Fishing

Sockeye bound for the Fraser River can be caught throughout the approach waters along the southern Coast of BC. Congestion points like Campbell River and the area around Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands can provide good fishing when some of the large schools move through, but the mouth...

North of the bridge at Highway 3, sockeye will be open from August 1st, 2013 until further notice. Retention is set at two per day.See the full fishery notice here.

There is a new Fisheries Notice posted dated August 7, 2013 For the full Fishery Notice click here. Passing Mission, the sockeye escapement remains consistent with the projections. Another update should be posted after August 9. Be sure to check back for the link to maintain accurate up-to-date notices.

In the opening statement of the Fishery Notice you'll find, "As a result of the reduced Summer run abundance and increase management adjustment factor First Nations Food, Social and Ceremonial fisheries targeting Fraser sockeye are being closed in an orderly fashion to reduce the impacts on Summer run sockeye. Fishers...

While practicing some spey casting today on the South Thompson River I saw a pretty good chironomid hatch. These early emergences definitely indicate that spring is not far off. The southern interior regions of the province are experiencing an incredibly mild winter with very minimal snowpack...

Dr. John Matsen, of the Squamish Streamkeepers, has been instrumental in this initiative to bring back the herring. Herring were spawning on the creosote-coated pilings in the Squamish Estuary, but the eggs were dying. Creosote is toxic to the herring eggs. The group has discovered, by much experimentation that wrapping the pilings...

The river is completely open except for a small salmon closure from the top of the hatchery lagoon to the power lines that are located 500 meters upstream from the top of the lagoon. Starting to see a lot of Steelhead and that should get going very soon. We have a few good days with the fly this past week and once the rains come this weekend we will switch over to gear. This fall has been great for Chinook and a very slow for Coho. The numbers of Coho counted through the Stamp falls counter has been fairly high but fish on the hooks has very low. Higher than normal flows for the last half of September have spread the Coho out and as you may know our Coho move very quickly making them a tough target. Our focus will change to Steelhead very soon and if you are thinking about Fall Steelhead, now is the time.

The Winter run Steelhead are throughout the entire river now and we have been running trips on both the upper, middle and lower sections. This was a good day with all boats hooking at least 4 fish per boat, while today was less productive with one boat with a strike out and the other hooking two.