So much for the slogan of 'Fishing in the City' if you have to drive that far to the Vedder for pinks when they are blowing by us city folks by the millions in tidal Fraser. We need fishery ministers who have done enough fishing to know that your chance of catching a sockeye by casting a pink spoon from shore for pinks is zero. DFO just can't deny people a fair chance and freedom to enjoy the pink fishery every 2 years with so little excuse. More tackle shores will closed if they are not already if DFO can't even open the popular pink fishery with zero impact on sockeye or chinook. If it is that easy to hook these from tidal Fraser with a spoon, Chris would't be complaining about bb around Chilliwack or Hope all these years. LOL. Who in the right mind will spend all that time and gas of driving that far if they can catch sockeye and chinook with a lure here at Tidal Fraser. So for a fishery minister and his staff to be so ignorant about these facts on actual fishing on the Fraser is just mind boggling. On what basis and merits is a fishery minister appointed? Their decisions can affect so many and yet they seem to have practically zero knowledge on what really has been happening in the popular pink fishery or for that matter most other fisheries. Like Rod said, pink fishery is like a family affair where youngsters get the first taste of successful salmon fishing with the help of their parents while the family have a good time doing wholesome fishing activity together. This breeds the next generation of fishers, and that is mindlessly taken away from the youngsters. What is really wrong with DFO and its mindless administrators and staff?