Salmon Fishing Low Clear Water - Vedder River Drone Footage

I delayed the release of this footage by a few weeks so that the spot and the fish there would not experience any additional fishing pressure.

[@bongpahak]

Great video Petr, as always. Thanks for netting my fish when we are fishing side by side and also thanks for the hook you gave me. See you around.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Nice meeting you. That was a big chum.

[@shelleyszulinszky9732]

What great footage Peter. So cool to see how these salmon act in shallow waters.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

The seem pretty spooked to me, their manner says "nervous" to me, but who knows maybe they would behave the same without the fishing pressure.

[@Elsa-it9ct]

That was an incredible view of all those salmon. Really enjoyed watching them.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jeffwongvancouver]

Thanks Petr. Fantastic footage!

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Many thanks!

[@davejason6357]

Beautiful footage, Petr. That schooling mentality always amazes me.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Many thanks!

[@allancrow134]

Nice soundtrack Petr. :)

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

cheers, it's not easy to pick from the KZbin library.

[@darrengolding4083]

What an amazing video thanks for sharing it

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Thanks for watching

[@alexebarvia0328]

Many thank Peter!

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I appreciate the comment, helps the channel out any time there are comments.

[@alexebarvia0328]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 I have marked both your aerial and underwater including you bc fishing guidelines . A great help!

[@whitesalmon0925]

thanks for sharing!

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Sure thing!

[@10thcast52]

Man that’s awesome

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Thanks for the nice comment.

[@MountainManMurphy]

Nice one Petr!

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I had trouble deciding on how to edit, in the end I just pretty much posted it uncut.

[@MountainManMurphy]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 sometimes better that way

[@loganjohnston161]

Very cool footage, any idea what the anglers use here?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Most are float fishing with soft beads or cured roe.

[@sunlee6984]

Amazing

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@hlam9452]

Nice to know there seems to be a healthy return of Chum salmon. If there is a no retention ban on, what would the population be? If this is just 8 minutes of a season how many Chum do you need for open retention?

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Chum did open a couple of weeks later after escapement goals were met. I'm not sure what the actual numbers are, but the Vedder is hatchery enhanced and usually gets plenty of chum. Most anglers don't retain more than one or two per season anyway.

[@ryanstaples2737]

Nice clip thanks for sharing, I'd be interested to see how they react to swinging flies.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Yes, that would be great footage, unfortunately the cameras on drones are very wide angle and it's hard to zoom in without losing detail.

[@ryanstaples2737]

@@petrhermanadventures9509 we have done it in real time, but not taken the video. You can get a good view depending on the setup

[@sandeepp3655]

Hi Petr..what drone model are you using? Looks neat.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

mavic mini 2, I'm happy with it.

[@danny7954]

I have fished almost every region in bc over my time spent in the Provence . Pretty much all on the company dime as I would set my entire sales trips over what species, what river , what time Ie winter steel head, gold and bulkly Chum fall kitamat Sheena springs eary fall. Blue back , straight of Georgia summer off texada. If fished alberni inlet for sockeye. I could go one. I never got to north east part of provence. Thats all i missed.I had great customers that just wanted to share the gift they had in their region. Some of the best years off my life. Once you fuck it up , you don't get to go back Respect the world's greatest salmon stocks and they will be sustainable.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

Sounds like you've been leading a dream life. I'm sure there was a lot of hard work along the way too. I've had people comment that they wish their life was more like mine. Not many realize that I work construction 45 hours per week on average.

[@fishingreporter2784]

It is so hard to make a living as a fish in Vedder LOL.

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

Looks like they were dodging those jigs to me…. They knew the drill, or the gauntlet, lol.

[@stevebashakis8965]

Seems to me like that kind of fishing where the fish are pretty much sitting ducks due to low water conditions should not be allowed for any species. Water condition adjustments to seasons make sense to me.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

I agree with you in some ways, but not completely. There was another spot further upstream where 100 people would line up every day and target fish that were stuck there due to low water. It was total insanity and resulted in a lot of foul hooked fish. This particular spot, people were being reasonably ethical in my opinion. I'm not sure where exactly the line should be drawn, but the water levels were exceptionally low this year and hopefully we don't see that again for a decade or two.

[@ds-sj2bm]

i understand you delayed the footage to reduce fishing pressure because in your words "it would turn into the next fishermans corner" hopefully it wont be turned into that next year after this video.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

In a normal year there is another foot or two of water and the fish don't get held up in the Canal like that. I think you have a valid concern, but I don't believe it will be the case.

[@alexreid6536]

Who cares be positive ans leave the man alone to do his videos everyone already knows all the spots on the Vedder none are secrets.

[@ds-sj2bm]

@@alexreid6536 i wouldn't have said anything if i was not there when the video was taken and the man himself told me he was worried about blowing up the spot with this footage.

[@elterco4164]

Address friends

[@alexanderlawson1649]

I live in Scotland, West coast. Our Salmon are on the point of extinction, Salmon farms up the whole western coast have filled the waters with masive infestations of sea lice, viruses and other diseases. The smolts are being wiped out before they reach the feeding grounds in the North. Mature fish surviving the tribulations of their Northern migration, have to endure the return, many die. The fish making it back to our rivers now, are a vestigial remnant of the runs that existed only 50 years ago and the data is there to back this up. Our Salmon are facing extinction. Salmon farming is however a profitable business but only because the industry does not cover its costs, Its unsustainable.

[@petrhermanadventures9509]

research here has found the same issues with fish farms. When they were shut down in Scnadinavia, they moved to B.C. Not only do they harm salmon stocks, but also have a demand for herring, which are on the verge of collapse. Our government has promised to phase the farms out, but so far it's just promises and very little is actually being done. The deadlines keep moving. Nothing got done for decades until the first nations got involved.

[@eprohoda]

Woohoo- you shared best ,wanna more views?! all the best, 👽