RiverBoy
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makita cordless drill and a spade bit to the hull of their boat should do the trick....
2018 OFFICIAL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread
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makita cordless drill and a spade bit to the hull of their boat should do the trick....
Captain PartyMarty
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Anybody out there today how bad are the waves?
Thanks for the report. Looks like I made the right call coming to work today...although I don't think that's ever true lol
I'll be out tomorrow!
apprentice
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A little rolly out from t10 but not choppy. Pretty windy. Tryimg to stick it out
sir-vivor
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Put another 2 monster socks.. 556 ft water straight off white marker at Sandheads so at 6 now, need 12.6-8 ft rollers at times no let up so far
apprentice
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Nothing for us. We gave up. Only 1 undersized chinook and 1 unkown lost. Definitely didn’t seem like it was going to let up
sir-vivor
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Got our 12 going home, waters calming down
A-a-Ron
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Nice work... are they still holding deep like 100’+ on the rigger?
Trophy79
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I’m only targeting springs these days as well...if you’re heading to sandheads, I’d suggest fishing closer to the mouth, no more than 80’ of Water and running your gear between 30 and 50’...you’ll be marking tons, if they don’t hit in one direction tack back every which way till you’ve tried all directions, they are there and they are hitting just need to figure out which way they like it some days.
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Tightlines22
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Yes big rollers to deal with today. Understandable with 20 knot winds. We landed 4 of 6 all around 100’ today.
What.......! Real rough eh ..... Brutal on a guy. Good on all You guys making it out again. Buddy and two guests managed their load off T10 to NA, 9o feet was their best option today.
No pic of the spring? ...... Congrats always nice to fight fish by your lonesome and it's nice to get a bonus Nook Smiley in a mix of Sox if your lucky.
This is the time if year I've banged my largest fish around Van area for dam near 60 years..... On and off now through Oct on them big Whites off Fraser mouth and West van Cap mouth.
Go get EM BOYZ ....... Good luck to you that are out!
Wanna see some biggin Tyee pics............ The Tales from the Tyee Pool thread is an awesome read and viewing...... I've always wanted to row for one of the Biggins. Bucket list Some day.
ab1752
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Thanks a ton, I appreciate the info. My plan is to push off from LGM by 7 am and make the run off SH provided the seas aren't bonkers. If the seas are still lumpy then Siwash here I come .
Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Subject: FN0943-Salmon - Fraser River Sockeye Update - Areas 11 to 29 - September 4, 2018
The Fraser River Panel met Tuesday, September 4, to receive an update on the
migration of the Fraser Sockeye runs to date and review the status of migration
conditions in the Fraser River watershed.
Purse Seine test fishery catches in both Areas 12 and 20 remained at low levels
for the past several days with Area 12 having catches in the 500 to 600 fish
per day for the last two days. Area 20 catches have been below 20 sockeye for
the most recent four days of testing. This has resulted in an increase in the
diversion rate to 94% based on the most recent 5 day average of catch in the
Area 20 and 12 purse seine test fisheries. The Area 20 test fishery is being
terminated on September 5. Stock identification samples from the most recent
Area 12 purse seine test fishery was comprised of 28% Summer run and 72% Late
Run stocks. No Early Summers were present in this sample.
Gill net test fishery catches in the Fraser River have been steady for the past
several days with Whonnock catches fluctuating between 61 on august 31 and 27
on September 3. Cottonwood catches have also fluctuated but at slightly higher
levels from 56 on August 31 to 96 on September 3. Daily Mission escapement
estimates have increased from 26,000 on August 30 to between 30,300 and 41,800
over the last 4 days. The estimated total Sockeye escapement past Mission to
September 3 is 3,698,800. This is comprised of 121,400 Early Stuarts, 1,094,000
Early Summers, 1,992,800 Summers and 490,600 Late run fish. Stock
identification analyses from recent samples taken in the lower Fraser River
indicate that Early Summers have dropped to 9% of the stock composition while
Summers decreased to 42% and Lates increased to 48% in the most recent below
Bridge sample. Within the Early Summer run group the later timed South Thompson
Early Summer stocks continue to be the dominant stock while the Summer run
timing group are primarily Chilko/Quesnel with lower proportions of Late
Stuart/Stellako and Raft/North Thompson. The current estimate for holding Late
Run fish is approximately 1.6 to 2.2 million fish.
Pre-season the Fraser Panel adopted management adjustments(MA) for Early Stuart
based on the historical median for all years, Early Summer based on the
historical median for dominant years only (2018 cycle) and Summer run Sockeye
based on the historical median for all years. Model predicted management
adjustments based on the water discharge and temperature predictions were not
adopted largely due to the high degree of uncertainty in the temperature
forecasts and run timing. Management adjustments are additional fish that are
removed from identified harvest levels and allowed to escape upstream in an
attempt to assist in achievement of identified escapement objectives for the
different run timing groups. In-season information over the coming weeks will
help to inform future decisions on management adjustments for the Early Summer,
Summer and Late run management groups while the Early Stuart management group
continues to be managed based on the Low Abundance Exploitation Rate (LAER) of
10%. It is anticipated the Early Stuart Sockeye return will result in a
spawning escapement being below goal.
The observed water temperature at Qualark on September 3 was 16.9° Celsius
which is 0.4° Celsius above average for this date. The Fraser River discharge
at Hope on September 3 was 1,782 cubic meters per second which is 27% below the
average discharge for this date.
During the Panel meeting today there were no changes made to run size or
Management Adjustment for any of the run timing groups.
The sixth spawning ground report was released on August 30. The Scotch Creek
counting fence was operational on August 9 with 62,652 sockeye enumerated to
date, the majority of which being in good condition. Some fish had net marks
and wounds. The Eagle River Hydroacoustic site was operational on August 10
with 120,016 fish having been estimated to have passed the site to date. The
Nadina Spawning Channel operations continue to be influenced by forest fire in
the immediate area. Water has been turned on in the channel and about 15,000
fish have entered the spawning channel at this time. The Stellako River
hydroacoustic site was operational on August 1 with a total of 177,733 sockeye
estimated to have passed to date. The majority of these fish would be Nadina
sockeye at this time. Sockeye have recently been observed in Gates Creek with
loading of the spawning channel expected to begin on August 30. The Chilko
River hydroacoustics site was operational on August 3 with a total of 170,851
sockeye estimated to date. In the Quesnel River the hydroacoustics site was
operational on August 7 with 401,623 sockeye estimated to date. The counting
fence at Sweltzer Creek was installed on July 31 and 14 Sockeye have been
counted into Cultus Lake to date.
Currently, First Nations food, social and ceremonial (FSC) and Economic
Opportunity Sockeye fisheries are winding down in Marine areas and the lower
Fraser River. First Nation fishers in marine approach areas, as well as the
Fraser River are requested to check for the opening times and any restrictions
in their local area.
Retention of sockeye in marine and in-river recreational fisheries began on
August 1 and 7 respectively. Commercial fisheries for Areas B and H are
scheduled to close today. All other commercial fishing areas are currently
closed.
US commercial fisheries are now complete unless run size increases above the
current adopted levels.
The next Panel meeting will be on Friday, September 7 at 11am.
coastalmarinesafety
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Anybody heading out solo tomorrow looking to share gas costs with 2 others? I am visiting the big smoke and my gf and I would gladly head out for some sockeye fishing if anyone was in to that. I have my own boat out of C. River, experienced fisherman, but sockeye was a bust over there this year as you all probably know 
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