From various reports and my observations during the week, water clarity has degraded in the past few days, most likely due to rain in Northern BC. This is pretty typical for this time of the year, and the river will likely to remain dirty for at least a week before it recovers. It always takes longer for a large system such as the Fraser River to recover. In the meantime, fishing with roe should still work nicely, while spin casting will be a little bit more challenging.
I've also been getting numerous reports of people who attempted to retain a wild coho salmon. Some simply are not aware of the difference between a wild and a hatchery coho salmon, while others are well aware of the regulations yet choose to break them. Please educate those who lack the information, as I did during the week to a Chinese couple who did not know how to identify a coho salmon but were well informed after being shown what a wild coho salmon look like and why only hatchery-marked coho salmon can be kept. To those who are well aware of the information yet choose to ignore it, we should all be demanding them to release their wild coho salmon as my peers did today in North Arm. We should also emphasize the importance of wild coho salmon conservation to change the mind of those who seem to think their actions have no negative implication on the resource. While we cannot change the attitude of everyone, I'm sure some will learn and do the right thing. For the rest who continue to ignore the rules, please phone DFO's ORR line at 1-800-465-4336 to report them.
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Topic: 2013 Tidal Fraser River Fall Salmon and Trout Fishery Updates (Read 30752 times)