Live conditions
Vedder RiverConditions & Fishing Report
Running now: Chinook
Water level
1.84 m
Discharge
18.4 m³/s
Reading: Jul 13, 2026, 3:20 p.m. PT
7-day trend (level, m)
What to fish right now on the Vedder River
Current condition: High & coloured — based on the live reading above.
About the Vedder River
The Vedder (the lower Chilliwack River, renamed below the Vedder Canal) is the Fraser Valley's most fished winter steelhead water and a reliable fall salmon river within an hour of Vancouver. The steelhead fishery runs December into April or May: the first fish trickle in from late November, the first real push arrives around January 10–20, and fresh fish keep showing through February, March and April, with stragglers into May — fish often push up from the Fraser on the big tides around a full moon. Fall brings chinook, coho and chum through the same gravel, typically September through December depending on species and water. Access is easy and heavily used: the river runs through Vedder Crossing and Chilliwack, with pull-outs and marked parking along Vedder Road and the dyke trails on both banks, from the covered bridge down through the canal. Because it's popular and clarity-sensitive, timing matters more here than almost anywhere else in the Fraser Valley — a freshly-dropping "steelie green" river with 18–24 inches of visibility is the prime window; blown-out brown water after heavy rain is close to unfishable and worth skipping for a day or two while it clears.
Data: Environment and Climate Change Canada, station 08MH001 (Chilliwack River at Vedder Crossing). Licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
