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Fraser July 31
« on: July 31, 2004, 01:11:22 PM »
Fished from first light til 10:00 and only a small school of Socks at 6:00 to 6:30.

Find it hard to believe the quote from yesterday' post from what we saw, though it is probably true.

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Today at 10:11:21am »    

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PSC estimated over 100,000 Sockeye came through yesterday, woo hoo!!
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Saw 3 socks landed (I have a 6 lb for the bbq), but we were wading.  The boat guys did a little better ( a few drifted downstream to land springs)  plus a number of socks maybe 10.  Not that great for 50-75 rods.  Above Jespersons.

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Re:Fraser July 31
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2004, 02:11:49 PM »
Thankx for that report ;DI hope they leave some for the fisher people :P
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Re:Fraser July 31
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2004, 03:31:09 PM »
Got my limit close to Island 22. ;D
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Re:Fraser July 31
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2004, 03:34:49 PM »
Quote from: Doc SG on July 31, 2004, 03:34:14 PM
Bottom snagger!! ;D
I tried the short floating tecnique. No success though.
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Re:Fraser July 31
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2004, 05:10:04 PM »
good job aaron, give me a call tonight :)
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Fraser socks 31 st.
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2004, 07:23:43 PM »
 Quick report as its on the Q

Got to the river late, slept in ;D was in time though to help several people land their fish on the rip rap bank so things were looking good for me 8) sadly 5 hours later things were looking pretty fishless for everyone at hand,looked like yet another trip with nothing to show but a bag of garbage and a head ache ;) then came sock #1 and then #2 right after :D still very slow for all around and the whole beach in general.still good enough to make me want to try again ;D
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Fraser Sat AM
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2004, 08:17:44 PM »
Got on the river and were fishin  before 6:00
Were back in the boat and heading home by 7:30. Twas a good morning. Seen quite a few landed the short time we were at Grassy. Was nice to see our "friends" weren"t out there this morning. Hope you all had as good a day as we did. Everyone I've talked to said it is really hit & miss, just small schools going through
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Re:Fraser socks 31 st.
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2004, 08:33:10 PM »
what spot you where fishing at lol :o :o
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Re:Fraser socks 31 st.
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2004, 08:54:36 PM »
Saw no spring action in about 6 hours of fishing.Same spot the last 3 or 4  weekends has seen a handfull of springs every morn I was there including the three I had on briefly and the one lost at shore >:( >:( and two mornings saw sturgeon jumping but not this time.Also possably the strangest thing I have seen at the river this year appart from the hook in my eyebrow  ;) was some weirdo with a live sockeye on a short tag line in the water behind him.It looked 3/4 dead  :( so I asked him if he was planning on taking it home as a pet  ::)
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Re:Fraser socks 31 st.
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2004, 09:31:18 PM »
last year at Peg leg there was a large shallow back eddy where the odd person would TOW his sock into and then have it come off an swim away in 3 inches of water :o damn it was funny watching them chase after them like they were greased pigs ;D
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Re:Fraser socks 31 st.
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2004, 09:57:35 PM »
Hi, new to the forum, was wondering if anyone could tell me where to catch the socks from shore on the Fraser?  Been trying for Cap coho's but been skunked in the canyon and the mouth all season...on that note, anyone know if the Capilano is improving at all??

Thanks!
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Re:Fraser socks 31 st.
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2004, 10:12:57 PM »
Anything fer a Hab fan! my dad was the biggest Hab fan ever.I think the Cap will need a good week of rain to pick up at all and as for the Fraser if youve flossed before try Laidlaw at the Jones lake exit off of the #1 Freeway a bit before Hope.
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Re:Fraser July 31
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2004, 10:35:36 PM »
Fished Laidlaw from 7:30 until 17:30.  First 8 hours no fish.  Last 2 = 4 fish for me and a buddy.  About 20 fish in that we could see during that time.  Pretty poor.  I'm aching, tired, and heading out agin  in the morn.

g'nite....tight lines, and lots of fish!
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Re:Fraser July 31
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2004, 08:54:57 AM »
Fished the upper river yesterday.  Hooked 7 sockeye landed two, but it took five hours.   I had fun just being out.  The fish were a bonus.
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Re:Fraser July 31
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2004, 11:13:38 AM »
Thanks for the help!  Went back out to the mouth of the Cap this morning...damn seals spoiling my fun!!!!  Skunked yet again but at least this time I saw some jumpers and watched the natives snag a few good sized ones.  Another guy mentioned they saw a few schools come through earlier in the morning.  

PS leadbelly , your Dad was obviously a very wise man  ;)
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