Fishing remains good on our local rivers for both salmon and sturgeon, the big talk this year has been around the incredible Coho Fishing. Even as late as yesterday our guides were still producing chrome silver Coho using Gibbs Crocs and Ultra Lures. There is 3 areas that we have been doing well, Harrison, Stave and main stem Fraser between Dewdney Slough and Hatzic Flats, Reports of good Coho fishing are also coming from Norish Creek.

Chum fishing is also very good and will produce results well into late November, we are mostly float fishing with jigs and fly fishing but they can also be taken using Gibbs Spoons as well. Both the Stave and Harrison confluence is producing fresh chum on each high tide. Best to check your tides and try to fish the incoming if you are fishing the Stave R, for the Harrison try fishing about 2 hours after high tide reaches Mission for best push of fish.

This has been one of the best seasons we have seen for sturgeon fishing on the Fraser, lots of big fish this year and our team is still landing the big ones on a daily basis. Although we are starting to wind down we will continue to offer sturgeon trips until last weekend in November, then we will be taking a break for a few months and allow these fish to rest in their wintering holes. If you plan on going out this weekend, Chum roe is your best bait, rotten salmon is also working but fresh eggs are producing best results.

Our Jet Boat Tours are done for another season, this was our busiest year ever and would like to thank everyone who journeyed up the Fraser Canyon with me. We are already getting booked for next summer/fall so be sure to book early for 2014. Speaking of 2014, STS Guiding Service will be celebrating our 20th year in business and will be offering some great incentives to book early. Stay tuned and if you don’t already follow our blog or face book page, you can join us by following this link.
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Our 2014 Salmon /Halibut Adventures are now open to the public, our previous groups from this past season have all re-booked their dates and we are now opening up dates for July and early August. We have 3 dates open for July, these are prime dates for groups up to 8 people. Accommodations are provided by Whales Reach Lodge, guided fishing is provided by STS Guiding Service. We will have 3 boats to serve you this season so get your booking done soon before it is too late.

Last but not least, we are off to Costa Rica for some well-deserved RR. Teresa and I will be spending as much time on the water as we can so keep coming back to see what we are catching. If you are ever considering heading down to CR for some fishing, give us a call and we can help you out. We also might be able to rent you our home located in one of the best fishing region of CR.

My oldest daughter Nicole helping the old man with his first ever Mahi Mahi

My favorite is Rooster Fishing.

Tight Lines

Vic Carrao

Weather has been amazing and so is the fishing, after this weekend we are beginning to slow down so we will have space available on short notice. There is still lots of great fishing for both salmon and sturgeon and weather is supposed to be nice for another week. If you would like to get out with one of our top guides, give me a call and we will do our best to get you into that trophy fish.

Brady Misner and buddies landed this 8ft 4 fish at the end of the day today, they still got 2 more days to stretch those arms.

Both salmon and sturgeon fishing continues to produce good results, yesterday was a great day for sturgeon fishing for all of our groups with lots of fish over 6ft and a few over 7ft. I started my day with a 7ft 2 and ended my day with a 6ft 2, the other 7 fish were all over 5ft except one so a pretty good day over all.

Our best baits have been salmon roe but we are still getting a few fish on stink bait and lamprey but I would be saving the lamprey for spring or early summer when this bait is most important to sturgeon.

Salmon fishing continue to be good, Thomas managed to land several chrome Coho and fresh chum fishing with both spoons and float fishing jigs. This years Coho run has been amazing with lots of fish still pouring into the river. We wiull see a slow down over the next week but until then we will keep fishing for both Coho and Chum.

Here is a nice Chinook landed last week, this run is pretty much over but still lots of great Chum and Coho fishing available.

Have a great Halloween