Have you noticed in your fishing history that some coho have partially clipped fin. Yesterday one coho confused my friend and me, so we released it. Adipose was 70-80% clipped. Better safe than sorry my friend released it with care. I didn't have any. I guess out of 200 people there maybe 10 fish was landed. Just few were hatchery.
It's called a misclip. Used to be perfectly ok to keep, but these days DFO is not wanting people to make that judgement call and would like to see misclips released. IMHO a little nub is ok, but I guess it's difficult to define "little nub" since some of the small female coho have a really small adipose fin.
Petr I caught 2 wild coho the other day and you’ll be happy to know that neither of them touched the rocks thanks to your informative videos. Do you think they will ever open wild coho on the Vedder similar to white chinooks ?
The white chinooks are also hatchery produced, they are just not clipped because there is no wild run of chinook. There was a small native run of chinooks long ago, but that may be extinct. DFO is currently working on mobile automatic clipping machines and we may soon be going to 100% clipped chinooks as well. No I don't think there are any plans to open wild coho on the Vedder. The fishing pressure is so great that irreversible damage could result in a short time. There are already concerns just from C&R mortality.
I had the intention to hit my first ever coho limit today as well and failed too…2 for 2 at first light both hatch, then lost 5 in a row within an hour around noon😢
I have to say I’ve been fishing that river for over 20years I’ve noticed in the last 5-6 years the amount of wild coho has got so much greater than years before I’m not a believer in the entire Covid thing but there is definitely something going on my catch rate of wilds to hatch is about 6-1 that’s nothing like what it was say 8-10 years ago I’d maybe catch a dozen wilds all season
Last season I caught a pile of coho and about 70% of them were hatchery. You also have to factor in great ocean conditions in the past few years. This has allowed the wild populations to rebound. Also the hatchery fish do to some extent spawn in the river, giving the wild population a boost.
Great fishing! I need to learn how to do that! Do you move on average between multiple spots if you don't find the fish or do you keep fishing on specific spots for 1-2 hrs? Great videos!
It's not an exact science. What makes me move, usually is if too many people show up. It really depends on the fish too. If I'm at a spot with lots of fish, but not getting any bites for an hour then I move and try to find better fish. It's one of those things that's hard to describe, but I can go to any part of the river and find fish, but I can't always make them bite.
LOL, there was a guy two spots down from me (who seemed completely clueless) he was chucking spoons for pike fishing up north, the five diamonds and he was landing fish too. For me what works are twitching jigs and roe.
I went to the Vedder a couple days ago thinking I would get my coho limit pretty easily, I landed 9 coho and a tone of springs and out of the 9 coho only 2 were hatchery
Thanks for the update, it is always much appreciated.
You bet
Thanks for the update!!
Great advice. Thanks.
You bet!
Have you noticed in your fishing history that some coho have partially clipped fin. Yesterday one coho confused my friend and me, so we released it. Adipose was 70-80% clipped. Better safe than sorry my friend released it with care. I didn't have any. I guess out of 200 people there maybe 10 fish was landed. Just few were hatchery.
It's called a misclip. Used to be perfectly ok to keep, but these days DFO is not wanting people to make that judgement call and would like to see misclips released. IMHO a little nub is ok, but I guess it's difficult to define "little nub" since some of the small female coho have a really small adipose fin.
@@petrhermanadventures9509 I am glad he released it. Thanks a lot.
@@petrhermanadventures9509 yeah like DFO ever check anything...
I got checked for the first time in 10 years last weekend.
Petr I caught 2 wild coho the other day and you’ll be happy to know that neither of them touched the rocks thanks to your informative videos. Do you think they will ever open wild coho on the Vedder similar to white chinooks ?
The white chinooks are also hatchery produced, they are just not clipped because there is no wild run of chinook. There was a small native run of chinooks long ago, but that may be extinct. DFO is currently working on mobile automatic clipping machines and we may soon be going to 100% clipped chinooks as well. No I don't think there are any plans to open wild coho on the Vedder. The fishing pressure is so great that irreversible damage could result in a short time. There are already concerns just from C&R mortality.
I had the intention to hit my first ever coho limit today as well and failed too…2 for 2 at first light both hatch, then lost 5 in a row within an hour around noon😢
It's good to have goals, right?
I have to say I’ve been fishing that river for over 20years I’ve noticed in the last 5-6 years the amount of wild coho has got so much greater than years before I’m not a believer in the entire Covid thing but there is definitely something going on my catch rate of wilds to hatch is about 6-1 that’s nothing like what it was say 8-10 years ago I’d maybe catch a dozen wilds all season
Last season I caught a pile of coho and about 70% of them were hatchery. You also have to factor in great ocean conditions in the past few years. This has allowed the wild populations to rebound. Also the hatchery fish do to some extent spawn in the river, giving the wild population a boost.
Great fishing! I need to learn how to do that! Do you move on average between multiple spots if you don't find the fish or do you keep fishing on specific spots for 1-2 hrs? Great videos!
It's not an exact science. What makes me move, usually is if too many people show up. It really depends on the fish too. If I'm at a spot with lots of fish, but not getting any bites for an hour then I move and try to find better fish. It's one of those things that's hard to describe, but I can go to any part of the river and find fish, but I can't always make them bite.
OK. What lure/bait were you using that DIDN'T work? That's a starting point right?
LOL, there was a guy two spots down from me (who seemed completely clueless) he was chucking spoons for pike fishing up north, the five diamonds and he was landing fish too. For me what works are twitching jigs and roe.
how about chum?
I have landed one and seen several while snorkeling the river. It's early for them, the run peaks early November.
@@petrhermanadventures9509 thnks so much
I went to the Vedder a couple days ago thinking I would get my coho limit pretty easily, I landed 9 coho and a tone of springs and out of the 9 coho only 2 were hatchery
Seems about exactly the going average at the moment.