Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Gooey on July 17, 2007, 04:31:33 PM
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Took the day off to fish. Hit the vedder between 630-830. saw a fish break water (which is the most I have seen all year). That was pretty much it. The water was down maybe 1 foot from my first trip on july 1st but it is still quite high. I could deal with the height if it was clean but unfortunately we had maybe 18 inches vis. that ranger slide is creating a real mess.
Anyhow, at 9 we were off to the fraser to a boat access bar. there were 5 boats and we saw a total of 4 fish hooked from 9-1:00. one for our boat which popped off.
Not the season I had last year but I guess we'll keep on tryin.
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Thanks for the report
Barfishing or BB?
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Thanks for the report
Barfishing or BB?
Does it matter?
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seems to on every other thread. I figured that was the norm. Not to mention I was just hopeful that the viz had possibly increased enough to be more successful with barfishing.
sorry >:(
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Thanks for the report
Barfishing or BB?
Does it matter?
Sure it does. Someone might want to know if people are having success barfishing. We all know that the BB'ers are going to have success, but so far this season barfing seems slow. Some people would want to hear if its picking up.
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Lets not turn this in to another bb debate
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no reason for there to be a debate
the only reason the question was asked was too find out if by chance the water clarity was improving for barfishing
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We were float fishing the vedder and flossing the fraser.
You know DFO really needs to take a position on flossing. I didnt see a single sockeye flossed while I was there. If they want to minimize flossing out side of sockeye openings then thats fine with me...just don't use the early run as an excuse. If their only interest is the early run, I understand why fishers choose not to follow the selective angling request...no one was hooking any sockeye.
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Mind you DFO notice said ANY method that can catch sockeye is recommanded not to be used. Basically that includes BBing or barfishing.
Anyways friend was out on Vedder this morning using roe got into a fish fought for a few minutes the fish managed to get into a rapid and lost it. :-\
Didn't get into any more fish afterwards. (6 hours he fished)
He mentioned the water was a bit more coloured than Monday, when he was last out.
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hey at least the river is becoming somewhat fishable!!!
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The fish are just pushing up river in these conditions
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Is there any fish in the hatchery ?
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Is there any fish in the hatchery ?
No. Checked again today. I did see 2 today though, the first ones I have seen so far on the Vedder this year. Be damned if I could get them to hit anything though... they looked like they were on a Mission to move and were trucking it right along. ;)
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Is there any fish in the hatchery ?
Stopped by the hatchery today.... probably 20 or so there now
fished top to bottom with no luck !!!
Only thing bitting were the mosquito's :)
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Tricky in the higher water, they're much more difficult to find...
I've heard of a handful taken, but not many... But they are in there!
Good luck!
Nicole
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They are definatly in there ;)
Roe
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The river won't be fishable for a little while, the claybanks dumped in today. The water looks to have come up a solid half a foot. The canal looks like a TimHo's double double.
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We were float fishing the vedder and flossing the fraser.
You know DFO really needs to take a position on flossing. I didnt see a single sockeye flossed while I was there. If they want to minimize flossing out side of sockeye openings then thats fine with me...just don't use the early run as an excuse. If their only interest is the early run, I understand why fishers choose not to follow the selective angling request...no one was hooking any sockeye.
I have been saying all along that sockeye hookups have been quite rare by bbers in early spring-fishing season. Fished on Saturday. 2 springs for both me and my friend, but saw only one sockeye hooked and released quickly and properly among 80 people for 6 hours. That is no justification to stop the bbers targeting springs in early season for fish conservation reason. If this slow sockeye hookup goes on, I doublt if sockeye fishing is wiorth the trip even if they open it up on August 1st. I hope they will only open it when their test fisheries have strong enough return numbers.
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Steelhawk, you and I agree that DFO using the early runs seems like an excuse but thats about as far as it goes...please dont glorify BB with words like targeting associated to it.
Bottom line is that the reason few socs are hooked right now is that few are in the river. You are not targeting springs, if the socks were there in any numbers, you would hit them too.
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Let's not start another bb debate. ;D
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There is no need to glorify any legal method of fishing. BB is just one method to catch fish right now. It can be target specific and bbers there now are targeting springs as their quary. You are right when sockeye is thick then you hook them as a by catch. But there are those who do have the ability to bypass socs for the most part and that is a fact. Everybody has their own experiences and yours and mine are different. But you are right in that sense that collectively, bbers will hook into socs more when the socs are thicker. That is why I support closing down the Fraser from the last week of July until sockeye is open. ;) However, I am an advocate for the fishing rights of average-joe fishermen when stocks are not endangered, so until there is a proof that a group is hurting fish stock, DFO should not shut down any group unnecessarily.
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There is no need to glorify any legal method of fishing. BB is just one method to catch fish right now. It can be target specific and bbers there now are targeting springs as their quary. You are right when sockeye is thick then you hook them as a by catch. But there are those who do have the ability to bypass socs for the most part and that is a fact. Everybody has their own experiences and yours and mine are different. But you are right in that sense that collectively, bbers will hook into socs more when the socs are thicker. That is why I support closing down the Fraser from the last week of July until sockeye is open. ;) However, I am an advocate for the fishing rights of average-joe fishermen when stocks are not endangered, so until there is a proof that a group is hurting fish stock, DFO should not shut down any group unnecessarily.
Finally a voice of reason! If the rec fishery is harming stocks, and I don't care what echelon, then it is the responsibility of the DFO to shut the river down period.To all! There is no way the rec fishery can do as much damage as an ill timed commercial opening.And... that should include First Nations. Purely from a conservationist , tax payer POV.
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Yes, the most the recreation sector can affect is 2% of the total catch on an average. Why not turn the attention to the other stakeholders?