Nina and I went down to Garry Point Park after an early dinner to test out some of the
spinners that I had just made up.
I was also hoping to see some more salmon with the big flood tide happening around 9:00pm. The water clarity is still terrible for this time of the year. Normally the tidal Fraser River will have around two feet of visibility, right now it seems to be around 1 foot. This makes spinning for anything rather difficult.
After missing a couple of taps and watching Nina landing a pikeminnow a few evenings ago, I was determined to get one.
The size 3 spinner with a green blade enticed a couple right away as I could feel the light tap. Perhaps the size 1/0 hook was too big since the fish were not sticking. After 30 minutes or so, I slowed down the retrieve after feeling another tap, immediately the fish decided to commit.
Nothing to get too excited about, but it still felt great to get a fish on a spinner that I just made up.
This was rather a small northern pikeminnow, an average fish at Garry Point Park is usually around 2 feet in length.
As flood tide approached, we started to see salmon rolling into the Fraser River. Directly in front of the park, we could see a couple of rises every minute. The seals were busy patrolling as well.
Today's sunset photo.
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Topic: Tidal Fraser River August 10th - As they rolled into Garry Point Park (Read 1868 times)