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[scouterjames]

Spent the day in Glen Valley.  Fished incoming - nada.  Fished slack - nada.  Fished outgoing (until I had to outgo) - 2 good sized coho, 1 monster (to me - likely close to 10 lbs) coho and a couple jacks.  Changed up a lot.  gold hammered croc with firestripe, gold koho, couple different jigs, couple different blue fox, silver on silver spinner - what finally caught was a silver body weighted spinner with green hammered blade.  #4 lure Jensen.  nice light blade allowing for very slow retrieve.

No pics as they were all wild and I like to let them go ASAP without touching them (when possible) = not losing them, just taking the hook out by the hook with the fish in the water LOL

Tide was quite high - vis was good for the area - 3-4 feet.

Morning was windy, cold and raining but the afternoon was beautiful, calm and mirror like water - perfect day!

Edit - there were a few roe guys barfing that did OK too, but that spinner outfished them!

[Tadpole]

Thanks for detailed report.

[Rodney]

Very nice. Did the roe guys hook any adult coho salmon as well? I find bait tend to attract more jacks than adults.

When you were spinning there, were you wading out a bit due to the gradual depth change from the bar, or were you just standing on shore?

[liketofish]

Thanks for the nice report. One question for the spinner which finally caught fish. Is it possible that a school of coho just happen to arrive with the tide when you were using that spinner? Did you alternate using it during the slow time to catch fish or it just happened bang, bang, bang and with other people catching at about the same time also? Sometimes, either due to a school of new arrival, or just the bite time is on, we think it is the lure which did the job and not the other factors. We have often heard reports that when the bite is on, it doesn't matter what you use and the fish will bite. If this spinner consistently catches fish while others fail, then it is no doubt a hot spinner.

[scouterjames]

Very nice. Did the roe guys hook any adult coho salmon as well? I find bait tend to attract more jacks than adults.

When you were spinning there, were you wading out a bit due to the gradual depth change from the bar, or were you just standing on shore?

One guy was there when I got there at 8:30.  He said he had caught a jack before I got there.  Other than that, I saw 4-5 adults brought in (only 1 bonker) between 5 roe fisherman - so out of 8 or 9 fish, only one hatch.

I was in waders but only waded out 6-8 feet (a little below my waist).  Not so much for distance, but with the high tide where I was standing, needed the room for casting without snagging trees.  Note that if I wasn't in the water, the cast would still have been easily far enough out for where I hooked them (rather like pink fishing).  No NEED for waders, but I like to be able to move if I feel like it, also makes it easier to release in the water without stressing the fish so much.

[Rodney]

Good point about the waders. I keep mine on almost always when fishing in the Tidal Fraser River for the same reasons. Having to stand in depth just below the waist is pretty deep though, maybe dozens of adult coho salmon were swimming by your feet. Interesting with the good results once the tide started going out, which is not unusual. Maybe the scent trail created by the roe guys and the outgoing current drew them in.

[scouterjames]

Good point about the waders. I keep mine on almost always when fishing in the Tidal Fraser River for the same reasons. Having to stand in depth just below the waist is pretty deep though, maybe dozens of adult coho salmon were swimming by your feet. Interesting with the good results once the tide started going out, which is not unusual. Maybe the scent trail created by the roe guys and the outgoing current drew them in.

Well, knees to thighs....2-3 feet of water I was standing in.   Before I went that far, I kept an eye on who was getting action on their bait rods.... it was the further casts.  I took all mine approx. 15-20 feet from waterline.  Water was clear to the bottom - no coho seen - a few zombie pinks went by my feet... roe guys were downstream of me but interesting idea - maybe next time I'll try downstream from THEM! LOL

[liketofish]

My friend who fish for pinks at Poplar says the same thing about the bars in that area - the outgoing tide is the best. Perhaps the strong outgoing current pushes the fish closer to shore where as at high tide they can be far out or spread out.

[Rodney]

When fishing further downstream in Richmond, there have been many times when I did well on spoons and spinners while roe fishers nearby could not entice any fish. I really believe that the scent trail plays a role in this success. Fish get drawn in, go by all the bait, but see the lure and cannot resist.

I had planned to fish where you were today but got caught up by a media event, so will have to try it later on this week.

[scouterjames]

My friend who fish for pinks at Poplar says the same thing about the bars in that area - the outgoing tide is the best.

Definitely noticed that with pinks.  Incoming was for the most part dead.  With the pinks slack wasn't bad, but most action by far seen on outgoing.  General discussion around figures that incoming, since the river is so wide there, they ride the tide further out.  Once it turns against them, they travel closer in for the slacker/easier to travel water, but who knows - gave us something to talk about during incoming dead tides LOL

[scouterjames]

When fishing further downstream in Richmond, there have been many times when I did well on spoons and spinners while roe fishers nearby could not entice any fish. I really believe that the scent trail plays a role in this success. Fish get drawn in, go by all the bait, but see the lure and cannot resist.

I had planned to fish where you were today but got caught up by a media event, so will have to try it later on this week.

Let me know if you're out that way, love to say hey and maybe pick up a tip or two

[Rodney]

maybe pick up a tip or two

Judging by my results so far (0 coho), it will be the other way around...

[chris gadsden]

Good point about the waders. I keep mine on almost always when fishing in the Tidal Fraser River for the same reasons. Having to stand in depth just below the waist is pretty deep though, maybe dozens of adult coho salmon were swimming by your feet. Interesting with the good results once the tide started going out, which is not unusual. Maybe the scent trail created by the roe guys and the outgoing current drew them in.

Hope you got the leaks fixed.

[Rodney]

Hope you got the leaks fixed.

Nope, those waders still has the leg water cooling feature as I discovered yesterday.

[chris gadsden]

Nope, those waders still has the leg water cooling feature as I discovered yesterday.

Cats along with your new car taking all your spare change?