Gary and I were on the water by 9 o'clock after paying $100 for a pass that I thought would let us park overnight if we decided to camp out later in the season. While we were launching Rick and his wife were also putting in for their first trip of the season, while talking they said the overnight pass was for Friday and Saturday nights only.
Not impressed as they did not tell me that before I got the pass.
We decided to head to Maple Leaf Bar # 2 as it was empty of any anglers. Besides CEJ said that is where we should go. Rick's boat headed to Maple Leaf Bar proper.
Gary and I quickly set up our two rods and put up a sun shade of a tarp as it was already fairly warm. Boat traffic was fairly light but I saw a lot of rods at Wellington Bar while crossing over from the launch where there was about 50 boat trailers parked.
It was good to be on the bar again as we settled in with anticipation of hearing the bell toll but by 4 when I had to leave to attend the Bodman's 50Th anniversary party things were silent.
The only excitement when having one of two naps my phone rang just as I was dozing off. It was Rodney, what a time to phone..
but he was just returning my call of earlier.
Anyway just as we started to talk Gary said " Chris, Chris" in a fairly loud voice. Thinking I had a fish on I said "Rodney I got one on got to go" as I dropped the cell phone in the rocks and sprang from my temporary bed on the rocks. As I looked at the rod I saw it still sitting comfortably still in the rod holder, in the Leaf Craft. It turned out it was just someone in a boat just stopping by for a chatand Gary wanted to let me know, I could not see the baot because of the tarp. As I was still groggy from my short power nap I donot even know who it was. I got a full nap later and Rodney called again but this time I did not hear the phone ring. I returned the call later and of course he wanted an update on the so called fish I had on, he laughted when I told him what it was.
We saw a number of sockeye jumping, close in too and when a friend dropped by later he said a few people that were flossing where getting lots of them.
::)I was not impressed with that, especially when they were not open. Should be bar fishing in my books.
Also heard through the grapevine 2 or 3 hooked at Wellington and one landed at MLB, sounded slow today for the bar guys.
After we packed up and on the way out I got the $50 refunded on the overnight pass as I would not be staying out on bar on the weekend. Will give bar fishing a rest for a few days and try another flow, after the long weekend, the Thompson maybe as the rainbows will be biting the grasshoppers Rodney
and maybe the odd jack will be in.
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Topic: Bar Fishing The Fraser Today, July 30, 2010 (Read 4336 times)