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[RalphH]

Why is this in a discussion on Fraser sockeye? The ignorant remark that brought it up was false from the get go. Start a different thread discussion for stupid sh*t.

[bigblockfox]

Your first problem is looking in Google for your answers. They are bought and owned by radical left wing dolts.
Perhaps your first real enquiry should be the immigrant ratio to infrastructure development since Trudope took power.
Once you find the real stats on that, you'll understand that there are ZERO positives to this 'latest' invasion from India and the surrounding nations. Just for starters... our medical system is teetering on collapse and they just keep bringing more and more welfare immigrants into our country by the 100s of thousands.
Anyone with grade 3 math knows this isn't sustainable.

Google is owned by the radical left? Bahaahhah, shows how stupid you really are. Big tech flows with the political tides. Big tech only has one allegiance and its to their share holders and will kiss up to who is in power whether its the right or left. Google Ceo Sundar Pichai, was at Trumps inauguration. Big Lefty. Get with the times bud. Look at the stupid 24k gold sculpture Tim Cook gave to the Trump. Or Zuckerbergs 1 million donation to Trump. I could go on and on.

I happen to agree with you on the amount Trudeau let in. It was to many to fast, but lets not forget the crying the business community did after covid about the labor shortage, their as much to blame as well. Carny has since brought it down to a more sustainable level.

You bitch and moan about health care but without the south Asian community and Filipino community, our health care would be fare worse off.

[bigblockfox]

Good luck to the recreational sector and the first nation in this fishery. Read milo's post a page or two back and respect each other and the resource out there. I remember 20 years ago when I use to floss socks and chinooks on the local bars. Few bad actors but for the most part quite civilized and fun. At this point in my fishing journey, little far to go for 2 sockeye.

However I will travel many kms to tangle with giants. This year happened to be my year, and since this a fishing forum and to lighten the mood in here im sharing a pic.






 

 





 

[milo]

Excellent 2 posts Milo!

Thanks Dave. Nothing like a sockeye opening after such a long time to make me come out of my cave.

When i used to BB the fraser used to call the automated PSC test fishery phone line, after whonnock hit 100-150 sockeye per set we would head out a day later.

And you never shared that with us! 😢

Another note*
Not a good idea to leave the fish lying in a slow cooker rock pool while you try a get your limit . Best to get them on ice quickly so not to spoil . Same goes for pinks .   

Awesome reminder for some of the older guys,  and a great piece of advice for the young crowd. Thanks.

I am not in any hurry to drive 280km return up the valley to floss me up a couple of picnic baskets of sockeye, believe me.

Oh, I believe you. I don't even want to drive to Chilliwack anymore in this heat. Crazy traffic, anxious drivers...ever growing prices of gas and electricity for our vehicles...I'd rather do the good old bartering with my native friends.

Why is this in a discussion on Fraser sockeye? The ignorant remark that brought it up was false from the get go. Start a different thread discussion for stupid sh*t.

Thank you Ralph.
I won't bother replying to non fishing related stuff on this thread. For discussion on immigration and politics, there are far better forums and much smarter people than me replying to questions, if people take the time to look around. Should someone start a meaningful and well-argumented thread on the "disgrace" brought upon Canada by immigrants, which obviously riles up a predictable few, I might chime in on the topic. Superbobby, Dobrolub...would you do us the honour?

I didn't know that this Forum was no longer moderated.
What a great place to release some steam and blame others for one's failures in life. 😬

Back to sockeye...or my cave. 😅

[RalphH]

every person on this continent is the descendent of immigrants in one way or or another. With the birth rate among "native white folks" these days, the country will wither and die without immigration.

[vancook]

I am not in any hurry to drive 280km return up the valley to floss me up a couple of picnic baskets of sockeye, believe me.

I hear you. When the opening was posted I thought to myself I would dig out my stash of bouncing tackle from 2010. But I started to do the math in my head of gas and time for a 250km round trip and it does not add up lol. I don't enjoy this type of fishing, I do like the sockeye. However the cost to participate isn't worth the 2 fish. Perhaps the tidal Fraser banks will be quieter allowing my son more space to practice his casting and maybe play some pinks.

[fic]

Perhaps the tidal Fraser banks will be quieter allowing my son more space to practice his casting and maybe play some pinks.

You might get extremely lucky a find a biting sockeye in the Tidal Fraser.

[Fish Assassin]

I hear you. When the opening was posted I thought to myself I would dig out my stash of bouncing tackle from 2010. But I started to do the math in my head of gas and time for a 250km round trip and it does not add up lol. I don't enjoy this type of fishing, I do like the sockeye. However the cost to participate isn't worth the 2 fish. Perhaps the tidal Fraser banks will be quieter allowing my son more space to practice his casting and maybe play some pinks.

Agree, it's not worth the cost of gas, time, frustration. Cheaper to buy it.

[vancook]

You might get extremely lucky a find a biting sockeye in the Tidal Fraser.

True, rare but always possible

[Wade]

"If I knew Canada is so broke like this, I'd stayed in India..." from my Indian colleague...working his way to Texas now

[RalphH]

I picked up a couple of sockeye from a commercial fisherman in our neighborhood today. I have been buying from him for close to 20 years, usually sockeye, sometimes  halibut or prawns.

Interesting thing he told me they all have a quota and they can't go over it. He was out yesterday and his  maximum catch was 236. He got it all. He thinks millions of fish will make it up river. Of course 5 million plus already have.

[bigblockfox]

I picked up a couple of sockeye from a commercial fisherman in our neighborhood today. I have been buying from him for close to 20 years, usually sockeye, sometimes  halibut or prawns.

Interesting thing he told me they all have a quota and they can't go over it. He was out yesterday and his  maximum catch was 236. He got it all. He thinks millions of fish will make it up river. Of course 5 million plus already have.

great neighbor to have.

[Phronesis]

I picked up a couple of sockeye from a commercial fisherman in our neighborhood today. I have been buying from him for close to 20 years, usually sockeye, sometimes  halibut or prawns.

Interesting thing he told me they all have a quota and they can't go over it. He was out yesterday and his  maximum catch was 236. He got it all. He thinks millions of fish will make it up river. Of course 5 million plus already have.

Anyway we could buy some fish from your neighbor

[tfishy]

I picked up a couple of sockeye from a commercial fisherman in our neighborhood today. I have been buying from him for close to 20 years, usually sockeye, sometimes  halibut or prawns.

Interesting thing he told me they all have a quota and they can't go over it. He was out yesterday and his  maximum catch was 236. He got it all. He thinks millions of fish will make it up river. Of course 5 million plus already have.

This year the Area E/29 fleet are on a ITQ Individual quota like you said.  Due to the low amount of initial 235 sockeye, and 2,257 pinks (bycatch)  a lot of vessels chose to transfer their allotted quota to another vessel.  This is why during the opening there was a lesser amount of boats on the water.  Even though the opening was on Tuesday August 19 @ 6am - 8pm daily until August 20, most waited until early afternoon to start fishing as the tides were more favorable during that time. 

After this Friday's meeting August 22,2025 there is a possible opening on the river next week for commercial gillnet.

https://notices.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?pg=view_notice&DOC_ID=328963&ID=all
https://www.psc.org/download/722/2025/19355/august-19-2025.pdf

[DanL]

Interesting thing he told me they all have a quota and they can't go over it. He was out yesterday and his  maximum catch was 236. He got it all.

Like 236 individual sockeye? That's it?

Interesting, I did not know quotas where that low. If he's still going out, the presumably the economies of that scale still makes it worth his while, but seems the margins could potentially be rather thin...