Fraser River

[klikboom]

Hey 3nails, at the Island 22 regional park page it says if your rig is left after hours it'll get towed... is this the place your parking overnight?

http://www.fvrd.com/SERVICES/PARKSANDTRAILS/EXPLOREOURPARKS/Pages/Island22.aspx

[notellumcreek]

Well not much luck south the mouth the last 2 days, with winds being a strong factor we couldn't launch our small boat Tuesday morning. Managed to get out Monday for 5 hours in the afternoon... without a bite  I guess long lining and tide lines full of seaweed doesn't help too much either... saw a couple jumping yesterday finally so I think the sockeye are starting to come around, but no indians netting out there yet so I don't think the bulk of the run is quite in. We are gonna try to hit it hard again next Monday Tuesday, hopefully the weather cooperates for what we can manage.

[Stein]

72 million sockeye and a 2 fish limit?  Seems pretty absurd. 

It sounds interesting, but that's quite a drive to buy yet another license, get 2 sockeye and have my truck messed with.  There are many closer choices for both kings and sockeye that are going to be red hot this year unless I am missing something.

[Ripper]

Does anybody have any word on what's happening up North? Anybody hit it recently?

[3nails]

Does anybody have any word on what's happening up North? Anybody hit it recently?

First trip up tomorrow. Those I haven't pm'd back I will tomorrow.

[crow360]

goog luck up there!! thanks for all the information!

[3nails]

 We caught one king yesterday about 20 lbs. Had to let it go. That same fish will be legal starting tomorrow. We saw three other fish hooked. I had some computer problems so if I didn't return any pm's please resend.

[Crunchy]

Well where are the updates on the Fraser?  I am headed back up in a few hours for second trip.  First trip was awesome, except we couldn't get passed the sockeye to catch our kings.  I think I alone caught 40-50 sockeye in two days and was completely worn out.  Kept four nice 6-8 pounders.  Let a couple of bigger ones go because I had already bonked my two each day.  Hopefully we will all get our Kings and Socks tomorrow and Friday.

[3nails]

 Fished it Thur, Fri, Sat, and Sun. My son and I put 16 socks in the freezer and I added 2 kings. One about 18 lbs and the other about a 28 lb white. I have a pic of the smaller king but I think I put the other sd card into a trail cam on accident. I'll post the other pics later. I'll be up again this weekend.

[grade-creek-rd]

Not sure if I can get the link to post/work but here is a report/blog on the Fraser:

http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/fish-em-fraser/


G-C-R

[Dhoey07]

Not sure if I can get the link to post/work but here is a report/blog on the Fraser:

http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/fish-em-fraser/


G-C-R
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2 fish limit seems a little odd for the numbers that they have back.

Kinda funny that flossing is the norm up there

[grade-creek-rd]

From my understanding...Its a Sockeye fishery...and most rivers with current that have an open Sockeye fishery allow "flossing"...such as the Kenai & Russian rivers in AK...the anomily is here in Washington we have fisheries like Lk Washington, Baker Lk, Lk Wenatchee, Brewster Pool where you can actually use dodgers and bare red hooks...can't do that in rivers where a 3 oz cannonball barely makes it to the bottom!

G-C-R

[h20hunter]

http://nwsportsmanmag.com/editors-blog/fish-em-fraser/

[grade-creek-rd]

I have thought about the 2 fish limit as well...I wonder if it is to keep people from staying on the river all day long, as a lot of people fish for them, so maybe it's a get two, move on and make room thing...or it can also be the fact that the water is really warm so there is going to be a higher incidental mortality rate if people keep fishing...most up there that I have found will get their 2 fish and move on (go to work, go home, whatever)...only those visiting will stay and keep fishing for a Chinook all day. One cool thing I have found about the Canadian fisheries in BC for salmon, especially Sockeye, is that they don't open it based on predictions...they open it after they test net it (Game Dept) and once they figure the bulk of the run is in the river they then spot open it, subject to change daily, which means you can be up there and they close the retention of Sockeye the next day! What a concept, to actually monitor a fishery to make sure it can sustain a harvest and then keep tabs on the harvest and close it before the run is depleted...hmm....

G-C-R

[3nails]

 Well said, G C R. Compare that to our fisheries opening up the Skagit on a predicted size and now it looks like a third of the fish are returning that they thought would.
Another reason for the sockeye flossery is because of there being no visibility in the river. It's the only way to harvest them and is widely excepted up there. And boy are they deliceous!