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[devon42]

i dont know if its just me but those links didn't work

[ejeffrey]

Same for me.

[BCfisherman97]

i dont know if its just me but those links didn't work

http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fishy_news/index.html

[DavidD]

Tis because the links have some extra character at the beginning (http://%22).

The other posted by BCFisherman97 work fine...

[BwiBwi]

Looks like Rodney is rushing out to fish.     Getting sloppy 

[Rodney]

Links fixed.

[lovetofish]

Can anyone explain why the limit in the tidal portion of the Fraser River is four sockeye, yet if the river is opened for sockeye retention above the Mission bridge, the limit is only two?
Below the vedder there is no way to know if you are catching a Cultus lake bound sockeye or not. Above the Vedder at least you are not likely to be catching these fish.

[Rodney]

Can anyone explain why the limit in the tidal portion of the Fraser River is four sockeye, yet if the river is opened for sockeye retention above the Mission bridge, the limit is only two?
Below the vedder there is no way to know if you are catching a Cultus lake bound sockeye or not. Above the Vedder at least you are not likely to be catching these fish.

Number of angling rod hours. Recreational fishing pressure is significantly lower in the tidal portion of Fraser River and Southern BC marine waters due to the fact that a boat is required for most of the fishing.

[kosanin kosher salt]

how can you catch a sockeye in the tidal portion of fraser river?

[BBarley]

how can you catch a sockeye in the tidal portion of fraser river?

Just go downstream of the million nets in the river and wait for a dead one to float by, then slip a hook in it's mouth and game on!

[canso]

how can you catch a sockeye in the tidal portion of fraser river?

same as pink fishing.

[alwaysfishn]

Just go downstream of the million nets in the river and wait for a dead one to float by, then slip a hook in it's mouth and game on!

If you use a long leader, you can brag to all your friends that you "flossed" it!   

[lovetofish]

Thanks Rodney.
 Is it the same reasoning for the coho fishing in the salt water, where unmarked fish may be kept as well as hatchery fish?

[Gooey]

read the regs lovetofish - hatchery sockeye must be released.

PS - we used to troll the tidal areas of the fraser (around the mouth) for socks and when you found the shool they would bite hard.  little pink and orange hotchies.  this opening is really a marine opening.  guys that run boats dump a lot into the economy with gas and tackle, it also allows charter boats to do more bookings so I think the 4 fish limit is an incentive to drive that sector and I think its a good idea.  when we trolled out there we nver saw near the pressure you would see on a single average fraser river bar.

[Rodney]

In some saltwater areas, unmarked/wild coho can indeed be kept. For example:

http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=124811&ID=recreational

In most Southern BC marine waters where most coho salmon are Fraser River bound, only hatchery marked coho salmon are permitted to be kept. The difference in management measures is due to the natal streams where those coho salmon that you are targeting are coming from.