Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: lucky on February 13, 2005, 03:12:34 PM
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Since it looked like such a nice day when I woke up I decided to do a little bar fishing with my gf, I had some chum roe sitting in the garage for a month or so for bait. Only fished a couple hours but I caught and released a 5 or 6 lb dolly, beautiful fish nice and silver, and about 10 min after that my gf caught one about 1.5 pounds. That was it for the day, but it's nice to know what its like to play a fish again, its been a while since weve been out. Next time I gotta remember to bring the camera :-\
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You were indeed Lucky today :)
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Thanks for the report Lucky. It sure was a beauty of a day and nice to know people are catching some fish. I was a little bit curious
about what would be happening on the Fraser and I guess you answered that question for me, thanks. :)
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Are the dollys fairly active this time of year on the lower fraser, or does it pick up with warmer weather?
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The dollies/bull trout fishing will heat up around late April to mid June, when juvenile salmon begin to move down to the estuary. During a tide change, head down to the river and take a look. If you watch closely, you'll see the odd boils once awhile on the surface, those are usually bull trout or cutthroat trout slamming on smolts. Most of the bigger fish are further upstream right now, but will come down only if food is available down here. Roe works fine, but messy. I usually have great success with spinners.