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Thanks. Good point about the flounder. If I had been more on the ball I would have checked the water surface to see if there were insects which sometimes are common at that location. The video was shot on several trips over a month. I only saw the aggressive behaviour on one trip when I was farther into the fresh water. The female chums were also aggressive but not to the same extent as the males. I only saw the males attack other male chum but then I only saw the coho on one trip and on that day I didn't see any aggression at all. If I understand the situation at Mossom the coho ascend higher up the creek to spawn and the chum stay closer to the ocean. Maybe there is more interaction in the Chilliwack. I've spent a lot of time in the water with different species of salmon and trout but was only bitten once, by a coho.

Mossom creek also supports coho and some springs and possibly cutthroat trout. There is a market for Chums and I expect that the seals, herons and crabs etc. are pretty happy with them. The EPT (mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies) biological indicator suggest that Mossom Creek's water quality is good. No idea what the old run consisted of.

@@emeraldsky8009 The market for chums is roe for China fish markets and restaurants. The chum are gill-netted by tribal members and the females are gutted for eggs. The carcasses are left in piles. A few people fish for them at the mouths of the rivers to smoke. They are generally illegally foul hooked. They are all over Puget Sound because of high school biology classes planting them in every possible stream a couple decades ago.

Thanks! Wetsuit was 7mm top, 3mm bottom. Water was ~13C. I felt cold towards the end of the dive.

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Thanks. I was also surprised there are no lingcod there, and no rockfish. When I started in 1971 you could almost spear a 5kg ling from the surface.

Thanks, I wasn't sure if anyone wanted to hear my old "back in the day" stories! The ocean has definitely changed since I started, most things I would say are better but a few things are worse. I'm also seeing new things I haven't seen before or at least seeing them in places I haven't before.

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That would be my assumption but I've heard some controversy on this.

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Thanks! I haven't dove this area at this time of year before so I can't comment on changes in abundance. You're probably right about the whitefish!

@@emeraldsky8009 Also I was just watching the last video from Chilliwack Lake and noticed the suckers just sitting on the log, very interesting behaviour! I gave that one a share in our IG story so hopefully it gets viewed by many others. It'd be interesting to see how the abundance of coho at the same spot looks each year if you decide to go back and do it again in the future.

@@FishingwithRod Thanks for the share. I hope I can go back next year. This year there seemed to be a narrow window where the boat launch was open and the fish were in the lake.

I'd be into that if I can figure out an entry spot. I might want to cross over to Hamber Island something I've never done.

@ I usually just enter at Strathcona Park. It’s an easy shore entry. I’d do that swim to Hamber with you! Let’s do it!

@@LaLtheGaL I think that will work. We just need to setup a time/day.

@@LaLtheGaL Probably easier for me on a high-ish tide.

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This day in October temperature was around 13C and I was wearing a 7mm jacket and 3mm farmer john. I've seen it 5C in May. I was at the North end of the lake.

Yes it might be rotting or leaches. I have still photos which definitely show leaches from previous trips, but in this video it's not clear which it is. Having gotten more video I'm somewhat leaning toward rot/fungus instead of leaches. I hadn't thought of the egg angle so that might be what the whitefish are doing. The video from the next week shows a bunch of suckers sitting on a log right below the salmon probably waiting for something edible to drop down!

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Thanks! I'm just having fun out there!

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Thank you I did. I hope you have/had the same!

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Just down stream there are some large gravel beds. That's most likely the spot, but I don't know for sure.

I've been listening to the "Big Biology" podcast which has a couple of episodes about sticklebacks. Quite interesting!

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Thanks. Wish I could get a whole school of them!!

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No doubt! I want to see lots of salmon years from now.

Thanks very much! The screen saver is an idea!

Thanks! I didn't notice the maleness of the schools, that's interesting. Unfortunately I won't be able to access this spot for much longer so I won't be able to follow what happens.

I'm not entirely sure, there is a big gravel bed just down stream from the river mouth so they probably spawn there. I suppose it's possible that they cross the lake and enter the upstream continuation of the Chilliwack River. I've seen Kokanee spawning on a lake shore so maybe that happens with these Coho.

​@@emeraldsky8009Absolutely on the gravel below, along with steelhead later in the spring. Many go up the Upper Chilliwack but also into Depot and Paleface Creeks.

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Thanks. A few trout but not a lot. Bull or Dolly Varden and some Rainbows. In years past I've seen some descent sized fish of both types in the Chilliwack river. Usually they're following a salmon run.

Thanks Petr! It's a great thing you do removing that stuff. Since I wasn't diving down I couldn't access 99.9% of them.

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Thanks. I think I let shots run too long for most peoples tastes, but it's what I like.

Thanks! Chilliwack lake is usually quite clear. It's a nice big settling pond for any murk.

what I needed while pups napping after a loud and crazy start to the day

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Thanks! I was mostly just drifting with the current so relatively easy to hold the camera steady.

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Thanks wish I was just a little farther away. I expect with some persistence it would be possible to get a few more from the same spot.

I had salmon myself just last night!

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Thanks Jeremy! With your skills and camera gear you could get some amazing footage out there. I think as winter approaches the fish will start to disapear.

If you want to film adult salmon this probably isn't the best place though. There are better pools where it is easier to approach the salmon.

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