Great video Rod !!!
My guess it was taken from 2pm on.... (
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As the river looks calmer than when we went out.
We were only going at 1/3 speed thus maybe 7mph & we were hitting 3.5ft waves plus the spray was hitting the windsheild & our faces.
Plus the begginning of the vid where it shows alot of commercial boats ...that's how it was 5 miles right out nearly to the mouth of the river... Just packed with boats. (plus alot up river from the Steveston Harbour)
Noticed near the end of the vid one can see the dredger ship at work...it was aprox 1 mile from the mouth or from the North Lighthouse.
From where Rod took the vid the Fraser R goes out to the salt straight then it curves to the SW...that'd why the Dredger ship can be seen in that direction.
Interesting that in 1997 the Fraser had a 20-25 million run of Sockeyes ....then info says that every 4 yrs there should be another big run.... so that was 1997 plus 4 = 2001.
2001 + 4 = 2005.
2005 + 4 = 2009
2009 +4 = 2013
It's 2010 so it's great to see all the fish in big numbers !!!
Wonder what 2013 will bring. So many factors but nature is full of surprizes FOR SURE.