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[SuperBobby]

Like I said....I've been fishing the LM salmon (non tidal) for almost 40 years now. The definition of what a 'Chrome' fish is very highly subjective to the point where I wonder if some people have ever caught what is a truly 'chrome' fish.
Pink salmon are not like Coho, Springs (especially reds), or Sockeye where the latter 3 hold their eating quality for a much longer time than Pinks do.

[wildmanyeah]

Remember that were against the steelhead closure now and will be closed around September 19 for lower Fraser. so to maximise opportunity early open would be welcomed. 

[canoeboy]

Oh I'm aware of the quality, I may not have a whole lot of posts on here but I've been fishing avidly for 20 years. Caught countless pinks coho ect. many many pinks in lower fraser still come with there sea scales and great quality. There are humpers too but very easy to get quality pinks.

[RalphH]

Oh I'm aware of the quality, I may not have a whole lot of posts on here but I've been fishing avidly for 20 years. Caught countless pinks coho ect. many many pinks in lower fraser still come with there sea scales and great quality. There are humpers too but very easy to get quality pinks.

absolutely. I've caught them all through Sept even October some years. Biggest I ever weighed was 7lb male caught in October - so silver and fought so well I thought it might be a coho.

Big chrome males can have humps as well. The hump is supposedly a dominance feature and females probably select mates based on size.

[canoeboy]

Oh for sure, I've been catching silver humpers off of amble side and bowen for the last 2 weekends.

[danielk]

I watched the test nets today. In new west. Through the public binos.  They had a good hall lots of nice fish tonight. Some big springs!   It looked like.     Then I sat and had a wobbly pop and watched the river. Lots of fish jumping around.  Seen a sturgeon come fully out of the water also ,  that’s always fun 🤩 I guess I should start polishing up the pink lures.  And Colorado’s

[RalphH]

some cycles ago I fished the Fraser just off the Mastqui Trail near Ridgedale. There were a half dozen people fishing but not much going on. Then there were some rises and in an hour 1 guy hooked 4 and landed 3 using a big all pink spinner. The rest of us were skunked. Obviously he flossed them! 

[Darko]

I watched the test nets today. In new west. Through the public binos.  They had a good hall lots of nice fish tonight. Some big springs!   It looked like.     Then I sat and had a wobbly pop and watched the river. Lots of fish jumping around.  Seen a sturgeon come fully out of the water also ,  that’s always fun 🤩 I guess I should start polishing up the pink lures.  And Colorado’s

tasmanian devils only!! Will be posting my report after my camping trip

[redside1]

"Tassie Devils only", love it. The lure has been around for almost ever and out of the blue it's the "go to" lure this year. I see what a little promotion by a few does to a market place.

[wildmanyeah]

Brownsville test got a decent number pinks yesterday enough in the lower river now that an angler could expect some success

[Clipped.Adipose]

So many pinks surfacing in chilliwack this morning, really hope we get an opening

[RalphH]

the most numerous salmon in the river currently is sockeye, not pinks. While Brownsville had a ok number (71 or something) Whonnock and Cottonwood did not. Not even 1% of the pink run estimate has passed the Mission hydro-acoustic barrier.

[wildmanyeah]

What does sockeye have to do with it???

[redside1]

SFAB is working hard on trying to get the lower river open for pink fishing asap. it's all political on why it's not open now.

[RalphH]

I've pursued this fishery since about '93. My consistent experience is the fishing is not all that great until into September. I also have seen lots of people pulled out onto the river in August by the excessive hype and 'gold rush' attitude and just basically waste their time & a lot of gasoline. It's more true below Mission where the river is broader and subject to tides. The current is most often mild or moderate and fish spread out over much of it. SFAB can't make the fish move into the river any faster by getting an opening now or a week from now. Just my 2 cents.