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Well, the last time a comment was made as to "parking on the gravel of the riverbed" it got 4 pages of debate and was sent to the "bin" and still got almost another page of print after banishment.
There were some good points brought up by a number of anglers and most of them seemed to center around the fact the ANY form of pollution of the river and ANY gravel disruption is not a healthy thing for the river.
Let's look at this a little more closely as it can easily be taken to the extreme.
Aside from the previous topic where "a truck" parked in the riverbed, there are a lot of other issues that were not covered in the previous discussion.
Every year, salmon lay their eggs in a wide range of spots along the Chilliwack/Vedder river. Some don't venture too far upstream and others head way up towards Chilliwack Lake, much like the pink salmon, who seem to love the gravel bars in the Agassiz, Chwk. Hope areas, and do not venture too much further.
The points made on Pegleg and boatlaunches etc. are falling on my deaf ears. only because I am questioning the real problems of both systems.
A much larger problem for both the Chilliwack/Vedder and the Fraser is the natural storm flooding that inevitebly occurs every year and wipes out our favourite runs and covers all the spawning areas with a new layer of 6 feet of gravel, as well as the gravel extractions that have continued to take place in the Vedder over the last few years (for flood control)?
Recently, the Vancouver Sun & the Province put their own spin on the gravel extraction planned for the Fraser this year in prime spawning areas of the river. One paper says it is a threat to salmon populations, and the other writer put a different spin on it towards "flood control", and if the gravel wasn't removed, their will be a major flood in the Fraser delta.
Now, I ask you, what is the truth here and what is significant? I am not downplaying the smaller infractions along the river, but c'mon people, If several large gravel bars are removed from the Fraser, some fish are going to die,! Or are they? Also, if the Fraser floods next year, some people are going to lose a lot of $$$...Who is reaping the benefits of these gravel extractions and why can't some of the profits be put back into the very systems that are being so lucrative to the people involved?
I am interested to hear your comments on this broader problem and not a slag of someone who launches their boat by backing their truck into the river......Ortho 8)
There were some good points brought up by a number of anglers and most of them seemed to center around the fact the ANY form of pollution of the river and ANY gravel disruption is not a healthy thing for the river.
Let's look at this a little more closely as it can easily be taken to the extreme.
Aside from the previous topic where "a truck" parked in the riverbed, there are a lot of other issues that were not covered in the previous discussion.
Every year, salmon lay their eggs in a wide range of spots along the Chilliwack/Vedder river. Some don't venture too far upstream and others head way up towards Chilliwack Lake, much like the pink salmon, who seem to love the gravel bars in the Agassiz, Chwk. Hope areas, and do not venture too much further.
The points made on Pegleg and boatlaunches etc. are falling on my deaf ears. only because I am questioning the real problems of both systems.
A much larger problem for both the Chilliwack/Vedder and the Fraser is the natural storm flooding that inevitebly occurs every year and wipes out our favourite runs and covers all the spawning areas with a new layer of 6 feet of gravel, as well as the gravel extractions that have continued to take place in the Vedder over the last few years (for flood control)?
Recently, the Vancouver Sun & the Province put their own spin on the gravel extraction planned for the Fraser this year in prime spawning areas of the river. One paper says it is a threat to salmon populations, and the other writer put a different spin on it towards "flood control", and if the gravel wasn't removed, their will be a major flood in the Fraser delta.
Now, I ask you, what is the truth here and what is significant? I am not downplaying the smaller infractions along the river, but c'mon people, If several large gravel bars are removed from the Fraser, some fish are going to die,! Or are they? Also, if the Fraser floods next year, some people are going to lose a lot of $$$...Who is reaping the benefits of these gravel extractions and why can't some of the profits be put back into the very systems that are being so lucrative to the people involved?
I am interested to hear your comments on this broader problem and not a slag of someone who launches their boat by backing their truck into the river......Ortho 8)