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Chum salmon
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Fishing has really picked up this past week with lots of salmon entering local rivers and main stem Fraser. Most of these salmon migrating up the Fraser are entering into the Stave, Dewdney, Vedder and Harrison Rivers. Best fishing for salmon right now is occurring from Harrison River downstream to as far as Stave River. Prime fishing for coho, chum and chinook salmon, as well as some amazing Sturgeon fishing.
Salmon Fishing Update
Large schools of salmon are now migrating up the Fraser with each high tide; the main species migrating are coho, chum and chinook salmon. As mentioned above, these fish are heading to their home waters on the Stave, Dewdney, Vedder, Harrison and Chehalis rivers.
If you are fishing the main stem Fraser, you can target these fish with several methods. Bar fishing with Yakima Bait Spin n Glos or Gibbs Delta Tee Spoons are very productive. We prefer using #2 spin n glos in the half n half, or chartreuse poke a dot. If you're using Tee Spoons, chartreuse blade or chrome/brass work well.
If you're fishing the Vedder, Stave or Chehalis, try traditional float fishing with cured roe, single egg/wool patterns or purple/chartreuse/pink maribou jigs. One of my favorites is float fishing with Colorado blades - use the same set up as you would if you were float fishing with roe, except exchange the cured roe for a small #2 Gibbs Delta colorado blade. Dead drift the blade same as you would roe, change nothing except as you drift through the tail out of the run, add a little thumb pressure to the reel to raise the blade off the bottom and add blade speed.
Sturgeon Fishing Update
Sturgeon fishing has been excellent for the most part, the odd slower day but overall some incredible catches by our guests the past few weeks. Sturgeon fishing will not only remain this good, it will even improve as we get into November. Some of our best days happen between October 21 and November 15. The reason you ask? Water temperatures are beginning to drop, lots of food in the river as salmon begin to spawn, die and deposit massive amounts of decaying matter on the river bottom.
Sturgeon fishing on the Fraser River is a world class fishery. The area between Harrison River and Stave River is some of the most productive water to fish because of the mass amount of food available. Our trips depart daily from Mission, Chilliwack, Harrison and Hope. There is still lots of great fishing ahead of us and to celebrate what we consider primetime Fall fishing, we are offering some great discount specials for November/December. There is still plenty of great fishing ahead of us, come join us.
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