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Fishing Reports
Vancouver British Columbia fishing report
August 22, 2004
Posted by STS Guiding Service
Email: sts@guidebc.com
Current Report
Fraser Valley report for the
week of August 20, 2004
Weekly update
The Fraser River is low and
dropping, water temperature
are extremely warm for this
time of year. DFO have
decided to close retention of
sockeye until further notice
claiming that these warm
water temperatures could
result in high mortality of
migrating sockeye. You would
think that they would also
close the native fishery due
to the same concerns. The
Fraser River remains open for
retention of Chinook Salmon
and all other salmon species.
Salmon
Salmon fishing on the Fraser
River has been excellent this
past week. Now that sockeye
retention has been closed,
the large crowds are gone and
sanity on the river is back.
To be quite honest, I prefer
fishing the river the way it
is now, rather than have the
crowds that line the shores
during the short sockeye
season. Chinook fishing has
been incredible to say the
least, probably one of the
strongest runs we have seen
in many years. Our largest
fish this week was a 36 lb
Chinook, we hooked and landed
many between 20 35 lbs.
This great fishing should
continue through the month
and well into September.
Sturgeon
Sturgeon fishing has been
excellent this past week,
yesterday, Mike Cooper of
Surrey landed one of our
larger fish this week, a
whopping 7 foot 200 lb
sturgeon that put up an
incredible battle, nearly
spooling us twice. This fish
was very fat for his length
making him that much harder
to land. I think Mikes arms
will be sore for a few days.
Overall we have been hooking
many fish in the 4 to 7 foot
range. This great fishing
should continue now right
through until late Fall.
Summer Salmon fishing
Opportunities and
availability update.
Salmon fishing will continue
through the rest of the
summer with our next peak
salmon fishery being Coho,
Chum and fall Chinook. Mid
September will be a bit light
on the salmon but the
sturgeon fishing is
incredible. We still have
lots of good dates for
September Sturgeon fishing.
As most of you probably know,
October and November are two
of the most spectacular
months for salmon, sturgeon,
fly fishing and wildlife
viewing. Although this is our
busiest time for bookings, we
still have some excellent
dates available. If your
wanting to experience some of
the best sport fishing
British Columbia has to
offer, dont miss out on this
falls salmon and sturgeon
fishing opportunities.
Trout
We have not had many reports
on local lakes as most
anglers have been fishing the
Fraser for Sockeye. Now that
the sockeye fishery is closed
to rentention, we should
start seeing more angling
pressure on local lakes.
Hopefully we have a more
detailed report for you by
next week.
If your visiting the
Vancouver area and would like
to experience some of our
remote river fishing. We are
currently offering day trips
into a few of our local
remote rivers. Trout fishing
has been fair for trout up to
4 lbs on both fly and spoons.
Interior Lakes
Fly Fishing on interior lakes
has not been good this past
summer. Warm weather
continues to keep those
larger fish down deep. Soon
the cooler morning of
September will arrive and
things should get back to
normal.
If your wanting more
information on local or
interior lakes, give Dusty or
Daryl a call at Hub sports
604-859-8316
Steelhead
The Chehalis River is at a
trickle, not much happening
when there is no water. You
might want to try fishing the
confluence, not many fish can
get up this river until it
gets some rain.
Vedder River
Fishing reports have been
mixed which is pretty much
normal for this time of year.
A few Coho are starting to
show as well as some of the
Cultas Lake sockeye. The
summer run of Chinook Salmon
is pretty much over but it
wont be long before the Fall
run of those 40-50 lb whites
start showing up. Keep your
tip up and those lines tight.
Remember to conserve your
catch
Tight Lines and we will see
you on the water
Vic Carrao
www.guidebc.com
sts@guidebc.com
604- 671-FISH ( 3474)
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