Fraser Legends Fishing - Vancouver Fishing Charters in British Columbia.
Contact at
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Blog
  • Species & Seasons
  • Rates & Packages
  • Trip Planning
  • Transportation, Accommodations, Golfing, Shopping, Kids Stuff
  • Pick Up and Drop Off Locations
  • Personal World Records
  • Conservation Trips and Charity Trips
  • Derbies, Private or Corporate
  • Fly Fishing
  • Sailing, Cruising, Photography
  • Fraser Legends Clothing and Gear
  • Fishin Legends
  • Handling Fish and Photographs.
  • Good Reading

What's Been Happening?

Any day is a great day to create your own family legend.  We just decided to take a day off and look what we ended up with!  Your legendary trip could be next!

Plan a Trip

Sockeye are in the Fraser!

7/8/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
This scene will hopefully be repeated soon as the first sockeye are now entering the Fraser River and have already passed by Mission.  Everyone is looking forward to this fishery and it is hoped that the run will just continue to build.  The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is requiring the commercial Fishers begin to gear up and register to have on board observers.  The commercial boats will be required to have 20% of the catch validated by an independent on board observer and all catch will have to be landed at approved designated offloading areas for more accurate assessments of the catch total.  If the commercial boats intend to offload at other sites, they must first register those sites with the DFO independant observer.  All this must be done by July 18th in order to participate in the commercial fishery.

20 commercial boats are already registered for the test fisheries so things are falling into place should the fish start to enter the Johnstone Strait.

DFO is also increasing the allowable catch for coho in anticipation of an increased run.  Currently you can retain 2 hatchery coho in the southern Vancouver Island/Juan de Fuca areas 20 and 19-1 to 19-4.  In September this will change to keeping 2 coho of which one may be an un-marked fish.

Last but not least, the Vedder has been starting to produce red springs of which a 40 pounder caught on the weekend is making the rumor mill spin.

The Fraser continues to drop and clear up, with much less debris it will be good to head out for sturgeon to get some big ones before they get too fat and picky with all the sockeye they will soon be gorging on.

Tight lines and book a trip for what will likely be a memorable salmon season.

Book a trip
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    E-mail me at peterk12@live.com
    Call 1 778 870 3241

    Author

    My name is Peter Krahn and I want to welcome you to Fraser Legends Fishing Blog. We look forward to keeping up with all our friends as we pursue good times and tight lines!

    Archives

    April 2023
    November 2022
    August 2022
    September 2021
    October 2020
    January 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    September 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    April 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    July 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.