No offense meant Driller, but three fish in three outings this time of year is terrible! Start moving around more, get your bait selection to at least three different baits! Talk to people who fish them regularly and pick their brains. This time of year a slow day for me is usually 6-8 fish with 12-15 not being abnormal!
Mike
Ok, well lets help a guy do well, instead of terrible. Start moving around more? What do you mean? You have no idea how often I move. I fish from a boat, I found a handful of spots that work well with tides etc. I fish each spot for a couple of hours. I agree, I have to change up to some other baits. I've only gone out this year four times. The first day I went out with Salmon trimmings, and in 2 hours we landed 2 4.5 footers. I was thrilled. A couple of days later I went out and used the exact same bait. We got a 5 footer at the beginning of the day. THe rest of the day was quiet, but there were many bites. Oolies, and apparently you can't net them. So everyone talks about oolies, but where can you get them? I bought fresh water smelts at superstore, plus octopus, scad, and mackerel. THis will be for the next outing, plus I will use worms too.
I saw what I suspect was a guide boat today out in the Pitt River. The boat was anchored in the same spot for 4 hours, it picked up and moved about a half mile and anchored there for another few hours. They didn't seem to move often.
I've been working the waters, above the Port Mann up to the bottom of Barnston Island, and into the Pitt Just past the Pub. My boat goes pretty quick so It's not a problem to go further up river but I am trying to learn this portion.
I don't need to know where the honey holes are. i will eventually find my own honey holes, but any pointers are definitely appreciated. I will eventually become an excellent sturgeon angler, but just like I had to learn how to fish for perch, pike, bass, walleye, brook trout, rainbows, carp, crappie, halibut, salmon, steelhead, whitefish, splake, catfish, jack travelle, sierra, and dorado, I have to pay my dues.