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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: frozensalmon on September 26, 2011, 11:33:43 PM

Title: salmon spawning place
Post by: frozensalmon on September 26, 2011, 11:33:43 PM

Hi

does anyone know where will most of the salmon enter from Fraser river will spawn eventually ?   far from hope?

Title: Re: salmon spawning place
Post by: DanJohn on September 26, 2011, 11:52:06 PM

Riverbeds

Title: Re: salmon spawning place
Post by: Fish Assassin on September 27, 2011, 12:06:44 AM

Their home river

Title: Re: salmon spawning place
Post by: mzmann on September 27, 2011, 07:44:49 AM

to name just a very small few....chehalis, harrison, thompson, shuswap, adams, vedder.....and about a thousand other creeks, and rivers from mouth of the fraser/ocean up to 6 or 700 km inland.....I hope this narrowed it down for you lol ;D ;)........on the same note if you are looking for somewhere to go to see them in good numbers spawning and witness quite an amazing site then I recommend heading down to the Adams river by Chase as it is a truly spectacular sight there to watch them.....mind you this year is not going to be anywhere near as good as last as they peak runs there are every 4 years and last years was the largest there in over 100yrs apparently....was literally a river of red!....i'm sure there are other places closer to hope that you can see this as well just maybe not as prolific and as well I am not as familiar with that area so someone else would have to answer that part better for you!  :)

Title: Re: salmon spawning place
Post by: silver ghost on September 27, 2011, 09:09:47 AM

Lol @ "their home rivers."

Hey man if you want to see a bunch of fish spawning, head out to harrison mills, just past the chehalis hatchery. There are a good number of spawning salmon there to be observed. It's quite spectacular if you've never seen it. The peak time for seeing the most fish [they see sockeye, pink, and chum salmon] is October 15th. You can find detailed directions here: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sep-pmvs/projects-projets/weaver/weaver-eng.htm

Also, there are a bunch of pinks spawning in squamish. If you go to brackendale you can also see lots of bald eagles as well around this time of year feeding on the salmon.

Bring the camera!

hope this helps

Title: Re: salmon spawning place
Post by: cutthroat22 on September 27, 2011, 10:01:34 AM

Grab a rubber dingy and go find out.

Title: Re: salmon spawning place
Post by: mzmann on September 27, 2011, 10:12:05 AM

Quote from: cutthroat22 on September 27, 2011, 10:01:34 AM

Grab a rubber dingy and go find out.

^^^ good way to get someone killed....should someone take it seriously and actually attempt going out on the fraser in a rubber dinghy! :o