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Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« on: September 13, 2005, 04:14:05 PM »

 Got to the river around 10am and could barely see the other side due to the smoke from the bog fire. Pulling up to my spot I notice a familiar face, a nice lady who netted a few of my fish last week.  As I get out of my car I notice she has a fish on, hoping to return the favour I grab my net and quickly crawl down the rocks, when I get beside her we see the fish roll and notice its not a pink but a rather large chinook :o.   She very skillfully plays out the fish on her trout rod spooled with 10lb line, and then like a dream she guides the fish into the net.  The fish could only fit less then halfway into the net, and as I tried to lift it the net nearly bent in half so I made a quick grab for the tail and lifted it onto shore.  She took it to Berrys and it weighted out at 25lbs I believe, what makes the story even better is that she caught the fish on a one of Rodneys spoons she had found the day earlier. Definatly one of the more memorable fishing trips in years.

Pink fishing picked up around 1 and the action was very good, left by around 3 with 4 fish.  Many fish were also lost, at one point I made four casts and had a fish on every cast.

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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2005, 04:17:21 PM »

What an added bonus, a 25 lb. spring ! White or red ?
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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2005, 04:28:30 PM »

WOW thats insane that thing must of put up a fight of life!!
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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2005, 04:29:44 PM »

 not sure if it was a white or red
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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2005, 04:38:57 PM »

nice chinook!!!
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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2005, 04:52:01 PM »

NICE! How long did it take to land that. The old rule of thumb is 1 min for every pound.

My guess is 25 min (round to 30).

Let us know if it's red or white.
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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2005, 06:14:10 PM »

good for her very nice spring :o
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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2005, 06:17:55 PM »

lucky, she came back just after you left and bought 8 spoons! ;D

Well, at least someone was skillful enough to turn a chinook around... ::) While lucky, slick, LukeYVR, Chrome Mykiss dad were watching, I also tried to turn a chinook around that went 100mph but with no luck. I looked down on my reel and 3/4 of the line was already out. It eventually came off the hook. :-[

I am not sure why Fish Assassin left so early, probably because he got fed up with spincasters on his right and left hooking one after another one. ;D Fishing was on and off today. When it was on, it was HOT! I managed to hook at least 15, landed most of my fish near the beginning with Ron's help. I let them all go, but at the end I just remembered that I promised to bring fish home for a couple of people! :-[ I did the drive of shame back with an empty cooler in the end... ::)

Some of the fish were incredibly strong today. There were a few times when I had to reel in really fast to keep up with the fish as it swam towards me.

LukeYVR was on fire today! He hooked into at least 6 in 20 minutes while we hooked nothing! Three casts, three fish, two landed! :o

Nice to see FishOn, gman, canoeman, slick, Obi Wan all got into fish today. :)

Slow down the retrieve, you'll get fish.

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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2005, 09:20:00 PM »

damn nice fish. way to go lady, you've got skill. :)
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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2005, 09:45:32 PM »

beautiful fish and skill.  :)
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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2005, 09:59:06 PM »

are you guys gettin them all from the north arm?
cause i can't seem to get anything from the south arm. :-[
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Re: Lower Fraser, Richmond September 13th
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2005, 10:04:56 PM »

yeah sure was nice to be out there today
to bad all i did was net fishlol
sorry i missed gman, but was nice to see every one else
theres always tomo
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