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[mr.bean]

is there a different way to catch sockeyes than bottom bouncing ? would spinners ore spoons work at all ? are they still feeding or  would they be just agressive , thats why they would go after lures ?   thanks   

[typhoon]

Note that returns forecasts are that there won't be an opening for sockeye this year on the Fraser.
Sockeye will hit jigs and flies in tributaries like the Harrison and Vedder, but visibility in the Fraser is too poor and they are not aggressive while traveling.
Flossing by bottom bouncing or with sink tips on a fly rod are pretty much it.

[Nitroholic]

People catch them on the columbia on tiny red spin-n-glows with shrimp

[penn]

is there a different way to catch sockeyes than bottom bouncing ? would spinners ore spoons work at all ? are they still feeding or  would they be just agressive , thats why they would go after lures ?   thanks   

If you try some other method you might catch one . I did see ONE sockeye caught on a spin'n glo in the years prior to bottom bouncing . That was ONE, over a period of years , on beaches full of bar fisher man . Lot's of effort for one fish , maybe it will take you years to get one too . Lot's of springs , coho's , chum and pinks caught at the time though , so it wasn't as though they couldn't see the spinner. They're just a non- aggressive species .

[dereke]

I have seen them chase on the Stamp in clear conditions ie turn and follow so I don't agree that they dont bite in fresh water. I know people get them on the vedder quite often as bycatch as well not bottom bouncing. I have heard prawn/shrimp immitations are usually on the end of the line but on the stamp I have had them fall for kelsey's hope or even just a wool egg pattern in orange or light pink while stripping the line back. It's early in the test fishery but they are already getting pretty good numbers of sockeye in the test sets, if it continues and the numbers are as good as last year I can see them opening the fraser again. It's not pretty but I always go out and get some for the bbq, delicious critter they are.

[Rayne]

I ve caught caught usually at least one every year bar fishing for springs in the skeena. Also in lakes if you slow troll a flasher 1 ft leader with a large glass, plastic bead (red or pink) above 2 ot hook through a school of sockeye and you ll have your limit within minutes. Also up north its called flossing not bottom bouncing. Bottom bouncing is a very productive way to fish certain waters for steelhead and salmon, it does not involve snagging and the fish do bite the small spin an glows with wool. The lower mainland  has really dragged that name through the mud. Lol.

[bbronswyk2000]

Its just the Fraser that they dont seem to bite. In the Harrison and Vedder they will bite.

[jetboatjim]

caught many bar fishing for chinook on the upper fraser.