THANK YOU! The fishing gear business really is a scam. Other than line, swivels, a couple of Tomic plugs and octopus hooks I haven’t bought any gear in 8 years.
Fish more and find out. Thin out the fish and change the timing then see if you make the same post. After these fish have been hanging for a few tides or a bunch head upstream it’ll be a different ballgame.
100%.
Someone bought some gear recently
Everyone looking at people tubbed out on social media, not accounting for the fact that there are hundreds of boats out there, captained by fishermen of all skill levels. If 10% of them get limits, tyees, etc., then it’s gonna seem like everyone is limiting out and their expectations will be skewed. Fact of the matter is, there’s thousands of acres of water holding fish, and countless depth/lure/trolling speed combos a guy can use to hook one. Even if you get everything right, you might not swing your gear in front of the face of a fish willing to bite anything. I’ve grinded for 14 hours and scratched out a single fish in Barkley sound, and I’ve also got boat limits in an hour in the same spot. I’m by no means the most experienced or skilled out there, but any day where you get to take home a fish should be considered a win.
DFO creel survey reports + Avid Angler data indicate that the average keeper Chinook, per boat, per day is................. One
What’s the time period for that data?
Interesting, are those stats for SH specifically or maybe for areas when salmon are open? I know of several boats fishing SH this year and they have landed maybe 1 or 2 and released a coho or 2 so it is definitely not limits for all boats.
Not sure if that was from the 2023 year or 2022
I believe that was coast wide for recreational fishers and didn't includes guide retention
Well one main difference between now and 2016 is that you could hammer Sandheads all July & August back then
Yes I did as a matter of fact. Plugs. Plugs that work while bait boats another fish and then the plug still fishing goes off.
Opening Day saw more than 1500 Chinook boated off the Fraser by my estimate and that’s being quite conservative. The cleaning table at Milltown was busy all day yesterday and I saw many boats packing 4-6 Chinooks each. Everyone had stories of a poor landing ratio too. Fish the best times- when are easy biters. Scratching it out at the corner in English Bay.
