Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: mr.bean on August 14, 2013, 07:06:28 PM
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i talked to freds tackle and searunfly in coquqitlam and both told me there are no pinks or springs going up the slough / norrish creek. then fellow anglers i run into swearing to catch pinks and the odd spring up there. i ever only caught chums and coho in the slough. i can see them coming in a little bit to rest ? u guys have any info or thoughts about this ? thanks
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i talked to freds tackle and searunfly in coquqitlam and both told me there are no pinks or springs going up the slough / norrish creek. then fellow anglers i run into swearing to catch pinks and the odd spring up there. i ever only caught chums and coho in the slough. i can see them coming in a little bit to rest ? u guys have any info or thoughts about this ? thanks
Both pinks and springs will swim into the slough to "clean their gills" as the continue up the Fraser, but they are not a common catch. Neither spawn in the system.
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its most common to catch them at the mouth of the dewdney slough, but they dont stray too far up towards norrish, only coho and chum up that far.
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Not entirely true, last year while doing some exploring I found a spring trapped in some low water up at the mouth of Norrish creek. I think there are a few around but certainly not many.
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Its very uncommon. Although possible. I've never caught anything other then coho and chum in norrish creek, or dewdney, unless i'm fishing downstream of the HWY 7 bridge on strawberry island.
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i talked to freds tackle and searunfly in coquqitlam and both told me there are no pinks or springs going up the slough / norrish creek. then fellow anglers i run into swearing to catch pinks and the odd spring up there. i ever only caught chums and coho in the slough. i can see them coming in a little bit to rest ? u guys have any info or thoughts about this ? thanks
When anglers swear on something, it must be true ;)
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Just a couple confused fish will make it up there . 2 years ago i foul hooked a spawning female pink, then last year i got a surprised sockeye under the train bridge . It was dark but had silver scales , and that was in the first week of october .
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Ive caught Coho, chum, a couple Cutthroat and 1 small Chinook over the years in the Slough. even witnessed a large Chinook up near the bridges of Norrish creek but nobody could get it to bite ::)
everything was caught on flies except the Chinook took a lure
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I observed a dead pink a fair distance up Norrish Creek several years ago, however I think it met a lonely, unconsummated, demise.