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[redside1]

Hey that means I might get to bar fish! For.....sockeye....

I would think the saltwater sports guys will get the available TAC long before any in river fishery happens.

[wildmanyeah]

must be some openings because some coworkers just picked up some sockeye for 20$ per in agassiz

[Easywater]

There's a guy near Fraser Hwy and 264 ave that sells sockeye from the Port Alberni fishery (legal).

[canoeboy]

One would think they would give a salt water fishery before fresh, but somehow I don't think they will open the lower Fraser. Most likely at best would be mouth of the Fraser.

[wildmanyeah]

First Nations fishers hit the water as Fraser River sockeye return in big numbers

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/first-nations-fishers-hit-the-water-as-fraser-river-sockeye-return-in-big-numbers/

[RalphH]

One would think they would give a salt water fishery before fresh, but somehow I don't think they will open the lower Fraser. Most likely at best would be mouth of the Fraser.

There was a weekend opening for the Adams run in '22 and that's the last opening above Mission I can recall. Can't recall an opening for any other than the Adams run in the last 10+ years. Sockeye openings below Mission are pointless since they all but impossible to catch except in a few locations where they school and hold and are caught by snaggers. They can be caught in saltwater so there is a chance of an opening there.

[Wade]

Was walking the river with my super ultralight trout rod with 3.5g spoon, surprisingly a sockeye took my spoon and hooked right in the middle of the upper jaw...it was an injured fish with a big scare behind the dorsal fin, couldn't tell if it was a seal bite or got rotten after being hooked on the back by other anglers...stayed on my hook for 3 mins, bent the hook and got off...this happened in one of those swimming pools they dug last year

[hammer]

Sockeye willingness to bite in freshwater seems to vary quite a bit across runs and situation. Some runs are quite grabby while others ignore a lot of gear

[wildmanyeah]

Looks like summers
Are being upgrade again 4.8 mill to 7.5 mill

[Darko]

Looks like summers
Are being upgrade again 4.8 mill to 7.5 mill

wow! We should be out there tomorrow if you ask me. Crazy that we only take 100k or less fish. Maybe all this rain will cool the fraser and increase survival rates? I assume that and a big run size increase has to be enough...

[SuperBobby]

There is absolutely no excuse for the sporties to not be fishing Sockeye right now.
Pure political BS.

[Easywater]

Word is next weekend for Sockeye...

[Darko]

wow according to psc website almost 600k sockeye last two days alone!

[RalphH]

There is absolutely no excuse for the sporties to not be fishing Sockeye right now.
Pure political BS.

well now everyone is crowing over a meaningless opening for pink salmon that aren't here yet! Is it a diversion?

[Stratocaster]

well now everyone is crowing over a meaningless opening for pink salmon that aren't here yet! Is it a diversion?

Idk, but in my opinion, if they were going to open sockeye, it should be now with the bulk of the Summer runs passing through the river in the next week or so.  The Lates though coming back in greater numbers than forecast are the non dominant stock in this brood year.  I'd hate for them to open Sockeye late aug/early sept and have a gong show on the river not to mention having commercial netting around Labour day when there may be interior coho around and more of the weaker sockeye stock hammered.

The early opening of pinks may be in response to the criticism they took for not giving much notice during the last pink cycle.  But I agree, I'm not wetting my Tazzies till I see the Whonnock counts in triple digits for pinks.