OFFICIAL 2015 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Peahead]

Ya got me?? Is 29-6,7,9, 10 considered "Tidal waters of the Fraser River"??? Those state no retention of Chinook....but if you look in the regs coho and pink don't have a mention.

If it is ALL closed to ALL salmon fishing from the Mission Bridge to the outside of the banana....why a notice to state no Chinook retention aside from extending it from the 15th out to the 31rst? Wouldn't a notice just say NO SALMON FISHING????


****EDIT****

Well....stay tuned and continue with reports. Sent an email to Barbara Mueller for confirmation; will confirm if those areas of 29 are considered the mouth or if when it states "TO" the mouth if it is inclusive.

My head hurts....need a beer.

Hey Pippen,

El_kabong has the retention area and non-retention area for Chinook correct. To add to that though and clarify your query the "tidal portion of the Fraser River" has seperate sub areas than the "mouth of the Fraser " sub areas hence the two different regs for both. Tidal Fraser river after the mouth heading east is area 29-13 and 14 and its starting in those areas its no salmon at all.

First point in that notice is an extended chinook reg:

Subareas 29-6, 29-7, 29-9 and 29-10 (Fraser River mouth:
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Effective immediately (emailed July 13, 2015) until July 31, 2015, there is no retention of chinook
salmon.

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Second point in that fishery notice is this notice for the different area ( tidal fraser river):

Tidal waters of the Fraser River:
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Effective immediately until July 31, 2015, there is no fishing for salmon in
the tidal waters of the Fraser River. This area includes the Fraser River
downstream of the CPR Bridge at Mission, BC to the mouth of the river.

 

[Canso]

Anyone know How far from the lightship straight out to get past the line is?

The sandheads lightship is the point where sub areas 29-3, 29-4, 29-9, 29-10 meet.

Draw a line from sandheads light to point Atkinson light and stay to the west of the line.

 

[Pippen]

Hey Pippen,

El_kabong has the retention area and non-retention area for Chinook correct. To add to that though and clarify your query the "tidal portion of the Fraser River" has seperate sub areas than the "mouth of the Fraser " sub areas hence the two different regs for both. Tidal Fraser river after the mouth heading east is area 29-13 and 14 and its starting in those areas its no salmon at all.

First point in that notice is an extended chinook reg:

Subareas 29-6, 29-7, 29-9 and 29-10 (Fraser River mouth:
-------------------------------------------------------
Effective immediately (emailed July 13, 2015) until July 31, 2015, there is no retention of chinook
salmon.

------

Second point in that fishery notice is this notice for the different area ( tidal fraser river):

Tidal waters of the Fraser River:
--------------------------------
Effective immediately until July 31, 2015, there is no fishing for salmon in
the tidal waters of the Fraser River. This area includes the Fraser River
downstream of the CPR Bridge at Mission, BC to the mouth of the river.

Thanks Greg....that's kinda what I had thought. So you CAN fish in the banana for coho/ pinks but any spring by catch goes back. I kinda figured that the mouth and tidal portions did denote two different spots. May have to copy your post for Grizz's post on BCFR as he notes that it "the tidal portion of the Fraser including the banana is closed for salmon fishing.

 

[Percy Stipec]

Fished Gower Point to Bonniebrook yesterday got one nice coho

Sorry I meant to say pink I was tired when I wrote that, it was 25 inches and fought like hell. The Coho are there though someone banged a nice one on a fly rod and I saw a few jump.

 

[Revenge]

Thanks for clearing that up. I had always believed that the banana was "close to fishing" not just chinook retention !!

 

[Tsawwassen]

Banana



Area 29-7 29-9 29-10

Area 29-6 is also closed to Chinook

The way I read it is we are OK to fish for Pinks

 

[mdigiovabc]

Thanks for taking the time to clarifying what the 'Banana' area is!

 

[Pippen]

Area 29-7 29-9 29-10

Area 29-6 is also closed to Chinook

The way I read it is we are OK to fish for Pinks

And coho are fine too......LOVE the image!! Haha.

 

[Rex4deo]

View attachment 19131

Area 29-7 29-9 29-10

Area 29-6 is also closed to Chinook

The way I read it is we are OK to fish for Pinks

Thanks for the graphic!


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[Red Monster]

Now that's funny!
Stay away from the banana: the fish won't go near it.

 

[El_Kabong]

Just remember that the point where 29-9, 29-10, 29-3 and 29-4 meet is the Sandheads light.

If you're north west of the Sandheads light you can retain chinook.

 

[Scoopy]

Anybody going brave the NW today? Was thinking about going out MacDonald and hitting west Van.

 

[Salty Raven]

Hit HITW today, 11:00 til 2:00. One hit but other than that not a sniff. Didn't see any nets out either.

 

[Breaking_Shimanos]

Hey first post.

I went to west van from 5-9 and the wind wasn't too bad. Felt like gusts between 5-10 kms. I'd say the swells were between 3-4ft but calmed down a bit when I began to leave. Saw what appeared to be a couple springs netted but that was between 10-12 boats out there. Saw the occasional bait ball and marked a fair number anywhere between 25-90ft. I did land a clipped coho on a coho killer but it was about a 1/2 lbs.

 

[Pippen]

Saw a beautiful shot of a VERY NICE springer from the "other side" of the bay yesterday.

 

[mhbradley]

Saw a beautiful shot of a VERY NICE springer from the "other side" of the bay yesterday.

Pics or it didn't happen..

 

[sir-vivor]

looks like this thread has become a fish SIGHTING thread !!! or something

 

[Wiseguy]

Is the Coal port area open to Salmon?

 

[mikeyman]

Coal ports are part of the Banana... Fished west van 3 pinks one hatch coho and a 20 lb red spring, lost another 6 fish at least. Got cooked out there in the sun!

 

[Wiseguy]

Coal ports are part of the Banana... Fished west van 3 pinks one hatch coho and a 20 lb red spring, lost another 6 fish at least. Got cooked out there in the sun!

So no fishing then?