Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: chris gadsden on July 21, 2004, 11:06:08 PM
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I laughed when I saw the other thread that started today saying it was official that the Sockeye was opening Friday. As early as last night FWR site was the first to break the news of the sockeye opening. ;D ;D
Even though there was a few doubters except for the Good Doctor the early notice given to this board was so people could book their holidays as early as this morning.
The opening will most likely run for an month or so.
Commercial activity should start around July the 26 on the Fraser for sockeye.
A boundary from the point at the mouth of the Sumas River across to a house on the right bank of the Fraser will come in effect around August the 22 to protect the Cultus Lake sockeye. Not sure if this will be a sockeye closure or an angling closure for salmon that will be all the way down to the Fraser's mouth.
We are trying to get the Harrison open for sockeye for anglers that will not TOW. This was open for two years and wehad some good angling by short floating with krill, ghost shrimp and a very sensitive float.
Had a short trip with my son and 1 year old 2:40 Jamie checking out Maple Leaf Bar for the trip with Max and his son tomorrow. Jamie certainly enjoyed his first ride ever as was Leaf Craft honoured to provide him with it. Her 2 decals were in fine form reflecting the suns ray off them as she rolled on the mighty Fraser this afternoon. ;D
Leaf Craft was very pleased to have 3 generation of Leaf fans aboard rolling rolling right along. ;D ;D ;D
She also will be a gracious host to Canuck fan Max tomorrow and hope to be able to find a spring for him. Friend Gary will be along as well to increase our chances of finding a blunt nosed chinook for one of us.
River is on a slight rise but conditions were perfect tonight so hope it holds on for the trip tomorrow as our confident level remains high after an excellent bar fishing year to date.
Got to go as a spring salmon steak is ready for a late supper. ;D
Only 8 hours Max until the bells start to ring. ;D ;D ;D
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thanks chris for the first hand inside information ;)
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Looking forward to a comprehensive report tomorrow Chris. Hope Max ties into a monster !
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good luck tommorow guys Man I wish I could go ;D chris get max a nice spring ;D
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thanks Chris
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Thanks again Chris. Your reports are right on!
Where the hell is Maple Leaf Bar.
Good fishing to all.
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Norm, you must have graduated to grade 7 ! Congratulations bud !! ;D
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:-X :-X :-X Too easy !
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Ah right Nicefish, I'll bite ! Maybe there was a native opening on the day you fished. Secondly, you may be fishing the wrong section of the river ie. the sockeyes may have gone through. Thirdly, and I don't mean this personally, you don't know what you're doing ! ;D ;D ;D
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I say go for it ! :D
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Good luck to all tomorrow...I think its going to be a tough day.
The links to the test fisheries being done seem to indicate very low numbers in the fraser right now. Am I correct in my interpretations...I think the info I saw said 4 socs caught between 2 test drifts at the Wonnock station. Am I correct in assuming this the most applicable test fishing site for the fraser? I always hear about albion but there is no test sets labelled as such...anyone got any clear ideas on how to get the most out of the test fishing data??? :-\
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They caught 4 sockeye but estimated 42,200 sockeye still came through today.