OUTLOOK This week we are seeing many of the salmon fisheries wind down but, surprisingly, there are still good reports coming in. If you want one last kick at the can, be sure to take a look at this week’s Freshwater Fishing Reports section where we have updates on the Chilliwack and north side systems….
OUTLOOK We are all on weather watch right now. The rivers are very low but seasonally warm daytime temperatures have made for ok fishing. We expect this trend to continue over the weekend. The low clear water makes fish picky, but the warmer temperatures have meant that their metabolisms haven’t shut down and they are…
It’s Friday, Remembrance Day and the store is closed in honour of our armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. If you are going fishing this weekend here is an abbreviated report for fresh and salt. The weather is looking good for fishing this weekend for the fresh and the salt. Highs…
OUTLOOK Winter Is Coming! After a historically warm October, November is going in the other direction. We have had snow on many of the higher elevations and as we write the report. On Thursday, it is snowed in Squamish. On the fishing front, things have been good right across the Lower Mainland fisheries. The late…
OUTLOOK Well that much needed rain has arrived. It looks like we have a bit of a break in between systems today but there is another large system on the way this weekend and into early next week in most areas. The rain we had this week wasn’t enough to make a big difference to…
OUTLOOK We finally have some more typical Vancouver fall weather (aka rain) on the horizon and we can sure use the water. The question is how much water will actually come? Will it be enough to get river levels up? Will it be perfect and blow out the rivers but come into shape quickly? Or,…
OUTLOOK We have sounded like a broken record over the last 4 weeks of our reports. That broken record is still playing – We need rain! When we look at the 14-day trend, temperatures are finally dropping but we have another week until rain is in the forecast on the 22nd and 25th. Though the…
OUTLOOK Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! That said, it certainly doesn’t feel like Thanksgiving when it comes to the weather. We are not complaining about the nice weather but we are getting to the point where the lack of water up the valley is concerning. It is making it hard for salmon to enter our river systems…
OUTLOOK We are in a funny spot when it comes to fishing around the Lower Mainland. The dry fall has extended the fishing in the saltwater as salmon continue to stage around the mouth of the Fraser and Capilano Rivers but, on the flip side, the river anglers are facing the challenges that come with…
OUTLOOK We are now hitting prime time river salmon season on the Chilliwack and a number of the other systems that get salmon are close to kicking off. We are also seeing above seasonal temperatures for September which has made things interesting. We will see some rain in Chilliwack today but, with only 1-3mm in…