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January to May
- Steelhead, Cutthroat, Bull trout & Dolly
Varden.
As we start a new year, the winter season is upon us! Steelhead start
to enter the system in January and will continue through till April.
Peak times for Steelhead are; March and April. All of the Steelhead
are wild averaging seven to ten pounds but are not uncommon over
fifteen. During this time frame, their are plenty of Bull trout and
Dolly Varden, that average three to five pounds. These Bull trout and
Dolly Varden are resident fish that can be caught throughout the river
and can create much excitement while swinging flies for that trophy
square tail. In the Pitt this time of year you will as find Costal
cutthroat Trout, which are native to the Northwest of North America.
The Cutthroat trout in the Pitt are a searun trout and average twelve
inches but are not uncommon up to twenty inches. If this |
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May to August
- Sea Run Bull Trout & Dolly Varden; Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout.
Spring has arrived, the trees are full of leaves the air is fresh and
the fishing is good! The searun Bull trout and Dolly Varden start to
enter the river in May! These fish are silver bright, they average
five to six pounds and they can get as big as fifteen pounds. The bull
trout are very aggressive, they like it on the strip; fast or slow and
on the swing. Most of out guest use single handed rods but light spey
rods can be a blast! Bring both if you got them! This searun bull
trout and Dolly Varden fishery goes on to the middle of July. In the
middle of July, Chinook (King) salmon start to enter into the river.
This is a non targeted fishery, meaning anglers are not a loud to fish
for or target these fish. Occasionally, you will hook on of these big
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August to
September - Sockeye Salmon,
Bull Trout, Dolly Varden and Rainbow trout.
It's like clock work, August first comes,
the river is full of sockeye! The Pitt river is known for having one
of the largest strain of sockeye salmon in the world. They can get as
big as 15 pounds and love to fight; jumping, rolling and taking
backing. The sockeye begin to lose their bright chrome appearance as
they get closer to the spawn, this happens in the third week of
august. The third week of August is when the sockeye start the
spawn and the trout start to feed! Bull trout, cutthroat and rainbow are all feeding on
eggs in the river. This can be a blast with light gear, five to six
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September to
December - Coho, Cutthroat
Trout, Rainbow Trout and Bull trout.
The first week of September, the Bull trout, cutthroat and rainbow are
still feeding on all the eggs and now, drifting flesh. This will
continue through till the second week of September. Late September, we
start to see some early Coho enter the system. As October approaches,
more and more Coho start to arrive into the river. Pitt river has one
of the largest runs of wild Coho in the province, upwards fifteen
thousand fish all wild and catch and release. Coho fishing will
continue through till December. The Pitt also sees some Chum salmon
but it is a very small run. Also during these months there are lots of
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