Name: Ryan
Name: Scott Kirkpatrick
Name: Scott
Email:
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 31-Jan-99
Went in the vedder derby today out of 500 entries 8 fish were caught. The hole time I was
up there from 5:00 to 2:00 it snowed
Name: Cody
Email: cruise@bc.sympatico.ca
Location: Chehalis
Date Posted: 31-Jan-99
We got to the river about 8am...hatchery run was packed (of course!) went downstream and
almost went swimming...not good! Got onto 1 decent but old Coho and released it...no
steelhead :( Got back up to the hatchery and decided to give it a shot, my buddy got a
nice 8# hatchery buck on his 3rd cast...heard the comment 'sh_t'! That was it for the
day...only heard of 1 other caught.
Name: Tom Ferguson
Email: tcferguson@pacificcoast.net
Location: Cowichan River Duncan
Date Posted: 28-Jan-99
The Cowichan has suffered west coast winter steelheading weather. It has rained and snowed
all week and the rivers condition is not good. The river is currently running 2ft higher
than that of last weekend. The water is turbid and brown silty again. One week of no rain
and it will be fishable again. If you are planning a steelhead trip go to the Stamp or the
San Juan. When it does clear up, the upper river will be the place to start. Tightlines
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader
Location:
Date Posted: 27-Jan-99
dear dan a crocodile is a spoon that is used for almost all freshwater species.
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader
Location: coquitlam
Date Posted: 27-Jan-99
went and fished the coquitlam on sunday caught 4 sea run cutty's on small crocodiles with
green back.the biggest fish was around 3 and a half lbs. and the smallest was around a
pound.
Name: Carl Zabarelo
Email: czabar@canada.com
Location: chilliwack-vedder
Date Posted: 26-Jan-99
fished the campground this a.m., nothing, then hit a nice fish just above vedder crossing
bridge.one small problem,just as i set the hook, my new (1month old) shimano calcutta 250
FROZE! the handle wouldn't turn. didn't take the fish long to take advantage, he
left.anyone else ever have this problem with these units? anyway.i changed reels, got 2
more hits both of which i blew.that's fishin!!
Name: Gerry
Email: globenet@dowco.com
Location: Vedder/Chilliwack
Date Posted: 26-Jan-99
Went out to the Vedder on Sunday, water level was fairly low and clear, river seems to be
in excellant fishing shape. There is
however one small problem, there does'nt seem to be any fish to catch!
Name: Tom Ferguson
Email: tcferguson@pacificcoast.net
Location: Cowichan River,Duncan
Date Posted: 24-Jan-99
The Cowichan is in great shape and getting better. Fished both below and above Skutz Falls
and caught one 8 1/2 lb steelhead and two 4-5 lb class steelies. Just below the falls at
theHorse ShoeBend pools there was alot of fishing pressure but no takers. Above the falls
at Bear Creek, the fish I caught were on a large corkie (orange) with a 1/0 hook and a
little bit of white super glow yarn on top of the corkie . Drift boaters are now on the
upper river. Tightlines
Name: fishdoctor
Email:
Location: Suicide Creek
Date Posted: 24-Jan-99
Fished all day on Saturday Jan 23. Used egg patterns and numerous steelhead patterns as
well as some nymphs. Caught 1 lonely little resident rainbow of about 9 inches length...
sigh
Name: Mark
Email: mneedham@direct.ca
Location: South Van. Island
Date Posted: 22-Jan-99
Fished Elk lake and Langford Lakes recently. Must have been a slow day on Langford as not
even a bite (fished wooly bugger near bottom then switched to bloodworm, spratly, etc...)
but still no luck. Went to Elk and fished powereggs and caught my limit in 25 mins
(largest was 2 1/2 pnds). Does anyone have any reports on other south island lakes for fly
or spin fishing? With recent warm spells I am thinking that some of the fish will start to
come nearer the surface and feed on some of the small fly hatches that are occuring..
Thanx and Tight Lines!
Name: Andy
Email:
Location: CUTTIES
Date Posted: 21-Jan-99
IAN: If you want bigger than norm cutts, go to lower campbell lake. There is a place
called loon bay campsite. A 5 min walk from there is a nice sized bay, that now has a
culvert going in to it, there used to be an old trestle bridge there, ( that is how most
people know about it) I have never taken a cutt smaller than 16" there, my largest
being 23.5". There is a deep pocket int the middle of the bay that seems to attract
schools of larger fish. They also spawn there so they have a tendancy to hang around
there. I haven't been there for approx. 4 months but I have been going there for 10 years
and my luck has never changed. I have found that Curvettes always produce, as well as pink
or red rooster tails, ( mepps and panther martins in those colours as well) But I have out
produced lures with the fly many times, especially my self designed minnow patterns.
Name: carl zabarelo
Email:
Location:
Date Posted: 21-Jan-99
fished the chilliwack-vedder system today.river in beautiful shape.broke the leader on one
nice fish at tamahi.saw one 10lb. hatch killed there as well.
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader
Location: gold
Date Posted: 21-Jan-99
andy the gold has been fluctuating in terms of water levels,but it seems that after a good
rain it will push a good bump of fish into the river. they have been catching them on the
usual assortment of gear {spin and glows,colorado spinners,gooey bobs,pink worms and wool)
note: there is a bait ban on this river! do you know any hot places for cutty's right
know. ps: thanx for the info on cutty lures.
Name: Andy
Email: bigbear@mail.island.net
Location:
Date Posted: 20-Jan-99
Attention IAN; I have always found silver backed Curvettes work best for cutthroats, when
I used to spin fish, especially for larger ones. Gold backed ones will work, but not as
well. Ultimately, nothing beats a well designed minnow fly though !!
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader
Location: mouth of fraser
Date Posted: 19-Jan-99
fished mouth of fraser for steelies. caught 3 ranging from 8 to 13 pounds.caught them on
the middle arm at 70 to 85 feet using
downriggers with a flasher and a purple or black hootchie 42 inches behind the flasher. ps
all wild fish were released
Name: Scott
Email: hill_devries@bc.sympatico.ca
Location: Vedder R.
Date Posted: 18-Jan-99
Started fishing at 13:30 at Thurston Meadows. C&R a beaut 10 pound wild on orange
gooey-bob and pink wool.
Name: Ryan
Email:
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 18-Jan-99
Fished the lower end of the river it is not in too bad of shape caught 1 wild steelhead
above the train tracks
Name: Paul
Email: scully@intergate.bc.ca
Location: Vedder River
Date Posted: 18-Jan-99
Fished limit hole today for around 4 hours, no luck. Didnt see anything caught up top at
all. Went down to Allison Pools around
10:00. Landed a real nice hatchery around 9 pounds. Once again caught on a pink gooey bob.
This is the second hatchery ive caught that was missing part of its tail. Other than that is was in beutiful condition. I assume its from seals. Lots of rain today, expect there will be no chance of fishing the lower end at all tomorrow. The fish are there, but they're hard to find.
Name: Tom Ferguson
Email: tcferguson@pacificcoast.net
Location: Stamp River,Vancouver Island
Date Posted: 17-Jan-99
The Stamp is the best fishable river right now, from middle to southern regions of
Vancouver Island. Large numbers of Steelhead are present. The river is alittle high but
still very fishable. Plenty of steelies are being caught below the Stamp Falls. There is
alot of fishing pressure from riverside baitcasters, just below the falls. There are very
few fly fishers right now , but the ones that are present are all using 15+foot spey rods
with fast sink shooting heads. Flies used are mostly weighted egg patterns(pink with
orange eye) and squamish poachers.Most steelies are coming in with fresh roe, but pink and
orange gooey bobs are the #2 choice. Largest steelie I landed today was 5lbs. Bring your
rain gear and tightlines.....
Name: Tom Ferguson
Email: tcferguson@pacificcoast.net
Location: Cowichan River,Duncan
Date Posted: 16-Jan-99
The Cowichan is still high and muddy. Late spawning Coho's and some Steelhead have managed
to make it past Skutz Falls, and are catchable from the 70.2 Mile bridge to the falls.
Pink worms,BC orange Gooey Bob's, and red Spin"n" Glows have produced. If you
are a hearty winter steelheader, the Cowichan will be in shape within a week of good
weather. One brave sole launched a drift boat at Lake Cowichan and drifted the upper
river. No luck though. Forget flyfish right now the river is too fast and dirty. I'll keep
you posted..... Tightlines
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader
Location: vedder
Date Posted: 15-Jan-99
fished limit pool this morning caught an 8 pound hatchery steelie on a red and white wool
combo.[white was in the front] steve some good wool combos that have been succesful for me
are the pink lady with a bit of white wool in the front,after the river has risen quickley
i will sometimes use green wool,but all in all the best producer is red and white or the
pink lady. ps douse anybody know anything about the chehalis in terms of coho,steelies and
cutthroat.
Name: John
Email: jhall@kootenay.net
Location: Kootenay Lake
Date Posted: 15-Jan-99
Jan.15/99 --The last 6 times in December on the lake we boated Rainbow from 10 to 22 1/2
pounds using polar bear flies, 160 feet of line and trolling 3 miles per hour, mostly in
heavy weather,on the surface.
Name: The Law
Email:
Location: Thompson
Date Posted: 14-Jan-99
Message for Brian, Sorry Brian, nice try. You are 14 days too late to fish the Thompson.
River is closed to all angling from Jan.1 to Mar 31. Wetting a line will get you a stiff
fine and all your gear confiscated. If you happen to catch and kill a fish the C.O. will
also likely confiscate your vehicle and everything else you used for fishing. Suggest you
try one of the rivers in the Lower mainland.Beautiful, uncrowded locations with reliable
water flows (smirk).
Name: ian
Email: beck_brent
Location: gold
Date Posted: 13-Jan-99
to andy the gold has been fishing well lately,espesially after a day of high water.they
are catching them on little pink spin and glows as well pink or washed out coloured worms.
note: there is a bait ban on this river. tight lines
Name: ian
Email:
Location: gold
Date Posted: 13-Jan-99
to andy the gold has been fishing well lately,espesially after a day of high water.they
are catching them on little pink spin and glows as well pink or washed out coloured worms.
note: there is a bait ban on this river. tight lines
Name: Paul
Email: scully@intergate.bc.ca
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 11-Jan-99
Started fishing top end at first light at the Limit Hole. Caught one twelve pound
hatchery, friend lost a nice fish, unsure as to whether it was wild or not. Better luck
next time Gary. Carried on to just above Allison Pool, caught a real nice wild one around
13 pnds. In all had a great day, can't say the same for alot of the other die hards out
there. River seems to be shaping up nicely, even being high, has good color. Caught all
fish on hot pink gooey bobs.
Name: matthew
Email:
Location: seymore river
Date Posted: 11-Jan-99
went there not to much happening managed to hook 2 steelhead with the fly and one broke my
rod in-half. upper pitt made my
weekend though went up there with tom johanisin mark pendlinton and dan jarick , thigt
lines
Name: matthew
Email: matthewbemtley@home.com
Location: upper pitt river
Date Posted: 11-Jan-99
was up at the upper pitt on saturday caght a hole bunch of big cutts on the fly [ egg
patterns ] also caght a very large resident
rainbow landed a large dolly of about 4-5 lbs and hooked on about 6 - 9 lbs but he broke
me off
Name: ian
Email:
Location: coquitlam river
Date Posted: 11-Jan-99
went to coquitlam on saturday caught 3 nice cutty's on small colorado spinners.river was
on the high side.went by the river on sunday and it was puking chocolate. tight lines.
Name: Geoff McDonell
Email:
Location: Lower Mainland
Date Posted: 10-Jan-99
In response to the earlier posting about winter lake fishing in the lower mainland,I
recommend the Florence Lake Forestry road
stretch north from the Stave Falls Dam above Hayward Lake. There are four lakes, Devils,
Sayres, Morgan and Florence as you head north on this road, and Sayres has vehicle access
to an old dock site at the south west end, although finding the right turn-off into it can
be a challenge. The other three lakes are walk-in access so are best fished with a float
tube. Devils Lake is stocked with Cutts while Sayres, the biggest lake, has a prison camp
fish hatchery on it at the SE end and has a mix of Brookies and Rainbows. Morgan and
Florence Lakes are catch and release only and are sometimes quite moody. I like the outlet
creek end of Morgan as well as the island bay at the inlet creek end (northwest corner).
Mike Lake (Golden Ears Park north of Maple Ridge) and Rolley Lake (west of Maple Ridge,
and the way to Stave Falls Dam) are also fair bets as they are regularly stocked and
easily accessible.
Cheers.
Name: dan
Email: dtholmes@interchange.ubc.ca
Location: Chehalis
Date Posted: 10-Jan-99
My friend and I went to the Chehalis yesterday (Jan 9/99) and spent the entire day vainly
casting sundry steelhead and egg pattern flies in the water only to come up with NOTHING.
The method in common use (float, weight and neon wool with spin-cast rod) was bringing
some skaggy looking Salmon in near the hatchery. However, I am wondering what on earth we
are doing wrong with the fly rods that we are unable to catch even the occasional fish in
the winter. The summer seems to treat us better. What are we doing wrong?
Name: brew
Email:
Location: vedder
Date Posted: 10-Jan-99
started out at vedder crossing and went down to peach rd.Didn't see one fished touched,
went up river once river turned into milkshake from rain.Heard of one fish touched at alyson pools..
Name: Greg Leche
Email: rleche@sprint.ca
Location: Vedder River
Date Posted: 8-Jan-99
Hey Greg, Did you mean Steelhead? If you meant Sockeye there aren't any in the Vedder
River in February but they are in there in the summer. Along with the Red Springs.
Name: chum
Email: deb@intergate.bc.ca
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 7-Jan-99
Thanks RFoster, now i don't feel so bad!. Fished all my life and never lost, broke ,
thrashed, a rod. Then a big ass spring comes along and decides its time this guy has to
get a new one . Anyway , went to the upper Vedder the other day and didn't get so much as
a sniff. Nor did anyone out there I seen get anything.
Name: matthew
Email:
Location: chihalis
Date Posted: 3-Jan-99
got a crap load of coho and 2 steelhead down by the bridge before the hatchery. 1
steelhead came out of a side chanle down there and the other just of a seam at the mouth
of the channle. most the coho and both steelhead came on a single ornge egg with baby pink
wool. 10 or so coho came on a colorado with a french blade under a float
Name: matthew
Email: matthewbentley@home .com
Location: vedder
Date Posted: 3-Jan-99
went to vedder on saurday hooked one fish just below the bridge at vedder crossing on a
pink worm hooked another fish at alice pool[at lest i think thats its name]and landed a
nice 10 - 12 wild doe down at luckman road[the big pool above the train bridge]. last two
fish came on peach and chartreuse wool with a roe bag.[peach was the leading color on the
wool]
Name: Brian Losie
Email: plosie@netscape.net
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 3-Jan-99
Spent the day enjoying the sunshine at Vedder. We started the morning downstream of the
"MT. Slesse" trailer park with no
success and witnessed no other fish strikes for the handful of other anglers. Stopped at
"Fred's" in Sardis to stock up on roe sacs and got the report that the Lickman
road area had seen a lot of success (20 steelies reported, and 6 weighed in) before lunch.
Headed there forthwith ( or was it fifthwith ?) and tried below the parking lot then went
to an inviting looking area north along the dyke road and just before the rail Xing...
Left around 3 with an empty creel. Should have fished the early shift! Bl
Name: TYLER
Email:
Location: VEDDER
Date Posted: 2-Jan-99
Went to the Vedder today, saw three Steelhead landed. Caught on of my own ten pounds,I
caught it on orange and white wool, bottom bouncing in a deep pool on Lickman road.
Name: Geoff McDonell
Email:
Location: Chehalis River
Date Posted: 2-Jan-99
A beautiful clear, cool day on the Chehalis produced a couple of semi-spent Coho, and a
couple of mouldy ones, no Steelhead or Cutts. I was targetting the Cutts with my 6 wt. fly
rod using a peach yarn and small glo-bug fly, fishing downstream from the
Hatchery. The hatchery zone was quite crowded, but a 200 meter walk downstream provided
relatively quiet runs and pools with maybe one or two other guys passing once an hour. One
guy says he got a wild Steelhead in the run just in front of the campsite on the NW side
of the bridge just before the canyon, didn't see anyone else catch anything while I went
by. The Cutts are smart, they are all stacked up in the hatchery channel along with a few
Steelhead and some ripening Coho, kind of neat to see. Lots of Eagles, Herons, Goldeneye,
and Gulls, a real nature walk. Cheers.
FEB 99
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@bc.sympatico
Location: Veddar
Date Posted: 28-Feb-99
Went to the veddar about 3 days ago (the 25th), did some fishing all over the river, tryed
many spots like i haven't in the past, but I noticed that the allison pool (i think thats
what it is called) was very productive (its the spot where you park your car in campsites
between slesse creek and the bridge that crosses the river). I lost one, and I saw a guy
nail 2 steelies there all in the afternoon around 12-3. Pink/white glowing corkies with a
little bit of peach wool appear to be working with about a 2-3 foot leader with a descent
sized test (10-12, with 15 pound mainline). The water appeared to be calm but steady in
some places at the spot i was at, and it appears to be the best way to let your corkie set
so the fish get the most amount of time to see it if they are there. The best spots I feel
are where it is narrow, and not too deep and very clear, as this forces the fish to swim
in a very cramped enviroment and this helps you cover the river the most effectively with
your setups. The wider and deeper the river, the harder it is on you, make it easy on
yourself. pull out your polarized sunglasses and look for them too! the shades aren't just
to look.
Name: Slit-Shot Charters
Email: splitsht@netidea.com
Location: Kootenay Lake
Date Posted: 25-Feb-99
Rainbow up to 24 lbs, caught on large beak bill normans and water dogs. Blacks, purples
and blues. Long thin polar bear flies, which are tied by Mike at Split-Shot. Try green,
blues, black and red, on surface at 1.8 to 2.2 miles an hour. Dolly Varden to 19 lbs on
waterdogs with 100 yards of line out and your lure will run 20-25 feet deep.
Name: Tom Ferguson
Email: tcferguson@pacificcoast.net
Location: Cowichan River,Duncan
Date Posted: 24-Feb-99
The Cowichan still has high water conditions and water clearity is in the milty stage. The
upper river(Skutz Fallls to 70.2 mile bridge) area is the only fishable part of the river.
Drift boaters have had succes at the heads of most deep pools using orange gooeys and
orange/ red corkies with alittle white wool on them. The river has not yet had a few days
without rain. March will be the month for fly fishing the steelies. Try dark patterns at
first then when the water slows down, lowers,and clears try eggs and stoneflies. Tight
lines
Name: Jim
Email: crssmith@compuserve.com
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 23-Feb-99
Fished the Peach rd and Lichman rd today. Saw two hatchery fish caught and heard of two
more caught about 8am. Fishing was great but catching was real slow.
Name: Red Carey
Email: redcarey@hotmail.com
Location: Sidney, Victoria
Date Posted: 23-Feb-99
Been out a couple of times on the chuck the last 2 weeks. At sydney channel we were
fishing 10 feet of bottom with a 4 inch chartreuse and pearl coyote spoon with a glow army truck flasher, and a green glow
anchovie special with a glow flasher. The coyote picked up a half dozen 1/2" to small
springs and the anchovie took one 10lbs spring. At the Victoria waterfront we had the same
kind of luck with the coyote spoon at 90 feet and the anchovie at 120 to 180. Also had
good success with a clover leaf hootchie. The 10lbs spring had a 7" herring in its
stomach whole.
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader1@hotmail.com
Location:
Date Posted: 23-Feb-99
went to the chehalis yesterday down by the aquarium ,river has good visability, managed to
beach 2 cutty's on a croc and a flatfish in the mornin.in the afternoon went up by the
hatchery run and got skunked up there but my buddy got a 13 lb hatchery on 6 inch pink
worm.when we opened it up it had 6 luhr jensen eggs,wool,half a pink worm and salmon fry
in it,the salmon fry still have there egg sacks on.
Name: dave
Email:
Country: can.
Location: vedder
Date Posted: 22-Feb-99
well you know you are having a lousy year for steelhead when you are the only guy on the
river and you still get skunked and to top it off you go for a swim in the drink!!this is
one year to forget ...
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader1@hotmail.com
Location:
Date Posted: 22-Feb-99
fished chehalis in the canyon caught 1 cutty on #5 colorado spinner,saw one wild steely
caught on a hot pink gooey bob.the river is a bit on the high side and it has a nice shade
of aqua green.
Name: sam
Email:
Location:
Date Posted: 21-Feb-99
greg-they probably release them above the slides because this is where the water is
cleanest.a large(so they say)snowpack on the mountains should give the little
guys(&girls)a fast ride down to the sea when it melts.
Name: doug
Email: chevy250
State: wa
Country: US
Location: skagit/sauk
Date Posted: 21-Feb-99
Drifted the sauk yesterday saw one dolly caught, the peak of the season is about 3 weeks
away then it is catch and release. Skagit was pretty slow to I heard
Name: Derek
Email:
Location: chwk/vedder
Date Posted: 21-Feb-99
Greg the spring freshet is the runoff from melting snow in the spring usually making the
river very high without having very much
rain.yesterday i lost a nice hatchery fish. broken leader!!!!
Name: Greg
Email: gnl@uniserve.com
Location: Vedder/Chilliwack
Date Posted: 20-Feb-99
I found the following on the Steelheader page regarding the Vedder: In these conditions
many anglers seek steelhead in the upper reaches of the river - above the Slesse slides.
Hatchery personnel are now adipose clipping ‘97 coho brood stocks to be released in
May. When released these smolts are typically 20 grams in size. This spring 1.8 million
white chinook smolts will be released as well as 450,000 red chinook and 130,000 steelhead
smolts. It looks likely to be a good spring freshet adding good conditions for the
releaseof these smolts. Above the Slesse slides? I don't understand. I thought the fishing
boundary on the Chilliwack river was at Slesse Creek? What do they mean when they say
"good spring freshet"?
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader1@hotmail.com
Location:
Date Posted: 18-Feb-99
dear guy who found dead cutty.there are sea lampreys and hagfish[both do the same thing]
but they are found in the ocean near the bottom. i have caught rockcod that have had
lampreys on them.
Name: dan
Email: dtholmes@unixg.ubc.ca
Date Posted: 17-Feb-99
Bruce... whatcha usin': fly, spinner, gooey-bob ?
Name: bruce fournier
Email: brucef@uniserve.com
Location: fraser
Date Posted: 17-Feb-99
hi sunday feb 14 (oops) catching lots of cutthroat in the back waters and in the main
river close to shore at gill road. lots of room to fish and easy access. late in the day
has been best for me.
Name: Anonymous
Email:
Location: Comox Lake / Cruikshank River
Date Posted: 17-Feb-99
I went to th ecruikshank to try my luck for monster cutties and bows, lost one nice cutt
approx 6 lbs. on a white muddler, # 4
streamer hook. Found a dead cutthroat washed up on the river bank and it measured 29"
!! It had a hole in it's side and was probably 2 or 3 days old. Lampreys ?
Name: Silver Shadow
Email:
Location:
Date Posted: 17-Feb-99
I went to the puntledge river today to catch some of the twenty or thirty 3-5 pound
cutthroats that I have seen while snorkling the river, year round, in the same stretch of
water each time, to find that the river has been closed to ALL fin fishing. So, don't go
there :-)
Name: luke
Email:
Location:
Date Posted: 17-Feb-99
Troutmaster, 'bow' refers to a rainbow trout in fisherman's lingo
Name: Carl Zabarelo
Email:
Location: Cheakamus
Date Posted: 16-Feb-99
tried up&down this river today,looking for dollies.no luck.river VERY low,VERY
clear.smolts present throughout.
Name: Dallas
Email: donjanb@direct.ca
Location: Sayres Lake
Date Posted: 16-Feb-99
Hey everyone! I went fishing yesterday (Feb 15) and I had a great time. I caught a giant
22 inch 5pd 12oz football of a 'bow!! The brute nailed a sz12 Brayshaws Fancy. February
seems to produce the biggest trout of the year for me. Last Feb. I caught an 18 inch, 4
pounder out of Rolley L. Of course, you have to brave the freezing water, wind, and blue
body parts, but the rewards are well worth it. Tight Lines!!
Name: stephen hatalcik
Email: hat@cancom.net
Location: Arrow lake
Date Posted: 14-Feb-99
Fishing slow as the calm days seem to keep the fish down deep. Some action at morning and
evening
Name: dave
Email:
Location: vedder
Date Posted: 14-Feb-99
started at 7:30am and fished at vedder crossing down to peach and covered every inch of
that water using wool and pink worm and got skunked!At the same time though I didn't see
anyone else touch anyhing either.The fish must of known that it was my day off so they
took one too!I'll get'em next time....
Name: Mike
Email:
Location: gold
Date Posted: 12-Feb-99
Fished the Gold today, had a great day hit 18 and beached 9 on pink worms . The water was
starting to come up from all the run off but is still pretty clear. Saw another man in a
yellow rain coat at the lake pool in the canyon get a few on a corkie.
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader@hotmail.com
Location: vedder
Date Posted: 11-Feb-99
went to lickman road yesterday and found that it was crowded as hell, so i walked up the
river for 25 minutes and caught one small wild[about 5lbs] on a 4 inch pink worm, also
caught a dolly and released it. greg not all of us have the privelages to fish the nice
relatively uncrowded [except for a few pools] vancouver island rivers, out here on the
vedder fish spook relatively easy and if you wear some bright yellow rain gear etc. it
douse make a difference!
Name: Cody
Email:
Location: vedder
Date Posted: 11-Feb-99
Fished the upper stretches on Monday, nuthin. went downstream by Keith Wilson bridge, no
one there! It was nice! Hooked into one and lost it in the air :( Nice jump tho!
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader@hotmail.com
Location: chehalis
Date Posted: 9-Feb-99
fished the chehalis yesterday below the hatchery run it was crowded. managed to catch a
summer run 2 cutty's on spinners underneath a float. river was in good condition
Name: Norm Domagala
Email: FshrNorm@aol.com
Location: Vancouver Island Rivers
Date Posted: 8-Feb-99
Just looking for a spot to catch and release Steelhead. Please help I am a fly fisher
looking for a place to catch a winter Steelie. I fell in love with Vancouver Island this
fall and really would like to come back up and enjoy your fishing. I havent had any luck
yet as were and when to come up, Im not a fish hog and will respect any your fishing spots
and fisher people any info at all will be greatly helpfull. Thank you,,,, Norm Domagala
Name: Tom Ferguson
Email: tcferguson@pacificcoast.net
Location: Koksilha River,Shawnigan Lake Area
Date Posted: 7-Feb-99
Since the Cowichan is still a blow out, I decided to try Koksilah River. High water and
steep river banks make this river hard to navigate into. However, the river is somewhat
clear. Fished below provincial campsite and caught an Atlantic salmon! Those dam fish
farms. The water is still too fast for flyfishing but okay for bait casting. My
recommendation is to plan for the Cowichan and leave this river for the Chinook and Coho
season only. On the Island things are pretty slow in the rivers except the Stamp, do to
bad storms and lots of rain. Tightlines everyone.
Name: matthew
Email: matthewbentley@home.com
Location: Aloutte river
Date Posted: 4-Feb-99
i was out on the aloutte on saterday for a few before the sunn went down. i managed to
catch 1 steelhead and 3 or 5 cutty's they came on roe bags and a single jension egg.. my
biggest cutty was about 3-4 lbs. my freind and I were up at davidsons today and he caght a
7-8 lb cutty i caght on about 3lbs and a steelhead!! every thing came on jensoneggs exsept
my steelhead witch i caght on my lure the " Gooey Ghost" one more for my lure!!!
Name: Dave W
Email: dmwillis@sfu.ca
Location: Vedder river
Date Posted: 3-Feb-99
Fished the Vedder this morning along the clay banks, we pounded it hard all morning,
without a touch. The water was real nice though, I saw one being weighed in at Fred's that the guy got from the bottom end, but it seemed to be a slow day from what I could gather.
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader@hotmail.com
Location:
Date Posted: 3-Feb-99
the bait ban has been lifted on the stamp but still remains on the gold!!!
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader@hotmail.com
Location: chehalis
Date Posted: 3-Feb-99
went to chehalis on feb 2, river was high and tea coloured.caught 2 cutty and one stale
coho on a luhr jensen egg with white wool at front of egg.i was fishing up at the canyon
and saw a guy take a swim in the river,luckily he got out before he got to the rapids down
below
Name: dan
Email: dtholmes@unixg.ubc.ca
Location:
Date Posted: 2-Feb-99
Fished the chilliwack R on Saturday. Chocolate brown and no fish to be found. Used crocs,
egg patterns and a mickey finn.
Name: matthew
Email: matthewbentley@home.com
Location: vedder and chihalis rivers
Date Posted: 1-Feb-99
Went and fished the derby on the vedde river on sunday. it was a classic day for winter
steelheading. If you were out there you would know it was snowing pretty hard! ok heres my
storey. after geting picked up about 25 min late me and my fishing partner made our plans
of were we were going to go. we got to fred's tackle around 7:30 am. after picking up our
cards we went to go start the car. CATHUNK went the engien when it turned over. as it
turned out the battery was dead. after trying to push start it we were asked by a man in a
ford diesel after geting are car going and thanking the man in the truck we went to go
find a battery. after looking just about every were we fund a place about 5 min from
luckman road."we are on are way" i said to my self. we were going down to
luckman road. getting covered with that wet snow while puting on our waders we were
fishing. after catching a rock and roleing a steelhead {no amount of casting could get it
to come back}. we decided to go to up river after seeing bolder run by the bridge we
decided to go up more to alice pool. after fishing with roe bags and hooking another fish
i switched over to this new rubber lure i invented {witch i call the gooy goast}. hooked
another fish in that pool that drops out of that minne canyon i skipped the next pool to
fish the one were the side channle comes out. after talking to a man who just landed a
nice steelhead i began fishing with my " prototype " lure. on my first cast i
hooked a wild buck steelhead that every on estimated at 16 - 18lbs.after taking a few
pictures i relesed it.i went down river to the set of pools by the clay banks and catching
another wild steelhead of about 12 - 14lbs that was bullet crome{ my first one was a
little colored} we departed from the vedder to chihalis river. we went in to fish the
hatchery pool. on my therd cast i hooked a cutty of about 4 - 5lbs. and loseing it we went
down river and managed to land a few old coho and a brite 12lb 6oz. hatchery buck
steelhead witch I kept. all in all it was a good day for me my.partner managed to scwander
a gooy goast out of me and got a nice 8-10lb. wild steelhead chihalis steelhead. all in
all it was a good day for my gooey goast. it semses to catch a lot of fish.big or small
if you want any infermation about my gooey goast e - mail me at matthewbentley@home.com
thanks and tight lines Matthew
March
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@bc.sympatico.ca
Location: Veddar
Date Posted: 30-Mar-99
Oh and by the way, I nailed my fish on a pink/white glowing corkie with a little bit of
peach wool. I think corkies right now are the most productive, I'm not saying that b/c i
caught one fish on them today, but also b/c everyone i have seen catch fish has nailed
them on corkies. Worms dont seem to be working as well. And by the way, the veddar was
crystal clear today. I had my polarized glasses on and could see everything. The water
level is also a lot lower then it was before. Its back to late autumn levels of last
year.Tight lines people.
Name: Scott
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@bc.sympatico.ca
Location: Veddar
Date Posted: 30-Mar-99
Fished the veddar today, just got home and took off my waders about 5 minutes ago,
anyways, great day in general. Fished about a Km down from the hatchery, (fort apache, is
that right, the spot where everyone is packed tightly near that pool??) Anyways, I fished
a bit up from that spot, found this great spot where the steelhead like to sit, and I saw
too older guys there and I asked how they did, and they said they caught 7 steelies total.
They left a while later, and me and my buddy took their spots, and I nailed a 6 pound
hatchery buck, and my buddy had about a 10-12 pound on one on but lost it. My other buddy
who fished downstream a bit more nailed a 10 pounder. hatchery doe as well. We both let
them go, I have no reason to keep a steelhead, I dont eat fish nor do I know how to cook
it well. But people were slaying them all day today. People, bait casters, esp, take
advantage of the next few days on the veddar, b/c as of april, only fly fishing is allowed
on the veddar until red spring season, and fly fishing isn't exactly as good as
baitcasting gear on the veddar for steelhead. Oh, and I also went to lickman road earlier
in the morning, saw a bunch of people there, but nothing was happening, thats why I moved.
I think last weeks lickman fest all moved up stream. Anyways, tight lines.
Name: Cody
Email:
Location: Chilliwack
Date Posted: 30-Mar-99
Fished the Chwk last Friday. Started up near Ft. Apache about 12:30, a few other guys
there. Used a pink worm for awhile thru a run...nuthin. Switched to jensen egg and wool,
1st cast hit about a 12# hatch doe! landed and fished some, more, moved
downstream for a bit, came back to the spot, 3rd cast, into another, about a 14# hatch
doe!! What a great day! 2 hatchery does in less than on hour! My buddy wasn't as lucky
tho. Saw sun, rain, snow, sun...nice day on the river, weather didn't matter at all! The
first one still had lice on her. Tight lines everyone!
Name: Jim
Email:
Location: Vedder/Chilliwack
Date Posted: 28-Mar-99
Fished the Vedder March 28. I hit about fifteen different spots and did not see a fish.
Everyone that I talked to had not seen a fish.Oh well, at least the sun came out after the
10 minute snow shower!! Tight lines.
Name: John
Email:
Location: Cowichan River
Date Posted: 28-Mar-99
Howdy-doo! Lots of steelhead being caught below Scutz Falls. The water is starting to
clear up. Use big bright lures such as Spin-n-Glows or bait(roe). Fly fishing for bows and browns is doing very well.
Name: Scott
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@bc.sympatico.ca
Location: Veddar
Date Posted: 26-Mar-99
hey all, just wondering if anyone has any reports on the veddar, I'm gonna head up there
within the next week either this next
tuesday or next friday and i'm just wondering how the fishing is, I hear the fishing is
HUGE right now for steelhead, and I'm interested in where people feel the all time best
spot is on the veddar. See, from my experience, I feel the best spot is alice/alison pool,
I like it cuz its fairly well known, but not too packed, and its also very very clear, and
shallow and packed, which makes the fish easy to nail if they are there, but I hear right
now the best spot is lickman road, because thats where the steelhead tend to spawn right
now. I know the run peeks around now, but then I have a friend saying that the lickman
road area is just packed and shallow, and that if you want to watch your float go put put
put down the river, then its pointless in going. I've alwasy known that steelhead like to
sit in fast water..not slow water, unless lickman road realy is hwere they spawn,
any second opinions as to where everyone feels the best spot on the veddar is right now??
Just wondering, sorry for the paragraph essay, but strategy in fishing is just as
important as the fish itself. Thanks, tight lines.
Name: Wayne
Email: wayne.chen@usa.net
Location: Any
Date Posted: 25-Mar-99
Hello, Everybody... I am new in town. My brother and I are planning to go fishing this
weekend but we really don't know where to go. I was wondering if you guys could suggest
some places. Anywhere within like a couple of hours drive from Vancouver is fine. Looking
for some 'bows and ctuthroats. If you could include the directions of where to go, I would
really appreciate it. Still don't know the town that well. Thanks for any inputs and I
will surely post the report after this weekend. Thanks, tight lines. Wayne
Name: Dallas
Email: donjanb@direct.ca
Location: Davis Lake
Date Posted: 24-Mar-99
Hey everyone... Just got back from Davis L. I found that there are few fish in this lake.
From what I hear Salsbury L (which is further up the road) has a lot more fish.
Unfortunately the road is still covered in snow pack 3ft deep. As a side note, Davis Lake
is used by the local party animals and as a result not very peaceful or clean. Tight lines
and Good luck!!
Name: chris bennion
Email: grandpa_13@hotmail.com
Location: salmon arm
Date Posted: 24-Mar-99
the red sockeye where spoted heading northeast to spawn very late in season
Name: Matthew
Email: matthewbentley@home.com
Location: Alloute river
Date Posted: 23-Mar-99
I was out on my spring brake and fished down through the intier river from 216th. to
Glacure every day [exept for 2 days when i was sick and my dad wouldn't let me go!]All
week i hooked up with 21 fish in 7 days of fishing. I landed 16 of thoughs fish they came
on jenson eggs with wool, roe bags [steelhead and coho eggs], colorados , my gooey ghost
and bugs. Also caght alot of cutty's on jensons and the smaller roe bags. tight lines
Matthew
Name: Fishcatcher
Email:
Location:
Date Posted: 21-Mar-99
Steely I see you found one of the productive areas on the Vedder.Other areas are the Limit
hole up stream {just below hatchery}, Alison pools and Fort Apache. As for lures well I
tell ya pink {bubble gum} wool by it's self or blended {white peach etc.} is a producer.
Scott, as for "second hand reports", I've been there when my friends have been
doing the chatching.
Name: Steely
Email:
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 21-Mar-99
Went to the Vedder today from 8 am to 3pm. I fished from Bergman Road through Lickman Road
down to the Railway bridge. All together, I saw at least 25 fish hooked, 4 hatchery taken.
I hooked 2 wild ones (12 and 16 pounders). One bright silver doe and one rainbow coloured
buck. Both caught on roe. Water level was excellent. Visibility around 1.5 to 2 feet. Give
it a shot, it's worth it!!!
Name: dan
Email: dtholmes@interchange.ubc.ca
Location: Gold Creek
Date Posted: 21-Mar-99
Super Fly, I have fished Gold Creek quite a bit and I find that it is really good in late
may, june and early to mid july. After that it does not seem to produce a whole lot for me
as the dreaded squaw (spelling?) fish enters the now warm waters. Fish tend to be in the
8-15 inch range: cuts and bows. You can't keep anything there of course except on the off
chance that it is a hatchery fish. However, the mouth of Gold Creek can be really nice at
times in the summer provided that it is not over-run with irresponsible campers who litter
their garbage and dirty diapers all over the park and bait fishermen who don't have the
presence of mind to clean up their beer-cans and styrofoam worm containers. A message to
worm-users: don't leave your worm container at the lake and remember that it does not go
away if you hide it (and your empty Doritos bag) under rocks. Sorry, got side-tracked on a
tyrade against irresponsible selfish fishermen. Good Luck Dan
Name: Brian Losie
Email:
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 21-Mar-99
My buddy and I took the kids to the 'gravel piles' upstream of the Vedder Campground.
Fished an area upstream of where we had success in Nov, with the BIG springs. The flooding
of the river in Dec and Jan. had altered the flows and we found a great (looking) tailout
with fairly clear water. Unfortunately, looks are deceiving and after 4 hours, we gave up.
Tried again below Keith Wilson bridge but low water levels ( and antsy kids) made us head
for home early. Bl
Name: Super Fly
Email:
Location: jacobs lk.
Date Posted: 20-Mar-99
Good day. Really wanting to catch some fish down here but I don't know where to go. I
recently moved down to langley from vernon and have been going through withdrawls from the
lack of action on the end of my rod. We tried Ruskin Dam for some steeley's But no luck
.If anyone knows of a good lake to do some bellyboating in it would be a great help. Could
anyone tell me how the fishing is in jacobs lake . I flew over it the other day and saw a
few people in belly boats and I'm wanting to check it out myself but if the fishing is no
good I wont bother.Also Gold creek off of alouette lake I herd of some good Cutthroat in
there but my source is not very reliable. Keep your fly on the water, Super Fly
Name: Greg
Email: gnl@uniserve.com
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 17-Mar-99
I was in Fred's Tackle in Chilliwack the other day and noticed a bag containing the
stomach contents of a Steelhead. It had some plastic worms, gooey bobs and single Jensen
eggs. My question is this. How would the fish ever digest or excrete this. Do these baits
end up remaining in their stomach or are they made of a materials that break down? It
seems like these baits are very detremental to the health of the fish if they do not break
down, and I would imagine rather difficult to excrete.
Name: rodbender
Email: rodbender@canada.com
Location:
Date Posted: 16-Mar-99
fished the chilliwack river today.cloudy below the clay banks,clear above.no bites,saw no
fish,talked to no one who had seen anyone with a fish,what's new?for all the talk of
record returns i think this year has been lousy.the guys in the tackle stores are full of
hot air.there just aren't the fish there were in the past,every year less&less.anybody
who tells you different is probably "in the business",that is to say trying to
make money out of you.well good luck to them,with the population of the valley supposed to
double in the next 10-20 yrs somebody will make some i'm sure.
Name: Colin
Email: troutking
Location: Bear/Mayo lakes
Date Posted: 13-Mar-99
I went to Bear lake for an hour or so, but on a nymph and a Metric spinner, I did'nt get
one bite. On my way home, I stopped at Mayo lake and cast a worm into the murky water. The
trout were rising but I could'nt get a bite. I put on a small pink Panther-Martin and got
bites on each of my first 3 casts. On the fourth cast, I landed a plump 10-inch rainbow.
It took a while, but i finally got my first trout of 1999.
Name: Scott
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@bc.sympatico.ca
Location: Fishing derby
Date Posted: 11-Mar-99
Hey people, anyone here hear about the fishign derby may long weekend up in the interior?
this year its up at a lake by williams
lake< i can't remember the name, but I'm going to it, my friend from work and some of
his buds are going, Anyone else hear about it or going to it? Apparently they got a LOT of
them bows in that there lake, avg size 3-4 pounds which isn't bad I guess. Anyways, tight
lines.
Name: Scott
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@bc.sympatico.ca
Location: Seymour
Date Posted: 11-Mar-99
People, I went through the periodicals at my college today, and I was going through the
outdoor canada's hot spots of 98 and they said that the seymour was actually a hotspot,
the seymour river??? they say huge amounts of salmon come through it each year along with
a lot of cutthroat and a lot of steelhead, cna anyone confirm this? I find this hard to
believe with how shallow the river can become at some times, but I would believe it if you
told me a lot of chum went up it. anyways, laters peoples, I'm going to the capilano on
saturday around noon, I'm gonna park at the hatchery and walk my way down..good luck
ppl..tight lines.
Name: rodbender
Email: rodbender@canada.com
Location:
Date Posted: 11-Mar-99
fished the cheakamus,very low&clear.my buddie caught a resident rainbow.i like this
river because it's C&R only.crowds still there though.
Name: R.C.
Email: redcarey
Location: Elk Lake
Date Posted: 11-Mar-99
Fished Elk lake this mourning from 9:30 to 11:30. It was pretty slow but i managed to hook
one silver rainbow of 16 inches on a #10 black wooly bugger. Was using a type 2 uniform
sink line down to a 3 lbs tippet. There was quite a large amount of midges coming off the
water. The chironomids ran from a size 8 to a 12 in black and olive. No luck with any of
my patterns. The lake also seems to be starting to turn over. Pretty cold for the feet
still in a float tube.
Name: Paul
Email: scully@intergate.bc.ca
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 11-Mar-99
Went to the top end, Alison Pool area, yesterday. Never touched a fish all day. Saw two
others hooked and quickly lost. Looked like they had some size to them. River is low and
clear. Hoping for some rain to get that March run moving. This is always my favorite month
to fish Steelies. Has anyone had any luck fish below the Lickman Road area? Last year I
did well there, but haven't visited it much.
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader1@hotmail.com
Location:
Date Posted: 11-Mar-99
my buddy went to the canyon at the cap and caught a 6 pound hatch steely on a fire truck
red corkie. has anybody been to the
chehalis lately?
Name: Scott
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@bc.sympatico.ca
Location: Seymour
Date Posted: 10-Mar-99
Has anyoen in here honestly caught anything on the seymour this year? Recently? as in the
last month? Just wondering, because I am considering trying the seymour one day as it is
close and I would like to go casting for a little bit one day before one of my
classes, but I went down to this spot underneath the bridge just off of river side drive
that someone emailed me about, and I heard it was a fairly descent sized pool, but the
River appeared to be very low, like 3 feet max in depth and this spot htat I went to, and
I'm just wondering if anyone knows any more better spots or has any reports of actual
success on this river..If not this Rive, what about the capilano???? Thanks..
Name: Paul
Email: scully@intergate.bc.ca
Location: Vedder
Date Posted: 8-Mar-99
Went to the Vedder this morning. Caught one 14 pound hatchery at Fort Apache within 30
mins of being there. Fished another 4 hours with about 4 other rods and didnt see another
fish hooked. Went down river to Alison Pool and saw once fish hooked and then quickly
lost. Overall a very slow day. Was lucky to get one myself. Can anyone tell me how the
Steelheading is in the Lickman area right now.
Name: steve
Email: steve1516@xoommail.com
Location: fraser and kawkawa lake
Date Posted: 8-Mar-99
Hi me again on saturday i fished the fraser river hoping to get out for some cutthroat so
we got there at 12:30pm and started fishing at herrling island i saw the surface about
8-10 feet out kind of splashing verry light so i suspected it was a fish. So i put on a
weighted minnow pattern and took a few casts and nothing so i walked down a wase and so
nothing then to get even worse the wind picked up and i took another cast and the fly hit
me in the back of my head as it did for about 4 other times in the day so we saw no action
or anything accept dirtbikers so we went to some backwaters and the only fish we saw were
little stickelbacks so we got in the car and went to gill road we saw like 2 other
fisermen who said they saw someone catch a wild cutty on a black wooly bugger with a gold
bead head. so we fished for a while and it was getting even windyer so the day started to
really get my hopes down with not a thing to be seen or caught so we left the fraser and
decided to go to jones lake so we start heading up the road and we hit the snow level and
we where in a little hundia pony and we get to far up the road and get stuck in the snow
so we finaly get it loose and head down to hope hoping to do a bit of fishing on the
coquhialla river so 30 minutes and we get to the river and it says the river was closed so
we are getting very mad so we decided to go to a local lake so we decided to go to kawkawa
so we get there and i see tons of chironomids on the surface so i put one on and cast and
nothing happens so i talk to some trollers and they said they had a few nibbels but
nothing in a typical troller but they said that the day before the caught a few nice
kokanee on a blue jig i didnt get the name of it but it had a silver belly and a blue body
and a small weight head so i try for a half an hour and nothing so my hopes were lost oh
well i cant wait till the second week of april to go out to this lake in merrit on the ice
off and throw a few chironomids out there ok bye. and TIGHT LINES
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader1@hotmail.com
Location:
Date Posted: 8-Mar-99
went to sqaumish for the weekend fished mouth of mamquam,fry were present everywhere.used
small spinners and caught six
dollies the first day and a 8 pound chrome buck.the dollies averaged about 3 lbs. on
sunday went to brackendale fished that part of the rivewr and got a steely and 4 dollies
up to 5 lbs,also got a small cutty,{would the cutty be a resident or would it be sea run?}
all were caught drifting hot pink gooey bobs. ps if you would like up to date reports
e-mail me and i'll tell you what you need to know.
ian
Name: Sandy
Email: ladyt@intergate.bc.ca
Location:
Date Posted: 7-Mar-99
Fished the Stave and Morris Lake today. Hooked and lost one fish on a bloodworm in the
lake, but that was it. Saw one other fish caught all day. Got some great casting practice
in. It was quite sunny, while that probably hurt the fishing at least it was nice for a
change. The Stave was the lowest I've seen it, even last summer.
Name: Geoff McDonell
Email:
Location: Chehalis River
Date Posted: 7-Mar-99
Spent the better part of Sunday the 7th. of March exploring the lower reaches of the
Chehalis (note to Matthew- it's spelled Chehalis, just like the road signs and the maps)
and while I was carrying on the appearance of fly-fishing for steelhead, what I was
actually doing was a lot of casting practice. The water is very low, about a foot or more
lower than when I was there about three weeks ago. Water temperature at 0730 was 38F and
it warmed up to about 39.5F by 1400 (that's 2PM). The low, clear water combined with the
relatively bright conditions today likely kept any fish that were there tucked under cover
and tight to logjams (at least that's what I've convinced myself of). I saw a few other
fisherpeople drifting their gooey-bobs through some likely looking runs and I didn't see
anyone else get a fish, not even a Cutt. Down at the open Harrison end of the river I
spotted a few 1 inch long chum fry wriggling along the edges of some side channels so
there ought to be some cutts coming up anytime now. Didn't see any other fry along the
river up to the Hatchery run. Lots of Mergansers, Goldeneyes and a few American Dippers
along the faster stretches. Had an Osprey circle over me at low altitude, probably saw the
quality beef jerky hanging out of the side of my mouth, because I sure didn't have any
fish. Cheers.
Name: schwartz
Email: schwartz3@home.com
Location: kootenay lake/Ainsworth
Date Posted: 4-Mar-99
Whats the latest on the rainbow and dolly's near ainsworth. What's being used and how
deep?
Name: matthew
Email: matthewbentley@home.com
Location: vedder river
Date Posted: 3-Mar-99
I was out on saterday with Peter from fred's tackle.. Went out on the river about 12:30 pm
[after class] fished about 1 km above the crossing started in the main river after fishing
there for about 25 min peter sugested that i go fish i side channel well he accplans a few
things to some of the other a spireing fisherman in my class.. well i go down start
fishing a small seam after working my down it a few times i said one more cast because its
not great holding water my float goes about 6 or 7 feet and very slowly goes under.
thinking it's a snage i gently try to free it only to have my great kindof move and watch
a nice 9 or so lb steelhead spit my gear at me!! after casting there about another 5 times
and changeing gear my float does the same on to catch the infomas rock fish! working my
way down the water and coming to were a nice little side channel pool.. flip my float to
the head of the run and it trots the same ownly to have my float riped down like a torpedo
set the hook after 10 seconds of head shakeing and one nice role to the surface. you
guessed it my knot to my swivel desides to let go!! me 0 fish 2 while retying my rig the
rest of the "clan" come down to see whats going on they fish for a min. peter
says 5 casts. first cast his float went about 10 max.. POW hes in to a nice 5 lb buck
witch he hands off to one of my class mates. after a breff battle we land the fish [ i
tailed it.] so fish for a while we disied to go down to blood beach not a soul to be
fond!! we cross and they move to the main channel and i stick to my side channel.. after
fishing a few jiggles in my float i move to the next side channel pool. again one set that
i thought was a rock again turned out to be a steelhead.Geting qureus about my bad luck i
go and fish the rest of the clan first cast sange = brack off. after no one else toching
any thing we move to the camp ground after fishing for about 30 min we call it a day with
the rock fish claming another one of my hooks.. me 0 fish 3 for th rest of the group one
nice 5 lb buck and a white fish and a few stick fish.. all in all a good learning
expereance. SET THE HOOK AT ANY THING THAT LOOKS WERED!!!!
Name: Scott
Email: Scott_Kirkpatrick@bc.sympatico.ca
Location: Veddar
Date Posted: 3-Mar-99
Ed, where exactly did you fish on the veddar to nail that many? thats a great day. What
part or spot? did you stay on the same spot all day or did you move around? just
wondering, thanks.
Name: Ed
Email:
Location: vedder
Date Posted: 3-Mar-99
went yesterday to the Vedder had an excellent day 1 hatchery cuttroat about 3lbs ,1
hatchery steelhead 9 lbs and released 2 wild and lost one. tight lines folks.
Name: carl zabarelo
Email:
Location: chiliwhack
Date Posted: 2-Mar-99
fished the upper river today,river in good shape&getting better-visibility 1-2ft.got
one bite at the limit hole,on a shrimp bag.
Name: Anonymous
Email:
Location: Gold
Date Posted: 2-Mar-99
Went to the gold on sunday, picked up 2 in the canyon on white spin'n glos with a bit of
pink wool. One was about 7 pounds and the other was a beauty 15 pounder.
Name: ian
Email: ian_steelheader1
Location:
Date Posted: 1-Mar-99
went squamish on saturday caught 4 dollies and one steely on croc with a green back,salmon
fry were everywhere.on sunday went to chehalis landed two cutty's on #5colorado spinner
under a float saw one other steely caught.