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[hookme]

I was  at the Fishing port in surrey around 7 am nothing until 10 am 10:30 one guy got a hit and landed ...and another one! ..and another one! sooner or later everybody in the port caught one or two some limit out  I got my limit around noon it's a good day today..there bitting on Silver and pink colorado and red and orange blue fox .

[Dr. Backlash]

I got out after work and fished the last hour of the incoming tide (from 4:00pm - 5:00pm).  I hooked into 3 fish and landed 2 of them. 1 buck and 1 doe (both pinks) and they both took a pink casting spoon. They were both chromers.

2 things I've noticed over the last 2 weeks:  1) just because there aren't fish jumping doesn't mean there aren't any fish there
                                                              2) the fish stop biting at high slack tide

More good times on the tidal fraser!

[fishseeker]

I have been out fishing a lot for pinks this year (most evenings until now) and I have noticed some things too.

I agree about the first statement.   
Not so sure about the second - some of my best fishing has been right at slack. 
The theory about hight tide being best isn't always so either,  some of my best fishing has been right when the tide has been rushing out directly between max low and max high.

Its seems like there are general best times but plenty of exceptions too.

[hookme]

Mr. Fishseeker I agree with you it's all depend on the place I notice when I was fishing in Delta,Richmond and Surrey the Bite start on the first two hours of incoming tide up to the point the Fraser will be Level. But in langley I caught them during the water is going down I don't have the information why they did that, I just got this info of somebody and I try it specially farther down port langley  with white buzz bomb aND IT WORKS!!..goodluck!!

[fishseeker]

Mr. Fishseeker I agree with you it's all depend on the place I notice when I was fishing in Delta,Richmond and Surrey the Bite start on the first two hours of incoming tide up to the point the Fraser will be Level. But in langley I caught them during the water is going down I don't have the information why they did that, I just got this info of somebody and I try it specially farther down port langley  with white buzz bomb aND IT WORKS!!..goodluck!!

Interesting.  Its been fun trying to speculate on the behaviour of creatures with brains the size of a pea   Thats fishing.

One of the things that occurred to me is fish want to conserve energy.  If they happen to be in the river while the tide is going out it seems logical they would come close to shore to avoid swimming against the current.  When I hooked into my two during the outgoing tide the hits were within about 3 meters of the shore in a deep section.  In that sense the outgoing tide worked to my advantage because it was really easy to get a line in the right place. [I could have used my fly rod in that situation]

At slack tide I found myself getting hits considerably further out most of the time - makes sense.  When the tide is slack there is no need for them to hug the slow water near the shoreline.  My guess is there will probably be more fish in the water as the tide is coming in but there are bound to be a few stragglers even when the tide is going out.  In that situation the stragglers may concentrate closer to shore.

Another observation : The fish seem to be further out when there are lots of fishermen lining the banks.   Maybe thats more of a factor than the incoming or outgoing tides - all speculation.  I would have to do a lot more fishing to figure out a general pattern.   In Langley this last Sunday there were so much activity on the shore with kids and dogs splashing in the water there was no way any of us were getting a line out far enough - very frustrating because it was clear there was  a big run right in the middle of the river. [It didn't help that some idiot was running a high speed motor boat right up in front of everybody - the noise could probably be heard a kilometer away.   I am surprised people weren't throwing rocks at the guy].

It seems like anything with red or pinks works for these critters.   Lately I have moved away from spoons because they are too expensive to lose.   There are much cheaper alternatives that work just as well if not better.

My 2c worth.

[bmynbr]

I have been fishing the abbotsford area for the last few weeks, and have noticed that for me the fishing is way better from the beginning of the high slack tide for about 3 hours.  When fishing out there at outgoing, and low slack tide, I didn't get much action at all.

[fishseeker]

I sometimes wonder about what they might be biting on too.  An example:

I was out fly fishing for pinks on the Campbell River for the first time this year.  Being very enthusiastic I got up at first light, found a recommended spot and started casting some pink wool - for about the first half hour the action was almost constant with good hits and me losing them every time.   Then it just stopped for me but the guy next to me kept on getting hits. 

Eventually he was kind enough to point out that I should consider switching to green and showed me the size / color he was using. As soon as I switched to something similar I was getting into fish again (..and STILL losing them  .  I find them really hard to land on a fly outfit but it was great fun nonetheless).

This was very instructive because it showed how they can suddenly switch to something else within a one hour period - didn't know they were that fickle. Anyway, when things are slow I am going to try breaking the rules and switching away from traditional reds/pinks to other colors or try sizing down.  I can't see any reason why the pinks in the Fraser River would be any less fickle than those in the Campbell River system. [I have known them not to be biting even when it is clear they are there].