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[CohoJake]

Raining does not cause migrating sockeye to multiply. Although I wish it did...

One still leading theory is that high water temps cause the sockeye to defer returning for one year, causing the next year's run to have more 5 year fish.  Rain could lower water temps and coax more fish to return rather than defer.

[clarki]

None of this makes any sense to me but the DFO and PSC know best right?

Unless you have expertise in international relations, political science (including lobbying), stakeholder engagement (including First Nations), economics, fisheries science (including run forecasting), resource allocation and law enforcement, then maybe they do know best.

It's a big world out there and it's hard to understand the complexity of the issues from just a single perspective.

While I hope to be able to fish for pink salmon in the Fraser, I choose to focus on the angling opportunities that I do have, rather than the ones I don't.

And that's my self righteous soapbox for the day      

[Derp]

Unless you have expertise in international relations, political science (including lobbying), stakeholder engagement (including First Nations), economics, fisheries science (including run forecasting), resource allocation and law enforcement, then maybe they do know best.

It's a big world out there and it's hard to understand the complexity of the issues from just a single perspective.

While I hope to be able to fish for pink salmon in the Fraser, I choose to focus on the angling opportunities that I do have, rather than the ones I don't.

And that's my self righteous soapbox for the day      

Yeah, lets never question the DFO's actions and trust the govt fully with our natural resources...seems legit

[sg6804]

Unfortunately i don't have the qualifications you listed ,however i have emailed the DFO several times asking how the system works and why they have closed the tidal Fraser to sport fishing , No answer to me emails , In my opinion the system is broken and needs to be changed . Do i have all answers on how to fix it    No i do not ,  But I do  believe that if the river is closed it should be closed for all user groups , if it is open then it is open for all user groups ,i find it very frustrating that some groups can fish for salmon when we cant as sport fishing is the lowest impact to sockeye in the tidal Fraser

Just to add I have been fishing the Lower Fraser all year for Sturgeon  when i have not been up at the lakes in Kamloops , Last night was beautiful out on the Fraser between Golden Ears Bridge and mission , It was nice to see the amount of salmon boiling and jumping in that part of river as its the  most i have seen all summer

Cheers

[Apennock]

Yeah, lets never question the DFO's actions and trust the govt fully with our natural resources...seems legit

Feel free to question government and regulatory bodies but to outright discount what they're saying with the evidence and data that they base their decision on vs. what "makes sense to [you]" is unproductive and a little ridiculous.

[Derp]

Feel free to question government and regulatory bodies but to outright discount what they're saying with the evidence and data that they base their decision on vs. what "makes sense to [you]" is unproductive and a little ridiculous.

Unless something new has come up regarding this subject, I and others as stated above would love to see DFO's "evidence and data that they base their decision" to close the lower Fraser to us sporties

[Derp]

having said all this, i think it's too early for us to freak out as the pinks haven't even started to push in any real numbers. So i'll have to chill 

[Drewhill]

I've already seen multiple guys fishing the lower fraser. Before I've let them know the river is closed I've asked them how it's been to get a bit more of an honest answer and nobody has yet to hit anything. Don't think we're missing out on anything yet.

[juno]

Yeah, lets never question the DFO's actions and trust the govt fully with our natural resources...seems legit   Who's gonna vote harper in again?  not  me

[BCfisherman97]

Lots of pinks jumping in burnaby area today

[Tenz85]

Has the lower fraser ever been open more than a few days while the upper is closed?

[Zackattack]

Yeah, lets never question the DFO's actions and trust the govt fully with our natural resources...seems legit   Who's gonna vote harper in again?  not  me

Never voted him in before. Surely won't now. What a clown.