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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: smokedfish56 on May 26, 2014, 12:08:27 PM

Title: when in July or August do Springs open?
Post by: smokedfish56 on May 26, 2014, 12:08:27 PM

what the title says

Title: Re: when in July or August do Springs open?
Post by: poper on May 26, 2014, 02:27:02 PM

I'm guessing, but I think August 1,for sockeye, and july18 for springs.

Title: Re: when in July or August do Springs open?
Post by: Archer on May 26, 2014, 07:09:21 PM

Region 2 I assume? Chinook opens July 16 at this point. Numbers have been low according to DFO. I would like to know if and when sockeye opens on the lower Fraser.

Title: Re: when in July or August do Springs open?
Post by: liketofish on May 26, 2014, 07:19:50 PM

With size restriction probably at the opening.

Title: Re: when in July or August do Springs open?
Post by: clarki on May 26, 2014, 10:16:09 PM

I presume you are asking because you don't know where to find the information. There are 2 places where you could look:
1) The Freshwater Salmon Supplement has the dates of the current closure
2) You could search the Fisheries Notices from 2013 to see when it opened last year.

Both will just offer approximate dates of the opening, but it's a place to start.

Rod has links to both these sites on this website.

Title: Re: when in July or August do Springs open?
Post by: Rodney on May 27, 2014, 12:32:12 PM

Springs are already open for retention, in parts of areas 28 and 29. Pretty good fishing around the Gulf Islands lately.