awesome! ill be there on the 3rd. should be fun. what do u use as a hook. last time i was there we use a pink hoochie and a silver dodger. we had good luck with that set up. is there anything else i could use thats better??
Skaha is the spawning area for many of these fish. Or they're the precocious ones already trying to get into Okanagan. These latter especially are to be protected as there is much future potential riding on Okanagan as spawning and rearing habitat.Is there any particular reason why there’s no river fishing? Or why there’s no opening on Skaha?
ya for sure theres no fishing at night, im asking about the evening. before dark. anyone fish then? how is it??Sockeye opening is daylight hours only.
My rig is a pink squirt with beads stacked to push the red octopus hook down so it clears the end of the hootchie. (Stinger hook would be better but not permitted). I'm using pink Smile Blade for more flash. Pink or red dodger with 14" leader. Slow troll, 0.8- 1.0 mph. And a ball-mounted inline style Agitator flasher close to the dodger and squirt rig. Lots of course changes to get rigs rising and falling, which is not a problem as there will be a lot of boats out there.
Stinger hook would be better but not permitted).
Skaha is the spawning area for many of these fish. Or they're the precocious ones already trying to get into Okanagan. These latter especially are to be protected as there is much future potential riding on Okanagan as spawning and rearing habitat.
This sure generates a lot of debate amongst anglers of the larger Interior Lakes, mostly when the topic of using Bucktails comes up in the springtime.
The Freshwater Regs are not clear and any discussions around it usually end up with the ‘yes’ side saying they checked with authorities and were told two hooks on the same lure were OK and the ‘no’ side saying they were told NOT OK.
There is a Lake Specific single barbless hook restriction on Osoyoos, meaning a single pointed and barbless hook designed to catch one fish at a time must be used. However, the Province wide rule is ‘only one fishing line to which attached is one hook.’ The spirit of this is to prevent people from using set ups that have the potential to hook two fish at once. IMHO, the wording of this Provincial reg needs to be changed to make it clear that it is OK to use lures, flies (i.e Bucktails) and hoochies with two hooks as long as they comply with any local restrictions (i.e. barbless, single point).
True dat, but then there is the DFO notice which indicates single barbless for Sockeye only. I’m going with my tandem hoochies regardless.its not a single barbless hook. It’s just barbless. Just like Okanagan.
True dat, but then there is the DFO notice which indicates single barbless for Sockeye only. I’m going with my tandem hoochies regardless.
Correct. Single as apposed to trebles.The Fisheries notice says, and I quote, “ Single barbless hooks are required when fishing for Salmon in non-tidal waters of British Columbia”.
That’s pretty basic English right there. Single barbless HOOKS ARE required. That’s in the plural tense. If it was supposed to be 1 hook, it should say “A single barbless HOOK IS required.....”
ill be running my tandem hootchies as well.