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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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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #170 on: September 07, 2025, 11:04:23 AM »

Another very slow morning in the tidal Fraser. Fishermen heading home with glum faces.
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #171 on: September 07, 2025, 11:32:17 AM »

There are still harvesters shamefully bottom bouncing up in the non tidal and limiting out  >:(

it's open until Sept 25th though numbers of fish will drop over the coming week
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #172 on: September 07, 2025, 12:24:33 PM »

In the last five days while working I’ve only seen a half dozen or so fish roll. Have seen plenty of shore anglers and none of them have been hooked up. On the North arm.
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #173 on: September 07, 2025, 04:03:13 PM »

Heard the Squamish system is fishing well.

11 fish caught today by a youngster.
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #174 on: September 07, 2025, 06:16:17 PM »

Heard the Squamish system is fishing well.

11 fish caught today by a youngster.

Visibility is zero, so no real fishing to speak off. Only snagging and flossing is what is happening.
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #175 on: Today at 10:32:38 AM »

Still schools of pinks moving through the Lower Fraser.....
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #176 on: Today at 10:49:02 AM »

Action picked up at Mission this morning. People having the best luck with the tassie it seems. Still a few flossers around. Had a couple hooked on spoons but they were really coloured up.
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #177 on: Today at 01:52:16 PM »

were into some big humpies on Saturday out in front of the Fraser. Over 6 pounds strong enough to pop the clip and screen some line out.

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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #178 on: Today at 04:00:53 PM »

Mission bridge was decent, me and a buddy hit another system to see if we could find some pinks but alas, none to be found so we made a quick roll to the park. Bud got into a pink in the first 4 casts, I could hook fish but only landed 1, but still a decent day and lots of laughs to be had.  :)
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Re: Are the pinks here yet ?
« Reply #179 on: Today at 04:15:26 PM »

Caught two early last week in about an hour and since then haven’t been able to catch anymore. Have tried Richmond south arm near 4 road a couple times and from Burnaby Foreshore park once. I’m brand new so I’m learning a lot but it is disappointing when you have such success early on and then a period of nothing.
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