Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: pepsitrev on August 11, 2010, 08:00:47 AM
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??? ??? well i was just wondering what is happining on the fraser due to the sox openning. any reports would be great. and how is everyone doing this tear. tight lines and sharp hooks to all. might see ya out there if i can find time away from work. 8)
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Yes any info would be appreciated ... planning on heading out this weekend if it is still open
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Well as can be expected, the river is very busy. Where we have fished , people have been getting along, but that is normal. I have never witnessed the scuffles or fights that are always mentioned, and I have sockeye fished anytime there has been an opening.
In the area we fished the last two days, people around us were catching sockeye regularly, and most got their 2 and left. We did not have great success ourselves, only landing one each, each day. Some days you are just not in the zone. I did have 2 break off yesterday and 2 others popped the hook, so we did have some action.
I saw no springs landed or chased and only heard of 2 or 3 being caught earlier yesterday.
We will probably be out again tomorrow.
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the canoe clan went out on monday did ok with one each
the lower bar we were one wasnt to busy i was expecting worse
but maybe the rain kept people away
might try this afternoon see how work goes???
cnm
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I have been out a couple times since it opened with two other friends using a boat. First time we went to Peg Leg and got our six sockeye but it took a while, about six hours. Usually we'd have them a lot quicker but with all the openings catching them is certainly harder. People on shore at the Peg were catching them as well but as mentioned, it is slower than usual. We also saw a beauty spring landed by someone on shore and it was a big chromer. Wish I had caught it. Yesterday we went a little farther past Peg Leg and found a spot that looked fishy and indeed it was. First cast and one in the boat, caught the six we needed in fours hours this time and my friend Wayne had a spring on for only a couple minutes till it broke him off. Because we were targeting sockeye we were all using only fifteen pound test so catching a spring was a long shot. Talked to other fishermen and everyone was catching and not one person was complaining. Yeah it takes a bit longer but to be out on a beautiful sunny day laughing, joking around and fishing is a win, win. I posted more info on Monday in the thread titled Peg Leg thats in this discussion column if anyone is interested.
Good Fishing All.
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does anyone have info on native openings? just got a report from friends that natives were dropping nets about 30 feet from the shore right in front of them while fishing. needless to say fishing died fast.
location between Agassiz and Hope.
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does anyone have info on native openings? just got a report from friends that natives were dropping nets about 30 feet from the shore right in front of them while fishing. needless to say fishing died fast.
location between Agassiz and Hope.
Happend to me a couple of days ago.
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I went out to day and took a bit longer [1 hour] to get my 2 but was still was ok! Monday it took 15 mins.
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Commercial boats were all out in force in the lower river today. That should put a nice dent in the weekend catch .
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Commercial boats were all out in force in the lower river today. That should put a nice dent in the weekend catch .
I believe the FN boats are also out today from 8am to sometime thursday pm
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Commercial boats were all out in force in the lower river today. That should put a nice dent in the weekend catch .
Those would of been First Nations....There were no legal openings for the main commercial fleet today anywhere in the Fraser River (Area E).
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If it was just natives , they sure had a lot of big commercial boats out there . I work right on the river in the Port Kells area , and I saw them out there all day long .
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Yeah.....funny how the natives get to fish for food and ceremonial purposes first, but ALSO get a 12 hour commercial opening while the regular commercial fleet gets a 3 hour opening. If that isn't discrimination.......
I sometimes wonder if a day will ever come we can all just be Canadian people and forget this minority crap.
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Yeah.....funny how the natives get to fish for food and ceremonial purposes first, but ALSO get a 12 hour commercial opening while the regular commercial fleet gets a 3 hour opening. If that isn't discrimination.......
I sometimes wonder if a day will ever come we can all just be Canadian people and forget this minority crap.
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they get 12 hours for set nets and 20 hours for drift nets...drift netting is to stop at 4pm today...could be a bit slow for the next day or so
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The 20 hour drift net opening (food and ceremonial) will take substantially fewer sockeye then what the native commercial fleet takes.
Regardless....all in-river gillnetting is bad. However, the numbers of sockeye are very strong right now, and the test fisheries upstream of the gillnetting are still good.
The fishing should be fair to good this week.
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Have been out the past two days with a couple of friends at a less popular bar. We caught our share within a few hours. Noticed they was mostly males. Even had a brief encounter with a nice sized spring before it jumped out of the water, spit out the hook into my general direction and flipped me the bird. ;D
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I was out yesterday and had to work fairly hard for my limit but at the end of the day, its all good because the weather was great and anytime out on the water is always great! lots of boats ranging from jets to tubs, but everyone caught fish. Was told by a DFO that gill netting opening has ended even though the commercial is still on for a little while longer. Fishing will be sporadic for a few days and after that should be good again. Where i was fishing yesterday, there were lots of people and I noticed that some guy decided to take a short walk to a shoal nearby and started casting. Within 15 minutes, about 15 people were there and they were hauling the Socs in like crazy. So the point I am trying to make is that sometimes to cast repeatedly without results is pointless and always good to move somewhere else with tons of exposed bars fish from. It only takes some leg work or moving around with the boat to find the schools of fish.
ICA
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We got out again today. Slow for us again, at least for the morning. A fellow with three kids pulled in above us shortly after we arrived and they quickly landed 6 sockeye and a spring in the 15lb range. I managed a nice sockeye just as they were leaving and then hit another a while later. I lost a spring as we were too slow getting the boat out and a tangle in my reel caused the leader to snap. >:( my fault. A while later I hooked into another spring. this time we jumped in the boat right away and followed him downstream for better than half a kilometer before we landed him A 17lb red spring :). We landed 2 more sockeye before we had to head back to work. We had to work for the fish we caught but it was a good day to be out. Fish were being caught all day. Not really quickly but often enough to keep people interested.
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We got out again today. Slow for us again, at least for the morning. A fellow with three kids pulled in above us shortly after we arrived and they quickly landed 6 sockeye and a spring in the 15lb range. I managed a nice sockeye just as they were leaving and then hit another a while later. I lost a spring as we were too slow getting the boat out and a tangle in my reel caused the leader to snap. >:( my fault. A while later I hooked into another spring. this time we jumped in the boat right away and followed him downstream for better than half a kilometer before we landed him A 17lb red spring :). We landed 2 more sockeye before we had to head back to work. We had to work for the fish we caught but it was a good day to be out. Fish were being caught all day. Not really quickly but often enough to keep people interested.
if the kid is under 16 I know they can fish without license - but are they allowed to retain?
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if the kid is under 16 I know they can fish without license - but are they allowed to retain?
They are allowed their own quota in freshwater, but need a salmon tag in the salt I believe.
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you are correct Bbarley however for saltwater you MUST have a printed license(still free) for kids under 16 either with or without a tag. freshwater they dont need to have a license at all
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Hit the river around 5am this morning...saw a few socks taken further down stream and no action near me...tons of snags, could be why everyone was downstream. Caught my limit by 9am, both within half hour of each other....pretty roomy on the bar I chose this morning
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Hi folks ... haven't been out for a couple of years now ... last time was at Herling ... but I hear it's now closed ... can someone please suggest some common walk in bars ???
Thanks,
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hp2200, On the north side of the Fraser, at Hope there is Scale bar, and further downstream there are a couple along Seabird island.just look for all the cars. On the south side, Jones bar up past Herrling island, some people fish at he Ferry island launch, and a lot of people fish at the Gill launch and below. The water is down enough that people are driving through 6 inches of water and fishing from shore several hundred yards below the launch. Further downstream from there,I am unfamiliar with the walk in areas.
I hope that this helps.
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We went out again Friday morning from about 9 to 12:20. We caught our allowed 6 sockeye. It was fairly steady. the bar was not as busy as I have seen it. I had one spring break off my leader just as we got to the boat. A young fellow above us hooked a nice spring but they had never landed one in a boat before and had their motor still down and running while fighting the fish. I suggested that they kill the motor when we passed them our net but it didn't happen and the line found the prop. Fish gone.
We left once we had our limit and we were sure glad not to be standing out in the sun in the afternoon when it got really hot .
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Only fished sockeye once before. wasn't sure where to go. Drove to the river followed the road the paralleled the river saw a couple of places to access the river, went to 3 different spots until I found a good one. Camped out near the spot, up at first light, 2 fish in the cooler home by 8am. Not as difficult as I thought it would be. Just needed time to search for the right place.
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Thanks "lovetofish" ... will try to head out in the next couple of days to check them out !!
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Are we allowed fish at Ferry Landing place and Wardle street bar at Hope?
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Water is receding at Gill Bar. So unless you have a boat, or are willing to drive a bit, it is not worthwhile for those who wish to do some shore fishing.
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Water is receding at Gill Bar. So unless you have a boat, or are willing to drive a bit, it is not worthwhile for those who wish to do some shore fishing.
I stopped by there today, do not go unless you have a boat...trying to fish from shore was pointless, packed up after 30 mins and moved on