As I headed to the river this morning at 10:30am, I gave fishersak a call. He reported that people had already limited out when he arrived at 9:30am, but the fishing died off when he started!
Anyways, I continued to the river and met up with him. Chrome Mykiss' dad followed soon after. Fishersak was discouraged by the lack of rises, but I was sure that there were fish as we have caught them with the absence of surface signs. He left to mow his dad's lawn while we fished.
On my second cast, I felt a tap, a good indication. I then spotted one fin sticking out within casting distance. On my forth cast, one fish took the lure hard. A quick hook set and the fight was on!
A male pink was landed minutes later. A quick release, and it was back to fishing. Two casts later I got into another male pink. By now Chrome Mykiss' dad was ready to dip his line. Just after I released my second fish, he hooked and lost one.
Not long after, lucky showed up to join the action. Right away he was into fish too. During the first hour, lucky hooked 5 and kept 3. Chrome Mykiss' dad hooked 5 and I hooked 5.
Fish Assassin showed up just as the action died down.
Chrome Mykiss also showed up and we decided to go for lunch and leave some fish for FA.
After a hearty meal at Tim Horton's, we quickly returned and found out FA had not gotten into any fish yet.
He even bought four of my spoons.
To prove that the fish were there, I got down to where FA was fishing, and started casting.
A few casts later, while FA was fiddling with his baitcaster, I hooked one just after the beginning of a retrieve.
The fish however popped off near shore (as I had planned of course
).
We chatted and fished as the action slowed down. I had a few more taps but nothing too significant.
30 minutes later, I got into another one, again just after the beginning of a retrieve. A chrome doe made a few leaps. Just as I was thinking about keeping this fish, it came up and showed its side. Nope, not keeping this one now! Once we landed it, I took a couple of photos before the release.
Seal bites!
Right side of the fish.
Left side of the fish. Notice the backbone is showing.
It sure is a dangerous world down there, as FA mentioned.
Not much action after that. I hooked one more but came off near shore. Fishersak returned and brought his father, who was able to get into a fish right away. Great to see!
Hooked 8, landed 4 today. Another fantastic pink salmon day in Richmond.
Few things to remember
- You need a tidal sportfishing licence when fishing in the tidal Fraser River.
- You need to purchase a salmon conservation stamp if you intend to keep your pink salmon.
- Daily quota for pink salmon is four fish in tidal Fraser River.
- Daily quota for chinook salmon is four fish in tidal Fraser River, but only one maybe over 50cm.
- You may only keep four salmon (mixed species) in total per day.
- Only a single barbless hook is allowed on the lure.
- Bait ban is in effect between September 6th and October 7th
- You must release any sockeye and wild coho carefully.
- Pink salmon have large oval spots on their back and tail. Sockeye salmon do not have spots. Chinook salmon have tiny black spots on its back and tail.
- Complete tidal Fraser River salmon regulations can be found on this page.
- Report all fishing violations to DFO Steveston 604-664-9250.
- Make sure you have a good fillet knife to clean your catch and a cooler with ice to keep your it fresh.
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