Finished Business
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The sturgeon season is starting to ramp up with more and more boats hitting the water. As of today, July 18 the water is still very high at the Mission Bridge. The river is blown out near the tops of the dikes so it makes navigating the ever changing Fraser a little more difficult. Keep an eye on the sounder as you can go from 60ft to 5ft in a matter of seconds, but this is par for the course on the Fraser.
I will post the various tackle rigs we use shortly...but for now a report will do.
Myself and Trendsetter set out Monday a little later in the evening, launching at 7:30pm. We fished off a logboom at the mouth of the Dewdney Slough. We managed to keep the rods in the water for a solid 1.5hours before dusk fell. With few salmon in the river, and not sure what to use for bait we tossed a salmon belly, and a 2 day old anchovy out on the line. It didn't take long before the anchovy was scooped up, rather agressively by sturgeon standards, and started peeling line. Tied up in only 25 feet of water the fish had to make ground quick. He ran downriver, and then straight up the pipe right to our stern...with a cunning move the fish cut under the log boom and shot skyward through a gap in the boom! Literally ended up half in the water and half on the boom, we had hooked a nice fish, estimated in the 6ft range. After breaching and falling back into the water, the fish broke off and went on its merry way. Surprised as hell that it took on an anchovy but it was a great start to the season.
Tuesday we hit the water earlier, just before 6pm. Lacking an anchor, we looked for another boom to tie to. Due to the high water hardly any of the regular log booms are tied up east of the bridge.
Today we opted to try a piece of herring, and some Oolichans. Oolichans of course were the trick, and we had 2 good bites, with one landed at about 3.5ft.
Will be working this fishery in the coming weeks as the salmon start piling into the river system. In regards to salmon, saw some early runners jumping around but word is the mass is still a couple weeks out.
I am in no way an expert at this fishery but if people have questions, I, and I'm sure others with knowledge will do our best to answer them.
Get fishing, TIGHT LINES!
-FB-
I will post the various tackle rigs we use shortly...but for now a report will do.
Myself and Trendsetter set out Monday a little later in the evening, launching at 7:30pm. We fished off a logboom at the mouth of the Dewdney Slough. We managed to keep the rods in the water for a solid 1.5hours before dusk fell. With few salmon in the river, and not sure what to use for bait we tossed a salmon belly, and a 2 day old anchovy out on the line. It didn't take long before the anchovy was scooped up, rather agressively by sturgeon standards, and started peeling line. Tied up in only 25 feet of water the fish had to make ground quick. He ran downriver, and then straight up the pipe right to our stern...with a cunning move the fish cut under the log boom and shot skyward through a gap in the boom! Literally ended up half in the water and half on the boom, we had hooked a nice fish, estimated in the 6ft range. After breaching and falling back into the water, the fish broke off and went on its merry way. Surprised as hell that it took on an anchovy but it was a great start to the season.
Tuesday we hit the water earlier, just before 6pm. Lacking an anchor, we looked for another boom to tie to. Due to the high water hardly any of the regular log booms are tied up east of the bridge.
Today we opted to try a piece of herring, and some Oolichans. Oolichans of course were the trick, and we had 2 good bites, with one landed at about 3.5ft.
Will be working this fishery in the coming weeks as the salmon start piling into the river system. In regards to salmon, saw some early runners jumping around but word is the mass is still a couple weeks out.
I am in no way an expert at this fishery but if people have questions, I, and I'm sure others with knowledge will do our best to answer them.
Get fishing, TIGHT LINES!
-FB-
