Harrison River
Water levels continue to be very low on the Harrison, water clarity is excellent. For those of you that fish this river regularly, the boat ramp under the Harrison river bridge is closed until the water comes back up, kilby, on the other hand is still open and there is enough water to easily launch any boat up to 18?.
STS Guide Casey Martin was out a few days ago and it was the first day he has seen salmon fry in the river this year. The fish should start really start keying in on these but they will also still be looking for alevin so Make sure you have a good selection of both patterns if you are planning on heading out fishing. Here are a few of the ones we like to use.
Fishing was slow for us for the first half of the day but managed to land a number of fish by the late afternoon. The fish we have been catching lately have been on the smaller size with the odd fish in the 14-16 inch range. Due to the low clear water most of the spots we like to fish are too shallow to hold fish in them at this time. The fish that we are catching are coming out of spots where the deeper than 6 feet and you can’t see the bottom so try to focus on those spots if your out there on the water . Above are two photos of my largest cutthroat from yesterday it measured in at 16″ As more fry start to emerge in the coming weeks more fish will start to move into the system so expect this fishery get really good really soon. If your intrested in doing some winter trout fishing with us or if you have any questions. feel free to give us a call, Local 1-604-671-3474, Toll free- 1-855-223-5453, or email us.
Chilliwack River
The Vedder has been fishing good this week, several of our guides have been out with some excellent results. Water levels have been stable but raining pretty hard today so not too sure what that will do to the water clarity. We are expecting more rain so it will be a hit/miss fishery over the next few days. Overall the season has been good with average run size returning to the Vedder this year. Over the next few weeks we should see the largest push of fish so now’s the time to be out on the Vedder. Salmon eggs, roe bags and small wool ties have all been producing fish. I would start using sand shrimp or even table shrimp as water temperatures begin to warm.