Fishing along the Fraser I go back to the 60s. I do recall a lot of the same problems then as what caused vehicle access to be blocked. One thing that has changed is that regular people won't put up with it anymore and demanded something be done. Personally I didn't enjoy fishing in a parking lot or the loud music or people riding their screaming dirt bikes back and forth for hours. Some people felt otherwise. A bigger loss is when all access was cut off altogether and that's happened as well.

Honestly whitefish have been very limited the last 3 or so years. I and a group of fishers specifically target whitefish and trout one weekend of the year, nymphing small weighted nymphs and the numbers have dropped significantly to the point it's not really worth the effort, unless ifcourse you live close and just want some peace.
Guys I know have been out already this season and the reports have been as bad if not worse. Not sure what's going on over there outfits not looking good.

So there is no foot access Peg Leg and Jesperson's?

You're missing a big part of what I've been saying. People like myself who grew up here....tailgate fishing and campfire/bbqs were a way of life. 99 out of a 100 respected the river. It was an ideal way for family and friends to get together on a Sunday afternoon or evening....and now it's gone. I don't want to carry my bbq and cooler and fishing gear for 2km to get a nice gravel bar.

To be fair this is not new, My coworker told me when he was in his early teens they use to rally race on herrling island, He told me the abandoned lots of their vehicles their they could not get out.

He's in in late 50's

You're right. None of this is new. All the problems mentioned in this thread have been going on since at least the 80s when I started fishing the Fraser River.
What is new is that we have lazier and lazier government and law enforcement that doesn't want to go down there and fine the 'few' so that the rest of us can enjoy the river.

Gill, Ferry island as well the access on the north side have blocked access to vehicles due to abuse. There is still foot access. Ferry Island had been turned into a garbage dump. Tranmer Road  (Fraser River lodge) access wasn't owned by the lodge but by the farm owner. The access roads has been turned into swamp and mud hole by 4x4 joy riders so he blocked it off not the lodge. He also let the District put in a small parking lot for people who walk along the dike. There is no bar at Tranmer as they remove the gravel as soon as it builds up. They did it again this winter.

So there is no foot access Peg Leg and Jesperson's?

In 2022 when they opened Sockeye CP/CN posted a Railway Police officer at the park for the popular bars because people were running out in front of the trains rather than wait 5 minutes.

Some people are idiots. Blame them.

Typical left wing attitude.
If we actually had law enforcement and government that wasn't lazy, they would go down there and fine the ones that are guilty of abusing the resource.
But what all lazy law enforcement and governments do instead is a blanket shutdown and penalize everyone for the few who are guilty.

Give me one good reason why we need cement barriers all along Balaam road? And don't give me the BS its because some stupid kids drove into the river speeding over the rise at 2am. That's not my problem.

Jesperson's had an awesome boat launch for decades. Completely blocked off now by cement barriers.

As for the scale bar and other bars that people ran in front of trains....again.... not my problem. I don't run in front of trains. Why am I penalized for the stupidity of others?

Peg Leg almost always has cement barriers on the main road. Before the river blew it out the gravel bar even a few years ago, you could park along the entire gravel road stretch....but no longer and there is very little parking on the main road.

Ferry Island and Gill Road? Again....get some law enforcement down there and hand out littering fines, damage fines, etc, etc... These blanket closures and bans because of a few idiots are not fair.

To be fair this is not new, My coworker told me when he was in his early teens they use to rally race on herrling island, He told me the abandoned lots of their vehicles their they could not get out.

He's in in late 50's 

Gill, Ferry island as well the access on the north side have blocked access to vehicles due to abuse. There is still foot access. Ferry Island had been turned into a garbage dump. Tranmer Road  (Fraser River lodge) access wasn't owned by the lodge but by the farm owner. The access roads has been turned into swamp and mud hole by 4x4 joy riders so he blocked it off not the lodge. He also let the District put in a small parking lot for people who walk along the dike. There is no bar at Tranmer as they remove the gravel as soon as it builds up. They did it again this winter.

So there is no foot access Peg Leg and Jesperson's?

In 2022 when they opened Sockeye CP/CN posted a Railway Police officer at the park for the popular bars because people were running out in front of the trains rather than wait 5 minutes.

Some people are idiots. Blame them.

I believe laid law was also closed because of to much garbage, and peoples used toilet paper everywhere as well

I had some good pink fishing 2 years ago during the short opening above the Mission Bridge. River access is easily available if you’re able to walk abit of a distance. The bars are way less crowded now that vehicle access has been restricted. Some of the pinks caught were decent table fare if you wanted to keep a fish. I am a catch and release fisherman so I didn’t keep any. Even caught a few chrome cohos on the pink colored lures I was using. Looking forward to another opening.

Gill Road, Ferry Island, Peg Leg, Jesperson's boat launch, the cement barriers on Balaam road. The list goes on and on and on. There is no access anywhere unless you want to pay at Island 22, or the fishing lodge near Agassiz.

Gill, Ferry island as well the access on the north side have blocked access to vehicles due to abuse. There is still foot access. Ferry Island had been turned into a garbage dump. Tranmer Road  (Fraser River lodge) access wasn't owned by the lodge but by the farm owner. The access roads has been turned into swamp and mud hole by 4x4 joy riders so he blocked it off not the lodge. He also let the District put in a small parking lot for people who walk along the dike. There is no bar at Tranmer as they remove the gravel as soon as it builds up. They did it again this winter.

So there is no foot access Peg Leg and Jesperson's?

In 2022 when they opened Sockeye CP/CN posted a Railway Police officer at the park for the popular bars because people were running out in front of the trains rather than wait 5 minutes.

Some people are idiots. Blame them.

None of this matters to the sporties above Mission, because we won't get an opening until the Pinks are in their spawning stage. I miss the days when we were allowed to harvest the Pinks in August.

the wheels are in motion to try and get the river opened earlier than in the past. Not sure how successful the groups attempting to do this will be but hopefully they are.