the preasure and a little bit of presip today , tomorrow might be.......... NAH !! To low , need H2O. Good luck.

Name: Gord
Email: frasergord@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Stamp/Somas
Date: 15-Feb-01
Comments:

First steelhead trip and it was a great two days!!! I landed four and lost one with the two largest 8lbs. One was a chrome doe and one a buck. The other two were around 5-6lbs. Two were hatchery fish and two were wild. Didn't have the heart to bonk any. My fishing partner landed two and my other partner landed one. All sent back unharmed

Name: Backlash
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 15-Feb-01
Comments:

Hit the Vedder, water is low and relatively clear for that system. Fished up to the claybanks, saw that guy's fish, what a beauty. I had one on later in the day, came unpinned though. Hang in there guys, a hard rain's gonna fall.

Name: Ryan
Email: rcstanley@telus.net
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 15-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the vedder this morning and did quite well. Fished the mid river, I fished fast and furious covering all the obvious holding water with a 4" white worm. I walked into a honey hole and hooked 4 fish in 4 casts only landed 3 though.....All wild smallest was about 5 lbs. thats the one I lost. The rest I landed two around 10lbs one around 16 or so. SWEET!

Name: Big Shrimper
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 15-Feb-01
Comments:

This one is hot off the presses. I didn't hit nothing, but I saw a guy hit a beauty hatchery right above the clay bank. Caught and bonked by 9: am

Name: nicole
Email: nicolegoodman@hotmail.com
Lake or River:Fraser
Date: 15-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the fraser for cutthroat on monday - fished gill and mariah, and only one whitefish. There was a nice hatch of some really small black stoneflies (size 12-14), or something that looks like that. No surface activity from any cutts though. There is no water moving through gill now, which is too bad - it used to be a really good piece of water..

Name: Nicole
Email: nicolegoodman@hotmail.com
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 15-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the vedder monday, tuesday, and wednesday; upper water around tamahi, lower water around the railway bridge, and around the vedder bridge. Saw two landed at the railway yesterday, and nothing else.. Then I went up to the vedder bridge, along with about 20 other people - landed one monster wild buck around 17 pounds, and lost another smaller one. The hatchery took my fish for brood stock, as well as another beuatiful chrome doe around 15 pounds.. Lots of unusually large fish around, and lots of wild fish as well, which is good news for the stocks... The river needs rain badly, to spread the fish out.

Name: Mike
Lake or River: Chilliwack
Date: 14-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished 3 days, water low, heard of one caught, however i was fishing from Tamahai up to Thurston. Apparently one was caught about 20lbs on a spoon near the hatchery, seemed like he was telling it straight. Need rain.

Name: mike
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 14-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished mid river from daybreak till noon today,Hit a hog on a brass spoon third cast,easily 18 pounds or more.Also hooked 4 white fish.Some guys came snorkelling by me and said they counted over 20 fish where i was fishing.

Name: Shannon Burbee
Lake or River: Chilliwack
Date: 14-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished in the Ranger Run, and hit a big chromer, It hit a 6" pink rubber worm.

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: coquitlam
Date: 14-Feb-01
Comments:

pounded a section hard way down river water was way down and hella clear.. not even a trout!!! talked to a guy who fished all the way to the mouth and not a touch!!!!

Name: BigShrimper
Lake or River: Chehalis
Date: 13-Feb-01
Comments:

Hit the Chehalis from the bottom to the top and nothing, the river is low and clear as a bell, nobody I talked to got nothing. Went at four to Stave and hit two cutties.

Name: Tom McHugh
Email: vmchugh@intergate.bc
Lake or River: cheakamus
Date: 13-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the cheakamus and squamish rivers monday. No fish caught or seen. Both rivers are low and clear. Didn't see another fisherman all day. Great weather too boot. Lack of fish didn"t matter a bit.

Name: Casey
Email: powerdbyoreos@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Coquitlam river
Date: 13-Feb-01
Comments:

fished for a few hours water was low and clear. no fish needs rain dragged out two shopping carts and one of those big wire spools realy pisses me of to see that kinda crap in the water.

Name: Bernie Chingee
Lake or River: Cap
Date: 12-Feb-01
Comments:

I picked a chrome steeler in the tailout of the big rock pool. It hit peach over chartreuse with a lime cheater.

Name: Sealskin boots
Email: djacklin@netcom.ca
Lake or River: chuck
Date: 12-Feb-01
Comments:

What a day.No Seals.2 under size.We were about to pull gear when snap,70 feet tom mack 50/50 with 17 lbs on the end.Yo baby.Nice, it was a red too!

Name: BigShrimper
Lake or River: Seymour
Date: 11-Feb-01
Comments:

Spent two days on the Seymour, dawn til dusk. Worked it from twin bridges down. Landed one wild fish ( a little five pounder) for my efforts. Tip of the week: When fishing ghost shrimp, take off that big claw, you'll thank me later. Good luck to all you steelheaders and pray for rain.

Name: Parry
Email: pharder@attcanada.ca
Lake or River: Stamp
Date: 11-Feb-01
Comments:

seen 9 fish on,1-hatchery fish kept

Name: Casey
Email: powerdbyoreos@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Big Bar lake
Date: 11-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished big bar this weekend had one fish on didnt fish much becaus I found out how sharp those damn auger blades are first hand. sliced strait through my glove and in to the finger it still hurts. there was a derby last weekend there heard only seven fish were taken it was fun though and real cold.

Name: Ross Golding
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: coquitlam
Date: 11-Feb-01
Comments:

hit under the bridge behind jamers for about an hour.. no steelies to be seen nor heard of small trout chased my roe .but that was about the highlight of the trip!!! anyone know if there is a fish count on the coquitlam????????????? plz email me!!!

Name: terry
Email: tslogscaling@hotmail.com
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 10-Feb-01
Comments:

Yes! I finally caught a steelhead, on a jig saturday afternoon .A 14 pound hatchery buck.This is the first time Ive ever used a jig. Think Ill use them more often.

Name: zippy
Email: nospace99@yahoo.com
Lake or River: Capilano
Date: 10-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the Cap today from 10:00am till 2:00pm from the highway up. Water was low and clear and no fish to be seen. Has anyone fished the Seymore recently, I'm thinking about going there tomorrow.

Name: Skipper
Email: skipper@steelheadheaven.ca
Lake or River: Kalum
Date: 10-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the mouth of the Kalum and landed a Rocky Mountain Whitefish. Beauty day, but no Steelies. The upper and lower are productive.

Name: brad
Lake or River: vedder
Date: 10-Feb-01
Comments:

Had a great morning yesterday.Caught one 12 pound wild buck on my third cast,Also saw over 15 fish hooked.Wont say where i was fishing,Most fish were caught on little pink corkies.Fish mid river you guys,Lots of fish if you can find them

Name: Ocepark
Email: dlfisher@pacificcoast.net
Lake or River: Cowichan
Date: 9-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished with Dave Gunn of River Quest Charters today. Hooked 9 and landed 7. Good day. Water was colored first thing this morning but cleared up later in the afternoon. Fish were around 9 to 12lbs … all were wild and released with care.

Name: Gary
Email: gpennin@hotmail.com
Lake or River:vedder
Date: 9-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished below the railway bridge from 12:00 till dark.Nothing, saw a small hatchery taken. Also saw a pode moving up the channel at dusk,wish I would have been in the water with the spey rod.

Name: Lou
Lake or River:vedder
Date: 9-Feb-01
Comments:

Put some time in, me skunked, heard of a few wild up river.Seen a 15lb bullet weighed @ Fred's.

Name: Treblehook
Email: stever@telus.net
Lake or River:Vedd
Date: 9-Feb-01
Comments:

Hit the vedd from first light till 4 saw one wild fish snagged and properly released and that was it fished whole river. River is low and clear. NEEDS RAIN!!! Managed to nail a buet of a dollie around 4 lbs on a Jensen. I am hitting the CHehalis tomorrow, talked to a few guys that said ti was good yesterday.

Name: peter
Email: bcflyfish@home.com
Lake or River: cowichan river
Date: 8-Feb-01
Comments:

one steelhead. water is low.

Name: Steeler2000
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 7-Feb-01
Comments:

I have been out 8 times this year but haven't reported mainly because I have been skunked, until..yesterday. Water was clear and the wind was bitterly cold in the morning.I saw two landed and released(with the utmost respect for the fish I might add)The water ,for some reason coloured up around 10:30 and the bite was on.Landed and released a 11 lber around 10:00. At 11:15 I beached and released a 15 lber . Both fish wild , but the wait was well worth it.left the river at 12:45 with out fish but with a life time of memories. P.S. Everyone else had given up on the spot but I stuck it out(lucked out?) and let the fish come to me.

Name: Scott
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@telus.net
Lake or River: Chilliwack/Vedder
Date: 6-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the Vedder today. Covered from Boulder down, On the way, as well as the Gun Barrel and the LOWER Vedder Canal where the tides can play a part (apparently). Didn't see anything, nor did we hook anything either. Fairly windy day, and the vis was a bit "better" below the clay banks from yesterday. Was hoping for a spey repeat, but that didn't happen. I'll be back this Thursday with my gear rod most likely. Scott

Name: ROSS AGAIN
Email: rossgolding7@hotmail.com
Lake or River: coquitlam
Date: 5-Feb-01
Comments:

Went to check out the water conditions and looked very good water was up and a good clarity. Lots of water moving through. Didnt have my rod tho i was just passing by!

Name: Scott
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@telus.net
Lake or River: Chilliwack
Date: 5-Feb-01
Comments:

Got out with my spey rod for the very first time today. Hooked and almost landed a 15 pound (cons. estimate) Wild Doe. What a way to enter Spey fishing!! Caught her on a Starlite leech with my camo head. After fighting her for 3 minutes, she managed to pop my albright knot from leader to fly line (I figure I didn't wrap it enough times) after I decided I should horse her a little more to get her in. Water was medium to low with good vis (about 2- 2 1/2 feet vis) below the clay banks. Certainly made my day!! Heard of two other fish in the lower river caught. Scott PS - Mcdicks in Chilliwack is way underutilized, make use of their drive through on your way to the upper river, LOL!

Name: John
Email: johnnym@telus.net
Lake or River: Fraser (Hadzic)
Date: 5-Feb-01
Comments:

Just an awsome two days sturgion fishing on this section of the Fraser. Many fish 7-9 ft. and some we couldn't even get to see. We fought one for over two hours and it would not surface! Gotta hate that eh? Saw one roll,must have been over 11 ft. and thats no shit! I,d best be spoolin, my new TLD-20 with some 90# Dacron and say the hell with the 40# mono. It just won't do.

Name: Peter Horak
Lake or River:
Date: 5-Feb-01
Comments:

Hit the Cap on Sunday. Saw one steel hit. I had one on and lost it. They are there, double down big daddy.

Name: Gerry
Lake or River: Vedder
Date: 5-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the upper/mid/and lower end on Sunday. Water was milky - grey. Fishing was very slow. I ended up with a 15lb hatchery doe caught in the lower end. ATTENTION ALL UNITS: Seal last seen in the vacinity of Vedder crossing bridge, floating down stream to gourge on more Steelhead.

Name: Casey
Email: powerdbyoreos@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Coquitlam
Date: 4-Feb-01
Comments:

Was there for an hour felt bad went home.I fished behind jamers to mcalister ave. water is real nice, green in coulor good visibility could see well in the water with polerized lenses. I wish i felt good enough to stay it looked great. It would be nice if people would stop throwing shopping carts in to the water I saw 4 and only had time to grab one and drag it out they re heavey suckers when you got em in faster water.

Name: Riverrocket
Lake or River:Vedder
Date: 3-Feb-01
Comments:

Wow,what a lot of people.Water is still low but lower river has some good colour.Hit a fish just above Yarrow,gone on first run;gotta set the hook better there.Up to Vedder Crossing,10:40 am;wham,sleepy Bill is into a fish,whoa,18lb wild buck,released to bite again.Another beautiful day on the river.

Name: Casey
Email: powerdbyoreos@hotmail.com
Lake or River: Coquitlam river
Date: 2-Feb-01
Comments:

went to the coquitlam with Ross. We got skunked fished from the top of pipeline to the airplane park. water was good untill we got that big shower flushed a LOT of silt in to the water cleard up after a while fished roe pink worms gooey bobs every thing !!!

Name: Lorenzo
Lake or River: Cowichan
Date: 2-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished bible camp today and down river one steelie about 14 lbs.

Name: Brent
Email: klefler@addax.bc.ca
Lake or River: Cowichan
Date: 2-Feb-01
Comments:

Fished the Cowichan Wednesday and Thursday. The river was high and fast. Not alot of good access for fly casting. Looks like a drift boat is the way to go. No steelhead but 3 rainbow on a stonefly nymph.


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