After looking at the tides for the Lower Fraser I decided to head out late as high tide was going to hit the river late afternoon/early evening today. Started fishing about 11:30 and just after getting my anchor and rod down a large fishing boat approached. As it neared I could see a sigh that it was salmon research vessel. They pulled up along side and asked me to move as they were about to set nets. Of course I agreed and off I went. At least now I know another good spot for Salmon
I bounced around for a bit and finally found a spot where the current slowed. Just as I decided to have some lunch, about 1:30, I hit into 3 back to back to back. None of them cleared the water, which surprised me, but they were decent size, 4 1/2'.
After an hour without anything I moved on, back to where I started the day and over the next 2 hours caught 4, all in the 4-5' range except the last one which measured just over 6' and super thick. This one gave me a great 35 minute battle and finally gave my Technium a fish to judge it by (Great Rod). After releasing him boatside, I headed home. Funny thing was that each of the last 4 went airborne and the 6 footer jumped 5 times.
Throughout the day I tried all my baits, oolies, eel and roe but caught every one on Ooligans. I didn't get any little bites or fussy nibbles today, every one was a super aggressive take.
Summary:
Weather: Sunny 24 degrees
Debris: Minimal
Water temp: 55 degrees
Bait: Ooligans
Location: Between Albion and Stave River
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Topic: Sturgeon Report June 26 (Read 2803 times)