After a rather awesome first outing yesterday, I decided to return for more with Nina today. We started at 11:00am, to catch the last portion of the incoming tide and had planned to leave at 3:00pm. The entire incoming tide was very uneventful, unlike yesterday. Beside a couple of coho jacks that we saw hooked and released, we did not any luck at all. That's the name of the game when it comes to fishing in the tidal portion of the Fraser River. The fish are always travelling, so you will only catch some if you put in the hours. Eventually, you bound to encounter a few fish.
I persuaded Nina to stay for another hour or so, to catch the first part of the outgoing tide because sometimes it can be just as productive. Fish Assassin fished with us so there was no shortage of entertainment.
The bites indeed came on at around 3:30pm. I first released a bull trout, then a northern pikeminnow. It is pretty unusual to encounter minnows during this time of the year because water is cooler and keeps them inactive. I guess this year is bit of an exception due to the sunny days. Nina missed a good hit on the bait rod just before 4:00pm. I retrieved the line for her, rebaited, cast it out. As soon as the bait settled, when I tightened the line, another good take occurred. Because I still had the rod in my hands, I set the hook well and in came a good sized coho jack. Fish Assassin netted it for me and we could clearly see the adipose fin so freedom was granted after a couple of photographs were taken.
After the release, I proceeded to miss three light takes on a spoon. Fish Assassin also had a couple of hits but failed to connect. There was definitely a school of jacks moving through but it was rather brief. We ended the outing at 4:30pm.
Water clarity during the outgoing tide degraded really fast for some reason. Incoming tide's water clarity is sitting at between 2 and 3 feet, which is more than enough for spinners and spoons to stay visible in the water.
Thanks FA for the Timmy Ho ice cap, you should try it one day.
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Topic: Tidal Fraser River, October 8th 2012 (Read 3109 times)