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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rodney on August 14, 2013, 01:36:19 AM
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Because we are approaching the 2013 Lower Fraser River pink salmon fishery, it is only appropriate to get this thread started. The goal of this thread is to provide background information of this fishery for those who are new and unfamiliar with it.
You are also encouraged to provide updates throughout the season, not necessarily the exact fishing spots where you are successfully catching them, but river condition, catch count, tide timing can all be very helpful to other anglers. Please do not ask others where they are fishing, you can do so by email or private messaging. If they wish to publicly disclose their fishing spot, they will voluntarily post it.
This discussion is not only limited to the tidal portion of the Fraser River, but the entire Lower Fraser River up to Hope where this fishery is available.
Background Information
If you have never tried the Fraser River pink salmon fishery and are unfamiliar with it, I have put together an article on how to catch them with spinning gear. You can read it at:
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/articles/estuary_fishing/fishing_for_tidal_fraser_pink_salmon.html
There is also a video feature from two years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIqI5rFZv8
As well as an instructional video for subscribers on our website:
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/tour/2011-03.html
Season, Timing and Locations
You can catch pink salmon in the Fraser River during odd years in as early as mid August, but the fishery typically starts in the last week of August. The first two weeks of September can be excellent. By the third week of September, it tapers off but you can still encounter the odd fish until the end of September.
The last three hours of incoming tide is usually best at most spots, but some locations can produce fish at any given tide. Sometimes fish will also enter the Fraser River when the tide is low. It is best to visit a spot several times at different tides to determine when it is most productive.
You can catch pink salmon at any spot along the Fraser River. They will enter both North and South Arms of the Tidal Fraser River in Richmond and Vancouver, converge into one arm in New Westminster. River/Dyke Roads along the shorelines of Richmond and Delta are popular spots. The south shoreline along Langley and Mission can be popular. Going further upstream, the popular gravel bars between Chilliwack and Hope will all produce.
Important Fish Identification Information
When the pink salmon fishery is taking place in the Lower Fraser River, several other salmon species will also be making their way through the river. Some of these species are closed for retention so you must release them with care by keeping them in the water at all time and using a catch and release net. Sockeye salmon, coho salmon and steelhead are required to be released unless stated otherwise. Wild trout and char are also required to be released. It is your responsibility to identify these fish correctly. If you are unsure what species you have at the end of your line, please let it go. Here are some photographs for reference.
Pink Salmon
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Coho Salmon
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Sockeye Salmon
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Bull Trout
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Regulations
Beside your tidal or non-tidal fishing licence (depending on where on the Fraser River you are fishing), you must purchase a salmon stamp/conservation surcharge if you wish to keep your pink salmon. Make sure you are using a single barbless hook. The following links are regulations which you should be familiar with. Please check them regularly as in-season regulation changes may occur.
- Tidal Fraser River fishing regulations (http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tidal-maree/fraser-eng.html)
- Region 2 (look under Non-tidal Fraser River) fishing regulations (http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/fresh-douce/region2-eng.html)
Advise and help new anglers who may not be familiar with the regulations. If it is apparent that they are aware of the regulations but choose to ignore them, you can report the violations by phoning 604-607-4186 or 1-800-465-4336.
Good luck and have fun in the next six weeks!
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Good Stuff, Thanks Rodney. :)
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Do you know anything about Deering Island? TIA
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Good post, nice to see a big point on what will be open and what wont, and how to identify those fish.
Cheers,Moe
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you broke your own guide lines ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
"Some of these species are closed for retention so you must release them with care by keeping them in the water at all time and using a catch and release net"
Coho Salmon
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you broke your own guide lines ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
The photograph was for ID purpose.
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Fly or gear? On the one hand, I fly fish. Period. On the other, this is a meat fishery (and damn fun too!) and my smoker needs to be fed. Im thinking about picking up a smallish (9-10 foot) very cheap spinning rod, just to hit the pinks on the fraser, then chase the coho and pinks in smaller rivers with the fly. But Im wondering if a fly tossed in the 40 foot mark will still hit schools of moving pinks? Granted, I have an 8 weight rod I just got as a prize at a derby, and Im thinking a shooting head on it for spey casts and distance, but Im not sure of whether to get a spinning rod, or focus more on the 8 weight for the pinks.
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Most are available that close to shore.
Most fisherman make their casts WAY to long during pink season. Tossing large crocs and buzzboms way out there, when the pinks actually track closer to shore.
It is a waste of time in the strike zone, and tiring.
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Most are available that close to shore.
Most fisherman make their casts WAY to long during pink season. Tossing large crocs and buzzboms way out there, when the pinks actually track closer to shore.
It is a waste of time in the strike zone, and tiring.
Thats what idea Ive had in my head, but you know, the fish are ALWAYS on the other side of the river right? Thanks
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For pinks I use a cheap 6'6" spinning rod and reel with 8lb line. That's it. I am also hoping to get some one the fly this year as well so I plan on being both to the river and using whatever depending on the conditions. You should be able too get a cheap rod and reel around 40 or 50 bucks I would think
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Fly or gear? On the one hand, I fly fish. Period. On the other, this is a meat fishery (and damn fun too!) and my smoker needs to be fed. Im thinking about picking up a smallish (9-10 foot) very cheap spinning rod, just to hit the pinks on the fraser, then chase the coho and pinks in smaller rivers with the fly. But Im wondering if a fly tossed in the 40 foot mark will still hit schools of moving pinks? Granted, I have an 8 weight rod I just got as a prize at a derby, and Im thinking a shooting head on it for spey casts and distance, but Im not sure of whether to get a spinning rod, or focus more on the 8 weight for the pinks.
there are few places on the fraser that you can fly fish for pinks. i would say not so much in the lower fraser but there are places to fly fish ;) and it is true on certain condition especially not a whole lot of vis that salmon are generally very close to the shore line.
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there are few places on the fraser that you can fly fish for pinks. i would say not so much in the lower fraser but there are places to fly fish ;) and it is true on certain condition especially not a whole lot of vis that salmon are generally very close to the shore line.
There are a LOT of places to fly fish on the fraser for pinks......Upper and lower. I prefer to lower just due to the slower water and fresher fish. Slow retrieve is best IMO. Also, yes they travel in close.
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Fly or gear? On the one hand, I fly fish. Period. On the other, this is a meat fishery (and damn fun too!) and my smoker needs to be fed. Im thinking about picking up a smallish (9-10 foot) very cheap spinning rod, just to hit the pinks on the fraser, then chase the coho and pinks in smaller rivers with the fly. But Im wondering if a fly tossed in the 40 foot mark will still hit schools of moving pinks? Granted, I have an 8 weight rod I just got as a prize at a derby, and Im thinking a shooting head on it for spey casts and distance, but Im not sure of whether to get a spinning rod, or focus more on the 8 weight for the pinks.
Has it already been two years? Going from keeping an accidentally snagged fish to exclusively fly fishing. ;D
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=27518.msg263263#msg263263
Fly fishing is very doable in the Tidal Fraser River. It's easier at some spots and harder at others. Beaches like the ones at MacDonald Beach, Dump Bar, Annacis Island provide plenty of backcasting room for it. You can also do it from the steeper dykes by not casting too far. Fish are pretty close to shore anyway. With water clarity looking much better than two summers ago, it should be even easier to get them on the fly.
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i plan on alot of fly fishing of my boat just by ladner. cant wait. if you have bright flies they will hit them. cant decide if i am going to bring 8 weight or 6. i bet 6 would be plenty.
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6 is more than enough.
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dan, i'll shoot you an Email later on, i've got a few techniques and a location which IMO one of the better locations for fly fishing on the fraser for pinks. I've found pinks stack up close to shore on back eddies of rockey shoals on the fraser, and i can usually get into 15+ fish on a good day in some locations.
its not a hard game with pinks on the fraser, if you see them surfacing, cast to them, and hold on, i've had far to many times fly fishing where i would get into one fish, loose it, and get into another 10 feet down the drift.
I use a cheaper 9' 6/7 weight for pinks on with an intermediate sinking line, with a type 2 clear tip, and depending on depth or current I may add type 4 clear sink tip. since i dont trust my 5wt on the river, and the 9 wt have too much back bone for a 4lb pink, and my 3wt is just for pike minnow when the fishing is slow.
I've also found that Size 6 or 4 (depending on clairity) dark leaches or clousers with some purple or chartreuse flash in them work best in the non tidal area's that I fish often.
I've getting excited, payday is here and its time to stock up on tying materials, cause its going to be a busy next week prepping for this fishery
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Excellent info Ezio. I'm also very eager to try pinks on the fly this season, but looks like we will have more time than we want to prep to get on the water, as Fisheries have now closed the lower Fraser to salmon fishing. Let's hope the pinks aren't early as some have predicted. So far the vast majority of pinks caught in the test fishery are not Fraser stocks. Fingers crossed for an opening in time to try the fly.
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pinks are almost not worth catching in the non-tidal Fraser certainly not good for eating
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pinks are almost not worth catching in the non-tidal Fraser certainly not good for eating
I catch plenty every pink run well above the Mission bridge that are chrome. Not the green and white slimers. Obviously more of them in the lower but to say they are no good for eating is foolish.
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For those who have not read the other threads on the discussion forum, currently the Fraser River is closed for salmon fishing completely from Steveston to Hope. You cannot target pink salmon right now. Fishery managers are reviewing these closures on a weekly basis. Summer run sockeye salmon stock status and Fraser River water temperature will determine when this fishery reopens. Please let other anglers know if they are unaware of it.
Tidal Fraser River (subareas 29-11 to 29-17) closure: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=153083&ID=recreational
Non-tidal Fraser River closure: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=153070&ID=recreational
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Quite surprised they closed the tidal Fraser for pinks.
Don't think there's a lot of sockeye being hooked there as bycatch.
But nothing surprises me anymore.
Probably reopen it within 2 weeks.
Hopefully First Nations gets shut down to if they're that worried.
But highly doubt that too!!!
And just respooled all my pink rods this morning.....doh!!!
Rando
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Quite surprised they closed the tidal Fraser for pinks.
Don't think there's a lot of sockeye being hooked there as bycatch.
But nothing surprises me anymore.
Probably reopen it within 2 weeks.
Hopefully First Nations gets shut down to if they're that worried.
But highly doubt that too!!!
And just respooled all my pink rods this morning.....doh!!!
Rando
Exactly. I've never heard of a sockeye hooked in the lower fraser.
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We have caught the odd one back trolling in the lower. Those are days to buy a lottery ticket though, its really only happened a handful of times over the years.
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Has it already been two years? Going from keeping an accidentally snagged fish to exclusively fly fishing. ;D
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=27518.msg263263#msg263263
Fly fishing is very doable in the Tidal Fraser River. It's easier at some spots and harder at others. Beaches like the ones at MacDonald Beach, Dump Bar, Annacis Island provide plenty of backcasting room for it. You can also do it from the steeper dykes by not casting too far. Fish are pretty close to shore anyway. With water clarity looking much better than two summers ago, it should be even easier to get them on the fly.
Bahaha I was half wondering if you might remember that! Good stuff! And I havent kept a snagged fish since! (Or even gear fished, aside from the Spring fishing in Sooke I did last week)
But yeah, time really has flown eh? It doesnt seem that long ago that I thought this whole sport was a lot more complex than it is. Then I found fly fishing! Something to actually boggle the mind, but the best lesson I learned is, its fishing! Its not that hard.
Im thinking Ill pick up a cheapo 40 buck spin outfit should my fly rods fail me, but I think Ill do just fine. I was just at a spot the other day I have caught (snagged ;) ) pinks at before and I just felt that my casting wasnt getting the distance i remember them rolling at. Granted, that was 2 years ago, and those are only the fish I saw, so Ill continue with the elitism of being a fly guy 8)
Now those notices of the fraser being closed are scary! But Im sure it will open up just in time for us
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada has reopened the tidal portion of the Fraser River (subareas 29-11 to 29-17) for salmon fishing and retention of selected species, including pink salmon. Please read the following fishery notice carefully before heading out.
http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=153536&ID=recreational
The pink salmon run has not really started yet as the amount of fish coming into the river is not thick enough to yield any good result from popular shore spots. At least this has been my observation in subareas 29-9 and 29-10 in the past two weeks. This fishery typically heats up on the first or second day of September, so it is worth exploring this long weekend, especially with the afternoon incoming tides.
Good luck!
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The Test Fisheries at Whonnock is still far below the peak from the 2011 pink salmon counts. Some lucky dog will bring home a pink today, but lots of people will get skunked if they try it today.
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The Test Fisheries at Whonnock is still far below the peak from the 2011 pink salmon counts. Some lucky dog will bring home a pink today, but lots of people will get skunked if they try it today.
Thats part of fishing.
Often too many people rely on reports, test set numbers, etc. Yes, they are good tools but sometimes you just need to get out there and see whats happening for yourself, you can't catch fish from the couch. Sometimes you'll catch fish, other times not. Thats part of it and you'll learn a lot more the more time you have on the water.
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Thats part of fishing.
Often too many people rely on reports, test set numbers, etc. Yes, they are good tools but sometimes you just need to get out there and see whats happening for yourself, you can't catch fish from the couch. Sometimes you'll catch fish, other times not. Thats part of it and you'll learn a lot more the more time you have on the water.
Agreed, you have to be on the water to find out. However if you are making a list of possible places to fish on the weekend, that Test Fishery may affect your decision.
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IMO, this is the most exciting time of the entire season. The bulk of the run has not arrived, but scattered small schools are making their way into the river. A bunch of us are always wanting to be the first person to catch one in the Tidal Fraser River so we always go out way earlier than we should, hoping to intercept a small school and catch one even though the chances are pretty slim.
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Was out in the Poplar area for a couple hours this morning at low tide.... a few jumpers here and there, a LOT of drift nets! No love for me but a nice break in the day - always nice to get out for a bit, regardless of catch!
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how is the water clarity on the tidal portion, Went to the river last night in the chilliwack area near my house and it was only 6"-10" of clairty. A lot of fish rising though!
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how is the water clarity on the tidal portion, Went to the river last night in the chilliwack area near my house and it was only 6"-10" of clairty. A lot of fish rising though!
Up around Poplar was not very good from the shore to as far as I could tell in the light reflection, but at low tide it hits the muddy section below the rocks and stirs it up so the first 10 feet or so looks bad - clearer the farther out you go, but I couldn't see it without my sunnies on.
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ah thats not too bad, the area i was at and usually fish, the water was pretty bad, fish where holding and rising 3-10 feet from the shoreline, but the water around chilliwack may as well be mud with this clarity :P
So even if the non tidal opens i don't see many fish being caught just for that reason. Going to have better chance of catching them in the vedder still for quite some time if the rain doesn't disapear soon
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Pink and chum salmon retention opening in the non-tidal portion of Fraser River in Region 2 has been announced.
http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=153575&ID=recreational
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The Test Fisheries at Whonnock is still far below the peak from the 2011 pink salmon counts. Some lucky dog will bring home a pink today, but lots of people will get skunked if they try it today.
You are about right. Checked out around Pattullo Bridge today and I would say 80% of people there were skunked with a few fish hooked here and there. Not worth my time yet.
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any tributaries better than others for pinks at this time, if the clarity is poor? Do Pinks run up the Stave?
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any tributaries better than others for pinks at this time, if the clarity is poor? Do Pinks run up the Stave?
yes they are in there from a fisheries website that i checked last pink
year. never tried it though
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I guess chinook is not to be retained?
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You are about right. Checked out around Pattullo Bridge today and I would say 80% of people there were skunked with a few fish hooked here and there. Not worth my time yet.
I dropped by there today and it was a ZOO! Lotsa people. While I was there the bite seemed to be fairly good. One of the guys I know caught his limit with no problem. I'm going to Dyke Rd., or end of 5 rd. in Richmond, lots more room to fish there.
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I went Surry Dock around noon. Not that many hook ups. Only one guy had 2 and one other had one. The rest of skunked. Perhaps evening incoming tide better. Perhaps Brownsville was better.
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I guess chinook is not to be retained?
Chinook:
Effective immediately, until 23:59 hours, Saturday, August 31, 2013 the daily
limit for wild or hatchery-marked chinook salmon is four (4) per day only one
of which can be greater than 50 cm.
Effective 00:01 hours Sunday, September 1, 2013 until 23:59 hours, Tuesday,
December 31, 2013 the daily limit for wild or hatchery marked chinook salmon is
four (4) per day only one of which can be greater than 62 cm.
Coho:
No retention of coho is permitted effective immediately until 23:59 Friday,
October 4, 2013.
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Chinook:
Effective immediately, until 23:59 hours, Saturday, August 31, 2013 the daily
limit for wild or hatchery-marked chinook salmon is four (4) per day only one
of which can be greater than 50 cm.
Effective 00:01 hours Sunday, September 1, 2013 until 23:59 hours, Tuesday,
December 31, 2013 the daily limit for wild or hatchery marked chinook salmon is
four (4) per day only one of which can be greater than 62 cm.
Coho:
No retention of coho is permitted effective immediately until 23:59 Friday,
October 4, 2013.
I believe the above is only for the tidal portion of the Fraser river. No retention of chinook is permitted in the non tidal yet.
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Fished the incoming tide on the south arm at No. 5 Rd, it was quite slow. I didn't see any hook ups and jumpers were few and far in between visibility was poor 8"-10" at most.
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Same for Maple Ridge area today
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just came back from 3 Road pier
had a couple of hook-ups, didn't land them...saw lots jumping about 40-50 feet off shore.
couple of fellow's caught pinks beside me.
DFO was out on the water checking the boat's that were netting fish
visibility i would say is 5-6 feet at best
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Fished at the end of No. 3 Rd. from 3-4:30. Got one and had another on the line very briefly. Saw a couple more caught too. Visibility is about 8". I'm sure the bite would improve with a bit more visibility.
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Does anybody know which spot in Richmond has the best chance with catching a fish, I looked through all of them, some are small channels, not sure if salmon travel through them, Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks
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any where along the dyke will work. either side of richmond. there is no best spot. dont worry about the channels. fish the actual fraser. read rods info on his links and it will tell you all you need to know.
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Does anybody know which spot in Richmond has the best chance with catching a fish, I looked through all of them, some are small channels, not sure if salmon travel through them, Could somebody point me in the right direction. Thanks
A bit of trial and error will suffice, Try a spot fish it if that's not working move on to the next and go from there til you find a honey hole. You'll never know unless you get out there and put in the work it's a hit and miss operation but that's part of the game. I don't mean to be rude but do you even fish? You tend to ask very obvious question where you can find the answers to if you'd just put in the time and effort just get out there and experience new things your not always gonna get fish but that's fishing for ya.
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I looked on this website and some others, and didn't understand the thing about the channels, didn't know if fish travel through those or not. I have been fishing in that area, just never connect.
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FYI at Triangle Rd. a tree was across the road preventing access to the end. Guessing it came down during the storm last night.
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Great action this evening. ;D
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Caught 4 between no 3 and gilbert today, from 2:30-5. Pretty lucky day for me.
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A good amount of fish are now coming into the river with the tide. This male was one of several which we encountered this afternoon. There's really one way to find out where the fish are....
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There's really one way to find out where the fish are....
FOLLOW THE FWR-MOBILE!!!
Thats how I would do it
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Nice big male. Good job dude.
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A good amount of fish are now coming into the river with the tide. This male was one of several which we encountered this afternoon. There's really one way to find out where the fish are....
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Ya ya, I saw your fish splashing when it was being brought in. ;D
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Spin fished from shore for a couple hours this evening under the Mission bridge. Caught three pinks, one Chinook, three nice spoons, a lead banana weight and a rock. Thought it was a fairly successful outing and got my new rod broken in...finally!
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well done! can't wait to get out there this weekend
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Ya ya, I saw your fish splashing when it was being brought in. ;D
Actually wasnt my fish, my daughters first pink of the year and yes I was skunked.
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Congrads to all the Fraser R shore fishermen/ladies.
Yous are doing as good as those who went out on boats to sports fish.
Know of two boats who had 2 & 3 people on board.
One boat hooked 10 fish but landed 3.
Other boat did better.
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Thats part of fishing.
Often too many people rely on reports, test set numbers, etc. Yes, they are good tools but sometimes you just need to get out there and see whats happening for yourself, you can't catch fish from the couch. Sometimes you'll catch fish, other times not. Thats part of it and you'll learn a lot more the more time you have on the water.
over the years I've found the test sets very useful in determining if it's worth fishing above Mission or doing something else. IMO the pink fishery is hyped beyond it's worth particularly these opening weeks when 90%+ the fish are still in the strait and staging.
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Ya theres not many pinks in the river so just sit at home until next week when you can get one every cast. This is too much like work getting one every 10 casts. ;) Nice cromers early in the season though. Tasted great on the bbq last night!
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over the years I've found the test sets very useful in determining if it's worth fishing above Mission or doing something else. IMO the pink fishery is hyped beyond it's worth particularly these opening weeks when 90%+ the fish are still in the strait and staging.
I agree, it's still a bit early in season but they are there. Just time your outing right with the tides.
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I will be out there at the end of 5 road latter today or early tomorrow and will post a report and location
http://www.tides.info/?command=view&location=New+Westminster%2C+British+Columbia
^^^ that is my fav tide table web site if anyone is interested in that,
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will be trying at 3 and dyke, caught two there yesterday!
good fishing to all
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anyone fishing in the New West area? I'm gonna get out today and try a few places. I'd love to campare notes with anyone else fishing in the Royal City.
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There is a new park along the shore in New West, but since it's a boardwalk, might be difficult to land the fish
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anyone fishing in the New West area? I'm gonna get out today and try a few places. I'd love to campare notes with anyone else fishing in the Royal City.
Had a go there early this morning on a strong outgoing tide - no luck but I was not expecting much. I am surprised to hear people doing OK around No 3 road - this is still very early for pinks on the Fraser.
New West has always been my favorite area for them on account of being very close to home.
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Had a go there early this morning on a strong outgoing tide - no luck but I was not expecting much. I am surprised to hear people doing OK around No 3 road - this is still very early for pinks on the Fraser.
New West has always been my favorite area for them on account of being very close to home.
I live right in downtown new west so i have to make the most of it. I was there today from non to three. no action. Literally saw more sturgeon than pinks.
That being said, it was still an hour from high tide, and yes it is still early.
what does everyone figure? about another 3-6 days before the masses start moving?
I'm going ot try Steveston tomorrow.
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There were lots of pinks moving through before the river opened. I counted 10+ boats netting out here in delta the last two days which could explain why people are getting fish near the mouth but not much up farther.
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Just got back from the river -- south shore of Richmond. It was dead for 2 1/2 hours this afternoon, but then half an hour before high tide some fish came through and I had three bright males in short order (landed two). This in spite of the big boats dragging their nets across the river and the seals sending some mid-river fish (sockeye?) into some pretty impressive acrobatics. What a place to live!
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Got spooled by a massive spring! :-\ >:(
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Are the nets going all weekend????
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was out on my boat from 1 till 5 today right by ladner. fish moving but very slow. i think most of the fish that were rolling were sockeye. saw lots of green heads and bigger than pink size fish. their were also tons of nets when i arrived. my girlfriend managed one but visibility very poor. 1 foot to 1 and a half foot most .dfo was out checking people which was nice to see. going to go back monday.
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dfo told me the gillnetters have today and tomorrow. monday their done.
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No.5 rd, Richmond. Saw a few landed couple hours before high tide. Dead after that. Considering how many people fishing, not much going on. Caught a chrome female last night, lost a couple, same with the other two fishing near me.
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There are definitely fish out there.
And.
It's definitely still on the early side of the run.
I had one nudge from 1pm-4pm. Think I saw *maybe* one pink roll upstream from the Patullo, plus a spring or two jump mid-river and a few sturgeon too.
Gonna be back out Monday.
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dfo told me the gillnetters have today and tomorrow. monday their done.
Thanks for the info.
Going out in the morning for my abuse ;D
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Yesterday the river was full of fish and void of people.
Today, the complete opposite. ;D
It was good to see many familiar faces this afternoon. We get to catch up once every two years, catching some pink salmon is just a bonus, right?
Good to see my buddy Vince's 8 year old son Jaden catching his first pink salmon. He did his own cast, retrieve and hook-up. :D Vince and I have fished together along the Tidal Fraser in Richmond since the late 90s. We started out handlining chubs, then I showed him how to catch pikeminnow with spinners in 2000, then introduced him to pinks in 2001, and coho salmon the following year. Nice to see him passing that on. ;)
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Lots of kids out with parents today. This is why the Tidal Fraser pink fishery is so fantastic. It can be crowded, but the atmosphere is always positive.
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Went out for a couple hours today around No. 5 Rd, hooked into 3 but all 3 took 1 run and spit the hook >:( Didn't see anyone else around me hook into one. Can't say I got skunked though because I managed to pull in a pike minnow and a bullhead,with both fish barely able to fit my spoon into their mouths :P None the less, awesome day to be out. Clarity has improved from yesterday, I would guess 10-12".
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thats great to see young ones out there having fun too
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Yesterday between about 1:30 and 4:30 my son and I tried at Derby Reach. When we arrived there were about a dozen people spin casting and two boats anchored out. I didn't have so much as a nibble, and I didn't see anyone else hook up either.
I've heard people say that Derby Reach isn't a great place. Does anyone here have any experience there?
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Caught 2 at Derby yesterday early in the morning.
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I went out Friday morning after the opening and tried a couple of places.
First place, I hooked 2 fish but lost them both (1st fish on the 5th cast).
Moved to Richmond and saw a lot of fish rising around 3:00pm.
Hooked 3 fish there but only landed one - figured out my drag was too tight and finally loosened it off.
Richmond was pretty busy - spent a fair amount of time showing people how to fish properly.
All the fish on Saturday were fairly large bucks - fished about 6 hours total.
Went out after 6:00pm on Saturday and landed one nice doe (got sunburnt Friday so had to cool it Saturday).
Still early but plenty of fish around if you put in the time.
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I've only got a light spinning rod (2-6) and 4lb line. If the fish are +/- 6lb is the fishing doable with my setup?
Don't feel like getting another rod/reel combo for 3 weeks of fishing.
Cheers,
Dan
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Hoop- IMHO try respooling with 6lb, maybe 8. It will help with the current. Not too heavy or casting distance is affected.
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I think 4lb line is a bit too light... would reccomend somewhere between 8 - 15lb test
Last time I was using 15lb line for pinks and still got it broken a few times from scratching against rocks etc.
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if I respool with 6 or 8 would my reel/rod combo still be satisfactory?
Daiwa light spinning 2-6 and Shimano Sahara 1000FE.
Cheers,
Dan
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Yeah, I think it would be doable with 8lb line for that setup.
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Thanks Crab!
Cheers,
Dan
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if I respool with 6 or 8 would my reel/rod combo still be satisfactory?
Daiwa light spinning 2-6 and Shimano Sahara 1000FE.
Cheers,
Dan
If the rod is rated 2-6, using 8 would exceed the limit of its design. You can take a chance on it and hope the pressure doesn't break it, or buy a cheap rod from anywhere. You can get a cheap rod any where for 8 to 20 bucks.
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If you have the Daiwa Spinmatic Ultralight spinning rod rated 2 to 6lb, then you definitely should not put 8lb test line on your reel. Secondly, your Sahara 1000FE has very little capacity for 8lb test line. 6lb test might be ok for that reel, but its capacity is perfect for 4lb test.
Ultralight spinning rods are ok for pink salmon fishing, but you'll find bringing the fish in can take quite a bit longer than a medium/light rod. Daiwa Spinmatic has very little backbone, so it'd take even longer than a stiff ultralight spinning rod like a Shimano Clarus.
6lb test line is fine for landing pink salmon, but you will find that after fishing landing a few fish in the Tidal Fraser River for awhile, there will be damages to the line caused by silt and debris in the water. My recommendation is a slightly heavier rod and a slightly bigger reel like a Shimano 2500, so you can spool it with 8lb test. This setup can last you throughout the entire season without any issues.
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Fished outgoing around Poplar area this morning - no signs of anything (either the nets that are out were doing an exceptional job, or they were hurting too!)
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last night was also very slow in that area. saw a few risers, had one on briefly saw no others hooked.
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Surrey area was as slow as can be yesterday afternoon . More sturgeons hooked than pinks. LOL. Give it another week.
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out yesterday and got skunked pink wise.... but a 5 foot sturgy made up for that !
today hooked many but only got to to the boat !
it will only get better ! water was much clearer today say a foot and a half compared to 6 8 inches yesterday
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out yesterday and got skunked pink wise.... but a 5 foot sturgy made up for that !
today hooked many but only got to to the boat !
it will only get better ! water was much clearer today say a foot and a half compared to 6 8 inches yesterday
Really, I found the water murkier than yesterday. Different area I guess. I was at the north arm. No risers again. Seems to be much less action than on Friday they were jumping everywhere.
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We did okay out there today. See my boat thread for details.
Not in full bore yet, but any day now...
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skunked, a few small bites out in richmond. first time on the tidal. nets everywhere so I'm sure that had an impact.
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Skunked for me as well. Might try later this week when not so crowded. Sunday of the Labour day weekend tends to be ++ busy.
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Got skunked on the Fraser around New West on Saturday so my wife and I decided to go to Sunshine Coast Sunday and give Gibsons a try for Pinks. We caught 4 in about 1 hour and lost about 20 together. My wife caught her first salmon! Tons of fish showing there. We would have liked to fish longer but we needed to catch the ferry back. A guy in a small dingy about 30 meters from shore caught about 8 in the 1.5 hours we were there. Just as a heads up to anyone wanting to try a different area for pinks until the Fraser really heats up.
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2 for 2 on the Fraser. Hope this keeps up ;D
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Got skunked on the Fraser around New West on Saturday so my wife and I decided to go to Sunshine Coast Sunday and give Gibsons a try for Pinks. We caught 4 in about 1 hour and lost about 20 together. My wife caught her first salmon! Tons of fish showing there. We would have liked to fish longer but we needed to catch the ferry back. A guy in a small dingy about 30 meters from shore caught about 8 in the 1.5 hours we were there. Just as a heads up to anyone wanting to try a different area for pinks until the Fraser really heats up.
I may took your spot at Sapperton Landing Park at New West on Sunday. I caught my limit and lost 3 within 3 hours when the tide coming. ;D ;D ;D
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10 lb Doe! ;D Lost afew others.
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Damn that things huge!!!!!
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I may took your spot at Sapperton Landing Park at New West on Sunday. I caught my limit and lost 3 within 3 hours when the tide coming. ;D ;D ;D
What time was that about?? I was there all afternoon yesterday too.
However, I didn't see any action at all..........
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Currently at dyke rd, been here for about 2hrs. No one near me caught anything, including myself
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Haney public dock in Maple Ridge had been crowded all weekend, with very very little action if any.
Fair warning to anyone who was thinking of heading down for a few casts: it's not quite shoulder to shoulder down there, but close.
Lots of boats hanging around the mouth of Kanaka Creek - similar reports from there: not too much action going on yet this far up the Fraser. They're moving through the system, but you can watch a patch of water here for 3 hours and not see a single jumper, even on the right tide.
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There were a few being caught at the Mission bridge today, first I've seen there this weekend.
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Two-Bit area from 3-4:30. No sign of life from anyone on the shore or the boats. Spoke with one dude that was there all day, hadn't seen a thing either.
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I was at No. 5 Rd. from noon to 5:00. My buddy caught 1 doe that was hooked under the jaw - it was released. I landed a small jack coho - also released. Other than that I only saw two other people hooked up. It was very busy. There were way fewer fish showing than the last 2 days. Some small schools went by around 2:30, but that was it. It was dead out there!
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I was at No. 5 Rd. from noon to 5:00. My buddy caught 1 doe that was hooked under the jaw - it was released. I landed a small jack coho - also released. Other than that I only saw two other people hooked up. It was very busy. There were way fewer fish showing than the last 2 days. Some small schools went by around 2:30, but that was it. It was dead out there!
I was the fellow fishing beside you. Tried a few other spots around the area with similar results.
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Sounds like the run is over!!! ;D
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same deal, fished the southarm from noon-6.
the only large school I saw pass by was wayyy before high tide. likely as the tide was changing and starting to push in.
no strikes to my gibbs hammered croc, and just as school was leaving switched to cheapo pink spoon and fish on... then off.
that was it for 6 hours, will switch gear quicker during a school if getting no action cuz today I learned that schools can be far and few between. especially during early season. everyone else near me had similar results.
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Ill say this Rodney, with the lack of action the past couple days, Im really glad I picked up a cheapo 25 dollar spin rod! I have my 7 weight for when fish are actually here in numbers, which Im excited about, but 5-6 hours of straight casting with NOTHING would kill Fly Fishing for me.
Also I loaded my little spin reel with 10lb Suffix 832 braid, this stuff is AMAZING! I didnt put any backing on the reel (tape, mono, etc) so I may have to reline it, but this stuff CASTS FOR EVER! Its so thin, I honestly cant ever see going back to mono (for those once every 2 year occurances I fish gear ;D )
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out their 1 till 6 and same, it was slow. only managed 2 to the boat between 3 of us. prob about 4 missed strikes. clarity was much improved.
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amazing evening to be on the water though, calm as could be and no wind.
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Landed 2 this morning, then went back out from 4:30-6:30 at the same spot and didn't see a single fish even roll.
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fingers crossed its goes a bit better tomorrow I have my nephews out for their first fishing adventure, maybe with no nets out a few extra fish will be on the sides of the river
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on dyke rd around 3-6 and not even a nibble. i see them jumping around but no action. 2 people landed out of the many who are trying. i'll try it again later this week and hope i have better luck.
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I've tried New West, Richmond, and Langley... same story at all 3 locations. Very quiet, a few jumpers here or there, but mostly out of reach of shore anglers. I'm gonna give it a couple days before heading out again.
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Landed 2 this morning, then went back out from 4:30-6:30 at the same spot and didn't see a single fish even roll.
Same thing here. Morning was fun but nothing in the evening. I stayed around just enjoying the scenery and didn't see anything up to about 7:30pm.
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Was returning from the island this evening from boat, starting from 3km out of the mouth and thru canoe pass jumpers and finners everywhere. There definitely staging.
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Was returning from the island this evening from boat, starting from 3km out of the mouth and thru canoe pass jumpers and finners everywhere. There definitely staging.
Landed 2 late afternoon near Mission Bridge Area. 1 male and 1 female. The female had lots of sea lice . Lots of fishing moving through but pretty tight jawed. Lots of people out enjoying the great weather.
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Was out Sat, Sun and Mon 3 hrs. before high tide and fished about 3.5 hrs each day. Sat was the best day for action and between two of us we managed to hook 3 ....... and managed to loose those three at our feet!! haha Sun and Mon was the same as everyone else, not many bites at all. Did not see many caught around us. We fished on Dyke Road near number 5 all three days. Will try again tonight!! The bulk of the fish is still coming.
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Interesting to hear its been so slow. Two years ago, I recall that Labour Day weekend was fairly productive. Was driving past the Patullo bridge yesterday evening and it looked like the PNE at Brownsville Bar with so many people there lining the bank.
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Every easily accessible point along the Fraser is like a PNE during pink season :)
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My rod has been quiet the last 3 outings, but c'est la vie. I have confidence in my spot and my lure, so it's just a matter of timing.
In 2009, the main push of fish didn't happen in the lower river until Sept 4.
And yes, the young fella fishing beside me, I upscaled the hook on his spoon from a #4 to a 1/0 :)
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Every easily accessible point along the Fraser is like a PNE during pink season :)
Not during the week.. Thank god for shift work.
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Not during the week.. Thank god for shift work.
Was out in Glen Valley for an hour this morning from 10:30-11:30 - no love, but saw a couple of risers within 20 ft of the shore....
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Was out in Glen Valley for an hour this morning from 10:30-11:30 - no love, but saw a couple of risers within 20 ft of the shore....
I'm heading out there this afternoon with the kids for the much anticipated annual first day of school fishing trip. It would be great for them to catch their first pinks today. Will report on what we saw when we get home.
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I fished down by the Pattullo Bridge on Saturday (6:30pm - 8pm), Sunday (6pm-8pm), Monday (3pm-6pm) and it was very very slow. I saw two fish brought in on Saturday and no other hits. Saw three hook-ups on Sunday and only one on Monday. Can't stop myself from going today though! Hopefully I fare better.
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was out for about an hour today got 4 all released, this is the nicest of the bunch. from the chilliwack area
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new run size 24 million. but open for seiners and gill nets at the mouth area.
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was out from 2 to 4 and was into 3 in richmond.
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Was out in richmond from 2pm-4pm saw lots of jumpers and risers, there was small schools moving in with the incoming tide for sure, saw one missed and one guy landed one on his first cast. I got skunked, few more days should be alot more pinks in the river.
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I'm heading out there this afternoon with the kids for the much anticipated annual first day of school fishing trip. It would be great for them to catch their first pinks today. Will report on what we saw when we get home.
We ended up at Derby Reach from 2-4. There were lots of fish jumping and about 10 fishers that I could see. We saw one fish landed, one fish brought to shore and lost, one hit that was lost. The tide was low and just starting to rise so we were there a bit too early. I'd be interested in hearing how the evening fishing is.
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why is it everyone thinks that high tide is the best ?
I can see why this would be down in Richmond near the mouth of the river but once the fish pass there they have committed to going upstream. tide means nothing then
I actually find the downward, slack and for a bit of upgoing tide the best around the Golden Ears bridge areas. I notice that once the tide has reached half of its up and higher that the fish push way out into the middle of the river because the current isn't nearly as strong against them as it is during low tide which pushes them close to shore
my observations over the past several cycles of pinks
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why is it everyone thinks that high tide is the best ?
I can see why this would be down in Richmond near the mouth of the river but once the fish pass there they have committed to going upstream. tide means nothing then
I actually find the downward, slack and for a bit of upgoing tide the best around the Golden Ears bridge areas. I notice that once the tide has reached half of its up and higher that the fish push way out into the middle of the river because the current isn't nearly as strong against them as it is during low tide which pushes them close to shore
my observations over the past several cycles of pinks
That's interesting, Hook. I'll keep checking different tides but have understood that there is a real tidal influence and that the fish come into the river on the rising tide, at least in the early stages of a run. Maybe I've misunderstood that or maybe it isn't true. Certainly I noticed that the fish were close to the shore as water was lower and moved out as water got a bit higher. Is that what you're saying?
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my observation is that I like to fish at the start of the income tide till it crest's ! last Sun the fish were close to shore and the spot we anchored in , was the traveling lane for the fish ! most of all my hook ups happened right next to the boat ! we anchored there cause that is were everyone else anchored ! everyone around us was casting out towards the middle of river not catching ! I was casting to the back of boat and the front ! oh yah.... retrieve was real slow !
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Went to brownsville park today between 3:30-5:30 PM.
There were 15-20 people standing on rocks to fish. Saw 4 or 5 fish landed before 4:00. Then did not see any fish.
Today's high tide is at 6:00. Some one said high tide may not be the best, my case may be an example.
No bite for me. This is my first time fishing salmon.
Is it too early for this pink season, or this year is a "small" year?
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Was out in richmond from 2pm-4pm saw lots of jumpers and risers, there was small schools moving in with the incoming tide for sure, saw one missed and one guy landed one on his first cast. I got skunked, few more days should be alot more pinks in the river.
I believe I was right beside you haha. big guy, white plaid shirt, nucks hat.
Ya that guy that got it on first cast was lucky, school disappeared right after that and that was it. haha
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My stepfather in Campbell river said everything there is behind about 2 weeks but TONS of fish!! Maybe its possible because of the water temps they are just a little late?
I have a feeling next weekend and the next two after that will be the MAIN 3 week period of pinks ( In my observations over the years pinks have about a good 3 week window )
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Fished the last bit of the incoming tide near Pitt Meadows. Saw lots of fish and two buddies each got a beaut. From shore the second half of incoming is always the time, and a bit into the dropping when its deeper into the season, for me anyway.Mid month is more or less the peak/
Hopefully we have a big run for a change~~
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I've now fished at Sapperton Landing (just east of the Pattullo) for four days in a row without any luck. I've only seen three fish brought in over four days, with ~30 people there each day. Been there for the last 2 hours of the incoming tide three times and the first 2 hours of the outgoing tide once.
I'm reading that people are seeing fish elsewhere. This is my first year fishing the Fraser pink run - does anyone have any recommendations for me? Change location? Change time? Sit tight and wait for them to come? Thanks in advance!
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wall of pinks !
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This is my first year fishing the Fraser pink run - does anyone have any recommendations for me? Change location? Change time? Sit tight and wait for them to come? Thanks in advance!
Just wait a few more days until the main run comes in...
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Anyone use any of these
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The lure on the right side worked for me yesterday. Landed 2 in the 2 hrs i fished.
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Does anyone remember how long the run lasted in 09? I seem to recall about 4 weeks? Just curious.
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my observation is that I like to fish at the start of the income tide till it crest's ! last Sun the fish were close to shore and the spot we anchored in , was the traveling lane for the fish ! most of all my hook ups happened right next to the boat ! we anchored there cause that is were everyone else anchored ! everyone around us was casting out towards the middle of river not catching ! I was casting to the back of boat and the front ! oh yah.... retrieve was real slow !
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Does anyone remember how long the run lasted in 09? I seem to recall about 4 weeks? Just curious.
My last fish caught was September 16th. I guess they are still coming in but kinda getting less after that.
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Anyone use any of these
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Go for them. They are awesome and fairly priced. Last season I caught many many pinks with them in tidal areas.
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I was at Dyke road near No. 5 this morning for a pre-work fish. Beautiful morning out there with plenty of fish rolling just at the edge of casting range. I didn't get anything, but the guy just up from me landed a nice female pink.
It seems like maybe more fish are starting to enter the system.
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Checked out Frasershore Park in Burnaby just now. No fish moving through for the 10 minutes that I was there.
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why is it everyone thinks that high tide is the best ?
I can see why this would be down in Richmond near the mouth of the river but once the fish pass there they have committed to going upstream. tide means nothing then
I actually find the downward, slack and for a bit of upgoing tide the best around the Golden Ears bridge areas. I notice that once the tide has reached half of its up and higher that the fish push way out into the middle of the river because the current isn't nearly as strong against them as it is during low tide which pushes them close to shore
my observations over the past several cycles of pinks
That's exactly what I observed yesterday at Duncan Bar . Even though I arrived just before low slack , the Pinks were close to shore like a couple feet from shore and as the tide started to rise they pushed out a hundred feet . One thing I couldn't quite understand .Why would these guy's walk in the river up to there waist ,the Pinks are swimming right under there feet ???
But I guess that would be another topic oops .
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That was the biggest problem at the Squamish. Everyone wading out to exactly where the fish are traveling. Could be standing on the beach catching more
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Fished at Brownsville Bar from 3 - 7pm on Tuesday. Lost 1 fish and landed 1 just before high tide.
Fishing is still quite slow, but slow retrieve seems to work well.
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Fishing will continue to be slow, for as long as they keep commercial open. I heard the quota is 6 million pinks for commercial!
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Wow, 6 million for commercial? It will probably cheaper to buy them than spend $$$ on gas and lure with little to show so far. ;D
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I thought commercial opening was for 3.9 million, and ends on Friday?
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Took a lunch break to fish Derby Reach. Nada as usual. Saw some fish splashing in the shallow but they just wouldn't touch anything. Saw some spey rods which should be better for slower and shallower water but even them nothing. May be the young pinks were 'nuked' by radioactive leakage to the Pacific Ocean by the Japanese tsunami so that they are now less aggressive to bite than fish in prior years. LOL. ;D
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Anyone use any of these
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Where does one find these spoons?
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was out again today in Richmond from 2:30pm to 4:30 and it was even slower then yesterday. not many risers just few. I think it might be a commercial opening that isnt helping our cause from people fishing from shore. Hopefully few more days and they will start to roll in thick
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there is action picking up at the Mission bridge. Saw a few guys catching nice sized pinks today. Nothing for me though, :'( There were quite a few jumping and surfacing right in front of me.....Patience. Patience.
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Where does one find these spoons?
A&N
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Fun afternoon from 3-6.
Landed 6 and lost another 6-7. Some chrome females and 1 female was in the 6 -7 lb range. Great fish.
Highlite was the huge sturgeon that came out of the water jaws movie style, before i could bust him off. Looked like a 5-6 footer.
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I did some driving today, just checking out potential fishing locations more than anything else.
Stopped in Richmond for about an hour (3-4pm range). Managed one big buck to shore before it spat the hook, and missed one more about 10 minutes later. That was it though - nothing for the other two guys fishing near me.
They're coming, though!
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Richmond. Dead. Dead. Dead.
Saw a bunch rise at 3-3:30 when arriving and really close to shore, but no bites for myself or anyone else. Nothing after that with at least 12+ people fishing.
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Fished Brownsville Bar today 2-5. No hits. About 12+ people fishing. Didn't see anyone else land any. Frasershore Park in South Burnaby was dead also. Didn't see any fish.
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Yesterday, snagged a large male pink by the hump and released him right away, had a hook shake off a few cast after that, and then landed a doe later in the day.
Today, landed male pink and a doe. All 3 fish hook were lower jaw which makes me wonder why I'm not getting the hooks on the top jaw.
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SLOW went for an hour at high tide above the port mann saw two fish jump and a seal. it was nice outside if thats any consolation.
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A&N
thx - will try the A&N Vancouver branch after work today.
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new run size 24 million. but open for seiners and gill nets at the mouth area.
Is this confirmed? Is 24 million the official new run size estimate?
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Was out late yesterday afternoon in Langley for 45 min. 2 on none landed, seems those with local knowledge are getting fish and others not so lucky
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Is this confirmed? Is 24 million the official new run size estimate?
It was upgraded from 16 to 24 million by the Pacific Salmon Commission on Tuesday.
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thx - will try the A&N Vancouver branch after work today.
I was at dt location today. Sold out!
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Went out to No. 5 Rd yesterday from 3-4pm, just trying to kill some time before I had to pick up my kid from daycare. Saw some risers and jumpers but no takes. Gonna try the Ladner side today.
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Where can one find up to date information on the commercial openings?
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There are a number of places to find this information - I have been looking at the notices to try to figure out when it will end.
You can look at PSC - News and Announcements: http://www.psc.org/news.htm
Look under Regulatory Announcements - August 29 & Sept 3 are the most recent.
August 29 talks about Areas 29-6, 29-7 & 29-9 - all at the mouth of the Fraser.
Both Aug 29 & Sept 3 say "until further notice".
See area maps here: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/maps-cartes/areas-secteurs/index-eng.html
Click on the individual areas to see more detail.
All of the PSC announcements say to refer to DFO notices for more information.
The DFO announcements can be found here: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=search_results&lang=en&ID=recreational&Year=2013
You can also go here: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=search_options&lang=en&id=recreational
FN 0838 talks about openings in Area 12 & possible future opening in Area 13 so it doesn't look like it will end soon.
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Out from 7-10am, Skunked! Not much action between 10 people. Very slow.
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is it just me or are these fish abnormally tight lipped? there has the be schools of hundreds of fish in front of my, i can feel my spoons and jigs bouncing off fish, but no hits. Unless strikes are very soft.
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is it just me or are these fish abnormally tight lipped? there has the be schools of hundreds of fish in front of my, i can feel my spoons and jigs bouncing off fish, but no hits. Unless strikes are very soft.
Try setting your hook when you feel that "bounce". That's the only way to find out if that "bounce" is actually a soft bite.
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There are a number of places to find this information - I have been looking at the notices to try to figure out when it will end.
You can look at PSC - News and Announcements: http://www.psc.org/news.htm
Look under Regulatory Announcements - August 29 & Sept 3 are the most recent.
August 29 talks about Areas 29-6, 29-7 & 29-9 - all at the mouth of the Fraser.
Both Aug 29 & Sept 3 say "until further notice".
See area maps here: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/maps-cartes/areas-secteurs/index-eng.html
Click on the individual areas to see more detail.
All of the PSC announcements say to refer to DFO notices for more information.
The DFO announcements can be found here: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=search_results&lang=en&ID=recreational&Year=2013
You can also go here: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=search_options&lang=en&id=recreational
FN 0838 talks about openings in Area 12 & possible future opening in Area 13 so it doesn't look like it will end soon.
Thanks Easywater. Looks like no end in sight to the commercial fishery for now.
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Can someone clarify this one: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=153630&ID=commercial
Does that not mean commercial ends tomorrow? At least for this notice?
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I got into about a dozen fish yesterday.
Let your lure hit bottom. Slow retrieve. Seems like the pinks were just mouthing the lure. No real hit at all. Just feeling tension on the retrieve. All were hooked in the top or bottom of the mouth.
Very strange this year. They are definately not striking hard .
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I got into about a dozen fish yesterday.
Let your lure hit bottom. Slow retrieve. Seems like the pinks were just mouthing the lure. No real hit at all. Just feeling tension on the retrieve. All were hooked in the top or bottom of the mouth.
Very strange this year. They are definately not striking hard .
What are you using? spoon?
I was thinking of just letting a jig drift under a float and see how that does, or cast with an attractor. If they are soft biting, the float should detect all. I hammerd them that way in the squamish earlier on.
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Can someone clarify this one: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=153630&ID=commercial
Does that not mean commercial ends tomorrow? At least for this notice?
Access is restricted to those notices - you have to sign up to have access.
You can access the same notices through one of the links I put up earlier.
This one does mention that the opening ends Friday - the first I've seen it in writing even though others have mentioned it.
I guess we will find out tomorrow.
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I fished Surrey area yesterday 6:30 to 8:30PM. Very slow. Only one fish among about 20 rods. Where are the 24 millions?
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I was at dt location today. Sold out!
Gah - well thanks for saving me the walk! Got some others on their way from eBay but have no idea if and when they will get here.
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What are you using? spoon?
I was thinking of just letting a jig drift under a float and see how that does, or cast with an attractor. If they are soft biting, the float should detect all. I hammerd them that way in the squamish earlier on.
I doubt a small spoon can get bottom easily with the Fraser current. If it is too big a spoon, pink will ignore it. I guess it is a buzz bomb or zzinger. These are heavy enough to sink even in 2 to 3" size.
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do typical fiberglass rods attract lightening cuz I was goi g to give it a few hours tonight..
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Heavy rain and lightening down at No. 5. Pretty busy but no ones catching anything.
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fished mission this afternoon, very slow, lots of people out and few hook ups.
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do typical fiberglass rods attract lightening cuz I was goi g to give it a few hours tonight..
It doesn't matter what material is your rod made from. If you're the highest point in the vicinity you have a good chance of attracting lightning strike , but then you'll have a lot of energy.
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If your hair starts to stand up while at No. 5 Road right now... it might be a good idea to get out of there... ;D
Your chance of being struck by lightning is much bigger by the water, regardless what rod you are holding.
Judging by the risk people would take to get some humpies, CPUE must be really low so far during this pink season! ;D
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only one way to find out.
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LOL! I turned around and went home, Im desperate to fish but not that stupid.. ;D
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Fished amidst the thunder and lightning upstream of the Patullo for an hour this evening without a sniff. Didn't see any fish move either.
It was nice to get out though and always a bonus when Mother Nature puts on a free show for you!
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LOL! I turned around and went home, Im desperate to fish but not that stupid.. ;D
Id rather die fishing than be afraid of some boomy light!
3-6, great show indeed tex! Not a damn fish! Saw one snagged in the belly, dragged up on the rocks, then dropped back on the rocks, then shoved into the water. I could count on 3 hands how many fish rolled and jumped. Worst. Salmon Season. Ever! Hope the push comes within the next 3 or 4 days! I NEED MY FIX!
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Looking at the data from the test fishery in Cottonwood, the number of pinks being caught at this time
is much smaller compared to 2011. Perhaps the bulk of the run haven't entered the river yet, or
there's simply less fish returning this year.
http://www.psc.org/info_testfishing_summaries.htm
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Looking at the data from the test fishery in Cottonwood, the number of pinks being caught at this time
is much smaller compared to 2011. Perhaps the bulk of the run haven't entered the river yet, or
there's simply less fish returning this year.
http://www.psc.org/info_testfishing_summaries.htm
Less than last year, but yesterday was 50, so a steady rise, which says it should be starting soon! Maybe there will be no big push, and it will just slowly get slightly better over the next week? Maybe it will just boom tomorrow morning!
I know I read somewhere that the pinks were a couple weeks late on the island, which means next week for the run to start by that timing.
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Fished through the lightning storm this afternoon from 2:30pm to 5:30pm with 5 friends at south arm Richmond... it was scary as the lightning was real close and loud! :o I am persistent...lol. Saw 2 fish caught and landed by neighboring fishermen...many people left when the lightning got close including a couple of buddies. The remaining 2 friends each got into a fish during a big school coming through, both lost their battles. Got into 2 fish in a row around 5pm after the big school went through, lost both...but had fun on the light gear... love that drag sound ;D. Notice the fish were down low...may be the thunder scared them down? both hook-ups were really slow retrievals.
I thought I was the only one noticing the bites/hook-ups aren't as frequent as the last season, thought may be I was doing something wrong...was out for 9 hours yesterday without a good hook-up and nothing to show GF :-[. (I still enjoyed the relaxation though! ;D)
Been using pink crocs, gold hammered crocs, chrome crocs, berries specials, white lighning/pink croc and yellow lightning/pink megawatt (my personal favorite) also pink hoochies, pink flies, and pink Colorados. Out of the 6-7 outings so far, all glorious 7 hook-ups have been on the lightning bolt lures...weird considering todays storm. Still waiting to land my first of the season.
Good luck to all of you!! :D
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Wow you guys are nuts fishing in this storm. Check out these fishing rods that got zapped.
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Go check out the rod that was hit by lightning that they have on display at Sea-Run fly and tackle... I head home when I see lightning... not worth the risk.
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The remaining 2 friends each got into a fish during a big school coming through, both lost their battles.
Your friends or the fish ? ;D Sorry couldn't resist
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I doubt a small spoon can get bottom easily with the Fraser current. If it is too big a spoon, pink will ignore it. I guess it is a buzz bomb or zzinger. These are heavy enough to sink even in 2 to 3" size.
Got into 12 with a spoon. Various ones.
Pink Lighning bolt, regular pink teaspoon shape in large and medium.
Lots of fishing around the Chilliwack / Abby area. Actually so many i was bumping into them on the retrieve.
Seems like the secret this year is slow retrieve. Also a light rod. I am using a 4-12 lb rated shimano clarus.
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Your friends or the fish ? ;D Sorry couldn't resist
;D lol, I really need to work on my descriptions when putting them in writing.
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yeah the lightening down at No 5 was no more than 100 yards out. Never heard anything that loud before. I thought my windows on my car were going to shatter. Got out of there around 6, with probably 20+ people still fishing.
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Why would anyone fish in a lightning storm ? Life is precious. Never put your life at risk whether it is lighning or wading deep across current. Live to fish another day.
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Why would anyone fish in a lightning storm ? Life is precious. Never put your life at risk whether it is lighning or wading deep across current. Live to fish another day.
Exactly, it's bad enough driving in the torrential downpour and lightning storm let alone standing next to a river holding a lightning rod.
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Gah - well thanks for saving me the walk! Got some others on their way from eBay but have no idea if and when they will get here.
Had lots at Langley last weekend
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2 in two hours this morning and 3 in two hours saturday. Lost a few as well. All on spoons
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fished for 2 hours this morning, 1/4oz crocs are too heavy for where i'm fishing, feeling the spoon hit fish, but they arent hitting it since my retrieve is a little to quick to keep it from dragging on the bottom. fish are usually surfacing 5-10 at a time non stop now where i'm fishing, quite a few nice ones, but nothing wants to play.
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fished for 2 hours this morning, 1/4oz crocs are too heavy for where i'm fishing, feeling the spoon hit fish, but they arent hitting it since my retrieve is a little to quick to keep it from dragging on the bottom. fish are usually surfacing 5-10 at a time non stop now where i'm fishing, quite a few nice ones, but nothing wants to play.
Same here the other day when we saw big schools of fish rolled by. Lasted for half an hour but none wanted to touch anything, including spoons, buzz bombs, even flies. Perhaps they had been 'nuked' by the Japanese tsunami radioactive leakage to alter their aggressive gene. LOL.
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I got into about a dozen fish yesterday.
Let your lure hit bottom. Slow retrieve. Seems like the pinks were just mouthing the lure. No real hit at all. Just feeling tension on the retrieve. All were hooked in the top or bottom of the mouth.
Very strange this year. They are definately not striking hard .
I was fishing No.5 Road with a buddy from 2-7pm. The Fishing was very slow all day and nothing really rolling around much during the incoming high tide. I had only 2 brief hookups and my buddy lost 1 nice pink. Then we where in for a show and was surprised by a Lighting strike right across the river from no.5 road. After the close call with mother nature my hair felt like it was standing up and also felt a really good wave a energy and loudest thunder i ever heard before . I wanted to leave but thought about traffic heading back into Vancouver and thought id rather die fishing in a wicked storm then have to endure that traffic lmao lol !
Fish seemed spooked cause of the lighting today , most hookups where slow retrieve near the bottom count to 10 and slowly reel it and produced some bites . I landed a pea-mouth chub pretty fat one it was a surprise.....?
Most of the time when i was fishing I would feel alot of little taps or light tension . I wasn't sure if it was rock of bottom but most of time it when i set the hook it was a fish there . Really odd considering this is my first year on tidal Fraser for pinks I wasn't sure if you would feel it really hard but most of time its really soft. Very Odd....!?
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Like the rest of you, I am pretty excited for the big numbers to make their way into the Fraser so I can get out there before and after work. Been scoping out a few possible spots in the New West/South Burnaby area that I am gonna hit.
Had a great long weekend hitting 3 different spots:
* Fraser at #5 Saturday - no hits but a few jumpers just outside striking range. The guy beside me landed a beauty on his first cast - but he was the only one to have any luck.
* Squamish River on Sunday in my new O S Systems waders - love them! Wasnt sure about the latex booties but they were perfect with a pair of snowboard socks beneath them. Caught a monster pink (biggest fish ever on my rod) that I was praying was by the mouth, but alas I got him by the hump. Released him gently and he had plenty of energy to get back to the deep. Plenty of zombie pinks floating around everywhere and lots of people snagging by tails and humps. Some nice ones coming out - but not on my rod. Helped the guy beside me untangle a weighted line he snagged - that had a fish on the other end! I reeled him in by hand and released him back in the water without the anchor attached to his face. That was pretty cool. He is going upstream and will spawn so I can catch his kids in 2015.
* Then to Furry Creek Sunday. Furry was the best with 1 nice female landed and 3 others that I lost right at the beach (still a bit green and a little keen...) 2" Pink Buzzbomb with #4 hook was working for me. Low tide was also a treat as I found 4 buzz bombs, 2 spoons, a Zzinger and a hoochie. Pays to look down! Also saw 3 Killer whales come up for air as they were making their way towards Squamish. Pure awesome.
Great company, great locations, and delicious fish. What more could one ask out of a long weekend!
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Anyone know of any spots where you can fish on Annacis Island? Where is the beach Rod was talking about?
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I might be corrected but based on Rods videos, "the beach" refers to dump bar or further down dyke road in Richmond.
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came out to fish Richmond South Fraser today between 8-10 am, at the end of No.3 road in Richmond, about 20 fishermen, I got skunked, and 18 other peeps, 2 fish caught and landed in a 2 hour gap by 2 different other guys. We saw some jumpers and I saw 3 surface about 8-10 feet in front of me, but no biters, not even a nibble. :-[
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Anywhere lower than Chilliwack will be hit & miss until the commercial fishery has ended or cut back.
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Went out to Dyke road close to No.4 at around 12:30 to 1:30. Saw some jumpers and a few finning close to shore. Caught 1 in the first 30 minutes on a pink blade weighted spinner with slow retrieve. Nothing after that.
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11:30 - 2 in Glen Valley - nada. Saw 2 rollers the whole time..... :-\
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Browsville Bar packed full right now. No fish biting.
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Just got checked by DFO here in Richmond. Good to see them out! Everyone getting checked was compliant (though there were only 3 people in my immediate vicinity), which was awesome.
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Noon to 2pm around Deas Island. A few fish rolling but not big numbers.
Fourth cast, tap tap, strike. Reel screams as it goes on a run, bring it back, reel screams again as it goes on an even longer run. Bring it back, but as I get it close, theres no fight, turns out to be a BIG pike minnow, biggest I've ever seen. Six or seven anglers out, no fish caught and no bites otherwise.
Left at 2pm and wandered down to Ladner pier. Lots of pinks surfacing and heading up river over at the far bank (the shallow side). Watched a couple of sturgeon jump and then rounded it off watching a chub fisherman who was catching pretty much every cast - but the interesting thing was his wife taking the fish off the line and then rebaiting his hooks for him. Can't imagine my wife doing that for me any time soon :)
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I guess we will find out tomorrow.
FN0859 states a continuation of commercial seine in Area 29 (Fraser mouth).
It also outlines a new opening in Area 13.
More info from the notice:
Catches of pink salmon in marine test fisheries have declined in recent days
but remain well above expected levels. Recent DNA samples indicate that the
proportion of Fraser pink salmon have increased to 80-85% of the stock
composition in the approach areas. The other pink stocks are non-Fraser South
Coast Canadian stocks and stocks destined for Washington State river systems.
The diversion rate of Fraser River pink salmon through Johnstone Strait has
declined slightly over recent days to 74% on September 5th from 91% on
September 3rd, 2013. At the Fraser Panel meeting today the Fraser Panel adopted
a run size increase from 24 million to 26 million for Fraser Pink salmon with
no change to the estimated 50% migration timing through Area 20 of August 29th,
2013.
There have been hints at further increases in the run size so it will be close to 30 million.
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LOL. He didn't want his hands getting stinky & smelly but the wife is ok. You bet she does him good massage too after fishing because his hands get tired holding the rod, lol.
Surprising that there are so many pinks around but they just don't bite as aggressive as years past.
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Just checking the marine test fisheries to see what the numbers look like.
Area 13 seine 2011 test fishery - best day was Aug 25 with 16,500 pinks - average days were around 5000, tapering off to hundreds by Sept 6.
Area 13 seine 2013 test fishery - Sept 1: 45,805 / Sept 2: 23,340 / Sept 3: 31,893 / Sept 4: 38,301 / Sept 5: 6,943
The numbers are massive and the fish are still a ways off (Area 13 is the narrows around Quadra Island, north of Campbell River).
Most of the pinks are still on route - we could see 35 million.
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Was out in the mission area this afternoon for an 1 1/2. Fairly consistent activity for fish movement, only hooked up with one briefly; but lost it. Bonus was landing a very nice trout.... should be lots of fish around the next 10 days atleast.
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Just checking the marine test fisheries to see what the numbers look like.
Area 13 seine 2011 test fishery - best day was Aug 25 with 16,500 pinks - average days were around 5000, tapering off to hundreds by Sept 6.
Area 13 seine 2013 test fishery - Sept 1: 45,805 / Sept 2: 23,340 / Sept 3: 31,893 / Sept 4: 38,301 / Sept 5: 6,943
The numbers are massive and the fish are still a ways off (Area 13 is the narrows around Quadra Island, north of Campbell River).
Most of the pinks are still on route - we could see 35 million.
Did you say those numbers are for test fisheries? LOL, they look like commercial catches. :D
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There were A LOT of fish today Delta ways. A LOT! Not one of the 15 guys out hooked up, I saw no bites, heard of nothing, but we had a solid 25 minutes with rollers and jumpers. Huge school pushed up, but not a damn thing for anyone. Im getting worried! This is the 7th trip I think, and the 7th skunk. COME ON FISHIES!
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there's nothing more frustrating when so many fish pass by, some mere feet away but they don't even want to bite, grrh. >:(
hopefully this weekend picks up, got the next 2 days dedicated to salmon fishing he-he. :D
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there's nothing more frustrating when so many fish pass by, some mere feet away but they don't even want to bite, grrh. >:(
hopefully this weekend picks up, got the next 2 days dedicated to salmon fishing he-he. :D
Not true. It's even more frustrating when so many pass by your feet and bite everybody else's lure except yours ;D
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was at garry point from 5-7pm, atleast 5ppl caught, few lost theres close to shore.
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My first salmon ever! I was on dyke rd in between #4 and #5 from 130pm - 345pm using 1/4 oz croc spoon. Some dude help me club and bleed out my fish. But cant wait to go back for some more!
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I went after work to fish around Pattullo area. Landed one almost exactly like yours, a big male with a large hump. Oh well, can't afford to choose I guess. Only saw 3 landed among 20+ rods.
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There were A LOT of fish today Delta ways. A LOT! Not one of the 15 guys out hooked up, I saw no bites, heard of nothing, but we had a solid 25 minutes with rollers and jumpers. Huge school pushed up, but not a damn thing for anyone. Im getting worried! This is the 7th trip I think, and the 7th skunk. COME ON FISHIES!
It is a bit strange this year. The fish seem to be not too aggressive for some strange reason. I had a fair share of such frustration when fish were rolling all around for half an hour but not one fish willing to bite spoons, buzz bomb or flies. Never had this happening in Furry Creek area where fish bite so well.
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Fraser pinks are so much more educated. :)
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My first salmon ever! I was on dyke rd in between #4 and #5 from 130pm - 345pm using 1/4 oz croc spoon. Some dude help me club and bleed out my fish. But cant wait to go back for some more!
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congrats on the first fish
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Slower this afternoon / evening.
Fewer fish in the river . Very soft bite this year as well seems to be continuing.
Spoons with silver backing were outperforming same spoon with copper backing.
Landed 3 and lost 3.
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I've never eaten one with a pronounced hump, is the hump made of the same meat as the body? What's it taste like? sorry for the newbie question, but I just never had a chance to catch or eat a humpy. :)
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I fished deas island from about 3-8 and managed two fresh does with sea lice still.
I saw quite a few hook ups around me as well.
It was from two schools that pushes up, but once they were gone so were
The bites.
Good luck!!
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Im going to try fishing tomorrow morning at dyke try my luck. Last week I landed 2 nice male pinks.
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I've never eaten one with a pronounced hump, is the hump made of the same meat as the body? What's it taste like? sorry for the newbie question, but I just never had a chance to catch or eat a humpy. :)
Don't eat the part where the giant hump is. That's where the males store their sperm!! j/k Pinks taste best smoked or BBQ'd, and make sure you bleed your catch asap. Here's a vid on how to bleed your salmon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWsJ5BBh9wQ
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Hooked my first fish today, and lost it too. Still happy because all fishermen have been polite, cheerful and helpful until .....
Fishing in Richmond Dumpbar today afternoon. Around 4 pm a few men came very near me and started casting. They were in fact squeezing me to the left. The beach on the left side was almost empty of people.
When I kneel down changing lure, one of them suddenly stood by me elbow to elbow and started casting. I asked him keeping a reaonsable distance. He said he was just taking the spot of his buddy while his buddy was changing lure. "Your buddy was there ! Not right by my elbow !" I said. He ignored me. I casted as well in anger and of course we ended up tangling. After few more attempt he gave up and yelled "OK I move, is that ok ha !" he then walked to vast empty space on my left.
After 30 min I left for dinner. When I looked at them from my car I concluded they were bottom bouncing ( 12 ft rod, huge foam float, 2-3 oz weight, 5 foot leader to a small red spoon ). I was fishing in the rare snag free zone therefore they wanted me away. Can they simply ask politely ? That was really unpleasant experience. During the confrontation I felt ready for further hostile action from them.
I am certain these men will appear again in the same spot. Very easy to identify. If you have kid stay away.
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I went to the lower Fraser just east of No 6 rd at 7:00pm tonight. There were 5 other guys in the same area and everybody was landing fish. I caught my first Pink salmon on a 1/4oz croc,hammered silver with fire stripe. It was male, with slight hump, weighed 4lbs, 12 oz and measured about 63cm long (after cleaned and bled).
Took it home and poached it. Can't get much fresher then that!
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Alot better this morning. Get out there!
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Tried the end of no5 yesterday morning 3 pike minnows in 2hrs, saw 1 pink landed and several lossed. Trying northarm today
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Limited out at River Rd on the lower tidal this morning.
There were 2 separate 1 hour bites - saw 30 fish landed at the first bite - I caught one.
Then a bunch of people left just as the tide was changing and the 2nd bite came on shortly after that.
Landed 3 large males in about a half hour in the 2nd bite - all very close to shore.
It was very busy early - someone every 10-15 feet.
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What is this brown crap in the water? I'm down on dyke rd off no 5 rd, and visibility right on shore went from over a foot yesterday to well under today. Looks like a mill dumped a bunch of pulp in the water.
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What is this brown crap in the water? I'm down on dyke rd off no 5 rd, and visibility right on shore went from over a foot yesterday to well under today. Looks like a mill dumped a bunch of pulp in the water.
Water looked fine up the road.
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The brown discharge is from the drainage ditches, which comes out from the pump stations. It's almost always flowing, but just more apparent when the tide is going out in the Fraser River.
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Water looked fine up the road.
Guess you haven't spent that much time on the Fraser, lol!! :P
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I headed to Deas Island this am but when I saw all the cars parked on the highway that overflowed from the parking lot I turned around and grabbed my boat at marina instead. I headed out past Captains cove staying to the left of the channel. Dropped anchor in 20 ft and quickly landed a clean buck that I kept by 9am. After that lost 3 amidst many nudges and bites. Also caught a bullhead which I haven't seen in years. I only had 3 hours before I had some family stuff so I was happy. A lot more work than the Squamish River thats for sure...
Someone earlier mentioned that they thought these pinks were "soft" biters and I think I agree. I was using. 1/4 blue fox spoon with simulated eggs in pink/red color. My all pink spoons were not getting bites for some reason...
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The lower fraser is hit and miss pink fishing. It will be almost dead for a few hours at a time, then a school moves by and it's a fish every cast for 30 minutes, then nothing, and repeat.
I believe the higher up the river you move, the better chances you are going to have at finding fish that are holding. Abbotsford is a good area to start; Chilliwack is probably the best fishing the slack waters with a spinning rod almost always has lots of action, I would say for the next 10-14 days from today you should be into fish in these areas at all times of the day.
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Abbotsford was very slow this morning. Fished an area where there were probably about 30 guys in a very long stretch. Fished from 7am-12pm and I only got one fish. At times their would be a few rollers but never a ton. Other times you could go 30 minutes with not one fish rising. You guys in the Richmond area must have got a good push of fish. Hopefully they make it up this way soon.
Oh and only say 4 other fish landed in those 5 hours!
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Ill agree that it was for sure hit n miss. From 9-12, I dont think I saw anyone else landing fish on their boat. My buck might have been one of very few in the group of anchored boats in the channel..
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Abbotsford was very slow this morning. Fished an area where there were probably about 30 guys in a very long stretch. Fished from 7am-12pm and I only got one fish. At times their would be a few rollers but never a ton. Other times you could go 30 minutes with not one fish rising. You guys in the Richmond area must have got a good push of fish. Hopefully they make it up this way soon.
Oh and only say 4 other fish landed in those 5 hours!
Yeah, it was fairly dead this morning a few km up from the cpr bridge. Fished from around 9-11AM. Only hooked into one pink which I landed and will be BBQ'ing tonight. Tons of sturgeon's jumping though must have counted nearly 10 in that timeframe.
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caught 2 between 3:30 and 4:30 at #3 Road
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Maybe you were fishing where I did. I was also a few km's up from the CPR bridge. Also saw several sturgeon jumping.
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Went out fishing Surrey area between 11am to 1pm. No bites for me and saw 1 pink and 1 flat fish landed among 8 or so anglers that I can see. On the way back, talked to a couple of Conservation Officers, one of them mentioning somebody they knew was talking about bumping up the estimate of Fraser Pinks to 40 million!
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Very slow in the Abby / Mission area today.
Saw many many people skunked for the day.
I landed 1, lost one. and 1 other bite. All on the pink croc.
Yesterday there was lots of fish around but today was a different story.
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Went down to Dyke Rd. earlier and managed to land two males from around 4:00-6:00pm. Lots of fish coming through and rolling. Great weather, too!
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Fished Glen Valley for only about 45 mins this afternoon on my way to work... just before low tide, maybe not the best time, but worth the stop for the break in the day before the desk riding!
Saw only 1 jump, and no hookups between 4 or 5 rods I could see. there was a kill site with evidence of at least a couple caught there earlier in the day....
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any word on how new west is as of today?
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my old man fished this morning and was into 6 landing half in richmond. i just got back from ladner in the boat and got 3 into the cooler. one of them was a 8lb female, put up a hell of a fight. the other 2 were runt males. all 3 fish were caught no farther than 15 feet from the boat. one was caught within an arms length from the boat.
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Caught my first humpy of the season down at Dyke Rd. It was slow all afternoon until about 4pm. I caught 2 males, saw another guy with 1, and another pair got 4 or 5 all within half hour. 1/4 Croc spoon with slow retrieve. High tide is 8pm so best time to fish is 5pm or later. Here's a link to the tidal forecast for the next 7 days:
http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/eng/station?type=0&date=2013%2F09%2F08&sid=7607&tz=PDT&pres=1
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any word on how new west is as of today?
Fished for two hours starting 5 pm. Got a nice female on spinner. Way more fish then yesterday.
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Anyone know if I can leave my fish on a fish stringer or must I pull them out of the water?
thanks
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Anyone know if I can leave my fish on a fish stringer or must I pull them out of the water?
thanks
u can leave them in the water... but on ice would be better!
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Anyone know if I can leave my fish on a fish stringer or must I pull them out of the water?
thanks
Your fish can be left on a stringer in the water as long as they are dead. It is not highly recommended, because the water is not exactly cold and depending on which part of the Fraser River you are fishing, it is not exactly super clean either.
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Rod,
thanks for the tip. The guy next to me left his fish flopping around in the water. That pic is hilarious!! Too contaminated to swim in, but we eat the fish we catch there. LOL
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Hook.
Reel.
Land.
Bonk.
Bleed.
Gut.
Ice.
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Fished 7:30am to 10am north arm of the Fraser in South Van. Nothing. However, the guy fishing pikeminnows beside me was having a ball.
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they may not be here for everyone, but they are for me! 6 hooked, 3 lost, 2 right at the beach as they did shoreline runs. really had to work for them and play with your counts and retrieves. slow worked, pecks were followed by a stop, and then they slammed, and one too a fast retrieve. and fresh! one was so fresh it still had that hint of pink on its lateral line, and guys were yelling they were females, but none had roe! if this is the slow start of the run, it's gonna be a crazy year.
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Best advice I have this season is, during high tide put on a lure that can go FAR. They seem to be way out during high tide, as the tide goes out the Pinks come closer, so I usually switch up to a lighter smaller lure. My buddy and I limited out this morning while most people got 1 or 2 fish or skunked. Caught most of my fish during high tide waaay out. You can see huge schools surfacing way out during high tide. Getting to them is key.
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Just passed by Brownsville bar, not a whole lot of people but there was about 6-10 guys fishing. Not sure if anyone caught anything. Would Brownsville or some spot near Deas Island be better?
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I am a glutton for punishment. Went back to Abbotsford again today after a slow yesterday thinking maybe some of those fish from the west had made it up there. Their were a few more risers than yesterday but not much more. Fished the incoming tide from 6:15am-9:30am landed one fish and lost one fish. In that time I think we counted only 2 or 3 other fish landed from about 40 guys.
I said this on another thread. My stepfather in Campbell River said the pinks were two weeks late over there. I am thinking the same is here. This time two years ago I was limiting out in 30-45 minutes when it was the peak of the run. I have a feeling the pinks will be coming into October this year. With 40 million fish due to arrive if it was the peak everyone no matter how bad they are would be limiting out.
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I am a glutton for punishment. Went back to Abbotsford again today after a slow yesterday thinking maybe some of those fish from the west had made it up there. Their were a few more risers than yesterday but not much more. Fished the incoming tide from 6:15am-9:30am landed one fish and lost one fish. In that time I think we counted only 2 or 3 other fish landed from about 40 guys.
I said this on another thread. My stepfather in Campbell River said the pinks were two weeks late over there. I am thinking the same is here. This time two years ago I was limiting out in 30-45 minutes when it was the peak of the run. I have a feeling the pinks will be coming into October this year. With 40 million fish due to arrive if it was the peak everyone no matter how bad they are would be limiting out.
PM sent....
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Seems to be constantly busy under the Abbotsford bridge last couple hours of high tide, so far I've been pretty lucky with limit catches. The resident seal likes to sit just out front with a fish in it's mouth, teasing those that aren't quite so lucky. Today the resident mink got in my stash of fish again, so with my line still in the water I was heading over to chase it out when another pink took my trailing lure... I had to multi task a bit which seemed to entertain some people (mink didn't want to leave). I now had my limit so I cleaned the fish and left the guts for the (absolutely fearless) resident mink to cart away, while I did some c & r. Didn't take it long to clean that up, then the mink was back trying to cart away my fish again. Unfortunately I tripped and took a dive into the river as I was heading over to discourage it (much to every-ones entertainment again). Oh well... another fun day at the river.
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Very busy at the Mission bridge today. Saw quite few fish lined up on the beach and they all looked nice. Didn't see any caught (except one that was snagged and thankfully released) and didn't catch any in the hour and a half I was there. Saw a few people fishing with bait and making no attempt to hide it. The group of guys with waders walking out as far as they can keeps growing.
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Was out in Richmond from 6:00 am until 10:30am this morning. High tide was around 8:30 but when I got there at 6 until about 7 there was tons of fish rolling in. I think they are finally starting to roll in with decent numbers with the incoming tide. guy beside me hooked 3 few others got one each and sadly once again I got skunked. Not loosing hope the fun is just starting today was by far the best day on the water lots of fish. however after around 8am it was dead only few jumpers but they were pretty far in. One thing me and the guy noticed was, when they were rolling through they were pretty much 10-15ft off from shore. Donated a Pink Jig, 2 spoons, and one buzz bomb to the beautiful fraser today. this week should be great with more fish coming in. I heard from 7 people today that fisheries will be upping the estimates to roughly 40 million fish, thats insaine but thats what I heard on the river today does anyone know if theres any truth to this?
I have some pretty nice pictures to post however I have no idea how to do it when i select insert image it simply does the html [img] thing. Can anyone PM or reply how to attach picture from my computer on here.
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Beginner's question: My home is close to the Fraser north arm on the Vancouver side. Should I try catching pinks there? For some reason everyone else is fishing in Richmond.
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Was out at Walters Road (few KM up from mission bridge) Fished from 430-7pm. lots of fish rolling. One guy landed 2 using spin'n glows. Then it died down for about an hour.
Then a group of 3-4 showed up and were slamming fish. When I left I wanted to take look to see what they were using...
pencil lead with 2-3 feet of leader and a spinner.
As I walked by one guy had just pulled a pink in by its dorsal and then a second guy hooked into what appeared to be something big... then I seen it was hooked in the back.
fish were released but felt good knowing everyone fishing properly wasn't catching and that it was just their "Technique" and not a matter of what I was using.
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Beginner's question: My home is close to the Fraser north arm on the Vancouver side. Should I try catching pinks there? For some reason everyone else is fishing in Richmond.
Someone posted yesterday that they caught some off River Road. The visibility around Mitchell Island looks pretty bad. Maybe Rod can comment on what percentage of fish enter each arm.
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Beginner's question: My home is close to the Fraser north arm on the Vancouver side. Should I try catching pinks there? For some reason everyone else is fishing in Richmond.
If your home is close to the North Arm, fish there. No sense in driving all the way to the other side to join the crowd.
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Donated a Pink Jig, 2 spoons, and one buzz bomb to the beautiful fraser today.
Is there a way to prevent such losses?
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Maybe Rod can comment on what percentage of fish enter each arm.
Lots of pinks go up the North Arm. I live near the South Arm and work near the North Arm and fish both with success.
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I am heading back tomorrow morning again will report on that after I get to work.
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Lots of pinks go up the North Arm. I live near the South Arm and work near the North Arm and fish both with success.
Yes don't do what I did today and thats retrieve too slow close to shore ;D
having said that the fish were like right at my feet so I would cast out 15ft and retrieve slow and Bam rock. I sure wont be doing that anymore lol
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Has anybody had any luck at Derby Reach in the afternoon and/or evening?
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Has anybody had any luck at Derby Reach in the afternoon and/or evening?
Couldn't comment on the morning but I was there today from 5 pm til just before quitting time and there was some decent numbers of fish going by. I took home 2 nice does, lost a few as well but....
Was great to see a fellow catch his first ever salmon in BC after living here for 18 years. Actually it was his first fish ever since living here !!! You could tell he was pretty stoked, he was all excited saying that he'd been there for 6 days in a row and hadn't got anything. He was dam persistent and his patience finally paid off ,which to me was even better than catching a fish myself, I was truly happy for him and helped him with a picture so he could show his family. I also dressed the fish for him and he was very happy about that as well.
I enjoyed myself down there today, no dummies at all
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Best one so far this year. Caught on a 2 inch gibbs buzz bomb knockoff, retrieved like a spoon. Today was a fun day in Richmond.
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Couldn't comment on the morning but I was there today from 5 pm til just before quitting time and there was some decent numbers of fish going by. I took home 2 nice does, lost a few as well but....
Was great to see a fellow catch his first ever salmon in BC after living here for 18 years. Actually it was his first fish ever since living here !!! You could tell he was pretty stoked, he was all excited saying that he'd been there for 6 days in a row and hadn't got anything. He was dam persistent and his patience finally paid off ,which to me was even better than catching a fish myself, I was truly happy for him and helped him with a picture so he could show his family. I also dressed the fish for him and he was very happy about that as well.
I enjoyed myself down there today, no dummies at all
Hey Bently, I was there today as well, but couldn't get one to bite. In fact, haven't been able to get one to bite at Derby so far this season. What did u catch them on?
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Fishing is picking up, was out with some buddies and everyone got into at least 1 fish. I got 1 nice male around 4pm in richmond was good day
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Fished at dyke road today manage to land 2.but it was dead out there today, yesterday there were fish rising and jumping in huge schools.today was slow with the rises and the one that were rising was out of casting range.also the noticed the action seemed to stop after 7 past 2 days with no big schools coming in during in the late incoming tide.
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Hey Bently, I was there today as well, but couldn't get one to bite. In fact, haven't been able to get one to bite at Derby so far this season. What did u catch them on?
In the last two days {the only two times I've been out pink fishing this year} I've caught fish on these, lost many more as well.
Hammered croc {blue and silver}
Deadly Dick {green}
K Wobbler {red and white}
Flat Fish {small, green pattern with some of my daughters nail polish as a tough up :-X}
Hot Rod {Original by Rye Davis, but the knock offs work as well}
Rooster Tail {purple}
Only one pink lure on that list bud and it's more magenta than pink IMO
the list is endless my friend, endless ;)
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Fished 7:30am to 10am north arm of the Fraser in South Van. Nothing. However, the guy fishing pikeminnows beside me was having a ball.
I was fishing for NPM that morning north arm in south van, and kicked myself for not bringing down my other ros as I watched a hundred or so pinks swim past me lol. Where abouts where you on morth arm
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North Arm typically sees pink salmon passing through a bit later than South Arm. They also do not always show themselves on the surface along this stretch of the river so if you do not see anything rising, it doesn't mean they are not there. The second and third week of September is a good time to try this area.
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North Arm typically sees pink salmon passing through a bit later than South Arm. They also do not always show themselves on the surface along this stretch of the river so if you do not see anything rising, it doesn't mean they are not there. The second and third week of September is a good time to try this area.
Yeah I've never fished for pinks on my side too much, but after seeing that yesterday morning I will try for a few hours today, theres actually tonns of access around my house but the locals are asians fishing for npm, the asian gentlmen fishing beside me was so shocked to see that, I had a few pink gibs on me so I gave him a few and told him I'd show him how to spin cast sice he only uses a long rod from china, he doesnt speak much english so should be fun lol
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New west area this am. Barely any surface action today much less than yesterday same time.
Still managed one little lady. Two days in a row! Can you say hot streak ;) ;D ;)
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In the last two days {the only two times I've been out pink fishing this year} I've caught fish on these, lost many more as well.
Hammered croc {blue and silver}
Deadly Dick {green}
K Wobbler {red and white}
Flat Fish {small, green pattern with some of my daughters nail polish as a tough up :-X}
Hot Rod {Original by Rye Davis, but the knock offs work as well}
Rooster Tail {purple}
Only one pink lure on that list bud and it's more magenta than pink IMO
the list is endless my friend, endless ;)
Are those lures typically large or small?
Anything unique with your retrieve? Fast or slow?
Do you countdown the lure to get it to a deeper depth?
Sorry for all the questions. I'm really curious as to what's working out there. My wife and I haven't had any luck the last few times we've gone out.
Thanks in advance! :)
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I fished dyke road again this morning. There seemed to be a school coming through when I arrived at 6:30--the guy next to me caught a nice chrome doe--but the bulk of the fish had passed in about 15 minutes. I stayed until 8:00 when I had to leave for work, and in that time I tried a pink croc, a silver and pink crock, a copper and orange little cleo, a yellow kamlooper, even a pink and white minnow jig, but no action.
I must admit, I'm getting frustrated. I've been out eight times now between Derby Reach and Dyke Road, and nothing to show for it other than a handful of lost lures.
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Got to the river at 6:30 limited out by 7 then the school was gone. Best morning yet. They were far out during incoming tide.
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Took boat out, fished outside of Captains Cove up the canal 1/2 mile, nothing but 4 large Pike Minnow. Tons of Pinks on top. Two lost, nothing landed.
Moved to outside of Deas Island, 20 ft from shore on an incoming tide, lots of fish on the surface 5 ft from shore but no bites. Moved back to canal off Kirkland Island, a few bites, lost 1 and no action after that on the incoming tide around 5pm.. Sawe tons of others on boats, shore and didnt see much being pulled in.
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Was out this morning from about 0700-1000 near Dyke & Road 5.
This was the third time this year (and ever) fishing for Pinks and I had nothing to show for it. Everything I read and was told (local bait shop said I could tie my keys to my line and land Pinks) was the action was fast and furious so it is good to hear others are finding this an abnormally slow run (so far).
Barely any risers or schools this AM while I was there. About 12 guys around me and saw 1 other fish landed and 1 lost.
But this morning my luck changed. Landed my first salmon ever! Put up a good fight compared to the small trout I'm used to fishing!
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I do have a question though. I was slowly retrieving my 1/4 croc and when the salmon hit it was barley noticeable other than the rod bend and the increased line tension. I don't even recall setting the hook. I'm used lures on other fish and hits are very noticeable but this just seemed odd compared to what I'm used to. I'm having a hard time determining whether I am getting hits/taps while reeling or not.
Any tips advice?
Cheers,
Dan
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Are those lures typically large or small?
Anything unique with your retrieve? Fast or slow?
Do you countdown the lure to get it to a deeper depth?
Sorry for all the questions. I'm really curious as to what's working out there. My wife and I haven't had any luck the last few times we've gone out.
Thanks in advance! :)
Nothing special about what I'm doing, AVERAGE TO SMALL SIZE LURES, although I'm using my ultra light set up which I can easily one hand cast a good 30 feet farther than i can with the average joe 6 1/2 ft- 7 ft {or longer}spinning rod. The lures just sail out there if you know what your doing and get the right angle. IMO guys using 10 lb test and stronger is just overkill, I have no problem landing these fish with my ultra light and in no way am I over playing any of them....but it sure is a blast when they take that one BIG run, YEE HAW !!
One more day with the gear and then it's fly time 100% though, gotta do it.
My ultra light is 5'5" with a small spinning reel loaded with 6lb trilene
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Are those lures typically large or small?
The lures that I use are small.
Anything unique with your retrieve? Fast or slow?
The action of the lure that I use is transmitted through the tip of the rod so I adjust my retrieve speed to adjust the action.
The direction of your cast and the direction of the current will affect the speed.
Sometimes with a down-current cast and heavy current, the retrieve will be very slow.
Do you countdown the lure to get it to a deeper depth?
I always let the lure drop on every cast - the fish are usually deep.
Depending on where I am fishing and the current speed, it could be 5, 10, 15 second count down.
One of the places that I fish has a submerged grassy bar out about 40 feet.
A few times I have let the rig sink so that it sits on top of the grass, I can feel it.
Frequently, when I pull the lure off the grass and let it sink into the pocket on shore side of the grass, I will get a hit.
This is very dangerous though, snag city.
Sorry for all the questions. I'm really curious as to what's working out there. My wife and I haven't had any luck the last few times we've gone out.
Thanks in advance! :)
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Nothing special about what I'm doing, AVERAGE TO SMALL SIZE LURES, although I'm using my ultra light set up which I can easily one hand cast a good 30 feet farther than i can with the average joe 6 1/2 ft- 7 ft {or longer}spinning rod. The lures just sail out there if you know what your doing and get the right angle. IMO guys using 10 lb test and stronger is just overkill, I have no problem landing these fish with my ultra light and in no way am I over playing any of them....but it sure is a blast when they take that one BIG run, YEE HAW !!
One more day with the gear and then it's fly time 100% though, gotta do it.
My ultra light is 5'5" with a small spinning reel loaded with 6lb trilene
Yeah, we're using pretty light gear too. The fight is WAY more fun. We've been using larger spoons and spinners, which were working for us in Squamish. We'll have to downsize tonight and see how it goes.
I've been fly fishing a bit, but when you're not getting any action, it feels like a lot of work for nothing lol. Gotta get this 'monkey' off our backs first, then I'll probably get back at it. Thanks for all the info! Hopefully we get one tonight.
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Thanks Easywater, definitely sounds like small to avg sized lures are the way to go for now. Hopefully I'll have a positive report from tonight :)
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i have had constant hook ups with 3/8 croc. i find the extra weight lets me get a little further. to all who have not caught anything just be patient and keep trying. it will come and you are not doing anything wrong. my girlfriend landed her first yesterday and she worked hard for it having been skunked 2-3 trips before. i have been out in the richmond ladner area everyday and the numbers have not been stellar. timing is everthing. the longer your spoons in the water the better your chances will be. any yes those taps are fish hitting the lure.
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The males don't seem to be hitting the lure too hard. The one I caught was 4lbs, and I could barely feel it on the line. As I reeled it in, then it started to run. The bumps on the line are light nibbles or fish hitting your lure. Slow down your retrieve and give your rod a few light flicks.
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Took lunch break and fished Langley area. Not a big crowd and seems nobody was having fish by the beach. Saw a few fish rolled in the shallow. But they didn't want to take my small croc spoon or small pink holographic buzz bomb. I took my limit on Saturday & Sunday but today looks to be a slow day with less fish in the river. Of course, some champ might have slayed the fish earlier the day but noon was slow.
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has anyone tried fishing the North Arm Fraser for pinks yet this season and if yes any hook-ups, and landed? This might be an option for peeps that want to escape the crowded south dike road in Richmond.
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has anyone tried fishing the North Arm Fraser for pinks yet this season and if yes any hook-ups, and landed? This might be an option for peeps that want to escape the crowded south dike road in Richmond.
Been about 5 times. Caught a NPM but that's it.
Quite a few rolling on opening night but slow since.
Give'er a go tho there are some in there ;)
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Fished Brownsville Bar this afternoon. Packed full again, but no luck. Didn't see anyone landing fish.
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Only fished an hour at most at 4. Saw maybe 3 fish the entire time. All of them quite a ways away, no where shore accessible without 2 oz betties and a musket.
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did anyone fish the south dike rd. in Richmond today during incoming a.m. morning tide? Any schools of pinks passing by? Any pinks hooked and landed? Wish I was out there but stuck at the office until this weekend >:( Just want to know what I'm missing ha-ha. ;D
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8 seiners working outside the mouth south. thats the problem for sports fishing .
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8 seiners working outside the mouth south. thats the problem for sports fishing .
They must have mopped up because it was dead slow on no.5 road between 5 and 7:30 when it should have been on fire.
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What 8 Seiners??!! thats crazy. Can anyone shed some light on how long the Commercial fishery is open for pinks and how long the seiners may be around. I know sounds like a silly question I guess I am just tired of being out there for 7 days straight and being skunked, then hearing about these 8 seiners just got me a little annoyed.
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Fished N/W for a few hours, very slow, only saw a few fish landed
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fished at garry point for a couple hours in the evening..no luck and nobody else caught either.
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did anyone fish the south dike rd. in Richmond today during incoming a.m. morning tide? Any schools of pinks passing by? Any pinks hooked and landed? Wish I was out there but stuck at the office until this weekend >:( Just want to know what I'm missing ha-ha. ;D
You didn't miss a thing.
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Fished river road north arm after work.no rises but manage to land a chrome male.didn't see any surface action all while I was fishing.
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it sounds like slim pickings until the commercial fishermen stop fishing, and when they finally stop, chances are the pink run will be over, or most have been netted by the seiners, too bad for most of us who haven't caught at least one yet! >:(
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it sounds like slim pickings until the commercial fishermen stop fishing, and when they finally stop, chances are the pink run will be over, or most have been netted by the seiners, too bad for most of us who haven't caught at least one yet! >:(
That is exactly How I am feeling right now :(
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If you haven't caught a pink yet, it's time to try a new spot.
Try moving up river a ways where the tides aren't such an influence.
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They should shut the commerical fishery for a few days so the sport fishery can catch a few. And they wonder why the salmon runs are so poor. Love how they blame global warming for low fish stocks........
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Wondering if any of you folks can help me out, would someplace in delta or surrey(Brownsville bar)be better or should I just go to the fraser in Chilliwack or hope or the vedder?
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there is no magical spot or honey hole right now, fish can be concentrated in an area but can be gone within minutes, they're always moving, just choose a place where you want to go, perhaps your fave spot, then fish it.
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Wondering if any of you folks can help me out, would someplace in delta or surrey(Brownsville bar)be better or should I just go to the fraser in Chilliwack or hope or the vedder?
The further east you go past the tidal portion the more luck you will most likely have. I know guys that were in the Chilliwack area on the Fraser this past weekend and they slayed them.
I would go up there but dont want to spend the gas money.
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Got it, thanks for the help guys. I will just stop by Chilliwack and see how it goes. Might even try the vedder for some springs.
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did anyone fish the south dike rd. in Richmond today during incoming a.m. morning tide? Any schools of pinks passing by? Any pinks hooked and landed? Wish I was out there but stuck at the office until this weekend >:( Just want to know what I'm missing ha-ha. ;D
You didn't miss a thing dude.
I think we saw 3 fish surface from 8 am to about noon... entirely possible to catch when there's no rising, but it adds a bit of hope. The evening from 6:15 pm till 7:30 had them rising close to shore all over the place but knew of only one guy who landed one. He has that spot and croc wired. Though I've noticed you have to try different lures/retrieval speeds, what works like gangbusters one day, doesn't another.
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Of course, some champ might have slayed the fish earlier the day but noon was slow.
Who me ?? I was lucky enough to pick up two more just before quitting time tonight, obvious fish presence out there but more so right near high tide but only saw a few others caught while I was there.
I guess it was tough luck for the 20 year veteran that you are, maybe next time you'll get em. If not I could always try and get you a job on one of the seine boats if you need some more fish though. I know quite a few since I did it for 3 decades myself. BTW, if you need some steelhead pointers let me know, but fair warning,the lessons aren't cheap :P {jk}
No hard feelings chum{p}
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First cast I hooked one. Tremendous fight and landed a beautiful shinny pink doe but it was a snag on the side. It was Quickly let it go and i casted out again. Had a strong bite and it shook the hook prob another snag. Got another two snags on the dorsal and hump within an hour. I was reeling in a 2" pink buzz bomb at a very slow to slow speed. I could literally see the dorsal fins sticking out of water while they slowly swam past because there were so many in that school. Low light condition and the water was calm. Am I purely snagging them or do the fish have poor biting accuracy?
Noticed this thread which is helpful too - http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=33238.0
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First cast I hooked one. Tremendous fight and landed a beautiful shinny pink doe but it was a snag on the side. It was Quickly let it go and i casted out again. Had a strong bite and it shook the hook prob another snag. Got another two snags on the dorsal and hump within an hour. I was reeling in a 2" pink buzz bomb at a very slow to slow speed. I could literally see the dorsal fins sticking out of water while they slowly swam past because there were so many in that school. Low light condition and the water was calm. Am I purely snagging them or do the fish have poor biting accuracy?
Noticed this thread which is helpful too - http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=33238.0
Are you just tossing it out there then slowly retrieving? That could be why, buzz bombs require a bit of a different approach then just using a spoon. Also takes time to get the proper motion when first using one sometimes
Shawn-
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I was out again at Dyke and No. 5 road last night from 5 to 7:30 pm. Managed to land 2 and lose 1. There were four of us and that is all we got. I was using the 1/4 oz bright pink croc. I'll be honest it's starting to get frustrating! That was the 8th day of fishing for me and those were the first 2 that I got. I personally have not seen the action or numbers that I thought I would see when they announced the expected return figures. Also, I mirror what many of the you guys have said about the bites. I have not been getting hard, definitive bites. It's been more like a slight drag on the line during a slow retrieve.
Oh well, despite that it was a nice night to be on the river and I will keep trying! Good luck.
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I was out again at Dyke and No. 5 road last night from 5 to 7:30 pm. Managed to land 2 and lose 1. There were four of us and that is all we got. I was using the 1/4 oz bright pink croc. I'll be honest it's starting to get frustrating! That was the 8th day of fishing for me and those were the first 2 that I got. I personally have not seen the action or numbers that I thought I would see when they announced the expected return figures. Also, I mirror what many of the you guys have said about the bites. I have not been getting hard, definitive bites. It's been more like a slight drag on the line during a slow retrieve.
Oh well, despite that it was a nice night to be on the river and I will keep trying! Good luck.
Glad to hear you broke your run of bad luck - I wont be able to get out to the weekend, its torture hearing the reports from "the field" :)
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Fished the PortMan area last night from 4:30-7:30 and all I got was mosquito bites!! So far, it's been 2 fish for my 7 outings. It is definitely becoming an odd pink season. What happened to the 20 million pink salmon?? If it's b/c of the commercial fisheries, I am kind of curious to know how much fish can the process plants consume?? Should there not be an end to the commercial fisheries to allow enough fish to the spawning beds and also give some opportunities to the sporties??
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Mid-tidal area Fraser yesterday. Put in a couple hours, just one to the boat. Lots of hits and misses and a TON of fish showing. Not biting readily...interesting.
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It seems there is really some varying levels of success this year. My last 2 outings Saturday and Sunday morning went very well. Managed to land 4 females both days among many fish on the incoming tide in 2 hours. I have been throwing pink spin and glows and dick nites after lots of experimenting with spoons and spinners (smaller the better). These seem to be out performing guys throwing spoons.
Try lots of different presentations.
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Who me ?? I was lucky enough to pick up two more just before quitting time tonight, obvious fish presence out there but more so right near high tide but only saw a few others caught while I was there.
I guess it was tough luck for the 20 year veteran that you are, maybe next time you'll get em. If not I could always try and get you a job on one of the seine boats if you need some more fish though. I know quite a few since I did it for 3 decades myself. BTW, if you need some steelhead pointers let me know, but fair warning,the lessons aren't cheap :P {jk}
No hard feelings chum{p}
Ya, champ you are the guy with all the know-hows. Make sure you post your catches with pictures. As for my pink fishing, I don't need any help. I have been doing really well at Furry Creek. My fishing on the Fraser are mostly one hour or less per trip just for the fun of it at lunch break or after work. I am fully employed and don't have a day to spend until weekend, and my weekends until the last one were spent at the much more spacious and relax Furry Creek area and my catches are ocean fresh chrome with sea lices. You can keep your lesser Fraser ones to yourself. Thank you.
checked out briefly today at Surrey Dock before work. It was fully packed and no one playing fish. Headed out to Derby around 9 AM. Fishing there was slow. Perhaps the champ slayed them early morning because I talked to a couple fishing there since first light and they said a large school went by splashing and rolling all round for half an hour and they were into a few fish. I guess the seiners don't work that early. ;D
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It seems there is really some varying levels of success this year. My last 2 outings Saturday and Sunday morning went very well. Managed to land 4 females both days among many fish on the incoming tide in 2 hours. I have been throwing pink spin and glows and dick nites after lots of experimenting with spoons and spinners (smaller the better). These seem to be out performing guys throwing spoons.
Try lots of different presentations.
Definitely the smaller the slower the better. I got my limits over the weekend by just using wool. Fishing just a small piece of wool with 4-5 ft leader and 1.5-2" pencil lead (the thicker kind) on a slow retrieve with the strong incoming tide can do wonder. Try it. The reason is that every time you use a larger lure and feel the many soft mouthing or bumping but no solid hook up, you miss the fish because it may not be mouthing or bumping the tail part of the lure where your trailing hook is. But every fish that mouth a small piece of wool on sticky sharp Gammi or Owner will be hooked. Try it if you have trouble hooking fish. A guy fishing at Surry area with this set up last night out fished the lure guys by the mile. I could have joined in and slayed as he did but couldn't even squeeze in. The place is just like a zoo. Not that I like the place, but it is on my way home via Patullo (to avoid the toll at Port Mann). The new Hwy 17 now connects north 176 St (Hwy 15) near my work place in east Surrey directly onto the fishing dock at 132 St. with hardly any traffic. What a perfect timing. Avoid the toll and fish pink for an hour or two on the way home. Got to love it.
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Ya, champ you are the guy with all the know-hows. Make sure you post your catches with pictures. As for my pink fishing, I don't need any help. I have been doing really well at Furry Creek. My fishing on the Fraser are mostly one hour or less per trip just for the fun of it at lunch break or after work. I am fully employed and don't have a day to spend until weekend, and my weekends until the last one were spent at the much more spacious and relax Furry Creek area and my catches are ocean fresh chrome with sea lices. You can keep your lesser Fraser ones to yourself. Thank you.
checked out briefly today at Surrey Dock before work. It was fully packed and no one playing fish. Headed out to Derby around 9 AM. Fishing there was slow. Perhaps the champ slayed them early morning because I talked to a couple fishing there since first light and they said a large school went by splashing and rolling all round for half an hour and they were into a few fish. I guess the seiners don't work that early. ;D
Sorry but I don't take many pictures while fishing anymore, a few here and there but not many. If I make it out again in the next little while and get into some fish then I'll take some just for you since you asked nicely enough. :)
Seiners "usually work a 12 hour day from 6 am to 6 pm but that can definitely vary here and there but that is usually the norm.
I tend to find that these fish are either on the 'attack mode" or their not, people can put in a lot of time before it pays off but if you hit it right then it's a lot more enjoyable. If you go with the mindset that the fish are just a bonus then it's all good anyway. Sure beats work or chores at home that's for sure.
Enjoy the rest of your day, and btw, I don't know where exactly your fishing out there but where I am there's tons of room, and no BS to deal with at all.
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I was out both days this weekend again at the end of #3 and had no bites at all. The Fraser loves to tease me with some rather large jumpers, but has yet to show me her love. I am going to mix it up a bit this week with some other lures to see if I cant change my luck on the Fraser. Anyone have any info on the North Fraser near the end of Byrne Road? I am going to hit it and find out, but would love to know if it is overly grassy or snaggy. Don't want to donate too many lures! Think I'll try wool and a pencil lead as Liketofish was mentioning to start off.
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Try the chartreuse wool in later evening when light is dimmer and add pink or orange at day light. No need to use a big piece.
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Try the chartreuse wool in later evening when light is dimmer and add pink or orange at day light. No need to use a big piece.
Thanks for the tip!
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went to no3 rd this morning first time there. got 1 male on 1/2 oz croc. but it was very slow.
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Try the chartreuse wool in later evening when light is dimmer and add pink or orange at day light. No need to use a big piece.
Sorry - newbie here.
How do put the wool and hook together?
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Try the chartreuse wool in later evening when light is dimmer and add pink or orange at day light. No need to use a big piece.
How big of piece of wool are you using liketofish?
I tried that first outing last weekend i went tidal fraser in richmond the same method you explain diding work for me? Maybe wool too big of small?
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Sorry - newbie here.
How do put the wool and hook together?
Google "bait loop" knot.
Use a piece anywhere from dime size to quarter size.
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Wool Bait loop:
http://vimeo.com/12830813
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Wool Bait loop:
http://vimeo.com/12830813
You guys rock. Thanks for the replies.
Will 1/0 sized hooks be good?
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seiners still fishing untill further notice,from todays meeting.still 26 million run.
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I don't recall the commercial fishery being so keen on harvesting pink salmon, nor having to compete with it for fish in prior years. The Creme de la Creme of Vancouver must have lowered their standards when they announced no sockeye fishery this year.
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i hear they are exported to europe and china.
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I fished the Fraser for a couple hours one week ago. No bites and didn't see any fish or any fish being had. Went over to the sunshine coast twice now and have limited out within 1 hour each time. Nice clean fish, I thought my males were females until I cut them open they were so chrome. Maybe in a couple years when they are back some people will head over to the coast if they have some extra time to kill . I only had 4 other people fishing next to me along the whole beach. I would pay a $63 ferry ride anyday of the week to beat the crowds on the Fraser.
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I fished the Fraser for a couple hours one week ago. No bites and didn't see any fish or any fish being had. Went over to the sunshine coast twice now and have limited out within 1 hour each time. Nice clean fish, I thought my males were females until I cut them open they were so chrome. Maybe in a couple years when they are back some people will head over to the coast if they have some extra time to kill . I only had 4 other people fishing next to me along the whole beach. I would pay a $63 ferry ride anyday of the week to beat the crowds on the Fraser.
Where was this on Sunshine Coast? Still decent to go out there this week?
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Spent the morning fishing in Richmond. Saw a huge salmon pop out of the water around 7 am and some smaller ones until 8 am. After that, only the occasional fish seen near the middle of the river. I had two bites on a lure, nothing on a float setup. The four guys near me didn't get a bite.
Is the temperature affecting the pinks? It was very hot today (and the rest of the week). On Friday, it seemed the fish were bouncing all over the place in the evening when it was overcast.
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How big of piece of wool are you using liketofish?
I tried that first outing last weekend i went tidal fraser in richmond the same method you explain diding work for me? Maybe wool too big of small?
Small piece like the size of a quarter or nickel, size 2 or 1 hook. Timing is very important. Strong incoming tide with good flow to create action on the dancing wool when you retrieve. When there are lots of fish cruising by and they are not biting the lure or just bumping them, the wool can out fish lure this way. Come to think of it, isn't it just like fly fishing with a slow retrieve and if a fly guy is by your side and you are fishing a big lure, he will out fish you any day because each fish taking the fly will most likely have it in the mouth instead of bumping it
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I fished the Fraser for a couple hours one week ago. No bites and didn't see any fish or any fish being had. Went over to the sunshine coast twice now and have limited out within 1 hour each time. Nice clean fish, I thought my males were females until I cut them open they were so chrome. Maybe in a couple years when they are back some people will head over to the coast if they have some extra time to kill . I only had 4 other people fishing next to me along the whole beach. I would pay a $63 ferry ride anyday of the week to beat the crowds on the Fraser.
That will be nice is you want to shell out the ridiculously expensive ferry fees nowadays. The alternative is Furry Creek or any beaches/points along Howe Sound. Sometimes people park by the side of creeks along Hwy99 and follow the creeks down to the seashore and fish there. You can drive along Hwy99 on the way to Squamish and see all the cars parked by the side of creeks crossing the hwy. Talking about confusing male for female, I had the exact thing on pinks caught at Furry Creek, chrome, no hump, no protracted nose. Yo, female? Oh no, where is the roe?
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Is your wool method with or with out a float ? I am also having a hard time with the pinks this year .
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The wool tip is very much appreciated. Great alternative, especially if on a budget.
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I agree furry creek is an option other than Sunshine coast. 63$ there and back is not bad in my opinion when you can beat the crowds. Some coho are being had at Davis bay but the Pinks are starting to go up Chapman creek and getting tight mouthed. I would say the best Pink fishing at Davis is behind us now.
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Not sure if the seiners are the reason or not, but I fished from sunup until 11am this morning without seeing more than 3 or 4 fish rise all morning. 5-7 guys fishing around me didn't even get a sniff either.
Had lots of luck over the past week, but literally NOTHING this morning. Hopefully the seiners slow down by the weekend.
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5 Rd completely dead. Too hot. No fish rising. It might pick up after diner as the sun goes down.
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i tried no.5 road at high tide, and new west at low tide today, and not a sniff in either outings (45 minutes each). I did put together an all pink spin n glo on a 3 foot leader with some pencil lead across it and think that will kill it when i get more time. It looked so good in the water, especially retrieving it in against the current. I feel like you can do a super slow retrieve and stil have great action on it.
has anyone else tried this or have any experience spin casting with spin n glos? Also, it was a medium sized one (not sure what size exactly, but not mi biggest).
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i hear they are exported to europe and china.
thats what I heard too ! soon as there is enough for us here the rest is flash frozen and sent to china to be processed for the European market !
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This will make many on here "happy happy happy"
"Due to Interior Fraser River coho constraints, the Area B Seine Fraser Pink ITQ
demonstration fishery will close at 21:00 hours on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.
The Department will continue to evaluate the fishing impacts to date though
further seine fishing opportunities in Area 29 for Fraser pink salmon are not
anticipated."
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thats what I heard too ! soon as there is enough for us here the rest is flash frozen and sent to china to be processed for the European market !
Pinks on steveston fish dock were $3 a pound this weekend, no negotiation or discount. I've seen them cheaper than that in Superstore and IGA in the off season!!! Guess the commercials aren't exactly fighting to sell them (yet...)
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This will make many on here "happy happy happy"
"Due to Interior Fraser River coho constraints, the Area B Seine Fraser Pink ITQ
demonstration fishery will close at 21:00 hours on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.
The Department will continue to evaluate the fishing impacts to date though
further seine fishing opportunities in Area 29 for Fraser pink salmon are not
anticipated."
Thank god... I'm having a great time fishing, but all the gas and gear was starting to add up.
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30+ guys at No 5 tonight. Didn't see one fish landed. Fished 4-7pm. Didn't get one bite.
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ha-ha, commercial seiners must have mopped up today knowing this was their last day to net those precious pinks ;D
the next few days will certainly be interesting without the the seiners, are we going to see a bio mass migration so thick, now that the seiner road block has been removed? we will soon see I guess...
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quick stop at the Haney Wharf tonight. Saw no fish rising or caught.
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Going to be interesting to see how many more fish enter the Fraser with the closure. FYI, here is the whole DFO notice:
Due to Interior Fraser River coho constraints, the Area B Seine Fraser Pink ITQ
demonstration fishery will close at 21:00 hours on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.
The Department will continue to evaluate the fishing impacts to date though
further seine fishing opportunities in Area 29 for Fraser pink salmon are not
anticipated.
Fishers are reminded to complete all catch reporting requirements as outlined
in the 2013 Commercial Salmon Area B Seine conditions of licence.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Barbara Mueller
604-666-2370
Fisheries & Oceans Operations Center - FN0874
Sent September 10, 2013 at 1623
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What is an ITQ Demonstration Fishery?
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there is a seine fishery starting tomorrow but its the twasssen first nation band. so conditions might not change much. nothing for me around pitt meadows tonight
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Fished Dyke Road at the end of Gilbert between 7:00 and 8:00pm. Saw a few jumpers plus 2 that were landed by two guys beside me. I think my lure might be too big, I'm using a 1/2oz croc. Maybe I should downsize to a 3/8...
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What is an ITQ Demonstration Fishery?
ITQ = individual transferable quota
Each boat is given a quota. If they feel like taking a day off they can sell their quota to another boat. In theory it allows DFO to manage the harvest better - as there is a cap on the number of fish the entire fleet can take.
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What is an ITQ Demonstration Fishery?
Individual Transferable Quota - permits to harvest fish
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What is an ITQ Demonstration Fishery?
"ITQ" is for Individual transferable quotas. Each vessel is allocated a certain # of fish that they are allowed to catch (quota). But they can sell there share to another boat vice versa. Before this when they announced openings say for instance "seines open 48hrs" all boats participating try to catch as much as they can in the 48 hrs, and they would announce openings as required to get the amount allocated for that fleet.
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Fished Abby area this afternoon / evening. 4-7 pm
Caught 2 and lost a couple. 3/8th crock seemed to work.
Saw about 50 guys fishing and very few fish taken. Most were foul hooked from what i could see.
Basically the pinks are not really biting. Most people have figured out to sink spoon to bottom and slow retrieve. Add a rip when tension is felt is leading to alot more snagging going on.
Not sure why the Pinks are not really striking on the medium / normal retrieve this year.
Even saw a few people tonight using wool . They snagged a number of fish but did take 3 or 4 pinks in the mouth. First time i have seen this way of fishing in this area. 2 years ago the spoons were fishing well on a decent retrieve. NOt sure why things are different this year.
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Not sure how many boats the first nations will have out, but its a short opening:
This fishery is open from 07:00 hours, Wednesday, September 11, 2013 to 20:00
hours, Friday, September 13, 2013
Only individuals designated by the Tsawwassen First Nation are authorized to
participate in this fishery. All aspects of the communal licence will be
enforced. Fish harvesters are advised to contact their band for a copy of the
conditions of their fishing licence
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Fished Abby area this afternoon / evening. 4-7 pm
Caught 2 and lost a couple. 3/8th crock seemed to work.
Saw about 50 guys fishing and very few fish taken. Most were foul hooked from what i could see.
Basically the pinks are not really biting. Most people have figured out to sink spoon to bottom and slow retrieve. Add a rip when tension is felt is leading to alot more snagging going on.
Not sure why the Pinks are not really striking on the medium / normal retrieve this year.
Even saw a few people tonight using wool . They snagged a number of fish but did take 3 or 4 pinks in the mouth. First time i have seen this way of fishing in this area. 2 years ago the spoons were fishing well on a decent retrieve. NOt sure why things are different this year.
Seen the same people every cast ripping. But I was able to land a Male on a pink croc. Fist fish out of 5 outings. Going back out tomorrow after work. It can only get better. I hear under the Mission Bridge it's packed with fish ;)
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F*%#K, my high hopes have been dashed, hope no seining this Saturday when I can finally fish!
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Caught a few smolts around 1lb. Had a pink on, all with a spinning glow.
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i tried no.5 road at high tide, and new west at low tide today, and not a sniff in either outings (45 minutes each). I did put together an all pink spin n glo on a 3 foot leader with some pencil lead across it and think that will kill it when i get more time. It looked so good in the water, especially retrieving it in against the current. I feel like you can do a super slow retrieve and stil have great action on it.
has anyone else tried this or have any experience spin casting with spin n glos? Also, it was a medium sized one (not sure what size exactly, but not mi biggest).
Been making online spinners for a few people and they have had good success with them. I use my wire former. I put 2 pink glow beads, a colorado blade attached with clevis and then another 2 glow beads. You just add some weight so that you can cast it, let it sink and do a slow retrieve.
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Was out last night and saw at least 20 fish caught in the tidal.There seems to be good numbers right now.
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Was out last night and saw at least 20 fish caught in the tidal.There seems to be good numbers right now.
whereabouts in the tidal? Richmond? New West? Langley? I imagine it will take a day or two for the masses to work their way up to the upper portion of the tidal.
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Was out last night and saw at least 20 fish caught in the tidal.There seems to be good numbers right now.
I was fishing no5 road from 6pm -8pm , only saw 1 fish caught out of 20+ guys , not sure where your fishing???
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My Girlfriend and I have been fishing the north arm of the Fraser around south Dunbar. 2 days and so far we haven't caught anything other than sculpin. Haven't seen anyone else fishing around there so I'm wondering if we're in a bad spot, though from the sounds of this forum it looks like it's been pretty hit or miss with the pinks.
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Same here. Fished on Dyke rd. at no. 5 in Richmond from 5 to 6:30 and did not see one bite or any caught. The test fishery numbers from yesterday were lower than the last couple of days. Did not see much activity in the water yesterday. The tides are now not favorable for me....I'm going to wait til the weekend.
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Lost one at my feet in a secret/quiet spot in the Lanlgey after 2+ hours of flogging away at risers.
Risers stopped, so I spun by the Derby Reach area. In a row of 30+ people (many of whom looked like....novices) but didn't see a fish caught in the 20 mins I was there. Very few risers, mostly WAY out in the middle. Couple boats out there, didn't see anything caught by them either.
Frustrating start to the Pink season for me as well. Might put in a couple hours tonight.
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Numbers shouldn't pick up till this weekend after the first nations fishery is over
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Mission,Abby area has been good.
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at the end no.3 rd. around 8 am, caught my first pink, 3 llbs, finally! (after about 6 tries & a few lost lures, he-he) :D
other than that, it was dead slow. We saw only about 5 risers but were far out in the middle.
It feels good to finally get the monkey off my back at least. Going out again tommorow morning to see what happens.
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uggh. Skunked again today at derby. Saw one landed which was a surprise as basically nothing was happening on the water (except the pink that surfaced right as I was packing up 8 ft off shore to mock me).
I'm a newbie but its been about 7 times now and no real action - no hook ups (other than submerged logs etc) and maybe one bite - I'm too new to know for sure. Been trying Derby/2 bit and the tip of Brae Island once (where they were around and close but all I managed to do was fall in the mud :0 ).
Trying crocs (1/4 and 3/8 and rooster tails and spinners. Even tried a pink jigging lure for the heck of it but it wanted to snag too easily). I mention all this as part fishing report and for the other frustrated newbies.
On the plus the scenery is excellent - we had a huge beaver around Derby where I was this morning. Oh and a thanks to Mike's reel repair who fixed my broken rod tip in 5 min for under $8. I'll be back for sure.
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One would think that seeing as the opening is for one band and seeing as what the run size is that that opening wouldn't do as much damage as the commercial opening we just had. But that depends on how many boats the FN is sending out I guess. Fishing has been spotty but I have seen at least a few caught every night out here in Delta but not the limits one would be used to getting during this fishery. It is what it is unfortunately.
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Mission,Abby area has been good.
Are the fish clean up that far or are they starting to become less desireable?
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So this is what I have seen so far.
Been out three times.
First day - 4 hits, 2 landed - spinner
Second Day - 4 Hits, 1 landed - pink jig under float
Third day - 2 Hits - One landed - Spinner
Seems like the ticket is slow retrieve/small presentation, I have tried about 10-15 different lure types/colours, the spinner mentioned above caught all the fish.
Noticed lots of fish moving through, most about 1-2 hours before high tide. Low tide and outgoing have been poor. Unfortunately the tides are poor for the next few days, I dont think afternoon is nearly as good as morning.
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One I lost at my feet yesterday was on a pink jig also, from the "Humpy Death Kit".
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From yesterday's DFO panel meeting:
Pink salmon continue to increase in
abundance in the Fraser River with daily migrations past Mission in the last
few days in the 253,000 to 702,000 pink per day range.
that's quite the range. I guess their estimating is not very accurate.
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700,000 per day? ;D DFO should ask the fishermen who may have a better estimate. ;)
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ha-ha-ha, so true ;D, they should give us sports-fishermen a break and close of the fisheries for the next few days.
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Hi, newbie advise wanted - Id like to get out this week with my kids. I have a 15 foot whaler but I pretty much a have found that the best boat launch to launch solo is pitt river so anything close to that would be good.
thanks :)
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any reports from people fishing the North Arm or Middle Arm(across yvr) Fraser, seeing any salmon surfacing? Just wondering if it might be worthwhile going there.
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any reports from people fishing the North Arm or Middle Arm(across yvr) Fraser, seeing any salmon surfacing? Just wondering if it might be worthwhile going there.
Checked North Arm yesterday at lunch time in Burnaby but didn't see any movement. If they were there, they were hiding very well. They are probably moving through already but just not in great numbers yet.
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any reports from people fishing the North Arm or Middle Arm(across yvr) Fraser, seeing any salmon surfacing? Just wondering if it might be worthwhile going there.
The hot weather isn't helping. Was fishing south burnaby today and didn't see any risers and didn't get any bites. The fish will be staying on the botttom in this weather. With close to zero visability at that depth, maybe glo lures are the way to go.
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The Whack ( pink salmon ) mecca was slow yesterday evening. Not a little fishy to be found.
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This year is getting very frustrating on the tidal Fraser :-\ Today i figured I would fish 2 different spots today to catch both high tides at diff spots . I started off in New west area in morning 11am-1pm and north arm park from 6-8pm. I wasn't only one that was skunked as I only seen 1 fish caught in morning out of 15+ guys . I am getting very annoyed with these pinks because they are suppose to be easiest salmon to catch???? I just keep loosing tons of lures cause people are saying slow retrieve is best for these fish but I swear its just shear luck 1 or 2 lucky guys out of 20 guys will land a pink but those are low odds for pinks?
Can anyone shed any light on whats happening this year?
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This year is getting very frustrating on the tidal Fraser :-\ Today i figured I would fish 2 different spots today to catch both high tides at diff spots . I started off in New west area in morning 11am-1pm and north arm park from 6-8pm. I wasn't only one that was skunked as I only seen 1 fish caught in morning out of 15+ guys . I am getting very annoyed with these pinks because they are suppose to be easiest salmon to catch???? I just keep loosing tons of lures cause people are saying slow retrieve is best for these fish but I swear its just shear luck 1 or 2 lucky guys out of 20 guys will land a pink but those are low odds for pinks?
Can anyone shed any light on whats happening this year?
This is why its called fishing and not catching. :o
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Either the DFO has vastly overestimated the pink run, or radiation from Japan has altered their behavior. :D Been out 6 times over the past week, and caught 2 humpy's on Saturday. That was the only day I saw constant action. I think everyone was into at least 1 fish.
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From yesterday's DFO panel meeting:
Pink salmon continue to increase in
abundance in the Fraser River with daily migrations past Mission in the last
few days in the 253,000 to 702,000 pink per day range.
that's quite the range. I guess their estimating is not very accurate.
Or they mean some days there are 250 000 swimming past the electronic counters and other days 700 000 swim by, producing the "range". It's not their fault, blame the pinks for swimming by without biting your hooks.
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Or they mean some days there are 250 000 swimming past the electronic counters and other days 700 000 swim by, producing the "range". It's not their fault, blame the pinks for swimming by without biting your hooks.
Come on S, don't let out the secret.... ;D
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Has anyone tried trolling flies around or would it be better to cast and strip, thanx
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With high tide later in evening, is it feasible to fish with glow in the dark lures for pinks?
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If I remember correctly, you cannot fish the Fraser 1 hour after the sunset. So, I don't know if it's worth doing it...
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Has anyone tried trolling flies around or would it be better to cast and strip, thanx
I tried trolling a pink clouser as well as a pink lucky bug the first weekend after opening, but didn't have any takers. I don't know if that means much, though, because things were generally pretty slow right then.
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If I remember correctly, you cannot fish the Fraser 1 hour after the sunset. So, I don't know if it's worth doing it...
i had no idea, thanks!
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If I remember correctly, you cannot fish the Fraser 1 hour after the sunset. So, I don't know if it's worth doing it...
The rule was implemented to prevent people from catching 2 fish then starting over again at midnight and taking 4 fish home.
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Curious for spinners (ex. blue fox), is size 3 or size 4 better for pinks?
I have a size 3 spinner and i can't cast it that far...is that a big deal being a spinner?
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Curious for spinners (ex. blue fox), is size 3 or size 4 better for pinks?
I have a size 3 spinner and i can't cast it that far...is that a big deal being a spinner?
I've used both size 3 and 4 blue fox spinners (either pink or orange) with much success in previous pink seasons. Either work. I found I did NOT have to cast far out, i.e., a number 3 with no weight could be cast out far enough. I really tried to retrieve slowly and it worked. Obviously, the number 4 will provide more resistance because of the bigger blade. If I had to choose, probably would go for a number 4, but either works. Now, regarding this season, who knows... ??? I've only caught 1 pink and had a handful of strong bites on the spinners in about 1/2 dozen outings in the Richmond, area.
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Curious for spinners (ex. blue fox), is size 3 or size 4 better for pinks?
I have a size 3 spinner and i can't cast it that far...is that a big deal being a spinner?
I have used both too. Not much luck for me. Just got one doe on #4 pink.
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Fished from about 8:30-12:30 today at deas island with no luck. The water was dead calm, I could probably count on my hand how many I saw jump. Saw one person land one though. I probably won't try again until either the native fishery is done or the weather changes a bit.
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Fished the S. shore of Richmond from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Not a fish in sight, and not a nibble. Correction: I watched a pair of FN fish boats stringing their net just downstream of me and scooping up LOTS of fish.
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Not even a single jumper at high tide at no.5 road from 11am - 1pm . We are almost half way through September and only got 1 pink on last weekend. It seemed like everyone got one that weekend
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Saturday is shaping up to be a good day. Native fishery is over friday night at 8pm, high tide at 3:17pm on Saturday.
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Saturday is shaping up to be a good day. Native fishery is over friday night at 8pm, high tide at 3:17pm on Saturday.
It may not be as good as it looks from here until we get some rain next week and temperature starts to drop. But maybe I am too pessimistic :-[
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Curious for spinners (ex. blue fox), is size 3 or size 4 better for pinks?
I have a size 3 spinner and i can't cast it that far...is that a big deal being a spinner?
I had one day where I got 3 almost back to back on a #3 UV pink blue fox on 5 Rd. The water was very murky that day.. but haven't been able to repeat it. The #4 never got one and couldn't retrieve slow because it was too heavy and would hang up.
It may not be as good as it looks from here until we get some rain next week and temperature starts to drop. But maybe I am too pessimistic :-[
Water temp must have something to do with it. Still going to try though. If you're talking about being out in the blazing sun all day, then I agree with that too. Had to sit in my car for an hour yesterday. When the bites on it's one thing, but frying and not even a nibble for 2+ hours is another.
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Rain on Sunday and steady cloudy/rain for 2 weeks.
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Really slow last couple nights out at Gary Point.
The tide change isn't so great today, so might try bit earlier today at the park
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Is everyone fishing the incoming tide? Is it worth it to go out in the evening (like tonight) when the weather is a little cooler (more activity?) or are the Pinks entirely tide dependant?
Anyone having luck other than incoming tide?
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If I remember correctly, you cannot fish the Fraser 1 hour after the sunset. So, I don't know if it's worth doing it...
I checked the "2013-2015 British Columbia Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide", but did not find such regulation for tidal portion of Fraser.
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I checked the "2013-2015 British Columbia Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Guide", but did not find such regulation for tidal portion of Fraser.
Yeah, it definitely applies to the non tidal portion, but I do not think it does apply to the tidal portion. I would double check that though.
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Rain on Sunday and steady cloudy/rain for 2 weeks.
About time. Hope that will cool the water down and heat up the action!
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Hi ,
Will salmon be scared by red braid line directly attached to the lure ?
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in the fraser, probably not. But you can always tie a mono leader to the mainline if your that concerned
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Fished from about 8:30-12:30 today at deas island with no luck. The water was dead calm, I could probably count on my hand how many I saw jump. Saw one person land one though. I probably won't try again until either the native fishery is done or the weather changes a bit.
I was there 1:30-2:30 and saw one fish jump.
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was at no.3 & dike rd. @ 8 am-10 am, saw about 10 risers, closest one showed it's hump a mere 6 feet in font of me, there was 10 people there, not even one bite in 2 hours, frustrating >:( I'm waiting to see what happens on Sat when there's no more commercial or FN seiners.
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I guess we'll be fishing in the rain, b/c the run will be over in a few weeks. Hopefully the cooler weather will bring up more risers.
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Hi ,
Will salmon be scared by red braid line directly attached to the lure ?
You will definitely get a lot of line bites from red braid. Use green or black braid if you would rather they bite on the hook.
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I guess we'll be fishing in the rain, b/c the run will be over in a few weeks. Hopefully the cooler weather will bring up more risers.
OH NO! NOT SOME RAIN?
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Went to Dyke road from 4:30 - 6:00 pm. Saw two risers. I didn't get a nibble on lure or float jig. I heard a guy yelling that he had a fish just as I was leaving.
Best fishing I've seen so far was last Friday when it was overcast with a bit of drizzle. I'm looking forward to some cooler temps, hopefully the fish will move closer to shore.
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Went and fished out in Chilliwack today because everywhere else is so slow.
JESUS my wrist is sore from fighting fish. A lot were lost, a LOT, the ones I did manage to land were foul hooked. Tail, back, and hump.
Jigs, spoon, and spinners all got hookups... and snags so I felt like it didnt matter how I fished. Guys next to me.. same thing.
No I wasn't ripping. You could feel the fish go after whatever you had on your line and there was a sweet spot about 20 feet out that seemed to always be where hookups were.
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How many (e.g. percentage) were fair hooked?
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Went and fished out in Chilliwack today because everywhere else is so slow.
JESUS my wrist is sore from fighting fish. A lot were lost, a LOT, the ones I did manage to land were foul hooked. Tail, back, and hump.
Jigs, spoon, and spinners all got hookups... and snags so I felt like it didnt matter how I fished. Guys next to me.. same thing.
No I wasn't ripping. You could feel the fish go after whatever you had on your line and there was a sweet spot about 20 feet out that seemed to always be where hookups were.
Are any chrome? Or are they pretty coloured?
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Guy beside landed a Doe... he had to double check it to make sure it wasnt a Coho. A few males didn't have much of a hump and weren't chrome but they werent colouring too much... if that makes sense
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How many (e.g. percentage) were fair hooked?
20% fair... that I could SEE. I lost most of them without showing so it's a guess.
I tried everything to avoid foul hooks but it seemed nothing worked, slow retrieve, lighter spinners.
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Only a few jumpers in Burnaby when I went down this evening to take a look, was only there maybe 10 minutes to see how the water was. Visibility was good, almost green in colour, never seen the water look that nice (then again I do not fish it that often).
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Hi ,
Will salmon be scared by red braid line directly attached to the lure ?
I"m using fireline crystal (think that's braid). I tie a tiny swivel and attach a 2-3 ft fluorocarbon leader. I use the fluoro more for abrasion resistance, confident with the line and I believe it stretches less. I don't know about stuff like power pro, but just make sure you tie your knot well, The fireline I use slips really easily. I use a trilene knot but do two loops and about 8 wraps. I think palomar is pretty popular for braid, I'm just more familiar with the trilene.
I also do the leader moreso because it's faster for me to tie lures with it than the braid I use. Some people attach a long mono/fluoro section with a nail knot (I believe) but I don't think I could tie it well enough or small enough to have confidence in it or for it to run through my guides smoothly.
Landed a male on 5 Rd, around 6-6:30 pm. Saw 2 risers. Use buzz bomb, retrieved real slow.
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anyone fished in the New west area today? Just wondering what you guys are seeing or catching over there. :)
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I also do the leader moreso because it's faster for me to tie lures with it than the braid I use. Some people attach a long mono/fluoro section with a nail knot (I believe) but I don't think I could tie it well enough or small enough to have confidence in it or for it to run through my guides smoothly.
I use palomar on mono also now. And use albright knot for braid to mono connection, use braid to wrap around mono. Reverse albright is faster but is less reliable (when lures got snagged knot snapped faster but never on a fish)
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Went and fished out in Chilliwack today because everywhere else is so slow.
JESUS my wrist is sore from fighting fish. A lot were lost, a LOT, the ones I did manage to land were foul hooked. Tail, back, and hump.
Jigs, spoon, and spinners all got hookups... and snags so I felt like it didnt matter how I fished. Guys next to me.. same thing.
No I wasn't ripping. You could feel the fish go after whatever you had on your line and there was a sweet spot about 20 feet out that seemed to always be where hookups were.
Where's some decent spots in chilliwack?
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20% fair... that I could SEE. I lost most of them without showing so it's a guess.
I tried everything to avoid foul hooks but it seemed nothing worked, slow retrieve, lighter spinners.
Your fishing slow water! Find some faster water and you will find fish that actually bite! Fish that are travelling upriver and are eager to bite. >:(
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Your fishing slow water! Find some faster water and you will find fish that actually bite! Fish that are travelling upriver and are eager to bite. >:(
Thanks for the heads up
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Where's some decent spots in chilliwack?
Not too familiar with spots, I just drove along the river and found a spot there was beach access
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Not too familiar with spots, I just drove along the river and found a spot there was beach access
Good answer! Yah bro, fish the faster stuff,you will be pleasantly surprised. ;)
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Chilliwack fishing? Google is your friend! :D
http://www.fishchilliwack.com/default.aspx?PAGE_ID=43
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I use palomar on mono also now. And use albright knot for braid to mono connection, use braid to wrap around mono. Reverse albright is faster but is less reliable (when lures got snagged knot snapped faster but never on a fish)
Thanks I'll look into the albright. Thinking of using braid this year for float fishing coho.
Foul hooking is the freaking worst. I'm traumatized from the Squamish and I swear I was batting about 70%.
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Fished the New West area yesterday from 5:30-7:00 with no luck. From 10-15 people fishing in that area I only saw 1 fish landed. Pretty frustrating season so far...
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Thanks I'll look into the albright. Thinking of using braid this year for float fishing coho.
Foul hooking is the freaking worst. I'm traumatized from the Squamish and I swear I was batting about 70%.
Change your presentation if you are foul hooking a ton. I was casting spinners in squamish and foul hooked three in a row, changed to a single jig under a small float with no weight and caught 30+ with 95% clean mouth hooksets. Frankly it's irresponsible to cast spoons and spinners through areas with thousands of fish, foul hooks are simply inevitable in those scenarios with that method.
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I was using small weight and a very small spinner under the float and had almost all proper bites, very few foul hooked. I was not pulling the float perpendicular to the river flow, but I was casting short cast, letting the float go strait down the river a bit, then stop, wait for the bait, if nothing for like up to twenty seconds, retrieve. There were people bringing more fish then I did with my method, but I had almost no foul hooks.
Art.
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Change your presentation if you are foul hooking a ton. I was casting spinners in squamish and foul hooked three in a row, changed to a single jig under a small float with no weight and caught 30+ with 95% clean mouth hooksets. Frankly it's irresponsible to cast spoons and spinners through areas with thousands of fish, foul hooks are simply inevitable in those scenarios with that method.
I had a very similar experience. I hooked the biggest pink I had ever seen by the hump in Squamish (felt bad but released him with care) on a spoon, then switched to pink wool with a 1 oz weight and a float. Everything after that was hooked in the mouth - making me feel like a real fisherman! (Unlike the yanker beside me).
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the feeling of fooling a fish into taking your presentation is more fun than the actual fighting of the fish. congrats on doing it properly.
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North Arm in Burnaby was void of any fish activities today. I was there for 1/2 hour around lunch. Everybody give up yet on the Tidal Fraser and on their way to the Vedder? ;D
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North Arm in Burnaby was void of any fish activities today. I was there for 1/2 hour around lunch. Everybody give up yet on the Tidal Fraser and on their way to the Vedder? ;D
Im pretty much done with tidal Fraser already this year enough is enough. Time to pay the extra gas money to get to chilliwack .
Anywhere past mission is really HOT right now fishing . Below mission its hit and miss . Looks like ill be fishing chiliwack tmmr will have fishing report later :)
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Has anyone had any success in the last two days in the tidal portion of the river?
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Im pretty much done with tidal Fraser already this year enough is enough. Time to pay the extra gas money to get to chilliwack .
Anywhere past mission is really HOT right now fishing . Below mission its hit and miss . Looks like ill be fishing chiliwack tmmr will have fishing report later :)
Don't give up yet! The FN fishery ends tonight, and with the temps cooling, and rain in the forecast, could make a big difference with the fishing experience in the tidal :)
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I hear yeah but even on its best days tidal is still hit and miss. I like fishing but enjoy it better if I was catching . I Will try update live fishing reports on your twitter and on mine also follow me @SilentWhisper11 , I will update my twitter regularly when out fishing chilliiwack and tidal portions Fraser, already few not so good reports in tidal portion. We will see if there any difference in reports this weekend.
Cross are fingers for Saturday otherwise ill be filling the gas tank and taking the car out to chilliliwack to get my arms soar from playing too many fish ;)
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Sounds good! Keep me posted. I'll be out and about this weekend too, I'll post updates wherever I end up :)
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another opening for the seine fleet starting sunday at 6am. and i thought they were finished,up goes the wall of death again.
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Due to Interior Fraser River coho constraints, the Area B Seine Fraser Pink ITQ
demonstration fishery will close at 21:00 hours on Tuesday, September 10, 2013.
The Department will continue to evaluate the fishing impacts to date though
further seine fishing opportunities in Area 29 for Fraser pink salmon are not
anticipated."
i quess they dont think they will impact coho. dream on.
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Very sad DFO said they would stop commercial siene cause coho impacts? :'(
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Don't give up yet! The FN fishery ends tonight, and with the temps cooling, and rain in the forecast, could make a big difference with the fishing experience in the tidal :)
And starts Sunday 6am- 9pm daily :( :(
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Anybody have a link or copy of the new commercial opening? I can't seem to find it on the website.
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more fisheries apporved eh. Chilliwack, here I come! :D
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Anybody have a link or copy of the new commercial opening? I can't seem to find it on the website.
http://www.psc.org/NewsRel/2013/NewsRelease11.pdf
I believe its on page 2 after the 3rd paragraph.
This is so sad. It's getting worse every year for the sport fisherman.
I was hoping for at least 1 week of fishing without a single net out there...guess that's not happening.
Good luck to everyone this weekend :D
I'll still be heading out to the river.
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What
A
Joke
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I think it's the huge Seiner boats going out daily starting Sunday...even worse. :-[
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Geez... it's gonna be tough not to give up on the tidal Fraser...
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plus native commercial opening just announced from the port mann bridge to emory creek.
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what is a boat day.
In Canada, the commercial Area B seine fishery in Areas 29 is scheduled to
reopen on Sunday, September 15, 2013 until further notice with a maximum of 20
boat days of fishing permitted
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WTF!!!!! Sounds like an all out fishing assault!! the poor salmon don't have a chance, are they planning to wipe out the species? No wonder the salmon pop is dwindling with this irresponsible harvesting! We'll be fighting for scraps if there's any left, Good luck to all of you. >:(
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Sorry for the dumb question but since the tidal Fraser has been dismal where in the Chilliwack area are people fishing?
I'm not asking for secret spots etc but I do not know the Chilliwack area very well other than passing through on #1.
Is the fishing style/presentation different? I've been using spoons here, what works best there?
One last question, since it is so far inland is fishing good anytime of day?
Cheers
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sucks about the seiner opening, although i still will be fishing this weekend in richmond.
best of luck to all!
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Chilliwack fishing spots @ http://www.fishchilliwack.com/default.aspx?PAGE_ID=43
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Sorry for the dumb question but since the tidal Fraser has been dismal where in the Chilliwack area are people fishing?
I'm not asking for secret spots etc but I do not know the Chilliwack area very well other than passing through on #1.
Is the fishing style/presentation different? I've been using spoons here, what works best there?
One last question, since it is so far inland is fishing good anytime of day?
Cheers
Ok so I saw Rod's video about float fishing in the Chilliwack river so presentation is different.
I am interested in going tomorrow to Chilliwack to go fishing. Anyone want to carpool? I can drive but I just need to be back in Vancouver around dinner time. If someone who has fished there is willing to play "fishing guide" I can drive and they can pay me in fishing knowledge:)
Any info greatly appreciated.
Cheers
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Chilliwack fishing spots @ http://www.fishchilliwack.com/default.aspx?PAGE_ID=43
Thanks Eman
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Ok so I saw Rod's video about float fishing in the Chilliwack river so presentation is different.
I am interested in going tomorrow to Chilliwack to go fishing. Anyone want to carpool? I can drive but I just need to be back in Vancouver around dinner time. If someone who has fished there is willing to play "fishing guide" I can drive and they can pay me in fishing knowledge:)
Any info greatly appreciated.
Cheers
You interested in going Sunday?
I can drive as well (roomy 08 GMC truck) we could split gas or something. Doesnt matter really. But I am planning on hitting the 'wack sunday for sure, but I am currently waiting on word from a buddy that wants to get the boat in the water. If thats a no go, Ill be walking and wading. I know a few spots, but I also know how to hike my butt around, find water, new spots and sometimes even fishies. Email me if you like!
Danbaraniuk@gmail.com
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Sorry for the dumb question but since the tidal Fraser has been dismal where in the Chilliwack area are people fishing?
Print out this Map from Fred's Tackle. Start at those spots mentioned and start exploring. Good luck.
http://www.fredscustomtackle.com/assets/images/FishingReport/fredsmap.jpg (http://www.fredscustomtackle.com/assets/images/FishingReport/fredsmap.jpg)
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You interested in going Sunday?
I can drive as well (roomy 08 GMC truck) we could split gas or something. Doesnt matter really. But I am planning on hitting the 'wack sunday for sure, but I am currently waiting on word from a buddy that wants to get the boat in the water. If thats a no go, Ill be walking and wading. I know a few spots, but I also know how to hike my butt around, find water, new spots and sometimes even fishies. Email me if you like!
Danbaraniuk@gmail.com
Thanks for the offer! I can't go Sunday as I work. Will def go tomorrow so if anyone is willing to join me let me know.
Cheers,
Dan
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Sad, just sad :( Pinks are one thing but what kind of damage is this doing to all the coho and chinooks! You can't tell me that these fish don't get swept up in those nets as well and regardless of if they release them or not that's going to put major stress on the fish! Just a poor display of management on the part of the DFO. I understand that these guys depend on fish to make money but c'mon they gotta give their heads a shake. What about the upper fraser coho? What about the Thompson steelhead? How about the late run sockeye and Cultus Lake fish? The fragile runs of some of the North Fraser tribs? All these fish now have to survive a gauntlet of nets on top of the other strenuous elements that they face. I for one am starting to get quite upset.
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Saw a weird thing today down at the south arm of Richmond. I saw a commercial vessel heading downriver, and guys were throwing fish overboard. Has anybody seen anything like this?
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Probably "releasing" the salmon they aren't allowed to keep(coho, springs?)
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I've also witnessed this during pink years where boats throw male pinks over the side and keep the does to sell the roe however it was FN boats and it was in the upper fraser, disgusting really.
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Very few humpies in the abby/mission bridge area today when i was there 3-5 pm.
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Hearing reports, where people are catching dozens near the vedder mouth.
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Thanks for the offer! I can't go Sunday as I work. Will def go tomorrow so if anyone is willing to join me let me know.
Cheers,
Dan
Ok well have fun! Even if you cant find anyone, just park somewhere, and hike! If your physically capable of course. Wade, get a little bit lost and just remember the river will guide you back to your vehicle! Good luck to you! Im kind of glad you couldnt go, my buddy confirmed us going out Sunday and I dont think there is room for 3.
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Complete BS. Looks like Saturday is our best shot at catching some Pinks.
Fraser pink salmon run size continues to be larger than expected resulting in
an additional fishing opportunity for Area B seines for a maximum of 20 boat
days as well as First Nations Economic Opportunity and demonstration pink
directed fisheries, with sockeye non-retention to minimize additional impacts
on Fraser River sockeye and coho salmon. The Department's priorities are to
ensure that there is sufficient sockeye returning to the spawning grounds and
all fisheries are being managed to minimize sockeye impacts. Fishers are
requested to check for any restrictions in their local areas.
In Canada, the commercial Area B seine fishery in Areas 29 is scheduled to
reopen on Sunday, September 15, 2013 until further notice with a maximum of 20
boat days of fishing permitted.
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I fished for an hour and half today from 11 to 12:30 in the Langley area.
No action until a school came through at 12pm. Surface action increased from an occasional surfacing/splash in my immediate area to a splash every 30 seconds. I got a bite ,then another, fish on, lost half way in, another bite, lost after about 3/4 to me. Then another hit, brought to hand (bonked). Threw out there again right away, hit, another hit, then another fish to hand. Sent him back, as one was enough for dinner tonight. Then NOTHING. Zero action after that, nothing surfacing. Left my spot at about 12:30/12:45.
Absolutely GORGEOUS day. I love exploring and finding quiet spots. One boat trolling around, no one else fishing from shore within my field of view.
I made a quick smoked salmon pate with it. Good result. Will increase the cold smoke time with my next fish. I used one of those pressure cooker style smokers. First time I used it.
Heading out in a boat tomorrow. But realize it is an uphill battle with the commie and native openings.
Too nice to not be out there.
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http://www.psc.org/NewsRel/2013/NewsRelease11.pdf
I believe its on page 2 after the 3rd paragraph.
This is so sad. It's getting worse every year for the sport fisherman.
I was hoping for at least 1 week of fishing without a single net out there...guess that's not happening.
Good luck to everyone this weekend :D
I'll still be heading out to the river.
I agree. This is so frustrating, man. Why on earth DFO who are selling sport fishermen fishing licenses and yet don't care a dime on our fishing? If they just read through these pages, they should sense fishermen are saying fishing this year is so slow and hard and yet they don't care to give us a break, as you say a week of no nets. Fishermen should boycott at least buying tidal license 2 years from now unless DFO is willing to give the sporties a break for a fair chance. Their action of letting the commercials catch it all is a total betrayal of our trust that they do care about sockeye and coho. These stocks don't stand a chance against the killer nets. Many will not make it to home streams with weakened condition after release from the crushing weight of sein nets which catch tons of pinks. They can not survive the nets, and we just can't compete with those killer nets. The days of limiting on tidal pinks which happened regularly in the past is now a distant memory. Pathetic.
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I agree. This is so frustrating, man. Why on earth DFO who are selling sport fishermen fishing licenses and yet don't care a dime on our fishing? If they just read through these pages, they should sense fishermen are saying fishing this year is so slow and hard and yet they don't care to give us a break, as you say a week of no nets. Fishermen should boycott at least buying tidal license 2 years from now unless DFO is willing to give the sporties a break for a fair chance. Their action of letting the commercials catch it all is a total betrayal of our trust that they do care about sockeye and coho. These stocks don't stand a chance against the killer nets. Many will not make it to home streams with weakened condition after release from the crushing weight of sein nets which catch tons of pinks. They can not survive the nets, and we just can't compete with those killer nets. The days of limiting on tidal pinks which happened regularly in the past is now a distant memory. Pathetic.
Agreed, I wonder what the actual harvest number is at and what percent of the total run size it is.
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I agree. This is so frustrating, man. Why on earth DFO who are selling sport fishermen fishing licenses and yet don't care a dime on our fishing?
DFO policy is clear that they give commercials priority on pink and sockeye and give sports fishermen first dibs on coho and chinook.
But given the size of the pink run having more than 1 day off commercial / native fishing can't do any harm. And maybe I'm looking in the wrong place but haven't seen a flood of cheap pinks in any stores so where are they selling them?? I remember 3 years back we was buying sox off the back of a boat for $8 a fish, can't even get pinks for that rate at the moment!
Heard from a few reliable sources this year is going to be AWESOME for coho. Some rivers are already fishing well for coho and will only get better. And in theory the commercials will only be able to pick up the crumbs!
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Heard from a few reliable sources this year is going to be AWESOME for coho. Some rivers are already fishing well for coho and will only get better. And in theory the commercials will only be able to pick up the crumbs!
Lets hope so, although everyone's expectations were HIGH for the pinks this year to and so far I think it's fair to say hasn't met ppls expectations.. whether the reason is the netters, temps etc, we cant be sure
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For those who have fished Derby Reach, can I park right on the shoreline in those RV spots?
thanks
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You really cannot blame the lack of hook up on the nets. The fish are there, just not biting at times. Every year is the same as people spend June and July saying how easy it is to catch pinks (you don't need to use pink lures as they are really aggressive and will hit just about anything). After hearing and reading posts like that for months you are bound to feel disappointed when the fish decide they are just not going to bite (pink or not, they are still fish). You can certainly be worried about the impact these nets targeting a heathy pink run are going to have on other more fragile stocks, but don't blame them for your inability to hook four pinks on every outing. As for what the commies are doing with all the pinks they catch, the vast majority of pink salmon are canned.
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For those who have fished Derby Reach, can I park right on the shoreline in those RV spots?
thanks
You would have I check with the host, but I believe you have to pay to use those sites.
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Was fishing at Surrey from 3 to 7:30PM. No major schools of fish at all the entire time. Very few fish rising and hook ups were far and few in between. Many skunked rods again. Strangely saw some fish heading down river instead and these don't bite much. Yesterday we saw a lot more fish charging down river towards the ocean. What to make of this behaviour of the pinks? Are they fish who happen to enter the wrong river and after going up to the fresh water decide that it is the wrong river? They were not milling around, they just swim fast downstream with the outgoing flow. Anybody with an explanation?
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milling around.......or have a seal chasing them around. don't the school of fish swim in an odd pattern? they don't always swim straight up. least when i looked at furry creek's pink. they swim in weird direction
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I was fishing Dyke Road from 5 pm to 7:30 pm. No bites on lures and jigs. I saw two fish rise in that time, both were over 100 feet away from me.
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Not milling around or frantic dashes by seal. They moved in large schoola surfacing all over the place for 30 minutes yesterday and they were definitely heading down river as all the fish went in one downstream direction. Some folks there joked that the fish either found out they are in the wrong river, or that as they get up river more the hot interior water scare them so they charge out to sea again to wait for a better time to go up again.
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is it safe enough for me to take out my inflatable boat with oars onto the mouth of the Vedder? I have a float tube aswell and was wondering where i can go to fish for salmon on the fly off a tube or boat to get away from the crowd.
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Now that everyone has camaras things may start to change
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-is-bcs-commercial-salmon-fishery-skirting-regulations/article13796100/
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is it safe enough for me to take out my inflatable boat with oars onto the mouth of the Vedder? I have a float tube aswell and was wondering where i can go to fish for salmon on the fly off a tube or boat to get away from the crowd.
IMHO you should not be anywhere in the non tidal portion of the Fraser River without a power motor, 9.9 minimum hp, it's just too risky. Tidal portions like around Derby Reach where the water is a lot more slower may be okay as I've seen guys with small inflatables out there many times without problems.
Float tubes are for lakes and maybe quite bays in the ocean but no way would I have a tube on the Fraser, it's just asking for trouble.
Just my opinion, others may vary, have fun and be safe.
Bently
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Went out this morning to south Richmond, around 6:30am, saw a couple of fish surface but that's it. It's really low tide so I did some treasure hunting while there and fishing is non productive. Heading out to north arm to give it a shot.
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in delta. 6 am to present. 3 fish surfaced. 2 on, 1 lost, by two different guys. tough fishing. time to head back home and get back into bed I think. playing poker till 2 (losing), then up at 5 with no fish makes for a grumpy Dan
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is it safe enough for me to take out my inflatable boat with oars onto the mouth of the Vedder? I have a float tube aswell and was wondering where i can go to fish for salmon on the fly off a tube or boat to get away from the crowd.
No, it is not safe! You will not get away from any crowds using your inflatable or float tube on the Vedder. It is possible to hike into secluded spots on weekdays so far this pink yr and fish from shore with no one around.
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7am to 9;30am south arm , not a fin not a jump not even a seal , tide was running out pretty good so I mixed it up went old school pink worm under a float in a very large holding area not even a bite well other then one heron trying to take my float :o
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Went out this morning to south Richmond, around 6:30am, saw a couple of fish surface but that's it. It's really low tide so I did some treasure hunting while there and fishing is non productive. Heading out to north arm to give it a shot.
UPDATE: went to north arm, no action. will try again at south during incoming tide. Morning was not a waste though...between me and a buddy we found 15+ lures ;D Score!!, Sad part was about 5-6 of the lures had un-pinched barbs and the 2 buzz bombs I found had Triple hooks on them >:(.
Good luck everyone! :D
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Fished at New West from 8:00am - 10:00am. DEAD! :'(
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If you use the tube in the Vedder canal you should be okay. Use common sense, and you could anchor yourself to keep yourself from floating away all the time from a good spot. However, the canal is low enough that you can wade and cast to most spots where the fish are holed up. Also if you tire of fishing down in those spots you can always hike up river. So lugging around the float tube in your vehicle might be more of a pain than it is worth. My two cents.
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Went a few kilometers past the Mission bridge today. Not one fish to be seen jumping, or rising in three hours. And absolutely no bites. I think I am about to give up hope that things will get better this season. :'(
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People were into fish this morning at the bridge. :P
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Was out this morning tidal portion near MR; not as many fish landed neither jumping. Shortly after that, two commercial boats showed up, headed to shore and then stretched out their nets from shore to middle of the river and hauled away loads of fish. Then another boat arrived and waited their turn to do the same. It is true that they certainly do not scoop up everything in the river, but because these Pinks coast along the shore as they move up river, many are caught and therefore affects the sports fishing part of it. So its hit-n-miss for the next few days guys, and again not saying there's no fish but have to work much harder for them.
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Glen valley fishing was slow this morning. Landed 1, lost 2. 2 small schools came thru between 6 and noon.
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Fish are BACK :) :) :) South arm in Richmond went off big time 3pm to 4 pm almost everyone was landing fish , got a 8lb er myself lost 3 more at the shore , very nice to see the schools back after a slow 5 days so they could be heading your way for the evening , good luck
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Went to Chilliwack this morning. Lots of fish but still fairly tight-lipped (at least for me).
Did catch 2 within the 1st hour then nothing for 3 hrs.
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WOW no.5 road in richmond was on fire today 1pm-5pm. Huge schools pushing in now its getting exciting alot of people where landing them . My lil brother landed his first pink ever today after many skunked days. I lost 3 and landed 2 nice fresh pinks. One of them was so fresh it was a male without any hump. 3-4pm was on fire for alot of people. I was giving up hope after today for tidal portion but hard work pays off .
Better get there early tmmr it if you want a parking spot or even room to cast without crossing lines lmao was gong show today
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No need to pack in shoulder to shoulder , lots of secluded spots if you are willing to walk two mins , from the dump to gary point besides that's where all the pros are for great tips :P
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Was out this morning tidal portion near MR; not as many fish landed neither jumping. Shortly after that, two commercial boats showed up, headed to shore and then stretched out their nets from shore to middle of the river and hauled away loads of fish.
Interesting to hear. Where abouts were the nets set and how long do they leave them for?
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Just wondering if there is anyone going on to triangle road for pinks? I always go to 4 and 5 rd and it gets packed from time to time. Seeing if there is a difference.
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triangle road works as good for pinks as any Richmond spot also one of the best spots when its time to use roe so very nice area to learn
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triangle road works as good for pinks as any Richmond spot also one of the best spots when its time to use roe so very nice area to learn
very cool. i'll try that spot tomorrow! Everyone still using bright pink and orange spoons?
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2" hot pink buzz bombs been killing it for me , forgot to say triangle road is like the last place you can take your pelt gun and dirt bike too also , its almost like 1975 down there ;D
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Caught a nice fresh male 5lb with sea lice at 5 rd. Mostly slow, then a school would swim by and everyone would have a fish on the line. The lack of any commercial fishery had a big impact today. Too bad the seign boats will be back out tomorrow from 6am-9pm. Don't expect the same amount of action as today.
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its a numbers fishery for sure.
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Went a few kilometers past the Mission bridge today. Not one fish to be seen jumping, or rising in three hours. And absolutely no bites. I think I am about to give up hope that things will get better this season. :'(
hang in there. by the sounds of things in Richmond the 2 week late run is coming in. or maybe its related to the recent closure of the seine fishing??
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WOW no.5 road in richmond was on fire today 1pm-5pm. Huge schools pushing in now its getting exciting alot of people where landing them . My lil brother landed his first pink ever today after many skunked days. I lost 3 and landed 2 nice fresh pinks. One of them was so fresh it was a male without any hump. 3-4pm was on fire for alot of people. I was giving up hope after today for tidal portion but hard work pays off .
Better get there early tmmr it if you want a parking spot or even room to cast without crossing lines lmao was gong show today
Yup, was great out the park today, from 1-4pm, so many schooling around. landed 2, lost 3. Friend got 1 and lost 3. Everyone at the park had 1 and some guys had their limit in a couple of hours. Finally some action after couple of weeks of being skunked.
Used a dicki on slow retrieve.
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which park?
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he probably means Gary Point
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Yah sorry LOL Gary Point (i'm just across the street), it was pretty busy spot, I expect even more so tomorrow.
:o
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Was out on the Vedder river tons of boat, & no fish the hype was a no show
Quite a few surfacing humpies but all locked jaw.........slow to say the least
Will battle the main stem of the Fraser 2morrow
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better get your spots early ;)
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>:( >:( >:(I should stay longer. But it is good to hear fishes are coming back. I would say the seine will impact Richmond tomorrow for sure, but we should still get good number at upper.
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>:( >:( >:(I should stay longer. But it is good to hear fishes are coming back. I would say the seine will impact Richmond tomorrow for sure, but we should still get good number at upper.
When there are 200,000 - 700,000 fish going through each incoming tide i highly doubt they can mop up that many fish . Its all about your luck i guess i got skunked a few times when people where catching them around me randomly. The FN where netting yesterday across from no.3 road and there boats are pretty much same as commercials. Even though it was on fire for me most people didnt get one till like after 3pm then the odd few guys would be playing with a fish. It wasnt on fire for everyone , I just have keyed in on the perfect retrieve these pinks cant resist with wool, buzzbombs, crocs all work the same to be honest with everyone.
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Was out in Glen Valley this morning at oh-damnitsfreakingtooearlytofish o'clock until 7:45 when it was time for work. 4 rods around me, only a couple of risers and 1 fish bonked (not by me! :'( )
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When there are 200,000 - 700,000 fish going through each incoming tide i highly doubt they can mop up that many fish . Its all about your luck i guess i got skunked a few times when people where catching them around me randomly. The FN where netting yesterday across from no.3 road and there boats are pretty much same as commercials. Even though it was on fire for me most people didnt get one till like after 3pm then the odd few guys would be playing with a fish. It wasnt on fire for everyone , I just have keyed in on the perfect retrieve these pinks cant resist with wool, buzzbombs, crocs all work the same to be honest with everyone.
I don't think the FN allowed fish below Port Mann.
http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=153918&ID=all
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You are right. FN is restricted from the Port Mann to Emory Creek. Commercial Fishery re-opened this morning, max 20 boats.
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Everyone wish you are right. But we can see fishing was picking up after commercial closed on Tuesday. For sure they won't mop up all the fishes, but we can imagine the odd to hook them with or without 20 boat days.
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commercial seiners sitting at docks right now ,must be foggy at mouth or something.should be good on incoming tide .
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Lost 2 a few feet away, north arm. Saw lots of males flying out of the water but none landed. 9am-11am
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landed 4 in about 2 hours on the incoming this AM, Tidal. was quite the push of pinks...
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Now that everyone has camaras things may start to change
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/news-video/video-is-bcs-commercial-salmon-fishery-skirting-regulations/article13796100/
It is a total joke for DFO to open up more commercial openings while they tell fishermen to be careful not impacting on the sockeye and coho. These boats will do untold damage to these stocks. I fear even the treasured Thompson steelhead will be among the victims. What credibility DFO has is lost by doing so.
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Thunder and lightening forecasted this afternoon. Be safe out there.
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Thunder n rain already at no.5
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Any reports around Delta, Surrey? How's Brownsville?
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Big school went by in richmond at 1 so there on the way there
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Pretty slow at new west right now. Caught one on the 4th cast at around 1:30. Nothing rising except a 6+ foot sturgeon here. Hopefully that big push shoes up in the next hour.
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Pretty quiet on Annacis Island. Was there 9 - 1, the big push seemed to have been earlier in the day. Skunked again. :(
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5 landed off the boat near ladner. 2 to 4. all small bullets.
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Richmond went off BIG again today landed 3 lost a few very nice male so so fresh , 8 between the 3 of us on shore , saw at least 20 caught put back a beautiful wild coho caught on a croc spoon all kinds of open space around us , but we walk for 2 min. :-X
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Richmond went off BIG again today landed 3 lost a few very nice male so so fresh , 8 between the 3 of us on shore , saw at least 20 caught put back a beautiful wild coho caught on a croc spoon all kinds of open space around us , but we walk for 2 min. :-X
Overhype... I didn't see no more than 10 caught.
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Overhype... I didn't see no more than 10 caught.
Where were you fishing? from 1-5pm there was a lot moving thru and at certain times everyone had a fish on. There was also a couple that showed up and within 30mins they had bonked 5..oddly enough whenever the rain started up again and the wind picked up it seemed the fish were more willingly to bite :o.
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No 5 and Dyke Rd. I fished from 2-6. Got a 7lb chrome myself. Must of been 30+ guys there. I was about half way down. From where I could see, I would say maybe 15 tops were caught. With that many lines in the water, I wouldn't say it was "going off BIG".
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Maybe because we were a good mile or two away from all you hoards , they had to get by us first before you had a shoot at them and we killed them today 8) but ya we left you guys a few ???
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Hey all,
Quick question, how long is the run expected to last? Would we still be in decent shape next weekend? I really want my fiance to catch one, and I know she really wants to land one.
Thanks!
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I was at no.5 road from 1-6pm pretty constant action for me all day! I was able to land a bunch of females and lost some males which i was going to release anyways but was awesome fight on my light action rod. My buddy caught his first pink ever today after many days going home without fish. At least the section i was fishing there where constant hookups and i lost 1 and caught 1 back to back so action for the lucky people ::)
The bite really went on when the tide starting pushing back out? I started to think the myself that the salmon appeared to be heading back to the ocean the way there where rising and swimming all towards back out the ocean cause the current starts to get really strong outgoing tide. I'm starting to think that these fish start to feed like crazy when they start to head back to the ocean to prepare for next tide push.
Is it just me that notice that or am i just lucky this weekend?
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no.5rd is great for low tide but on an incoming tide much better spots further down river
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I would think the weekend will still be good , was a late start this year with the warm river , and we will be back to 2 fishable tides first light and evening , good luck
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I was at no.5 road from 1-6pm pretty constant action for me all day! I was able to land a bunch of females and lost some males which i was going to release anyways but was awesome fight on my light action rod. My buddy caught his first pink ever today after many days going home without fish. At least the section i was fishing there where constant hookups and i lost 1 and caught 1 back to back so action for the lucky people ::)
The bite really went on when the tide starting pushing back out? I started to think the myself that the salmon appeared to be heading back to the ocean the way there where rising and swimming all towards back out the ocean cause the current starts to get really strong outgoing tide. I'm starting to think that these fish start to feed like crazy when they start to head back to the ocean to prepare for next tide push.
Is it just me that notice that or am i just lucky this weekend?
Feeding in the Fraser? Heading back to the ocean before a tide push? Where did you come up with these analogies?
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Great day today fishing the incoming tide in Richmond.
To the 2 guys I helped land their fish at the park, that was great.
Your kids and family were all pretty excited to see that. I think the wives were happy to finally go home with dinner, props to them to wait out that wind.
;)
Some terrible fishing etiquette out their (i know they don't read this forum). Would land a fish or go help someone land theirs, to have someone just jump in and start casting wildly overhead. Snagging lures couple cast later is fishing karma.
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I agree. Some real jerks out there. Come on guys. Don't show up late and try and squeeze in where there is literally no room to cast. Walk 2 mins down the road and find a open spot.
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I was at no.5 road from 1-6pm pretty constant action for me all day! I was able to land a bunch of females and lost some males which i was going to release anyways but was awesome fight on my light action rod. My buddy caught his first pink ever today after many days going home without fish. At least the section i was fishing there where constant hookups and i lost 1 and caught 1 back to back so action for the lucky people ::)
The bite really went on when the tide starting pushing back out? I started to think the myself that the salmon appeared to be heading back to the ocean the way there where rising and swimming all towards back out the ocean cause the current starts to get really strong outgoing tide. I'm starting to think that these fish start to feed like crazy when they start to head back to the ocean to prepare for next tide push.
Is it just me that notice that or am i just lucky this weekend?
I've caught a few ( kept the good catches ) and from what i didn't find in their stomach was any substantial 'food' being digested. I'm not an expert by any means but I believe that they are now more focused on defending their spawn.
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I agree. Some real jerks out there. Come on guys. Don't show up late and try and squeeze in where there is literally no room to cast. Walk 2 mins down the road and find a open spot.
A week ago couple of guys squeezed in where I was fishing. Half hour later I turned around and one of the guys had a spoon lodged in his ear. His friend tried to take the hook out with a plier but failed. They left presumably to the hospital with a spoon dangling from his ear lobe. Karma
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A returning salmon biting in fresh water is purely an act of aggression or defensive instinct.
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Feeding in the Fraser? Heading back to the ocean before a tide push? Where did you come up with these analogies?
LMAO I didn't come up with these they are observations i have noticed fishing Richmond area tidal Fraser.
On the strong incoming tides the salmon head up river and don't feed only defend there spawning grounds so the bites are more random out of aggression. I guess I am the only one that notices that when the tide is outgoing I notice the salmon rising with there head going direction towards the ocean, this is when i notice alot more landed fish then incoming tide .
Hope that make sense ;D
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A week ago couple of guys squeezed in where I was fishing. Half hour later I turned around and one of the guys had a spoon lodged in his ear. His friend tried to take the hook out with a plier but failed. They left presumably to the hospital with a spoon dangling from his ear lobe. Karma
LMAO I bet he didn't pinch the barb. Amazing how Karma works. I foul hooked a male today in the tail, released it, then next cast caught a nice 7lb chrome.
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I would think the weekend will still be good , was a late start this year with the warm river , and we will be back to 2 fishable tides first light and evening , good luck
Thanks, hopefully she gets one next weekend. I've caught a few already but sucks seeing her leave empty handed. Think I'll let her use my setup next week as it seems luckier than hers ;D
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LMAO I didn't come up with these they are observations i have noticed fishing Richmond area tidal Fraser.
On the strong incoming tides the salmon head up river and don't feed only defend there spawning grounds so the bites are more random out of aggression. I guess I am the only one that notices that when the tide is outgoing I notice the salmon rising with there head going direction towards the ocean, this is when i notice alot more landed fish then incoming tide .
Hope that make sense ;D
The main reason you catch more fish during the outgoing tide is because during that tide salmon move close to shore where there is less current. For this reason more fish are in reach of your casts.
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LMAO I bet he didn't pinch the barb. Amazing how Karma works. I foul hooked a male today in the tail, released it, then next cast caught a nice 7lb chrome.
My thoughts as well. If it was barbless I would imagine that it should come out fairly easy.
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On the strong incoming tides the salmon head up river and don't feed only defend there spawning grounds so the bites are more random out of aggression.
There are no spawning grounds in the Tidal Fraser River...
The Tidal Fraser River is a large travelling corridor. When the tide starts going out, fish travelling in the middle will indeed head downstream with the current, but they often circle around and travel more closely to shore to head upstream again.
The water is in the Tidal Fraser River is a mixture of fresh and salt. Under this condition, returning salmon go through a change in osmoregulation. Before transforming completely back into a freshwater organism, feeding still occurs. Once awhile, on very rare occasions, I have seen pink salmon chasing baitfish on the surface when fishing in the Tidal Fraser River.
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I have read that in the tidal Columbia River, Chinooks would ride the tide a number of times before heading up river. How many times they ride the tides depends on how far they need to travel up river. Lower tributary ones could ride the tides up to ten times whereas upper river brights will shoot up after riding the tide only a couple of times. Maybe something similar could be happening with Fraser River salmon species. Just my speculation.
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My thoughts as well. If it was barbless I would imagine that it should come out fairly easy.
X2. I don't have much sympathy for guys fishing with barbs either.
Likely a newbie with a lesson he will not forget anytime soon.
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Anyone knows if there's any commercial fisheries going on this week?
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Open daily until further notice starting yesterday from 6am-9pm
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Open daily until further notice starting yesterday from 6am-9pm
Yup i saw lots of boats out netting yesterday but the numbers of fish seem to be getting greater everyday . More hookups on outgoing tide . There are no spawning grounds in the Tidal Fraser River...
The Tidal Fraser River is a large travelling corridor. When the tide starts going out, fish travelling in the middle will indeed head downstream with the current, but they often circle around and travel more closely to shore to head upstream again.
The water is in the Tidal Fraser River is a mixture of fresh and salt. Under this condition, returning salmon go through a change in osmoregulation. Before transforming completely back into a freshwater organism, feeding still occurs. Once awhile, on very rare occasions, I have seen pink salmon chasing baitfish on the surface when fishing in the Tidal Fraser River.
And rod i meant that on the way up they act out of aggression cause there heading to there spawning grounds . The bites are very light usually as they are just tapping it but when the tide is outgoing i notice they try to swallow it deep hooksets , didnt really even have to set the hook
The main reason you catch more fish during the outgoing tide is because during that tide salmon move close to shore where there is less current. For this reason more fish are in reach of your casts.
That does make sense but there is still pretty strong current close to shore. I would have to cast way up stream just so my spoon would end up infront of me thats when i get most fish on.
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Oh! I get it now, the commercial boats scared the fishes swim closer to the shore then we can get them easier. ;D ;D ;D
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Richmond's on FIRE for us lucky ones i guess :-\ ! Heading out to south arm again today , keep your retrieve slow and use a 3/8 croc . been slaying it there last 2 days 8)
Tight lines
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Richmond's on FIRE for us lucky ones i guess :-\ ! Heading out to south arm again today , keep your retrieve slow and use a 3/8 croc . been slaying it there last 2 days 8)
Tight lines
By slaying it I assume you mean hooking 1-2 fish in a session?? Cos yday I didn't see anyone taking home more than 1 fish, most had zero.
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Had a friend do just that yesterday and was getting no hits , got him to change to a hot 2" pink buzz bomb speed up his retrieve a touch and he started slamming them, all 3 of us did, both work at times swap out if one is not working , guys in my area took home 20 fish
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By slaying it I assume you mean hooking 1-2 fish in a session?? Cos yday I didn't see anyone taking home more than 1 fish, most had zero.
lol more than 1-2 hookups, more like 2 hookups back to back within 2min of each other already landed 3 fish plus lost 5. When i first got the the spot i had so many missed bites. that was just within a couple hours of acutally fishing . I guess only the lucky ones and yes once i switched to buzz bomb thats when i got 2 back to back and lost 5 lol wierd ehh? also let go a male cause didnt like the hump .
tight lines 8) i already said to much :-X
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By slaying it I assume you mean hooking 1-2 fish in a session?? Cos yday I didn't see anyone taking home more than 1 fish, most had zero.
Na the guy beside me and I were having a race to limit out , took home 3 lost a few
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show some pics of your catch
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robbyvanz just remember when you are fishing 5 road , there is 5 more miles of 100+ lines the fish need to get past before they see you guys , hope that helps , coffee is made off to get my honey hole , 3pm to 6pm look for the bite good luck all
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show some pics of your catch
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I'd like to see a cooler with more than 1 fish. I'm a believer when I see more than 1 fish side by side.
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Wonder if the rain and the lower temps helped with the bites? or was it really a late run this year?
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was out during my lunch in richmond. managed a male with a decent hump so let him go but it was dead. didnt see one fish roll or jump.
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was out during my lunch in richmond. managed a male with a decent hump so let him go but it was dead. didnt see one fish roll or jump.
Not much happening in the North Arm either at lunch. This week's lunch time is low-tide which is probably not a great time to fish for Fraser Pinks.
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A week ago couple of guys squeezed in where I was fishing. Half hour later I turned around and one of the guys had a spoon lodged in his ear. His friend tried to take the hook out with a plier but failed. They left presumably to the hospital with a spoon dangling from his ear lobe. Karma
Couldn't get it out would only be because of barb! DOUBLE KARMA!
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Fished Glen Valley for a couple hours 9-11 this morning. Slow, very few fish showing and had only 3 hook-ups. Not a good year for me this year - timing is everything, school starts at the wrong time LOL have to wait a few more days for the tides to change a bit and line up with dropping the kid off at school!
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my lunch was 2 so it was more like afternoon.
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Today, I went to the no. 3 pier at around 1pm, and it was my first time fishing in the area even though I've been living in B.C. pretty much all my life. It was even for first time targeting pink salmon since I'm not a fan of eating pink salmon, but I gave it a shot. I tried casting my 3.5 inch perch coloured Zzinger (chartreuse, pink, and lime) which was the exact same lure caught my first salmon (chinook) in near Horseshoe bay about 20 years ago. I fished the Zzinger for about 1.5 hours and it only attracted a large fish near the surface which looked like a salmon which came to investigate the lure, but it did not strike.
I also used a silver coloured Luhr Jensen Krocodile which got me no results, and I used it on the pier.
There were lots of fisherman near the rocks on the shore fishing, but there were two others fishermen on the pier. I saw two that caught salmon on the shore, but no one of the pier caught a salmon.
I should have fished on the shore with a spoon or a spinner!
Fishing on the no. 3 pier must be a bad idea when targeting pinks right?
I did see a few large pinks jumping at around 2-3pm, and there were lots of commercial fishermen near the no. 3 pier area too.
Lastly, I'm kinda shocked that a one year tidal water fishing license purchased today expires on March 31, 2014 which sucks - I knew about it when I was young, though I haven't spent a lot of time fishing these days.
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The problem with fishing for salmon from the pier is: how are you going to land the fish? You'll have to haul it up 15-20 feet to get it over the railing.
I would also suggest using a lure smaller than 3.5". Good luck!
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It looks like a need to change my location and I will probably have to go shopping for smaller lures.
Interesting, when I was fishing with my 3.5 inch Zzinger in the ocean near Horseshoe Bay, it caught big and small fishes, including some herring which was only twice the size of the Zzinger!
I have a 3.5 inch Buzz Bomb in my tackle box which I still want to try out for the pinks, but it's white and green coloured.
Also, I scheduled my vacation last year so I could take one week off in September - I didn't think about fishing at all, and this happened to be pink salmon season, so I really want to catch at least one pink salmon for this week!
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New here and want to ask if any of you has tried drift fishing in Fraser River for pinks?
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lots of fish came in on the tide at no3 rd between 2.50 -4.30 i got 2 and so did my buddy, also had a few on . saw two guys with 4 landed. indian seiners were near but stayed out nearer the middle. crocs 1/4 oz were working for us.
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fished garry point from 12-2pm(almost low tide). only fisherman there. Landed 6(released 5, kept one), lost four more. caught using a light orange spoon.
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HOLY SMOKES best day yet in Richmond 3:00 small bite landed 2 , 5:30 Massive bite, let 2 go and still limit out! , 4 of us went limit out , lost count how many were caught , FN were having a great time seine fishing around 4 rd so don't fish up river from them they pulled in huger numbers so large they were having problems lol
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I should have used a small brightly coloured spoon! I have a Gibbs Kit-A-Mat in my tackle box in bright red.
I think I'll head out tomorrow.
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Cant keep them off a 2" hot pink buzz bomb kind of slow retrieve got everyone around me using it , only guy out fishing me is using a small wedding band and a supper slow retrieve
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Anyone here target pinks with spoons with a baitcasting reel such as an Abu Garcia Ambassadeur?
Advantage or disadvantage?
To me, I like it because I don't have to worry much about line twist.
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Cant keep them off a 2" hot pink buzz bomb kind of slow retrieve got everyone around me using it , only guy out fishing me is using a small wedding band and a supper slow retrieve
Do you raise the rod slowly, and lower it, giving the line slack, retrieve technique?
What type of fishing line were you using and what lb test?
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Do you raise the rod slowly, and lower it, giving the line slack, retrieve technique?
What type of fishing line were you using and what lb test?
Retrieve technique I use in the ocean but not for pinks tried it every now and then no effect just a some what slow retrieve and they nail it , fishing line is a good question was just thinking about that few days ago I loaded up braided for my first time 30 lb just cause its so freaking small and I want my leader to break on any snags first , 15lb mono leader ya I dreaming of a spring, absolutely love the braided can feel every hit , bite , probe , just close the bailer manually stops 85% of wind knots
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That's really interesting, as that's why people use Buzz Bombs in the first place due to the unique spinning action when it descends. I guess the pinks are attacking your lure due to the slow retrieve and the hot pink colour.
In that case, I'm not rushing to buy any new lures yet.
You're using a spinning reel right?
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yes spinning real , buzz bomb still has a nice looking action on a steady retrieve I was using 1/4 and 3/8 pink croc spoons did so so but BB's kept out fishing them , they all work just have to get the speed down right for the lure
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That's really interesting, as that's why people use Buzz Bombs in the first place due to the unique spinning action when it descends. I guess the pinks are attacking your lure due to the slow retrieve and the hot pink colour.
In that case, I'm not rushing to buy any new lures yet.
You're using a spinning reel right?
Read this thread: http://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=33238.0
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yes spinning real , buzz bomb still has a nice looking action on a steady retrieve I was using 1/4 and 3/8 pink croc spoons did so so but BB's kept out fishing them , they all work just have to get the speed down right for the lure
I haven't fished a buzz bomb for a long time, but it's good to know that it's more effective than croc spoons.
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Buzz bombs are killer , 3 cast and fish ON when i got there . Lost to many to count , best day so far of the season.
The Commerical or FN siener where right in front of no.5 road hauling record numbers it was funny watching them have trouble
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Fished the Surrey area from 4:30-6:30 and skunked again. Only saw1 fish landed...
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Can you say Chrome 8)
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Nice fish!
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Some gorgeous fish came in tonight , Gratz very nice, notice when you are clearing fish the river seems cooler , few days ago it felt down right warm , even the fish were warm
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Thats a beauty!!
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Yes, I can say chrome.
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Thats a beauty!!
Thanks I have been working hard for last week ;)
Some gorgeous fish came in tonight , Gratz very nice, notice when you are clearing fish the river seems cooler , few days ago it felt down right warm , even the fish were warm
Yes very fresh fish i have been landing it makes me not wanna pay the extra gas money and head up to chilliwack , sure you catch more up there but you get way fresher fish fishing no.3 - no.5 road. Awesome day ;D
Nice fish!
Yup there sure chrome down at no.4 road area 8)
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Thanks I have been working hard for last week ;)
Yes very fresh fish i have been landing it makes me not wanna pay the extra gas money and head up to chilliwack , sure you catch more up there but you get way fresher fish fishing no.3 - no.5 road. Awesome day ;D
Yup there sure chrome down at no.4 road area 8)
7 fish in 2 days no need to drive any where , dont say to much :P the honey hole is only good for like 9 or 10 rods well 15 if they pack in like 5rd lol
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Another Commercial Fishery opening tomorrow for the Straight of Georgia:
Area 29 (Strait of Georgia)
This is a limited participation fishery with a maximum of 20 boat days.
Arrangements to participate in this limited opportunity fishery must be co-
ordinated with the Area B Harvest Committee. This fishery will not proceed
should undesignated seine vessels attend or attempt to participate in this
fishery.
For those vessels authorized to participate, the fishery is open from 06:00
hours to 21:00 hours daily commencing Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 until 21:00
hours Thursday September 19th, 2013 in Subareas 29-4, 29-6, 29-7, and 29-9 in
waters no shallower than 45 metres (approximately 25 fathoms). There are no
identified depth restrictions in place for those fishing areas south of Delta
Port closed to crab fishing. The fishery is directed at harvesting pink salmon
and releasing sockeye, coho and chinook salmon. Minimum bunt mesh size 70 mm.
The use of power skiffs is permitted.
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7 fish in 2 days no need to drive any where , dont say to much :P the honey hole is only good for like 9 or 10 rods well 15 if they pack in like 5rd lol
yeah we already said to much now its going to be gong show down at no.5 road like today it was bad around 4-5pm people jamming in everywhere and crossing your lines start to get annoying, the south arm is a big area like many others said you can walk down 2 min and have a spot with lots of room ::)
tight lines !
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Another Commercial Fishery opening tomorrow for the Straight of Georgia:
Area 29 (Strait of Georgia)
This is a limited participation fishery with a maximum of 20 boat days.
Arrangements to participate in this limited opportunity fishery must be co-
ordinated with the Area B Harvest Committee. This fishery will not proceed
should undesignated seine vessels attend or attempt to participate in this
fishery.
For those vessels authorized to participate, the fishery is open from 06:00
hours to 21:00 hours daily commencing Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 until 21:00
hours Thursday September 19th, 2013 in Subareas 29-4, 29-6, 29-7, and 29-9 in
waters no shallower than 45 metres (approximately 25 fathoms). There are no
identified depth restrictions in place for those fishing areas south of Delta
Port closed to crab fishing. The fishery is directed at harvesting pink salmon
and releasing sockeye, coho and chinook salmon. Minimum bunt mesh size 70 mm.
The use of power skiffs is permitted.
Tried a diff spot this morning with my 2" pink bb in richmond this morning. I certainly like the cast distance compared to the spinners thats for sure
slow straight retrieve, Four hookups & two landed in the space of about an hour. I notice even with all the netting going on , I have been surprised on how many fish are still rolling through. ;D
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Low tide is really hard to fish in Richmond very very slippery, 5rd is ok and Gary point only places I have found , want to say where you were , very few are fishing low tide don't think you would get crowded out :P and gratz , nice start to the day on 2nd thought don't bother , they might all come at high tide , I will keep looking
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Richmond was hot this morning. Fished the end of Dyke Rd, past 4Rd. Drove all the way to the end and parked by the gate, and walked west down the path. This must of been the "honey hole" these guys were talking about. Caught 4 in the hour I was there, and helped the guy next to me land 3. Large schools of fish moving in this morning. I guess the run was 2 weeks late. Didn't think there was water access past the "NO EXIT" sign, but there is. Check it out on Google Maps and you will know where I am talking about. Happy Fishing!!
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For those having problems catching fish, try using a pink #4 spinner like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Fox-Vibrax-Bullet-Fishing/dp/B009GYD076/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379442809&sr=8-1&keywords=blue+fox+pink+uv
I was using a 1/4 pink Gibbs croc spoon last week, but find the fish hit the spinner much more often. I was getting bites pretty much every other cast. Of course you have to cut off the treble hook and put on a single barbless hook. Use a #1 hook and a split ring.
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Anyone fish that new dock they put in end of 6 rd last night? was just checking it out for a low tide fishing spot , goes a good 30 feet out into the river , they said 100 fish were pulled in there last night , kind of hard to believe put I did see a good 20 kill/blood spots
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Anyone fish that new dock they put in end of 6 rd last night? was just checking it out for a low tide fishing spot , goes a good 30 feet out into the river , they said 100 fish were pulled in there last night , kind of hard to believe put I did see a good 20 kill/blood spots
By the car ports? Or on the River road end? it's always 100 fish being pulled out from every location. LOL
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A huge school went by my work on Annacis Island between 11:30 am and 2:00 pm. They were surfacing every few seconds. So naturally I took a half day and ran out there.
They were hitting every cast for the first five-ten minutes or so (around 12:45).. but then they stopped biting. You could still see them surfacing everywhere though.... They seemed to stop biting as the current changed from downstream to upstream.
Had too many hits to count, 5-6 on, 3 landed, 2 kept in an hour and a half. All very chrome with sea lice.
They were being very weird on retrieval speed.. when I went slow they wouldn't bite. When I sped up they would hit the lure but above the hook. I could see them rolling when they hit it, but nothing would set. I guess I should try a smaller spoon?
Also tried out a buzz bomb I recovered from a piling and tied it on with a pink fly behind it. Got one in the first few casts but it broke my line as I was only using several year old 6lb test and had forgotten to fix my drag after I had tightened it to fight off a snag.
By 2:00 they had moved onwards up river.. There were a ton of them - like I said non stop for almost 3 hours - so I suspect fishing will be good up river tonight?
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PS. That is the first time this year I have seen that many move through.. only the second day there has really been any sustained surface action in that area.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/9791757053_523b43ec2d_h.jpg)
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Today, I went to Wal-Mart in New West and I found out that they don't carry any Buzz Bombs anymore! The store clerk stocking the shelves in the fishing section was puzzled too! I bought Buzz Bombs/Zzingers from that store before, so instead of buying nothing, I bought a 3/8 oz silver fluorescent red Super Vibrax spinner.
I fished in New West this afternoon with a silver fluorescent red Blue Fox Super Vibrax spinner and fluorescent red Gibbs Kit-A-Mat lure for about 2.5 hours. Note: I ended getting one bite about 3 cm from surface about 3 feet away from where I was standing with my Gibbs, but it spat out the lure so quickly that I didn't even feel anything at all! I was actually talking to my Dad when it happened, as I was asking him if we should leave and go home, and I looked down and we both saw what happened.
Afterwords, I fished in the same area where I got the bite for another half hour, but I ended getting a nasty snag on my Gibbs Kit-A-Mat which took me a good 15 minutes to unhook.
I almost lost my new Super Vibrax due to line twist as it got twisted so badly, the line snapped, but I caught the line with my hands and I pulled the lure in.... another reason why I dislike using spinners with spinning reels.
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Richmond was hot this morning. Fished the end of Dyke Rd, past 4Rd. Drove all the way to the end and parked by the gate, and walked west down the path. This must of been the "honey hole" these guys were talking about. Caught 4 in the hour I was there, and helped the guy next to me land 3. Large schools of fish moving in this morning. I guess the run was 2 weeks late. Didn't think there was water access past the "NO EXIT" sign, but there is. Check it out on Google Maps and you will know where I am talking about. Happy Fishing!!
Gave your honey hole a try, Fished it for 6 hours saw 3 landed and 2 lost :-\ , back to my spot further down river tomorrow thanks any ways
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Very good action this evening, tons of fish.
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Very good action this evening, tons of fish.
Where were you fishing? There's been alot of schools moving up river. Just gotta be in the right place at the right time.
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Where was this? I was out in Richmond 5rd area between 2pm-4:30pm before I had to go back to work, and it was really slow because there was literally 7 FN seiners scooping up everything. They were soo close to shore that you could cast into the freakin nets! kind of a piss off because ive gone out now for 15 days and nothing to show for and I see the seiners scooping them up like theres no end. No one around me caught any either and only few risers. I am still keeping my hopes up I know I will break my bad luck and land some in few days :)
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Where were you fishing? There's been alot of schools moving up river. Just gotta be in the right place at the right time.
I was fishing the delta side, the action picked up from 6PM-7:30 everyone was into fish.
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Most of the action today was earlier in the day. I think TheDingo caught the same school that I was into early this morning. There were non stop jumpers for probably an hour, then nothing. It must of been before most of the seign boats got out. To make matters worse, the DFO opened a Seign commercial fishery in the Straight this morning. They are scooping them all up before they are even getting to the Fraser. Thursday should be a good evening to fish. Full moon on Thursday, with high tide at 6:30pm. Should be a big push of fish coming in with the strong tide.
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A buddy and I limited out pretty fast and gave a few away. We also lost about 20 fish between the 2 of us.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/ming_v/image_zpse8078a3d.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/ming_v/media/image_zpse8078a3d.jpg.html)
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I am planning to head out to Richmond tomorrow morning near no 3. road on the rocks.
It will be my first time fishing on the rocks, and my 2nd time finishing in the area.
I will concentrate on throwing smaller lures.
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Has anyone here used Gibb's knockoff pink Buzz Bombs?
(http://www.gibbsdelta.com/sites/default/files/Humpy-Kit.jpg)
First time seeing someone copy the Buzz Bomb!
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A buddy and I limited out pretty fast and gave a few away. We also lost about 20 fish between the 2 of us.
(http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a617/ming_v/image_zpse8078a3d.jpg) (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/ming_v/media/image_zpse8078a3d.jpg.html)
Nice work! Careful with giving away your catch once you hit your limit. My buddy got a ticket last pink season for that...
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Nice work! Careful with giving away your catch once you hit your limit. My buddy got a ticket last pink season for that...
Thanks for the heads up, but I usually let the person I'm giving it to land it.
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Is great to see everyone out and enjoying this fishery.
Thanks for the reports and pics.
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Pacific Angler have buzz bomb knockoffs. If my memory is correct, it's selling for $2.00 each
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Have not tried the Gibbs knock-offs, but been having great success with a new 1.5 inch Buzz Bomb I picked up at Nikka.
Still have some thin 4 inch Original BuzzBombs complete with the instructional poster. Too damn heavy for Pink Fishing. :)
(http://s23.postimg.org/afxyz4ii3/buzz_bomb.jpg)
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HOLY PINKS GONG SHOW !!!! LOL... Went out tonight after 6:00pm and between the two of us got into half a dozen Pinks. All fish caught on bb. It was amazing how many fish were going by!! Considering all these Fisheries netting up alot of fish. ???
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I am telling you, you had to be there to believe this with your own eyes, I have never seen a lure change the fishing so dramatically in such a short time , I added something special to the BB ;D
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I am telling you, you had to be there to believe this with your own eyes, I have never seen a lure change the fishing so dramatically in such a short time , I added something special to the BB ;D
i was there around 7pm and it was really slow, talked to people and they did not caught any. i started at #5 and went all the way to #3. saw a guy with pink and he said he caught it around 5pm. did you fish at these areas too? ty.
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Fished out of my tinny in the Langley area last night. Couple of friends were working the same area with me. Put in at 5:30 off the water at 7:30pm.
One boat got 5-6 (two guys), another boat just one fish (one guy) and my boat (two guys) only got three in 2 hours. Fish jumping, surfacing and finning all around, but not actively biting.
Switched up the presenations from spinners (black and chartreuse Blue Fox worked a little) all colours and different sizes. Small buzz bombs, crocs, dick nite and jigs. Nothing became a "go to" last night.
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Big school pushed through by 3 rd yesteday at 2pm. Wind was blowing pretty good which made it hard to keep the sag out of the line twitching jigs so I switched up to a pink croc which caught a big male covered in sea lice, he was sporting a good size hump so I released him and never had another hit before I left at 3pm.
Stopped by 3 rd on the way to work again this morning for 45 minutes and picked up a nice doe on a Bent rods spinner...she's on ice and will be barbecued tonight.
BN
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Fished out of my tinny in the Langley area last night. Couple of friends were working the same area with me. Put in at 5:30 off the water at 7:30pm.
One boat got 5-6 (two guys), another boat just one fish (one guy) and my boat (two guys) only got three in 2 hours. Fish jumping, surfacing and finning all around, but not actively biting.
Switched up the presenations from spinners (black and chartreuse Blue Fox worked a little) all colours and different sizes. Small buzz bombs, crocs, dick nite and jigs. Nothing became a "go to" last night.
Also in Langley for just a short period right at slack tide for a little over an hour. I could not keep them off a small spinner that I finally tapped into action the night before. I have also been trying everything in past weeks with no "go too" lure this season. This one is working for whatever reason on the new ones coming in. Chrome body and the blade has a strip of pink flash tape on it. Key is that its small as water clarity is really good. Have put in time with a bit bigger blade with zero success. I just had my waders and walked out a little ways with no problem getting into the zone. Water is moderately cooler closer to shore now so i think this helped as well.
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The FN seiners are the key I think for the lower fraser last night they were working 3rd to 5rd right up to the rocks , and Richmond was lame where as no boats delta side and it went off , chose the other side of seiners and stay down river of them good luck
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i was there around 7pm and it was really slow, talked to people and they did not caught any. i started at #5 and went all the way to #3. saw a guy with pink and he said he caught it around 5pm. did you fish at these areas too? ty.
I wasn't on no.5 road , I was fishing delta side of the arm it was going off on that side. 8)
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Was bit slower last night compared to the other evening incoming tides.
I blame these guys, 20 of them rolled by fully loaded
(http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab2/htdub/null_zps1c86136c.jpg)
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I found a new honey hole as the forum is drawing too many people down to no.5 road , and now the fn seiners are cleaning up all the fish right in front of no.5 to no.3 road so the gong show not worth it for me anymore , there is way better spots without many people and you get into your limit very easy within 1hr ;D
and yes i released a bunch of males only kept the nice females for roe for coho next month :P
rest for the smoker cant wait ;)
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Hey guys. New to this forum. How long do you expect the pink run to last?
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I found a new honey hole as the forum is drawing too many people down to no.5 road , and now the fn seiners are cleaning up all the fish right in front of no.5 to no.3 road so the gong show not worth it for me anymore , there is way better spots without many people and you get into your limit very easy within 1hr ;D
and yes i released a bunch of males only kept the nice females for roe for coho next month :P
rest for the smoker cant wait ;)
Ya someone sent the hoard down to the dog park at 4rd ish last night and everyone of them got skunked including me acck , but good news for Rods forum looks like many read it , the parking was insane late comers were walking a 1/2 mile lol
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Hey guys. New to this forum. How long do you expect the pink run to last?
3-4 weeks depending on water temperature and tides. The bulk of them like to ride the strongest tides and they can ride up to 4-6 tides before they make it up to chilliwack . Thats when they start to get more coloured up when they sit too long in the fresh water .
Thats why i like fishing Richmond area cause it freshest fish you can get , also i heard people saying the pink where running late this year so the bulk of run is just starting now . So could be good fishing intill 1st week of october , then the coho fish
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My family decided to go to Richmond for breakfast, so after my meal, I fished near no. 3 pier on Dyke road around 12:30pm to about 1:45pm, and it was sunny, hot, and warm. There was no need to layer up as I was wearing a fleece jacket under my Gore-Tex jacket. I saw a few fish on the surface flopping around, but it was definitely too early since the tide was still rather low. There were a total of three fishermen including myself who were angling in the area. I didn't see anyone else catch anything.
I used a Silver/bright red Gibbs Deadly Darter, but it was too light for my baitcaster. So I decided to use my old 3.5 inch Buzz Bomb (I didn't see any small pink Buzz Bombs on my last shopping trip) which was definitely too big and I lost the Buzz Bomb due to a nasty snag. Since Steveston is a rather long drive from Burnaby, I will have to call it quits for fishing in Steveston for pinks as the commute time is too long and cost of gas is just too high.
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Fished the flood tide 3pm - 5pm at no.3 road pier. Watched a guy wrestle a 5'-6' sturgeon at the far end of the pier, he eventually snapped the line but I got some video of the beast as it surfaced - impressive size! Maybe I will post it to youtube. FN fishers were 20' from the dock at one point, overheard that their last set had one sockeye and two white springs as bycatch - not bad I guess. Plenty of fish jumping and rising all over the place, but alas, none for me. I have pretty much had it with this stupid tidal fraser pink fishery this year... really, really disappointing. Bring on the Coho!
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Fished Abby/Mission Bar 1-3 pm
So about a dozen fish caught. I caught 2 males in first 10 minutes - released both. Then snagged bottom and lost my only lure ( pink teaspoon -silver back ).
Fished the next hour and half going through the tackle box. Pink Crocs, Deadly dick, other pink teaspoons, spinners , etc etc and did not get any hookups.
Saw an eagle and not too many people out today. Still a great day on the river. Probably enough pinks for me as it is getting a bit boring. Time to focus on the HOES. Also time for new waders as mine are leaking and i don't want frozen feet in Oct/Nov fishing.
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was at no3 rd 2-5 . croc dident worki so switched to buzz bomb and hooked into 4 only landed 1, my buddy took 2 also on buzz bomb 2inch pink. they were light biters today and not many were landed.
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Commercial seign are now closed for the season. One more day of FN Seign boats:
Further to FN0899, the Area B Seine Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ)
demonstration pink fishery in Area 29 has reached the maximum of 20 boat days
and will close at 21:00 hours, Wednesday, September 18, 2013. No further
fisheries are planned at this time.
FN Fishery:
This fishery is open daily 07:00 hours, to 22:00 hours Wednesday, September 18,
2013 and Thursday, September 19, 2013 with the possibility of an extension.
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Fished the flood tide 3pm - 5pm at no.3 road pier. Watched a guy wrestle a 5'-6' sturgeon at the far end of the pier, he eventually snapped the line but I got some video of the beast as it surfaced - impressive size! Maybe I will post it to youtube. FN fishers were 20' from the dock at one point, overheard that their last set had one sockeye and two white springs as bycatch - not bad I guess. Plenty of fish jumping and rising all over the place, but alas, none for me. I have pretty much had it with this stupid tidal fraser pink fishery this year... really, really disappointing. Bring on the Coho!
I've been disappointed with the results for the pinks at the no. 3 pier area too, but I just purchased a one year tidal water license with the salmon stamp on Monday, so I won't be completely giving it up. I will try my luck in New West instead. Currently, I'm going back to my teenage passion of a serious fisherman again, but not too serious these days, more like enjoy the fresh air, be outdoors, and catch a fish or two.
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Got a 21"/52cm male at Dyke Road tonight. Five sea lice on him. Pink croc, normal retrieve with some pauses. Had another solid bite soon after but it didn't stick.
I simplified my setup and changed my timing on retrieves and it seems to be working well.
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was at no3 rd 2-5 . croc dident worki so switched to buzz bomb and hooked into 4 only landed 1, my buddy took 2 also on buzz bomb 2inch pink. they were light biters today and not many were landed.
Yes they very light biters , very strange for me at first but sure enough you pull and fish ON!
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Was on the river in Richmond for 5 hours centered around high tide , saw zero schools move in , just the odd fin , who knows why it should be prime time
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Ran the boat out tonight to try a follow up to a successful time the previous night. Thought I had it dialed it with a killer lure BUT once again ........ the fish were unpredictable. Constant schools of fish passing thru the langley area so finding was not the issue. Had to work they the tackle box again and found that a 3" hot pink sting zelda was the one they wanted. I think if I had one size smaller, it would have been continuous hook ups.
Passed the rod over to my daughter a few times along with her own hooks up for a respectable 6 landed with many hits, misses and lost fish.
What will be the hot lure tomorrow :-\
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Yes they very light biters , very strange for me at first but sure enough you pull and fish ON!
If I find they bite lightly, I change my lure to one of a small size, sometimes I even use those that I use for small trout in Rice lake (I/16 oz). I find that this method has worked for me for the past two weeks.
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The boat almost sinking down, it must be loaded full of fishes.
Was bit slower last night compared to the other evening incoming tides.
I blame these guys, 20 of them rolled by fully loaded
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If I find they bite lightly, I change my lure to one of a small size, sometimes I even use those that I use for small trout in Rice lake (I/16 oz). I find that this method has worked for me for the past two weeks.
Those trout in rice lake didn't even strike my Blue Fox #2 size spinners because they were too big.
Tomorrow, I'll cast some trout sized lures and I'll come back with a report for my quest for pinks.
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The boat almost sinking down, it must be loaded full of fishes.
Sorry but your wrong, believe it or not that boat is empty, the seine has been turned {taken off the drum and re-stacked and is now in a what we call "Sunday Pile" and is ready to fish again. Seiners take their seines off the drum after every opening as they clean it and re-stack it so that they don't get any backlashes when setting it out at the next opening, this way it rolls off the stern when they set it for the first time, then it's set off the drum for the duration of the opening. If they don't fish again then they stack it on a big pallet and this way when they go to use it again it won't be arse backwards {bunt end on top}
When you see a seine boat that is full you'll really know it, this boat is called the "Ocean Cloud", it probably unloaded downtown and is now heading back to where it ties up. Waaay too much boat out of the water to be full, I guarantee it, I did this for decades {not that that matters, I'm just sayin.
It may have a bit of fish on it still {doubt it}but no way is it loaded.
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Hit up No 5 Rd this morning, just 1 male in the 3 hours I was there. Hopefully the closures of the seine fishery will bring the catch rate up. Awesome day to be out though so I can't really complain ;D
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Hit up No 5 Rd this morning, just 1 male in the 3 hours I was there. Hopefully the closures of the seine fishery will bring the catch rate up. Awesome day to be out though so I can't really complain ;D
Yeah tmmr action should be alot better now the commercials season is over. They where literally leaving nothing :'(
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Hit by the Dog Park near #4 road this am about 0700. Got a smallish male on the first cast then a few hits for the remainder of my time there (90 minutes).
Lots of fins and fish rising.
Going to switch it up and try for some rainbows tomorrow AM after work.
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Hope the evening is better I saw nothing this morning south arm Richmond
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The boat almost sinking down, it must be loaded full of fishes.
THat one wasn't loaded compared to the other 20 boats that came in last couple of nights.
Hopefully things pickup on friday
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Was out from 2pm-4pm in richmond. there was fish around they kept rising but not as many as last few days, thats probably because the Native openings. there was 3 boats right in front of where I was and they were hauling in pinks like crazy. I hooked onto one lost it 2 feet from the shore when it decided to go for a jump. One other guy caught one and everyone else got skunked.
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I was there from 1030 to 12. no jumpers or anything surfaced. I also snagged/lost 2 BB cause the current was so fast it pushed my lure down current and wrapped it around one of those wood post sticking out of the water. crappy!
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I was there from 1030 to 12. no jumpers or anything surfaced. I also snagged/lost 2 BB cause the current was so fast it pushed my lure down current and wrapped it around one of those wood post sticking out of the water. crappy!
Bummer. I was at #5 last weekend at low tide and noticed a few of those posts are starting to look like Christmas trees with plenty of pink ornaments. Add 2 more!
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really slow day at gp, caught one around 4 and nobody got anything after.
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#5 was not alive tonight. 2 fish landed between 20 anglers. Both by me :) and I wasn't using a pink colour neither.
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Was out tonight and fishing was steady with lots hook ups for everyone on the bar and I saw the first spring this year caught on a pink blue fox, 20+lber,flys seemed to be the go too.
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Flogged for three hours from 3 to 6pm from my boat in the Derby area. Just two for us.
TONS showing, few biting. Tough slogging.
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only ones doing well tonight in Richmond were the FN and the lucky sob who they tossed a dead spring too :D also saw them release from their nets a monster spring must have been 50lbs give or take 10lbs
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Slayed it tonight on 5Rd. Caught 3 logs and a set of tires floating upstream. :P The run is over. Fish are few and far between.
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Hah that was funny! ;) ...but im not so sure that the run is over yet. Think about it they had commercial openings in the Straight the other day which means fish are still on their way up the fraser. and by the amounts the FN were netting today seems like theres plenty of fish there. Im saying that even though I have yet to land a single fish this season, its been a tough one for me. I finally hooked one on today on a Buzz bomb and the freaking waves came crashing on the rocks and the fish decided to make a nice jump and broke off with my lure. I sure hope the run isnt over because I would love to get out on the river in richmond few more times.
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Another FN extension until Monday. There's definitely fish out there, but with all the netting the FN are doing, we are left with scraps if any.
Further to FN0902, the commercial economic opportunity fishery authorized for
the Musqueam First Nation for pink salmon using Shallow Seine gear in the lower
Fraser River will be extended from 12:00 hours, Thursday, September 19, 2013 to
22:00 hours, Monday, September 23, 2013, with the possibility of a further
extension.
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Every thing you need to know on location to fish is in the last few posts I could tell you where but last time someone said go here 40 people showed up , just put 2 + 2 together
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Way to just ruin my positive thinking RobbyVanz!! :P..... Oh well all I can do is keep trying I guess, though gotta admit its getting a bit frustrating been out almost everyday for almost 3 weeks now
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Dude the best way right now, is first light the tides back to morning and FN is still sleeping
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Thanks Yvrsilver!
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rain this weekend , will keep everyone away more fish for the few
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Way to just ruin my positive thinking RobbyVanz!! :P..... Oh well all I can do is keep trying I guess, though gotta admit its getting a bit frustrating been out almost everyday for almost 3 weeks now
Been out the past 3 afternoons, a few hours before high tide and haven't had any luck. Morning have been better for me too. I would love to catch a few more for the smoker. Going to fish up river tomorrow at Derby Reach. Seems like the bulk of run is already up river.
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Fished delta area from 3-7 managed to land two nice males with some sea lice still. Foul hooked one, let him do his thing ASAP.
Quite a few others around me catching as well. I hope I can do the same tomorrow.
Good luck out there!
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Way to just ruin my positive thinking RobbyVanz!! :P..... Oh well all I can do is keep trying I guess, though gotta admit its getting a bit frustrating been out almost everyday for almost 3 weeks now
I went through a dry spell and realised it was small things I was doing wrong. I simplified my tackle and changed my timing on retrieves, and I started getting bites.
I've seen lots of fish caught by people with a basic setup.
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Has anyone been using pink rooster tails in the tidal? I had success with them in the lower river a couple of weeks ago but it doesn't seem to be attracting the fish in the Langley/Abby area. Is there a trick into retrieving it?
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Has anyone been using pink rooster tails in the tidal? I had success with them in the lower river a couple of weeks ago but it doesn't seem to be attracting the fish in the Langley/Abby area. Is there a trick into retrieving it?
i've had success with them the past couple of weeks...i find you need to twitch them after casting to set the spinner in motion...if there's little or no resistance when retrieving (at the end of the line) chances are the blade isn't spinning.
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Slayed it tonight on 5Rd. Caught 3 logs and a set of tires floating upstream. :P The run is over. Fish are few and far between.
Test fishery numbers from yesterday were highest of the year so far. But you wouldn't believe it from speaking to fishermen!
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Test fishery numbers from yesterday were highest of the year so far. But you wouldn't believe it from speaking to fishermen!
Ya , I just heard the numbers are going up to 34 million and the commercial fishing will get another opening , fish plant workers were given the warning so I hear
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Test fishery numbers from yesterday were highest of the year so far. But you wouldn't believe it from speaking to fishermen!
The test fishery is up River past Mission. All this means is the bulk of run is now up river.
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Out in the Langley area this morning at first light, first cast at 6:30. First fish at 6:31. Fourth fish kept at 7:45, had a Dr. appointment to keep at 8:30. Released 10 others. Best morning yet, remember this year it seems to be go really small or go home were we are fishing.
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the test fishery is at whonock nr langley i think. 600 fish in 2 sets of the gillnet.
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Out in the Langley area this morning at first light, first cast at 6:30. First fish at 6:31. Fourth fish kept at 7:45, had a Dr. appointment to keep at 8:30. Released 10 others. Best morning yet, remember this year it seems to be go really small or go home were we are fishing.
Ross,
what condition were the fish in?
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Out in the Langley area this morning at first light, first cast at 6:30. First fish at 6:31. Fourth fish kept at 7:45, had a Dr. appointment to keep at 8:30. Released 10 others. Best morning yet, remember this year it seems to be go really small or go home were we are fishing.
I was at Derby area and I've been away for a week but best I've seen too. I only got 1 hook up and saw about 5-6 caught all around me plus hook ups.
I'm a newbie and its been a frustrating season (ie zero so far) but the hook up felt good and at least others were catching.
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The test fishery is up River past Mission. All this means is the bulk of run is now up river.
Not necessarily. It depends on how fast they swim / migrate. My guess is that they wod get from Richmond to Langley in less than a day... But I may be wrong.
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Ross,
what condition were the fish in?
All were bright chrome, with sea lice. I took 3 does and one buck. The male hardly had any hump at all. The does were huge. Never had does this big before.
Ross
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I was at Derby area and I've been away for a week but best I've seen too. I only got 1 hook up and saw about 5-6 caught all around me plus hook ups.
I'm a newbie and its been a frustrating season (ie zero so far) but the hook up felt good and at least others were catching.
PM sent
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Today, I hooked my first ever pink salmon in New West! It took me about 1 hour 15 minutes of casting and retrieving my neon red and silver coloured spinner. I fought the fish for about 15 seconds until the line snapped!
I was retrieving in my lure about the same speed as Rod reeled his lure on his Youtube channel when he was fishing for pink salmon, and bingo, "first on", I shouted! Three other people near me said, "It's a big one!"
It was silver coloured and it fought violently hard and I believe the line snapped because it got scraped on the rocks when I was reeling in the salmon near the shore.
On another note, I used a high quality snap swivel on my spinner which I found inside my tackle box, I didn't manage to get any noticeable line twist this time!
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fished gp from 4-630pm only one person out of maybe 20 caught, maybe run is over? or fish are waiting for rain or something =(.
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Was out again today in the tidal, and there's was 3 of us and we left with 12 does, it was great fishing, pretty much all day with the odd half hour with out any action, but everyone on the beach was getting some, saw a few coho caught and released.
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First they were moving in Richmond 2 hrs before high tide then on and after, now I follow this and it worked last few days I can time the schools but getting them to bite is not so easy these days http://www.tides4fishing.com/ca/british-columbia/steveston
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Dyke road tonight had lots of fish surfacing from 4 pm - 6 pm. I had one bite. I blame the guy who moved about seven feet to my right and started throwing a spinner with a pencil weight on the line. KERPLOP! ever cast. Thanks buddy.
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Managed to get one male along river road to tonight. Lost another after a nice fight. The guy beside me managed three and then it died right down. Started about 330 until 730.
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Personally, I've had it with Steveston for now, unless I'm a few minutes drive away. Two days ago, I fished the rocky section for the first time ever on beside no. 3 pier and the steep rocky shore was just too dangerous. I felt like wearing a helmut and a lifejacket for safety reasons.
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Personally, I've had it with Steveston for now, unless I'm a few minutes drive away. Two days ago, I fished the rocky section for the first time ever on beside no. 3 pier and the steep rocky shore was just too dangerous. I felt like wearing a helmut and a lifejacket for safety reasons.
Anytime other than high tide, those rocks are slippery. Just cast from up above. There are only a few spots on Dyke Rd that aren't on boulders.
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Anytime other than high tide, those rocks are slippery. Just cast from up above. There are only a few spots on Dyke Rd that aren't on boulders.
Thanks for the tip, but I won't be fishing in Steveston anytime soon since I've wasted so much gas just to get there that I could have purchased a few nice lures.
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On another note, I am seriously considering buying myself a medium to larger sized spinning reel that could accommodate higher lb test line. I shouldn't have sold my Shimano Symetre 4000RD with double padded handles reel about 10 years ago to Will_Carp on this site. I thought I wouldn't need it since I was more focus on trout fishing than anything else.
I haven't done much looking around....
What are some stores that sells decent to good quality spinning reels that are reasonably priced?
I like Abu Garcia, Daiwa and Shimano brands.
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Long Cast,
try Army & Navy down in New West. Their prices are lower than most of these specialty shops around here. They carry all those brands you mentioned. I just got a new reel from Bass Pro Shops. Free Shipping to Canada right now.
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On another note, I am seriously considering buying myself a medium to larger sized spinning reel that could accommodate higher lb test line.
Wait what? I just put 30lb test braided size 8 mono on my tinny reel , love braided
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Long Cast,
try Army & Navy down in New West. Their prices are lower than most of these specialty shops around here. They carry all those brands you mentioned. I just got a new reel from Bass Pro Shops. Free Shipping to Canada right now.
I've been a fan of Bass Pro Shops since the early 90's - I've been salivating from their catalogs since I was a kid - but I've never purchased anything from them. Free shipping eh? But, you have to pay expensive duty fees right?
As for Army and Navy, I refuse to buy stuff from them since I had some extremely poor service.
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I've been a fan of Bass Pro Shops since the early 90's - I've been salivating from their catalogs since I was a kid - but I've never purchased anything from them. Free shipping eh? But, you have to pay expensive duty fees right?
Nope. Standard GST/PST 12%, plus 6.5% duty. I bought a $100 baitcast reel. All in $118 to my door. Enter promo code FREE75 for free shipping on orders over $75.
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Nope. Standard GST/PST 12%, plus 6.5% duty. I bought a $100 baitcast reel. All in $118 to my door. Enter promo code FREE75 for free shipping on orders over $75.
Thanks, I will look into it.
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At 3 road from 6:30-8:30 this morning. No action for anyone
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At 3 road from 6:30-8:30 this morning. No action for anyone
For that area i notice most of the action happens on the outgoing tide like many others have noticed also .
9am -12pm would have been better time for that location in my past exprience in the last 8 times i fished there
most of my hook ups would happen around the outgoing shift .
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At 3 road from 6:30-8:30 this morning. No action for anyone
And nothing at 4rd or 5rd , 6:30 to 10am looks like the run is in its last hours in Richmond , FN did not even set nets last night as far as I saw , what do they know?
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Surrey area was totally dead in the afternoon to late evening yesterday. If FN did not set nets yesterday, where are the fish? Are the major runs done now and we are only fishing stragglers?
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Was out this morning at 4rd-5rd between 8am and 11am. Managed to land a nice chrome doe on a large chrome/red spinner around 9:30am. My buddy got into one but his knot slipped and lost it. That was it for the day.
I saw 2 FN Boats heading down stream while I was there.
I really hope the pink season isn't over yet...
Good luck :)
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I landed my first pink salmon today and it took me only ten minutes of casting my spinner.
It wasn't as nice as the silver coloured pink that I hooked and lost yesterday.
There was a bit of a tug-a-war type of fight, but luckily I bought a new spinning reel and braided line which helped a lot!
There was a old couple that saw me hook the fish and they were giving me directions as if I'm a total newbie, but I've landed big salmon before, but it was only that today I landed my first pink salmon. The lady's husband helped me with his net which was very nice.
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was today between 2-3 rd, from 3 to 6 PM. One guy landed one chrome, another guy had one hit but lost the fish. Nothing else, very quiet overall.
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I landed my first pink salmon today and it took me only ten minutes of casting my spinner.
It wasn't as nice as the silver coloured pink that I hooked and lost yesterday.
There was a bit of a tug-a-war type of fight, but luckily I bought a new spinning reel and braided line which helped a lot!
There was a old couple that saw me hook the fish and they were giving me directions as if I'm a total newbie, but I've landed big salmon before, but it was only that today I landed my first pink salmon. The lady's husband helped me with his net which was very nice.
Was this at No. 5 Road? I saw the old couple at around 3pm today.
No sign of fish anywhere when I was there.
I did not fish but went there to check out if any sign of pinks.
It's been quiet at No. 5 Road.
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4rd tonight nothing but 2 small bites , anyone see FN out tonight? they have an opening but not even netting?
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Fished the incoming in Pitt Meadows, risers streaming past the whole time, few biters though
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Used 2 1/2" hot pink BB today and had nothing hooked. Very frustrated. I cast the BB and has followed Rod's instruction - retrieve it right away with medium speed. Did I do anything wrong?
I was out at #3 Road between 4pm-5pm and it actually was pretty active there. My buddy used a bright color spoon and has three bites in an hour. All were very solid bites but he lost all of them couple of feet away from him when he tried to land them.
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Used 2 1/2" hot pink BB today and had nothing hooked. Very frustrated. I cast the BB and has followed Rod's instruction - retrieve it right away with medium speed. Did I do anything wrong?
Some days they work, other days they don't.
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Some days they work, other days they don't.
Very true , I notice sometimes they ignore the BB but will hit a 1/4 croc more somedays.
Then the bites turns on for the BB! You just gotta switch it up .
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If Buzz Bombs and spoons don't seem to work, I recommend using spinners.
One really has to try a variety of lures with different retrieve speeds.
For me, I discovered that pinks like to hit lures close to the shore, so there's no need to stand way out in the pier and cast another 50 or more feet.
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5Rd at &am to 9am only one fish hooked
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Sorry my bad should read 7am
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Maple Ridge this morning saw a trickle of fish showing all through the incoming but more biting than Ive seen so far.
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Some days they work, other days they don't.
I think this has to do with how deep the main school of fish run on a certain day. Perhaps the water clarity or tidal current speed or water temperature or even the origin of the school of pink can affect this depth preference. Buzz bombs particularly the larger ones are heavy and so they stay deeper during retrieve. Unweighted spoons are lighter and stay higher during retrieve. Spinners fished with pencil lead will depend on how much lead you use. Changing up is the key. To illustrate, I was once at Sapperton Pier. It was my first trip ever there so I don't know what level the fish like to travel. I fished with 2" hot pink BB which used to kill them else where. I didn't hit anything for a while but the guy next to me hit two fish since my arrival. He was using an unweighted spoon, too big for my liking. He looks to be a greenie too as he pulled too hard and lost both fish. Talking to him and advising him how to play a fish, he told me he actually hit 3 more fish earlier and lost all 5 fish. Well, that gave me the clue - the fish probably stayed near the surface on that day. Watching him cast and retrieve without hesitation gave me more confirmation that his big spoon was close to the surface. So I changed up to a small pink Croc spoon and casted. Bang. Observing and adjusting made the difference for me that day.
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I think this has to do with how deep the main school of fish run on a certain day. Perhaps the water clarity or tidal current speed or water temperature or even the origin of the school of pink can affect this depth preference. Buzz bombs particularly the larger ones are heavy and so they stay deeper during retrieve. Unweighted spoons are lighter and stay higher during retrieve. Spinners fished with pencil lead will depend on how much lead you use. Changing up is the key. To illustrate, I was once at Sapperton Pier. It was my first trip ever there so I don't know what level the fish like to travel. I fished with 2" hot pink BB which used to kill them else where. I didn't hit anything for a while but the guy next to me hit two fish since my arrival. He was using an unweighted spoon, too big for my liking. He looks to be a greenie too as he pulled too hard and lost both fish. Talking to him and advising him how to play a fish, he told me he actually hit 3 more fish earlier and lost all 5 fish. Well, that gave me the clue - the fish probably stayed near the surface on that day. Watching him cast and retrieve without hesitation gave me more confirmation that his big spoon was close to the surface. So I changed up to a small pink Croc spoon and casted. Bang. Observing and adjusting made the difference for me that day.
Thanks for your post liketofish.
This is my first season for Salmon and I had zero hooked at South Arm. Man this is very frustrating as I have used all kinds of lures, spinner, BB, spoons, you name it. No luck at all but watching others to land fish. Seeing the light at the end of tunnel after reading your post. Thanks again!
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If Buzz Bombs and spoons don't seem to work, I recommend using spinners.
One really has to try a variety of lures with different retrieve speeds.
For me, I discovered that pinks like to hit lures close to the shore, so there's no need to stand way out in the pier and cast another 50 or more feet.
Good point!
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I have been fishing for pinks many years and I would say BB works better if you fish from a boat. Spoon and spinner work better from the shore. I keep hearing people complain about spoon and spinner are TOO light for casting. It is because the rod, reel and line combination are wrong. I even saw a guy using a 2oz sinkker above his spoon. I'll stay far away from those guys using heavy stuff, imagine the kids keep throwing rocks into the water when you are fishing. :'( :'(
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I have been fishing for pinks many years and I would say BB works better if you fish from a boat. Spoon and spinner work better from the shore. I keep hearing people complain about spoon and spinner are TOO light for casting. It is because the rod, reel and line combination are wrong. I even saw a guy using a 2oz sinkker above his spoon. I'll stay far away from those guys using heavy stuff, imagine the kids keep throwing rocks into the water when you are fishing. :'( :'(
Agreed. I set my kids' rods up with small croc spoons and I can cast those as far as I see anyone else tossing other hardware. These are inexpensive small light action Shakespeare Mantis rods they got at a past Fish for the Future event. You also need to know how to cast too, allowing the spoon or spinner to load the rod so it whips the weight out better. If the rod is too stiff, even a heavy BB is not going to load the rod and so it wont go far anyway.
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I also like to point my rod downwards when I retrieve my lure, as it gets the lure deeper in the water where the fish are usually swimming.
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I have been fishing for pinks many years and I would say BB works better if you fish from a boat. Spoon and spinner work better from the shore. I keep hearing people complain about spoon and spinner are TOO light for casting. It is because the rod, reel and line combination are wrong. I even saw a guy using a 2oz sinkker above his spoon. I'll stay far away from those guys using heavy stuff, imagine the kids keep throwing rocks into the water when you are fishing. :'( :'(
I agree, and that includes Zzingers too. My first time fishing with a Zzinger on a boat a a kid, I caught a ton of fish. I actually outfished all the adults! I discovered that Zzingers and slower sinking Buzz Bombs work better when they're fished with heavy thick line, like heavy mono, 20lbs and over, say for a 3.5 inch lure. I just find that these new thin braids might be too thin, as a result a lure such as a Zzinger falls down way too fast like a housefly hovering over dog poop. So fast that fish might have a hard time strike the lure. I have to say Buzz Bombs and Zzingers are killer when slowly trolled with a rod lifting and lowering type of presentation for all saltwater predatory fish!
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I just finish eating a small portion of a grey coloured pink salmon that I caught yesterday. It tasted very similar to carp, however the flesh on the pink salmon had a more coarse texture.
Compared to sockeye salmon which I gave a 5/5 for eating, the river run pink salmon is a 2/5 for me.
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Today New West area seems to fish better on the outgoing tide instead of the incoming tide. I had a bad landing ratio today. Hooked 8 but landed only one due to me fighting to set my drag properly. Too loose and then too tight. Lots of people were catching.
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Today New West area seems to fish better on the outgoing tide instead of the incoming tide. I had a bad landing ratio today. Hooked 8 but landed only one due to me fighting to set my drag properly. Too loose and then too tight. Lots of people were catching.
Where in New West did you fish?
I always set my drag moderately tight while fishing, and I loosen it up when I'm playing the fish.
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I just finish eating a small portion of a grey coloured pink salmon that I caught yesterday. It tasted very similar to carp, however the flesh on the pink salmon had a more coarse texture.
Compared to sockeye salmon which I gave a 5/5 for eating, the river run pink salmon is a 2/5 for me.
I would compare pink salmon to cat food. Its only half decent smoked ;D
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Delta side from about 3-530. It seemed like everybody except me was into fish, lost track of how many. I didn't have a BB so I guess I loose. Looks like the run isn't quite don't yet tho
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I just finish eating a small portion of a grey coloured pink salmon that I caught yesterday. It tasted very similar to carp
Geez, and here I though salmon tasted like salmon, Carp ?? C'mon man !!
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i think he ment crap.
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Crap? Perhaps you just do not know how to cook a fish properly. How did you cook it? Here is a shot of my pink from the Harrison yesterday.
(http://teacherweb.com/BC/HDStaffordMiddleSchool/Sandquist/PinkFlesh.jpg).
I do not know just how "grey" yours were, but I would qualify this pink as grey when compared to those I was catching off the beaches in August. It was another humpless male like this one, although arguably more on the grey side.
(http://teacherweb.com/BC/HDStaffordMiddleSchool/Sandquist/PinkMale.jpg)
While it is not a deep red like a sockeye or coho, the flesh is far from the next white meat. These were not destined for the smoker I baked these with a little lemon spice and butter at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes and they were great.
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i think he ment crap.
Well the poor guy eats "crap" then cause he said it tasted "similar", LOLLOL
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Finding pretty decent results with a small orange spin n glo on a 30" leader and weight - took a tip from another fisherman when nothing was working - hmmmm, surprise! (and no, not one foul hook).
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i was kidding, i like smoked pinks and they make great fish cakes, bbq etc
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Funny, an orange Coho spoon worked well for me recently as well.
They do bake up well, though I do mine at low temp dusted in seasoning and capped with bell peppers.
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The pink salmon I caught tasted like carp (freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae), not crap.
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The meat wasn't anything red, more like transparent white.
I agree with RiverRunner, pink salmon is very suitable for cat food or dog food.
I was actually raised eating sockeye salmon, so it's quite difficult for me to eat pink salmon.
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#1 that pink is a little too humped to be eaten (not much but borderline )
#2 it was not bleed and cleaned
I also assume not kept on ice
Pink is not the best of the salmon species for eating but there are ways to be sure to
get the most out of what you retain
:)
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The pink salmon I caught tasted like carp (freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae), not crap.
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The meat wasn't anything red, more like transparent white.
I agree with RiverRunner, pink salmon is very suitable for cat food or dog food.
I was actually raised eating sockeye salmon, so it's quite difficult for me to eat pink salmon.
That looks like one of Alexandra's jaundice salmon. perhaps that affected the quality of its meat. While a far cry from sockeye, pinks are still good table fare if fresh. I wonder if a jaundice sockeye would have tasted any better? You may have just been unlucky for your pink.
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#1 that pink is a little too humped to be eaten (not much but borderline )
#2 it was not bleed and cleaned
I also assume not kept on ice
Pink is not the best of the salmon species for eating but there are ways to be sure to
get the most out of what you retain
:)
I drove home which took about 7 minutes after catching the fish and it was cut and clean right away after the photo was taken.
I will not keep another pink with any visible hump, or it's a greyish in colour. On Friday, I lost a nice silvered coloured pink when the line snapped.
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That looks like one of Alexandra's jaundice salmon. perhaps that affected the quality of its meat. While a far cry from sockeye, pinks are still good table fare if fresh. I wonder if a jaundice sockeye would have tasted any better? You may have just been unlucky for your pink.
I hope I didn't eat a sick salmon.
Currently, I'm still feeling good and I don't feel any health effects from eating the fish.
I wonder if this fish shouldn't be eaten at all...
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agreed with EZ_Rolling fish should've been bled right away. Would've most likely tasted better. We take for granted though that we have all 5 species of salmon to choose from. Lots of places around the world would love to have this kind of opportunity. You should be fine as long as you cooked it properly.
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Bled and cleaned immediately, both males. Meat looks good with a nice colour. That being said I was being picky.
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I agree with bleeding and gutting immediately. It helps preserve the flavor and keeps its stomach enzymes from tainting the meat. That humpy doesn't look too appetizing. Just bonk, and slit the center of the gills on both sides. You will be surprised by how much blood is pumped out if you bleed it right away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWsJ5BBh9wQ
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I agree with bleeding and gutting immediately. It helps preserve the flavor and keeps its stomach enzymes from tainting the meat. That humpy doesn't look too appetizing. Just bonk, and slit the center of the gills on both sides. You will be surprised by how much blood is pumped out if you bleed it right away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWsJ5BBh9wQ
Thanks, I will do that next time, but the gutting part will probably be done at home since I was fishing on a boardwalk - I didn't see any cleaning stations and no access to water.
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Long Cast,
how high is the boardwalk above the water? Didn't know you could fish down there.
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It's high to the point that it's very difficult to get the fish on the boardwalk. Luckily, an elderly couple helped me get the fish with their rope net system. I was using a brand new reel and line just to deal with the fishing situation. During three different days times I fished over there, I was the only person who caught a salmon in three days! No one really lands salmon over there because of the extremely difficult landing conditions.
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It's high to the point that it's very difficult to get the fish on the boardwalk. Luckily, an elderly couple helped me get the fish with their rope net system. I was using a brand new reel and line just to deal with the fishing situation. During three different days times I fished over there, I was the only person who caught a salmon in three days! No one really lands salmon over there because of the extremely difficult landing conditions.
Wow. Its hard enough landing a pink at the waters edge. I can't even picture this rope net contraption that you used. You should try fishing down the road at Sapperton Landing. Much better water access.
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The pink salmon I caught tasted like carp (freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae), not crap.
The meat wasn't anything red, more like transparent white.
Carp is a prized food fish in many parts of the world. In Eastern Europe it's the traditional Xmas meal just like turkey is here. Pink salmon like many other lauded food fish has a very mild flavour compared to say sockeye - which some people can't stomach as it's too strong. Pinks should have pink or orange flesh. They can be as orange as coho but will always be mild. They work great with marinades such as teryaki. Another good way to serve them is Jamie Oliver's Fish Tray Bake: http://www.mummyknows.com.au/2012/01/jamie-oliver-fish-tray-bake/
Any salmonid too close to spawning will not be tasty. They will have off flavours that are offensive. Some salmon seem to keep flavour better even though they are darkening. Pink does not. Make sure your fish are bright with a silvery sheen on the scales at minimum.
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Pink fishing at tidal Fraser must be dead slow now for the thread to be talking about carp for a change. ;D ;D How about carp fishing report where the hot spots are? ;D
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Saw some in maple Ridge for a few hours at dawn going by and being caught.
Higher in the incoming was dead though.
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I'm heading out tonight in my tinny around the Langley area. Will probably be the last pink trip I make as I have seen some coho risers around my favourite coho beach.
So I am going to switch to that.
Freezer is packed with pinks, time to fire up the smoker and move on to Ho's.
But one last kick at it tonight.
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Any salmonid too close to spawning will not be tasty. They will have off flavours that are offensive. Some salmon seem to keep flavour better even though they are darkening. Pink does not. Make sure your fish are bright with a silvery sheen on the scales at minimum.
X2 Any pinks retained on the river must have silvery sheen on the scales, bleed properly and put on ice to maintain it's delicate flavour.
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Does anyone know when the coho season will be open at tidal portion of Fraser River? Thanks.
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Does anyone know when the coho season will be open at tidal portion of Fraser River? Thanks.
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tidal-maree/fraser-eng.html
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I'm heading out tonight in my tinny around the Langley area. Will probably be the last pink trip I make as I have seen some coho risers around my favourite coho beach.
I heard that. I will see you there.
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Was out in delta from about 2-6 managed my
Limit with one doe, lots of people catching on the incoming tide. Hopefully will go back again this week depending on work.
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No pink for yesterday evening but caught this silver hatchery beauty on my last cast at South Arm Richmond.
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Isn't that a Coho? No retention until Oct 4th.
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Ironically, this post and the picture came right after Rod put up the link to the updated Regs page a few hours ago. Still a long way to go... Poor fish >:( :(
"Coho:
No retention of coho until October 4, 2013. The use of bait and fishing for coho is prohibited September 3 - October 4, 2013.
October 5 - December 31, 2013: 2 hatchery-marked coho."
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haha. RainbowMan, you are my witness. I bet he takes that pic down asap. ;D
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haha. RainbowMan, you are my witness. I bet he takes that pic down asap. ;D
I thought of that but it's a bit too late for that. Gotta love the Print Screen key on my keyboard!
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strange tail for a coho no?
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Nope! It's looks like an ocean fresh jack coho to me....
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The spotting on the full tail actually makes it look like a chinook. Coho's only have spots on the upper part of the tail. Is there even such a thing as a hatchery chinook? Its definitely a hatchery fish with the adipose fin missing.
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The spotting on the full tail actually makes it look like a chinook. Coho's only have spots on the upper part of the tail.
That's what I initially thought too but then I noticed a whitish shade in the gum area. I really hope that I'm wrong here. I really do!! :-\
Waiting for the experts to chime in... :)
BTW, even if it's a coho, it won't be the end of the world. Opportunities for others to learn and relearn about updated regs and knowing their fish...
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I know the close of coho and the bait ban for salmon. It was white gum and white tongue, no teeth behind the tongue, tail was spotted from top to bottom, not forked. I got it by a 3/16 oz Gibbs cros.
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Ya I have never seen a coho with spots like that all over the tail , Yes there are hatchery chinook
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I am 100% sure that's no pink. Maybe its a Japanese nuclear mutant 8) Like Rod said, if in doubt, let it go. I wouldn't keep it knowing it is a hatchery fish, and the off chance it is a Coho.
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Is there any updates to the Fraser River Pink return in terms of numbers last I heard was 26 million fish were coming through but I had heard maybe they were gonna up that number too. Just curious because Im pretty sure the bulk of the run has gone through but from what I am seeing in the richmond area there are still lots of pinks rolling through.
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I was about ready to call Richmond over , not seen a pink in days , guess i need to look around more , unless you want to say where you are seeing "lots"
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Ive been driving by every day before work in the afternoons and even though I am unable cast my line most of the time however I do stick around for a bit check out the water and to be honest there is still pinks rolling through, I guess its more on timing.
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Ya I have never seen a coho with spots like that all over the tail , Yes there are hatchery chinook
I would also agree that I don't think it's a coho, the only other possibility I can come up with is perhaps a hatchery steelhead? ???
I would also agree that timing is key, hard to say but I think there are still a few stragglers that are coming in and hopefully there are a few more good days before the run tapers off. ;D
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He did say white gums white mouth now that's not a spring , only leaves steelhead and tail spots kind of look to be in uniform rows
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He did say white gums white mouth now that's not a spring , only leaves steelhead and tail spots kind of look to be in uniform rows
Not a coho either with a white tongue. Need to see the anal fin better to confirm is a steelhead. Sandman thinks Hook must be loving this!
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I know the close of coho and the bait ban for salmon. It was white gum and white tongue, no teeth behind the tongue, tail was spotted from top to bottom, not forked. I got it by a 3/16 oz Gibbs cros.
It looks like a chinook to me, problem is, they have black gums and tongue. If it was white....you illegally harvested a steelhead bud. The square tail should have been a dead giveaway.....bad form.
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It looks like a chinook to me, problem is, they have black gums and tongue. If it was white....you illegally harvested a coho bud.
steelhead
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steelhead
Yup, I was thinking steelhead but typed coho....just modified
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So no harm done, unless I'm mistaken there is a limit of 2 hatchery marked trout >30cm (which would include steelhead) in the tidal Fraser. Carry on. ;D
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So no harm done, unless I'm mistaken there is a limit of 2 hatchery marked trout >30cm (which would include steelhead) in the tidal Fraser. Carry on. ;D
Indeed. It is sad how many people are quick to jump on the guy for illegally killing a coho by virtue of their attempts to ID a fish from a rather poor picture (the only feature you can see clearly is the tail, which itself would not have indicated coho as they cover the tail (even the body spots are hard to see with the flash glare). You need at least two or three features to properly ID a fish, and this is difficult to do with most single pictures (which makes Rod's game such a challenge at times), so next time, ask first before criticizing the guy to the point where he removes the picture entirely. It likely was a fresh steelhead, judging from the description of the mouth, in which case he was allowed to slaughter it. (Now he should have released it so I could catch it later, but that is another discussion).
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It's pretty common to encounter trout (cutthroat, juvenile steelhead, etc) in the Tidal Fraser from mid September to around late October.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/fishingwithrod/2008/081028-01.jpg)
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I know the regulations and I had triple checked the fish before I decided to keep it.
I think if I post the photo at this thread may make it more easy.
http:www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=28750.(
Sandman, the steelhead was measured 31cm, next time when I release a under size one, I will let you know so that you can catch it later.
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ktt - I owe you an honest apology here! As I said, opportunity for us to learn and relearn our fish ID.
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I love it! Nice catch ktt.
I admit I only saw the head (my browser clips photos on this site) and thought it was a coho.
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ktt - I owe you an honest apology here! As I said, opportunity for us to learn and relearn our fish ID.
Does anyone else find the irony in a user with the name "RainbowMan" mis-ID'ing a rainbow as a coho ;D
(Just yankin' your chain, dude!)
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I think that a new thread should be created for Coho. :D
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I think that a new thread should be created for Coho. :D
Once we get closer to the coho salmon fishery opening, there will be one.
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Does anyone else find the irony in a user with the name "RainbowMan" mis-ID'ing a rainbow as a coho ;D
(Just yankin' your chain, dude!)
No worries! ::)
Truth is that I wasn't able to see the full tail of that fish in my Google Chrome Browser. Now that I open the page in Mozilla, it certainly looks different! That being said, the head and mouth in that pic did look like a fresh coho jack...
BTW, Steelhead and Rainbow are two different species of the trout family. Correct?? ;)
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The spotting on the full tail actually makes it look like a chinook. Coho's only have spots on the upper part of the tail. Is there even such a thing as a hatchery chinook? Its definitely a hatchery fish with the adipose fin missing.
yes there are hatchery chinook. I will post a picture later tonight for you to see. Currently at work :p
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Not sure how people thought that looked like a hatchery Chinook lol...
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Currently at work :p
Now I understand why this thread has 48,357 views in about a month
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Sandman, the steelhead was measured 31cm, next time when I release a under size one, I will let you know so that you can catch it later.
I notice you took down the photo of it next to a tape measure?
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BTW, Steelhead and Rainbow are two different species of the trout family. Correct?? ;)
Both are the same species Oncorhynchus mykiss
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Not sure how people thought that looked like a hatchery Chinook lol...
For someone who has a signature that says "always a student" that was pretty condescending.
The tail is covered in spots top to bottom - for many people, that means it's a pink or chinook, because they've never caught a steelhead.
Might want to remember what it was like to be a newer angler before you climb up to your ivory tower next time. ;)
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Thought this was a PINK salmon thread.... ::)
and on that note - anyone having any luck with the last of them?
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I work on Annacis island and our admin staff looks over the river. No one has seen a pink roll in the last 2 days
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Going down to the river tonight to have a look. Will post when I get back.
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I work on Annacis island and our admin staff looks over the river. No one has seen a pink roll in the last 2 days
hmmm think i'll head out tonight to check it out too, and throw the line for a bit while i'm there.... still better than going to work! LOL
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Thought this was a PINK salmon thread.... ::)
and on that note - anyone having any luck with the last of them?
I think that's your clue its over in the lower , been out from 5rd to 3rd for weeks had a great time freezer full , last few days bahh , home drinking tonight and smoking , pinks that is :P
see ya all in 2 years , ok maybe at the dump for coho , or we can get it on over at the "here comes the pipe line" topic , good fishing all
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I am looking at it right now.. nothing out there. Has been nothing all day. I don't think I will even bother taking my fishing rod out of the trunk to try and I am here already!
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I might go wading for lures though.. there is one old piling a few feet out in low tide that I have seen at least a dozen people lose lures on. I could get my supply up for 2 years from now...
PS. I have seen a lot of people mention that some later runs happen on the north side of Richmond. Is that worth checking out?
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Is there even such a thing as a hatchery chinook?
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q210/bunnta/hatch.jpg)
volia
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(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q210/bunnta/hatch.jpg)
volia
Looks more like a chinook to me. Volia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volia) ;)
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For someone who has a signature that says "always a student" that was pretty condescending.
The tail is covered in spots top to bottom - for many people, that means it's a pink or chinook, because they've never caught a steelhead.
Might want to remember what it was like to be a newer angler before you climb up to your ivory tower next time. ;)
Hahah I am hardly on an Ivory Tower but ya it was a bit condescending, my bad.
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Out at 3road from 6-730pm tonite. No risers or activity.
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Hit a nice buck near the Port Mann at about 4:20 this afternoon. Only one I saw rise....casted to him... Caught him.... and sent him on his way.
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Went down to Duncan Bar tonight, 6-7:30, saw a few risers but no love for me tonight or anyone else I could see. Might give it one more try in a day or so.
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Was out at river road area from 3-7 and nothing for me. Saw three total taken around me, very slow not many risers or any action. Not sure if this means the end r jut a lull before the next push.
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After work, I went to New West for 1 hour and I had no luck with my spinner.
However, I believe I might have lost a fish when I used my Gibbs Kit-A-Mat due to a not very sharp hook.
I did see two fish jump.
I wish there was some sun as it usually helps to make the lures stand out, especially when they're shiny.
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Dyke Road, 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm, no fish seen and no bites
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Surrey 6 to 7PM, so slow very few people as well as risers. Saw some netting. Nothing like last week. Time to go for coho & spring in the Valley
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Glen Valley last night - fair amount of risers. Caught 3 on small orange spin and glo. out of 10 or so rods in the water I saw only 5 other fish taken (tho might have missed a couple, I WAS busy fishing LOL). There from 6-7 last night.
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With Whonnock test counts steadily declining this past week, and today down to 53, I think it might be safe to say this year's run is coming to an end.... :( I sure didn't do very well this year.
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Was out between 4 and 6 at the 2 bit managed 2 females to hand and a couple of other hook ups. There were only 3 of us fishing and all managed to land fish.
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I went out to New West after 4:00pm and I fished for a little over an hour. I did not see any fish jumping, but I did have a salmon follow my lure which surprised me.
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Went to Brownsville for one more shot between 5-7, didn't pick any up and didn't see anyone else get one.
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From 17:00 -18:40 at Richmond, saw 5 risers and 1 jumper. Got one pink and I think that would be the last one for me this season.
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Just curious if anyone fishing at Ambleside lately?
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Fishing must be good. At least 12 boats off the mouth this morning.
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With Whonnock test counts steadily declining this past week, and today down to 53, I think it might be safe to say this year's run is coming to an end.... :( I sure didn't do very well this year.
Neither did I, but the only Pink I kept this year was one I caught off the T-10 in early August. I probably released over a dozen on the Vedder, one in Richmond and half a dozen on the Fraser up by Chilliwack. To me, unless they are chrome bright and preferably female, they get to carry on their journey.
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Had time to kill today and no car so I took the train to New West to fish this morning's incoming tide.
Saw a total of 3 fish jump in 3 hours all deep in the shipping channel. Otherwise no signs of life at all. 8 people fishing not even a nibble among us.
Safe to say it is done.