Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chuck23 on June 22, 2009, 10:54:20 AM
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Has anyone ever fished off of this pier? It looks like good water - was wondering what my chances would be casting spoons off there for spring / coho or, later this summer, the mighty pink! Any input?
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I've caught pinks in that area before.
Chances of connecting with a coho are very slim.
Have seen and heard of Sturgeon caught off that exact pier tho.
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Where about have you caught pinks around there? I went down to the pier at lunch today and it looked pretty high to land a fish from. I guess it would be closer to the water at high tide though...
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There are alot of places to fish from around there. I prefer to fish of the rocks than from the pier itself.
But at high tide landing fish on the pier is no prob. If you were there around lunch today, it was low tide.
This evening around 8ish it will be 15 feet higher.
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I fish there all the time. Just have to be careful of the logs. From time to time you may see the odd tug boat moving the logs around.
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Don't fish on the logs, especially if you are alone (not that it makes much of a difference if you fall between them when other people are around).
The Kerr Street Pier/Burnaby Foreshore Park is at North Arm of the Fraser. Pink salmon fishing can be pretty good in the later part of the run (mid September). Like all other Tidal Fraser River spots, the fishing is very tidal influenced. incoming tide is best, from 2 to 3 hours before it peaks until peak. Coho salmon fishing in the fall can also be done, but success rate is no where near what you would experience in the pink salmon fishery. Chum salmon are also abundant, but they tend to be tight-lipped when travlling through North Arm. Other species that you may encounter are bull trout and cutthroat trout. Finally, of course, coarse fish is abundant throughout the summer and can be caught off the pier.
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Chub and NPM are the most common course fish there. Peanut butter ball on hook fished off bottom will always get them.
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I don't think I've seen anyone on the logs there, but I wouldn't be surprise if someone has...
I usually fish on the rocks to the right of the pier. However, everytime I'm there, there's bound to be dogs in the water... argh...
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I saw a nice 3-4 foot sturgeon caught there a couple months ago......
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It's also a place poachers frequent during nite time.
I've seen 2 people been charged for retaining sturgeon by RCMP.
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Good to see the Mounties helping out with enforcement
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i ve just moved into the neighbourhood in a townhouse near the pier. Since the weather has been warmer ive noticed people out fishing all hours of the night - for coarse fish i assume. i suppose they smell the bait? looking forward to trying my luck for pinks in september.
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I wouldn't eat coarse fish caught at this area due to the massive Kinder Morgan oil spill which happened in 2007.
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I wouldn't eat coarse fish caught at this area due to the massive Kinder Morgan oil spill which happened in 2007.
Wouldn't all the fish going through the area be affected and not just coarse fish? ???
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i suppose the coarse fish are residents while the salmon are just passing through
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Does salmon eat coarse fish? ???
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Lots of misinformation here.
Kinder Morgan oil spill that occurred at the Northern Burnaby/Port Moody boundary does not have an impact (both immediate via surface run-off, or long-term via groundwater flow) on the Fraser River fishery because it happens on the north side of the City of Burnaby.
Fraser River minnow/coarse fish species are not stationary. They move with the tide during the summer. In the winter months, they retreat to tributaries.
Salmon do not eat minnow/coarse fish species in the Fraser River.