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[jacklam999]

since there are only 2 high tide in one day, one in the afternoon and 1 in the evening morning. Have anyone fished pink in richmond at around 1am before? is it legal and what method,since itz so dark,the fish wont able see the lures.

thank you

[Yvrsilver]

don't know about 1 am , but as the sun sets and the light gets low I put a glow in the dark hoochie over my buzz bomb 

[Funeral Of Hearts]

Better check with the regulations. If memory serves me correct it is daylight hours only for salmon or an hour before/after sunset.. can't remember which one.

Tried to find it in the regs but my phone is moving at a snails pace.

[KingOfEastVan]

Tidal fraser currently has no restrictions on when to fish. Hour before/after applies to the non tidal portion. Fish can see in low light conditions but probably rely more on vibrations sensed thru their lateral line, so I imagine a buzz bomb, spoon or spinner would be ideal. Any illumination like a glow stick has to be within 1 meter of the lure.

[Funeral Of Hearts]

Yup... you beat me to it. Just found it in the regulations. As was mentioned above, you can fish any time of day in the tidal fraser. Non tidal salmon fishing varies per body of water. At a quick glance it seems some of the major non tidal rivers ( vedder, chehalis, harrison etc) are day light hours only at some point in the year. . 

Not that I fish these rivers at 1am... but good to know and a reason I always double check the regulations before I go.

[fishman254]

Mornings, all things being equal (such as tides and clarity, etc.), are better for pinks generally than later in the day (but not always), but the FIRST 30-50 minutes of daylight I sometimes don't catch a thing when pink fishing, then it comes on like gang-busters right after that. It might be the low light that causes predators to have an advantage over the pinks so they "lie low", like perch tend to do, but I don't know. If that's true, then night fishing would not be as good. Brown Trout, crappie, catfish, swordfish, now THERE'S some species that do well at night, especially in too-hot of weather, in clear heavily-fished waters, especially.