Hit the bar by 7:00 am and started to bounce , by 9:00 i had lost 6 complete set ups what a joke. A ton of people fishing zero fish being hooked pounded the river hard  for nothing. This year seems slow i have been out 5 times 1 6lbs sox to show for my efforts. When will our government clue in and grow some b---s and close the commercial fishing  permanetly the sport fishing makes them more money and is good for the economy. And the natives if they want to fish go buy a rod  like the rest of us the same rules need to be in place . Im sick of the double standars set by our government they need to wake up . We need to conserve our  fisheries  so there are fish in the future not rape our waters .If there was only sport fishing there would be so many fish we would attract tourist from all over and that would be great for the economy hotels, guides ,tackle stores, the list is endless in people who would benefit. I guess this is my way of venting because i was skunked due to commercial , and native nets taking a large percent of the fish.

Legend for Prime Minister

Kewl, so when we going?
RobertO

Hey BD,
Pegleg is one of the best spots to fish. Lots of room, very few snags, and normally, lots of fish.  BUT, also a lot of people.
Herling, scales bar near Hope, Sea Bird Island and lower Shawathil are also great bars, but with lots of snags.
If you want privacy, you will have to sacrifice something: travel distance, snags, difficult access.
Whatever you want, you can find it. It takes time and effort to find.
Good luck and enjoy!

1 Spring.
RobertO

 . We need to conserve our  fisheries  so there are fish in the future not rape our waters .If there was only sport fishing there would be so many fish we would attract tourist from all over and that would be great for the economy hotels, guides ,tackle stores, the list is endless in people who would benefit. I guess this is my way of venting because i was skunked due to commercial , and native nets taking a large percent of the fish.

That would be fishing Utopia except that the cross impacts of such an irrational scenario will only create social,political,economic , recreational, & environmental disaster.Commercial fishing & canneries shutdown,unemployment rate goes up, natives uprising,more fish in river = more sporties, real estate for bar space overcrowded while space will be rented by the hour at premium primetime rates, etc,etc....
Too many people with greedy thoughts. Mother Nature can provide for our needs but CANNOT exceed man's greed. Time to look for alternate pastimes.

not to high jack the thread haha
but why dont commercial fishers and first nations put time in at the hatcheries?  

does not a farmer spend his time rearing, raising, feeding, growing, weeding, all his plants animals whatever it is he needs???

now if a commercial fisher puts in x-amount of time or even breeds say 3000 fish he can then go and fish for 3000 fish,

i know this may raise the cost of fish at the supermarket, but instead of them collecting E.I. they could do this type of thing to keep the cost down.

cnm...if I'm not mistaken commercial boys already do such work. When Sapperton put in their mini hatchery, they had EI commercial boys working on the project. The reduction in licence fee part... heck we'd have a free one every year.