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[canso]

12 fishing days on the chuck, limited 10 days and some springs aswell.
canned most but have 8 whole in the freezer for mom dad and sisters, also gave a few to the inlaws.
 non will go to waste.

[ericd]

I caught nothing! First year fishing. Shore fishing only. Tried Gary Point in Richmond, Fraser by Silverport, Mouth of Capilano, and West Vancouver. Tried low tide at first light, etc. no luck.

[azafai]

I caught nothing! First year fishing. Shore fishing only. Tried Gary Point in Richmond, Fraser by Silverport, Mouth of Capilano, and West Vancouver. Tried low tide at first light, etc. no luck.

Go to PegLeg and try your luck there.  cast farther and make sure your leader length is not too short.  check the other fishermen "flossers".  you will catch one for sure.

[gman]

I kept 4. First time out got 2 in 30 minutes. Second time out got 2 in 10 minutes. I decided there was not enough entertainment value for the drive, so bought 4 more sockeye and didn't fish again.

[andrew5]

Go to PegLeg and try your luck there.  cast farther and make sure your leader length is not too short.  check the other fishermen "flossers".  you will catch one for sure.

my fist stime this season too. Peg leg is a guarantee. Don't let everyone on here scare you off withthe big crowds and jerks. After spending 4 weekends there, as I am learning too, I didn't have any direct negative encounters, but met some realyl nice and informative people. Get a couple friends to come out to make it worth the trip and more cost effectice, ie more fish brought home on the day.

cast out as far as your can without creating a birds nest with 2.5 - 4 oz weights slighty upstream.

as soon as it lands, reel it in about 6-8 feet or so (don't have to be super accurate here). I wasn't doing this initially and as soon as i figured this out, I started limiting out faster thatn I even wanted to. The reason you should reel in a bit is to make sure that your weight and your hook are spread as far apart as possible, giving the best opportunity to connect with a fish.

as your weight bounces along the bottom be attentive, as a good hook set is important.

tip: more often than not, you will connect with a fish near or at the end of the drift, so the last part of your drift is much more important. at the end of your drift, even if you haven't felt anything yet, set your hook hard, jsut in case there is a fish there and you haven't noticed it yet.

the combo of this method and going to peg leg will pretty much guarantee you fish.

PM me and let me know if this actually works! but stop wasting your time on the lower Fraser where it is too wide and not enough current to bottom bounce. IF you're like me, you're new at it and jsut want the experience of hooking up with some fish.

Cheers,

Andrew

[Rodney]

tip: more often than not, you will connect with a fish near or at the end of the drift, so the last part of your drift is much more important. at the end of your drift, even if you haven't felt anything yet, set your hook hard, jsut in case there is a fish there and you haven't noticed it yet.

This also works magically at the end of each drift when fishing the Capilano and Vedder River.

[DragonSpeed]

tip: more often than not, you will connect with a fish near or at the end of the drift, so the last part of your drift is much more important. at the end of your drift, even if you haven't felt anything yet, set your hook hard, jsut in case there is a fish there and you haven't noticed it yet.

Ack!  no.    

This is how you hook fish in the pectoral fins, the belly etc....   

Feel for a break in the bounce WHILE it's bouncing.  Set the hook.  Fish On.    

[dennyman]

Good point Dragonspeed.  For the sockeye harvest, some of the rules get relaxed because you are flossing the fish on the dirty waters of the Fraser. However, if you take the "set em hard after each drift" technique to other systems you will be labelled a snagger and rightfully so.

[DragonSpeed]

Good point Dragonspeed.  For the sockeye harvest, some of the rules get relaxed because you are flossing the fish on the dirty waters of the Fraser. However, if you take the "set em hard after each drift" technique to other systems you will be labelled a snagger and rightfully so.

If you take the "set 'em hard" after each drift onto Sockeye fishing, you're going to harm more fish than you catch.  Dragging ANY fish in by its belly is NOT going to get by even "relaxed" rules, so that poor, exhausted fish gets bounced back into the water

[Rodney]

When the Vedder or whatever gets dirty, the rules are relaxed too. Set em hard after each drift because the fish can't see anything anyway.

[andrew5]

Ack!  no.    

This is how you hook fish in the pectoral fins, the belly etc....   

Feel for a break in the bounce WHILE it's bouncing.  Set the hook.  Fish On.    

I see your point. I haven't snagged a fish yet doing what I have been doing, but I didn't really explain myself well enough to be clear to avoid that.

I am not ripping my rod ten feet back to try and grab anything, but rather gently adding resistance by lifting the rod tip up to 12 p'clock to see if my line is across a fish's mouth. This seemed to help me feel the fish, and has worked, but I have been very aware not to be dredging my hook through the water (see Rodney's video post of the snaggers).

I got skunked my first couple of times out, and made this adjustment, which added success to my subsequent outings. I couldn't help but think that the first time i went out i was missing fish that were actually there by simply starting a retrieve.

I thought this was farily commpnplace among drift anglers?

[troutbreath]

I cast in and just start set'n em hard. Even with flies.

[NiceFish]

i usually just loop on a spark plug and a decent sized hook and let'er buck

[andrew5]

Sparkplugs aside, I am looking to see if guys out there do set their hooks at the end of their drift in a non snagging way (not ripping your hook ten feet through the water, but lifting the rod tip up).

[poper]

I like to use a 9\0 and some lug nuts with a 40ft leader,and let her rip!!!!!