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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Rodney on September 02, 2005, 10:42:00 AM
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Just a quick report as I received a phone call from Perch. His dad landed a spring jack shortly after they arrived at No. 3 Road pier in Richmond. :) It is not unusual to see some spring jacks while spincasting this time of the year. He also reported that there are anglers around but none were catching pinks, the tidal is going out fairly fast at this time but the strong incoming tide this evening should bring in some fish. :)
Few things to remember
- You need a tidal sportfishing licence when fishing in the tidal Fraser River.
- You need to purchase a salmon conservation stamp if you intend to keep your pink salmon.
- Daily quota for pink salmon is four fish in tidal Fraser River.
- Daily quota for chinook salmon is four fish in tidal Fraser River, but only one maybe over 50cm.
- You may only keep four salmon (mixed species) in total per day.
- Only a single barbless hook is allowed on the lure.
- Bait ban is in effect between September 6th and October 7th
- You must release any sockeye and wild coho carefully.
- Pink salmon have large oval spots on their back and tail. Sockeye salmon do not have spots. Chinook salmon have tiny black spots on its back and tail.
- Complete tidal Fraser River salmon regulations can be found on this page (http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish/Tidal/fraser_e.htm).
- Report all fishing violations to DFO Steveston 604-664-9250.
- Make sure you have a good fillet knife to clean your catch and a cooler with ice to keep your it fresh.
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(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/perch/IMG_0118.jpg)
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Awwwwwwwwwww its so small lol just imagine the monster it could of been. :o
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Those jacks taste oh so good BBQ'd
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No so Floater. Please excuse me, but my understanding is that jacks will spawn and die. So that jack will not get any bigger than he already is. I had a biology professor at UBC who calls jacks "sneaky f**kers"...pretty much describes them!
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Haha,hey thnx for the info.I never knew that they spawned that small but i gess if you think bout it,it would kinda make sense.Do all of the salmon that go threw the fraser spawn out and die,if so then why do the small jacks spawn soo eerly,is it because of economic reezons or is it just from wich family they come from? When I start thinkin about it there is a hell of alot of questions about these feirce salmon.
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Awwwwwwwwwww its so small lol just imagine the monster it could of been. :o
Jacks are sexually mature. They don't grow any bigger.
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FM, you're talking about Wayne Goodey?
*Lil Fisherman*, some info: http://www.fishingwithrod.com/articles/2001/1201_01.html
On my way out to find some pink salmon now. :)
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thnx uch rod :).
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how many punds is that jack? 4-5?
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I think people miss understood me i ment what a monster it could of been if it didnt choose to spawn so young but still thx for the info.
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fished lower fraser today with roe man and some freinds. lots of fish moving through between 4 and 5..hooked into 6 but only landed one nice 4 pound doe. Lost lots close to shore.
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Danny you guys must have intercepted the fish that we were trying to catch down here at 3pm...
I arrived at the river at around 2pm, not a single person around. I turned around, who do I see? gman drove up and parked behind me, followed me that sneaky guy. ;D
Anyways, I got down to the river and fished right away, gman got out of his working clothes, and ventured down but kept walking downstream as if he was fearing my skunk. :P He kept walking, and walking... ended up 50 meters below me. ;) We had the entire place to ourselves, no one upstream, no one downstream, just the two eagles that were circling high above us. :) The little bay in front of us were holding some pink salmon, they were surfacing every now and then. The water clarity was slightly dirtier than yesterday, making things a bit harder.
After 30 minutes or so, still no action, it was getting frustrating. gman claimed he saw a large sturgeon jump, I missed it... :-\ I finally hooked one an hour later, but it came off again after a few kicks! I didn't even yell fish on, so gman didn't even look up to see what was going on. After that, a few more taps, and the school was gone! gman left to his workout, and I was alone and getting bored very fast. I ended up leaving the place and headed to No. 3 Road, where I saw ahans and pierboy casting into the head wind. No luck according to them, pierboy hooked into two fish he said. I fished for awhile and decided to go home as I was getting very hungry... :o
Here's a Vedder River spring jack by the way, give you an idea how big they are.
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fishing_photos/pics/pic/04-042.jpg)
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yes it is slow, I tried after work and slow slow slow fishing,I heard it's been that way for two days now. At least there is alot more fishing ahead of us. ok, anybody, and Rodney, I am curiuos to know which side of the river you think is better at this time ?
And will it change later?
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First time out for pinks for me today. Rod, I wasn't afraid of your skunk, I just walked down to where I saw the most jumpers! ;) Not that it did me any good - I didn't get a fish on. It was nice and peacefull though. The sturgeon was quite a site - makes me want to bring out the heavy gear. I've never tried sturgeon fishing in the lower river.
It was nice to get out and give it a try. It should get better day by day from here on.
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Well yesterday wuz pretty good at brownsville cuz just about everyone got a fish but today just about everyone got skunked.I think that its going to be off and on for a lil more,but you can never really tell with fishing.
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My nephew and I headed to the Bar Bar after supper. Unbelievable to find it devoid of people at this time of year. Must have all gone sockeye fishing. Saw a couple of jumpers. Had a hit on a zzinger; my nephew had a hit on a spoon.
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Thats good, too bad no fish tho :(
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Yeah, but we'll get their brothers and sisters.........
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make sure to get the oldest of them all
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My nephew and I headed to the Bar Bar after supper. Unbelievable to find it devoid of people at this time of year. Must have all gone sockeye fishing. Saw a couple of jumpers. Had a hit on a zzinger; my nephew had a hit on a spoon.
yes I had hits too but is sure slow, soon we will all be jumpin up an down about how many fish we caught
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Ya i hope it starts reely soon.before skool starts
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Ya i hope it starts reely soon.before skool starts
English will no doubt be your favourite subject. ;D ;D ;D
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ya, I reely doubt it,ide rather have gymor........anything else. :)
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Rod, not only did gman sneak up on you, he also snuck out of the office today. I had a hunch where he disappeared to when his desk was vacant early.
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Rod, not only did gman sneak up on you, he also snuck out of the office today. I had a hunch where he disappeared to when his desk was vacant early.
Glad I'm not the only one who does that..... glowing, suntanned face is a giveaway next morning......