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RalphH

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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #165 on: September 04, 2025, 09:38:12 PM »

there are many drift wood. They sometime look like whales. they are dark

Sarcasm at its finest

and they jump, frequently.


more food for thought:

https://sportfishingbc.com/threads/ever-seen-an-orca-in-the-fraser-river.72448/

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I was born in Richmond to a commercial fishing family and spent a good part of my life on the Fraser river. In approx. 1960 while deckhanding on my fathers boat we observed a large male Orca proceeding upriver at Steveston in either July or August.
This was the only time this was seen and is still etched in my mind. I guess you can never say never.

that he could distinguish it as a male makes this more credible for me at least.

https://www.fishingwithrod.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=35940.0

anyway it's nothing new for people to report seeing them in the Fraser but is that what they really saw?
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #166 on: September 05, 2025, 04:58:36 AM »

I’ve spent the last 40 years working on the Fraser between Mission and the mouth, North Arm and main stem. I have never seen or heard of a killer whale in the river. That’s my two cents.
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #167 on: September 05, 2025, 10:46:14 AM »

Very slow this morning at 2 locations. Fishing pressure has dropped off noticeably the past week so have the fishing. Only 1 caught.
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #168 on: September 05, 2025, 10:48:52 AM »

Very slow this morning at 2 locations. Fishing pressure has dropped off noticeably the past week so have the fishing. Only 1 caught.
They learned to not bite our lures. 900K fish swam through yesterday and probably similar amount today.
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #169 on: September 05, 2025, 01:55:06 PM »

Very slow this morning at 2 locations. Fishing pressure has dropped off noticeably the past week so have the fishing. Only 1 caught.
There are still harvesters shamefully bottom bouncing up in the non tidal and limiting out  >:(
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