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[fic]

FN0853-RECREATIONAL Salmon - Pink - Region 2 - Fraser Tributaries - Opening - August 22, 2025
4 Pink Limit on the Vedder this year.

I believe the last time we had a 4 fish limit was 2011.

[Fish Assassin]

So many openings. Hopefully that will thin out the pressure.....somewhat.

[Easywater]

Went out yesterday in Langley on the incoming tide.

Only fished for half an hour but saw some pinks jumping.
Should be good by Monday.

[canucksfan233]

Went out yesterday in Langley on the incoming tide.

Only fished for half an hour but saw some pinks jumping.
Should be good by Monday.

derby?

[Fish Assassin]

Lots of fish jumping this morning but no biters.

[wildmanyeah]

Lots of fish jumping this morning but no biters.

The tyee master has spoken

i'm not worthy, i'm not worth

[RalphH]

These first days of the opening have played out more or less as I thought they would. People fish but are not having much success. Yes there have been the odd ones caught. I saw a photo on FB of nice young lad with 2 beautiful pinks at #5 Road. There was also a video of a guy who fished about 3 hours in the same locale. He lost one and person next to him caught one. Some fish were rising close to him but not a lot of fish. Most of the fish people see "jump" particularly farther out in the river are likely sockeye. The best is yet to come.

Curious to see how the first wave of flossers do up river. Sockeye numbers are fair in the Whonnock test and good at Brownsville. Pinks numbers pretty scratchy at both.

[fic]

There's always a small chance if you try in these early days on the Fraser.  Your chances are no better than Ambleside or Furry Creek right now.  Most people will catch early to mid September.  I think the Vedder will have too many pinks getting in the way of coho and springs 

[Easywater]

derby?

No, I was fishing by myself...

[milo]

So many openings. Hopefully that will thin out the pressure.....somewhat.

Got word from Richmond that the commercial fleet is in full swing, drifting their nets on both sides of the river, pretty much intercepting every school. Add to that the FN openings...I'm sure many sporties will return home disappointed this weekend.
I know it happened to me more than once when I used to partake. Tossing those betties into the drink all day, all for naught.

I hope the young crowd understands that an opening does not guarantee catching fish.
That said, if this return is as robust as they claim, it might not be that bad.

[bigblockfox]

It the commercial guys are open in the lower by steveston, I would just stay home if fishing upper river. Until I bought my jet boat, I had no idea how many their actually are. Literally have to dodge them and their nets heading out to sand heads. Real eye opener.

[fic]

Looks like the Commercial fleet is targeting sockeye and skipping the pinks for now. Their nets will probably kill a bunch of pinks too.  Unless there is another extension, by next weekend they will be off the water for sockeye anyways.

PSC Meeting Today Kept the 27 Million Pink estimate as the test catches are ramping back up again.

[tfishy]

Actual commercial gillnet fleet opening was on Tuesday Aug 19 - Wednesday Aug 20 from 0600-2000 (Closed at 2000 Aug 20) with each license given a transferable quota of 235 sockeye & 2257 pinks. 
https://notices.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?pg=view_notice&DOC_ID=328963&ID=all

The current fleet you would be seeing after Aug 20 would be the FN fisheries. https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/fraser/abor-autoc-eng.html#lowerfraser

Generally the gillnet fleets main target will be sockeye with bycatch of pinks.  If the pinks show up in the expected numbers they would open it up for seiners at the mouth for commercial.

The pink run is still on its way and usually starts to pick up the first week of September.  Like Ralph said above, the current jumpers you see on the river are mostly sockeye, the pinks when stacked you will see a lot more finning and smaller jumping scene.

[Shmoke Shaman]

No, I was fishing by myself...

hahahahaah so good. literally logged in after 15 years to write this.

[RalphH]

Some may enjoy this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7055Fh2UUQU&ab_channel=CBCBritishColumbia

Could be included in the Sockeye topic as well.