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[greese30]

fishing for sockeye today near Chilliwack, and was able to get 2 pinks.  interesting, no sox but 2 pinks.

[typhoon]

Don't panic.... Don't panic... Water clarity is poor, but not the worst I've caught pink salmon and other species in. It'll take more casts to entice one, but with so many fish expected to come in, it shouldn't make such a big difference.

For sure.
My buddy Steve and I tried the rising tide yesterday after an epic skunking last weekend. We fished Garry Point until the tide turned and did not see one fish rise. With the lower tide swing the water clarity was also very poor.
We decided to "chase" the high tide eastward, stopping at various points to look for risers, but saw none and no real fishers other than the older gents fishing for coarse fish.
We stopped at a very popular spot to see it basically abandoned except for the COs. We headed over and chatted for awhile, trying to gather some useful intel but they hadn't seen ANY fish caught in the lower fraser this year. Their advice was to fish back eddys (thanks).
They checked our hooks and licenses and left. Their last words were that you really need to know where to go to catch fish in the mainstream Fraser.
Like others I thought that the water clarity was pretty bad and that I would pretty much have to put my pink croc right in front of their noses.
10 casts later I felt the line tighten on my retrieve. It didn't hammer the spoon, but I could feel the head shakes. It didn't run but continued to head shake and I told Steve that I had a "fish" on but wasn't sure what it was.
A few seconds later it broke the surface and I was expecting to see a pikeminnow. Imagine my shock to see a chrome bullet of a fish. I hollered "it's a salmon but it looks too long to be a pink".
I don't know why but my first thought was Coho! and that it would be very difficult to land and carefully release a fish from my current position. The structure around me also meant that there was nowhere for me to go, so we would have to make do.
It finally woke up and took several decent runs, and I managed to get a better look at it as it came closer to shore. Forked tail, light oval spots on tail and back - wow, what a chrome Pink doe.
Certainly it's early but they are coming. We never saw one fish jump in the 4 hours we were out.

[CastCatch]

I caught one pick near hope last week when fishing for sox.

[Hook, Line and Sinker]

Good success this rainy Monday morning at Maquabeak Park. Been hitting the Haney docks in the evenings with no luck, but my morning trips to Maquabeak on the way in to work have all been successful. Not sure if it's more to do with the time of the day or the location. But it's nice to have a few pinks sitting in the company fridge all day, waiting for quitting time:)

[fishseeker]

I like to throw out spinners in low water clarity. Seems to work pretty well since the fish are also being attracted by the vibrations they make in the water. Spin and glows are used for the same reason in the upper Fraser for Chinook salmon.

By the way, spin and glows work pretty well for pinks too.  I did quite well with these for pinks in the '09 season - using the small sized ones.   I was using a weight about 12 inches above the spin and glow.  The only problem is the leader wrapping around the main line because the spin and glo is so light.  I haven't found a good solution for that problem yet.

[aaron.az]

My first year fishing for pinks. Been picking up things here and there, might head out to derby reach on wednesday or thursday. Whatya guys think am i well prepared enough with this. If so what lures are gonna be my best bet?

[Rodney]

aaron.az, those lures look good. I prefer to use the ones in the top row (silver and pink spoons) but I've also seen friends catching them successfully with those pink Buzz Bombs.

[aaron.az]

Awesome, i appreciate the advice. i got about a 6 or 8lb mainline on my reel, should i be putting on a 10lb leader? or should my setup be simple tied onto the mainline?

[Sandman]

Was able to pick a couple of pinks out of the schools of sockeye up near the Harrison confluence.

on, you guessed it, a pink clouser

[Rodney]

Awesome, i appreciate the advice. i got about a 6 or 8lb mainline on my reel, should i be putting on a 10lb leader? or should my setup be simple tied onto the mainline?

I prefer to tie the lure directly to the 8lb test main line on my reel.

Was able to pick a couple of pinks out of the schools of sockeye up near the Harrison confluence.

on, you guessed it, a pink clouser

You're just nailing them everywhere with that fly this season.

[Sandman]

Awesome, i appreciate the advice. i got about a 6 or 8lb mainline on my reel, should i be putting on a 10lb leader? or should my setup be simple tied onto the mainline?

No point in tying on a leader that is heavier than the mainline as the knot on the 8 lb line will snap first, losing the entire leader.  Just tie directly to the 8 lb mainline.

[Sandman]

You're just nailing them everywhere with that fly this season.

Yes, no need for the other flies in the box so far.  I did tie on a chartreuse clouser to try to entice a sockeye, but all I got were pike minnow, some in the 12 -14 inch range.

[aaron.az]

thanks Rodney and Sandman, once again advice is much appreciated. If im lucky, im sure to let you guys know.

[greese30]

my choice would definitely be the top left pink spoon... i have tried buzz bombs to no avail... maybe i am fishing them incorrectly... but spoons...any fool can run them.... great and easy to cast for the kids ... and pink...i don't leave pink

[fishseeker]

Personally I like to use a snap swivel at the end of my main line if I am fishing with spoons.  That way I can change up my spoons if I feel one isn't working well without the need to retie them.  (Pink spoons work great but I have known them to go off pink and key in on some other color like red stripe or even blue stripe on one occasion)