Fishing Report

This week has been fair for steelhead. We saw a few great sized fish show up at the end of last week. We followed them up the river with some decent success. The river conditions have been low again for most of this week. I really like when we get these low water periods, It condenses the fish into very defined holding areas and makes them a bit more predictable. Pressure on the river often dies down a bit when it gets challenging.

When the river drops you really need to focus your efforts on water that offers security for fish. I prefer deep pools and faster water edges that will hide steelhead. These places will always hold a few aggressive fish and sometimes you have to get a bit creative. Many anglers believe you need to tone your offerings down and this will certainly yield a few fish. I will always start with something small and see what the fish want. If this doesn't work it time for a bit of shock and awe. Large worms, big Colorado blades or a brightly cured prawn Will often get a bite.

This week the water is not really going to rise much so the fish wont be traveling very far. best bets in low water conditions will be in the lower sections of the river. Steelhead will actually bounce in and out of the river depending on water height. Most will hang around for a few tides and then move. Lickman rd to the highway bridge will see some consistent action this week.

We have some great dates still available for this season. We offer a great day of instructional steelhead fishing to help you become a better angler on the water. This will boost the learning curve of steel heading very quickly.
Give us a call at 1-604-852-0744  or email at Oliver@oliversfishing.com
Cheers and have a great week

Fishing Report

The winter steelhead fishing is now heading into the best time of the year. January is always a bit unpredictable. The water level this season has been very low which has lead to inconsistent fishing. January is traditionally a slower month for steelhead in our river, There is usually a lull in the fish moving into the system from the 5-20th of the month. This season so far has been right on track.

We had a good rain weather pattern last week which has basically brought the river up for the first time this winter and a lot of new fish have entered and spread out. This will be a good week for fishing most of the river. It was good over the weekend and hopefully this trend will continue this week with the next bit of rain forecasted for the end of the week. This should bring another good wave of fresh fish into the system. Best areas this weekend were between Peach rd. and Wilson rd. I would focus on the areas a bit upstream of Wilson this week, Essentially chasing the wave of fish from the last rain up river. We have caught fish on all the usual baits, my favorites are BC orange gooey bobs, wool and roe, wool and prawns or spawn sacks.

I will begin guiding at the beginning of February this season for steelhead, I've found that January is a bit too early to be really successful. We have some dates still available for guiding in February. If you want to experience the Chilliwack river steelhead fishery now is the time to get on our schedule. We are offering full day floats for up to two angler per day again this season. This is a unique way to fish the Chilliwack and enables anglers to cover large amounts of water in a day.
Give us a call at 1-604-852-0744 for dates and pricing, I would love to hear from you.
See you out there
Oliver