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[Rodney]

Well... Not that interesting... Don't read on...

Yesterday while spinning, I had another fish rolling right beside me again. This time it wasn't a tiny jack, but a gigantic spring. At first glance I thought it was a seal based on the size of the splash, but I did get a peek of its tail... Wow!

No fish yesterday... Didn't get a single touch.

This morning I headed out to try the outgoing tide. The outgoing tide this morning, or this entire week, is especially strong as tidal difference is huge. Fished with a spin n glow and roe sac as the current was strong enough to get some spinning going. Not much happening. I had one good tug but was too late as there were two fish rolling in front of me at the same time.

This afternoon Fishersak and I headed out again. Before Fishersak arrived, I had spotted several fish already. I saw... pinks! Pinks were finning on the surface. One of the fish that finned, didn't look like a pink, but it was a nice size coho.

I did manage to hook a fish tonight, but came off pretty fast. Nothing big, it was probably a coho jack, cutthroat or small dolly. We will never know.

I had one tap that was definitely a pink, but it didn't commit to the spoon.

Fishersak managed to land one fish today, a lonely pikeminnow.

Tomorrow... i can feel it now...

[Fish Assassin]

Pinks ? Anybody know where they might be heading ?

[Rodney]

Your freezer?

[The Gilly]

Up river

[pepsitrev]

one can only wonder?

[reach]

Just because it's an even year doesn't mean there are NO pinks.  It just means there aren't enough for DFO to even consider having directed fisheries on.  From a quick surf around their web site, it appears they don't even bother to do stock assessments for even years.

That seems a little silly IMHO since it would be possible to build up an even year run.  The north coast rivers have both even and odd year stocks at harvestable levels.  But I suppose restrictions designed to protect pinks might interfere with the all-important sockeye fishery, so they pretend the even year pinks don't exist.

[badboi]

how much weight do we need to barfish the lower fraser?
thinking about goin today
thanks

[Rodney]

That depends on the rest of your gear actually, I only use 1oz as I am fishing with a pretty light spinning outfit. The disadvantage is that I wouldn't be able to hold in the faster, deeper water near the middle of the channel. However, I've found most of the fish are holding closer to shore.