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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Rodney on September 10, 2005, 06:54:05 PM
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As I headed to the river this morning at 10:30am, I gave fishersak a call. He reported that people had already limited out when he arrived at 9:30am, but the fishing died off when he started! :o
Anyways, I continued to the river and met up with him. Chrome Mykiss' dad followed soon after. Fishersak was discouraged by the lack of rises, but I was sure that there were fish as we have caught them with the absence of surface signs. He left to mow his dad's lawn while we fished. ;)
On my second cast, I felt a tap, a good indication. I then spotted one fin sticking out within casting distance. On my forth cast, one fish took the lure hard. A quick hook set and the fight was on! :D A male pink was landed minutes later. A quick release, and it was back to fishing. Two casts later I got into another male pink. By now Chrome Mykiss' dad was ready to dip his line. Just after I released my second fish, he hooked and lost one. :o
Not long after, lucky showed up to join the action. Right away he was into fish too. During the first hour, lucky hooked 5 and kept 3. Chrome Mykiss' dad hooked 5 and I hooked 5.
Fish Assassin showed up just as the action died down. ;D Chrome Mykiss also showed up and we decided to go for lunch and leave some fish for FA. ;D After a hearty meal at Tim Horton's, we quickly returned and found out FA had not gotten into any fish yet. ;) He even bought four of my spoons. :)
To prove that the fish were there, I got down to where FA was fishing, and started casting. ;) A few casts later, while FA was fiddling with his baitcaster, I hooked one just after the beginning of a retrieve. ;D The fish however popped off near shore (as I had planned of course ;) ).
We chatted and fished as the action slowed down. I had a few more taps but nothing too significant.
30 minutes later, I got into another one, again just after the beginning of a retrieve. A chrome doe made a few leaps. Just as I was thinking about keeping this fish, it came up and showed its side. Nope, not keeping this one now! Once we landed it, I took a couple of photos before the release.
Seal bites!
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Right side of the fish.
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Left side of the fish. Notice the backbone is showing.
It sure is a dangerous world down there, as FA mentioned.
Not much action after that. I hooked one more but came off near shore. Fishersak returned and brought his father, who was able to get into a fish right away. Great to see!
Hooked 8, landed 4 today. Another fantastic pink salmon day in Richmond. :D
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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I'll be ready for tomorrow !
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What the crap you should of done it a favour and boinked it there is no way that is gona make it to spawn probably in hella pain too.
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Not true floater, salmon are a lot tougher than most of us believe. A wound heals incredibly fast. We've done gill plate hole punches for spawner markings in the past only to find those holes healed up a week later.
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If it makes it or not it will provide excellent food for other species such as seals, birds, sturgeon etc. I once saw a Chinook caught bar fishing without an upper mouth or nose, it was chopped off cleanly by a prop and still was able to be hooked and landed, wasnt even bleeding, could just see its brains and flesh.
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Fish are finally starting to thicken up, fished maple ridge area today with a dozen or so fish caught and released with the ole trusty fly rod.
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My sister was trying flyfishing for pinks but end up with one NPM and a smaller fish (may be redside shiner?).
No salmon for her. Could be wrong fly don't know.
Fished from 7:30 to 9:00pm landed 2.
Going out again tomorrow. May be my sister will be able to catch a pink then ;)
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NPM on the fly is not a bad thing! Any fish on the fly is a great catch. :D
Lucky will tell you a trick to catch pikeminnows from today. :o ::) ;)
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Rodneys spoons work excellent for pikeminnow, caught two today. One was caught around a foot from shore when I dipped the spoon in the water for a split second, the fish came out of nowhere and nailed it. The fish wasnt much bigger than the lure.
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had one hit on a spinner with an orange blade and that was it. lots of fish moving through but none would take. would appreciate if a few of you guys could share your favourite color spoons and other lures as i am in fustration mode with only 4 fish in 20 outings to date.
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pecan_sam, we've had success with both orange and pink coloured lures. I personally don't think colour makes such a big difference, the key seems to be the retrieve speed. I sometimes would change my retrieve speed several times during one cast. Today, I had one fish that hit it four times before I got it by slowing it down after each hit. The last few days, I've been retrieving at a extremely slow speed, sometimes even leaving it suspending if the tide is running strong.
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i've been doing the same as well. orange has been better than pink lures for me so far. i think hook size is also a contibutor. willl be sizing down all the hooks for my next outing. thanks rodney.
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Not true floater, salmon are a lot tougher than most of us believe. A wound heals incredibly fast. We've done gill plate hole punches for spawner markings in the past only to find those holes healed up a week later.
I thought salmon cannot heal outside of saltwater? All the pinks that get hooked by the hump on the vedder allways have rot spots but i might if been misinformed on the saltwater thing.
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Glad someone is having some luck cause i got skunked again :P Fished the lower fraser by knight bridge; casted pink spoons to risers and jumpers but no bites, frustrating. ::)
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Not true floater, salmon are a lot tougher than most of us believe. A wound heals incredibly fast. We've done gill plate hole punches for spawner markings in the past only to find those holes healed up a week later
will those seal bites heal up like the gill plate hole punches ? that's pretty impressive how feisty those pinks are to take such a beating from seals and still go for some spoons.
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The wounds heal faster in saltwater than freshwater.
Most likely those wounds will not heal. If the way she swam off is an indication of her health, then she should make it. If she does make it, that gal is going to produce some mighty strong offsprings.
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True.
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Your right Rodney. People don't give these fish the credit they deserve. They are much stronger than people give them credit for. Their are some great documentaries on the salmon and I have seen them. When I can dig up the titles for these documentaries I will post it. You might even be able to go to the library and find them but I will still find out.
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Rodney, can I buy some magic spoon from you ?
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I just sent you a private message Bruce.
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don't feel bad will Carp i've also been go out to Richmond and getting skunked i think we need Rodneys magic spoons ;)
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Rodneys spoons work excellent for pikeminnow, caught two today. One was caught around a foot from shore when I dipped the spoon in the water for a split second, the fish came out of nowhere and nailed it. The fish wasnt much bigger than the lure.
Rod, I think you gave me and lucky your NPM spoons by mistake because thats all I've been catching :P
Had a 15" NPM hit the spoon just as I was about to take it out of the water, at first I thought I had a pink on but the fight stopped very quickly.
Just as lucky said, they come out of NOWHERE :o
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hey Rod can you send me a list of the heaviest spoons you have? i'm looking to fish faster water.
muchly appreciated.