| Author |
Thread - Stamp |
|
SmokeyRiver
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 193
From: N/A
Joined: Dec 1, 2008
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #281
|
Steelhead - I believe there is no genetic difference between summers and winters. They are all ''Oncorhynchus mykiss'' and just have different run times. Summers tend to be resident to farther inland rivers with big natural barriers (rapids, waterfalls, etc).
Summers migrate into the rivers early in the year and are NOT sexually mature, they get sexually mature in the rivers while they wait. Yes summers travel MUCH farther distances because they are able to travel at warmer times of the year, allowing them to get up waterfalls, etc.
When winter run fish migrate into rivers they ARE sexually mature right away and are just going in to spawn, not to stage and get ready to spawn. The only reason to know would really be when they entered the river unless you cut them open and see how mature their eggs/milt sacs are for their ''colour''. Like I said a chromer winter run might have bigger skeins than a coloured summer.
|
|
|
Dec 23, 2009 10:27PM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
LorneParker
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 161
From: Comox, British Columbia
Joined: Dec 13, 2009
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #282
|
|
Heading out tommorrow. Any reports from today?
|
|
|
Dec 24, 2009 1:51AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
Steelhead
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 405
From: British Columbia
Joined: Jan 2, 2008
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #283
|
Smokey - thats good to know. Its always been a grey area to me. The water is clear, the levels have dropped. The fishing has been ok.
------------------------------------
Check out my fishing blog and guide service, The Rambling Fisherman click here
|
|
|
Dec 24, 2009 2:16AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
Steelhead
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 405
From: British Columbia
Joined: Jan 2, 2008
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #284
|
I went out today, and it was a good day! the river is running a little lower, nice colour too.
I put up some pics.
www.theramblingfisherman.blogspot.com
Edited: Dec 26, 2009 2:50PM
------------------------------------
Check out my fishing blog and guide service, The Rambling Fisherman click here
|
|
|
Dec 26, 2009 10:50PM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
Steelhead
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 405
From: British Columbia
Joined: Jan 2, 2008
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #285
|
Second cast of the day on a jig made by Cory:
Edited: Dec 28, 2009 2:56PM
------------------------------------
Check out my fishing blog and guide service, The Rambling Fisherman click here
|
|
|
Dec 28, 2009 10:47PM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
kromer
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 598
From: Port Alberni, British Columbia
Joined: Nov 7, 2006
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #286
|
|
I fished all afternoon today after most of the weekend warriors had moved on!! I started at the rifle range and worked my way upstream losing a fish at the head of the rifle range run, and then landed a small chrome doe at the b. creek tail-out. Lost a summer fish just below the bucket and then decided to trek back to the truck and head to the moneys. I hadnt been on the upper for a while but it was a nice change of scenery..I landed 2 summers and a big big hooknosed cutty to end the day.
|
|
|
Jan 4, 2010 6:55AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
Steelhead
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 405
From: British Columbia
Joined: Jan 2, 2008
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #287
|
I tell people all the time that the gun range to the bucket holds a ton of fish! That goes to show the difference between a weekend warrior and an experienced fisherman. Good job Kromer.
------------------------------------
Check out my fishing blog and guide service, The Rambling Fisherman click here
|
|
|
Jan 4, 2010 7:52AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
Deleted Account
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 0
From:
Joined: NA
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #288
|
|
Any pics Kromer
|
|
|
Jan 4, 2010 9:49AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
kromer
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 598
From: Port Alberni, British Columbia
Joined: Nov 7, 2006
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #289
|
Sorry monsterguy I dont take pics when fishing alone.
Not sure what the hell the last post is about but the rifle range area always holds some fish and is about the easiest stamp access I can think of...course its crowded on the weekends but not half as bad as the falls pool an absolute zoo.
|
|
|
Jan 4, 2010 6:18PM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
Steelhead
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 405
From: British Columbia
Joined: Jan 2, 2008
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #290
|
I was out today, managed to pick-up a couple of small wild steelies, I set them free. The jets are working it pretty hard up there. The water is a really nice light green in there. Not a lot of pressure today.
Edited: Jan 4, 2010 5:12PM
------------------------------------
Check out my fishing blog and guide service, The Rambling Fisherman click here
|
|
|
Jan 5, 2010 12:58AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
Steelhead
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 405
From: British Columbia
Joined: Jan 2, 2008
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #291
|
Anyone been out today??
------------------------------------
Check out my fishing blog and guide service, The Rambling Fisherman click here
|
|
|
Jan 8, 2010 1:28AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
River_Walker
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 451
From: British Columbia
Joined: Nov 29, 2006
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #292
|
I was on my way near parksville this morning and got called in to work on my day off...ARGH. My buddy hit 5 fish below the bucket yesterday.
|
|
|
Jan 8, 2010 2:39AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
Steelhead
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 405
From: British Columbia
Joined: Jan 2, 2008
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #293
|
5 below the bucket?! thats pretty good, Lorne got a monster below the bucket on Tuesday. Sucks about work... I think I might go exploring tomorrow.
------------------------------------
Check out my fishing blog and guide service, The Rambling Fisherman click here
|
|
|
Jan 8, 2010 7:01AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
kromer
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 598
From: Port Alberni, British Columbia
Joined: Nov 7, 2006
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #294
|
|
Ya that sounds like a good day for your buddy River_Walker. Does anyone here ever do drifts of the upper river?
|
|
|
Jan 8, 2010 6:04PM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
LorneParker
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 161
From: Comox, British Columbia
Joined: Dec 13, 2009
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #295
|
Left them all in the river today. Touched 1 in the 3 hours I spent there this morning. Had fun though, as always. Can't catch'em on the couch. LOTS of people. 20+ vehicles @ the bucket, 15 or so @ the falls pool. River is about foot higher then I'm used to seeing and dark green. Seen 3 fish on the beach today, with the 30 or so people that stretched from the gun club to above the bucket. Saw another half dozen at the falls pool between the 20 or so guys there. No more weekend fishing for me :)
Lorne
Edited: Jan 10, 2010 2:18PM
|
|
|
Jan 10, 2010 10:17PM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
SpringFever552
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 228
From: Courtenay, British Columbia
Joined: Dec 13, 2009
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #296
|
LorneParker wrote:
Left them all in the river today. Touched 1 in the 3 hours I spent there this morning. Had fun though, as always. Can't catch'em on the couch. LOTS of people. 20+ vehicles @ the bucket, 15 or so @ the falls pool. River is about foot higher then I'm used to seeing and dark green. Seen 3 fish on the beach today, with the 30 or so people that stretched from the gun club to above the bucket. Saw another half dozen at the falls pool between the 20 or so guys there. No more weekend fishing for me :)
Lorne
YIKES!! that's nasty the #s of people...but..you know the old saying ''the worst day fishing is better than the best day at work!''.. ...p.s. I worked today
|
|
|
Jan 11, 2010 1:11AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
Chovy
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 1025
From: victoria, British Columbia
Joined: Nov 6, 2006
|
|
|
Jan 11, 2010 8:39PM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
fishtime
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 19
From: golden, British Columbia
Joined: Dec 1, 2007
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #298
|
It SURE would be nice to have more than just one system on VI producing some hatch steelies
Chovy
Agreed...
|
|
|
Jan 12, 2010 12:11AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
btree
Member
Status:
offline
Posts: 37
From: Nanaimo, British Columbia
Joined: July 16, 2009
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #299
|
fishtime wrote:
It SURE would be nice to have more than just one system on VI producing some hatch steelies
Chovy
Agreed...
It sure would be nice to have some rivers that produce reliable and stable runs of wild fish too...hatchery fish are one thing, but wild fish are a whole different thing...sigh...
|
|
|
Jan 12, 2010 3:36AM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
|
cory
Moderator
Status:
offline
Posts: 3025
From: British Columbia
Joined: Dec 16, 2006
|
|
Thread - Stamp
|
Post #300
|
I got an email from my buddy in Port who said the river looked like it was gonna blow out last night. Might be a few days before its fishable again.
------------------------------------
|
|
|
Jan 12, 2010 2:55PM
|
Join FishTactics.com to post a reply!
|
