Looks like most of our guide team is dialing in on the big fish this week, in the last two days we have landed 12 fish over 7ft and 3 over 8. We are working hard for our fish, putting in the time and having a blast. Most of the fish are over 5 feet with lots of six and seven footers. Salmon fishing continues to be excellent out in the chuck for both Chinook Salmon and Pink, even getting the odd Coho.

Here is one from today measuring 7ft 11 to the fork, Toms working hard for these big ones but looks like he is dialed.

I spent the last two days fishing and filming with La tournee de Films Tour Chasse & Peche and Western Trophy Outfitters from Laval Quebec. We fished both days for sturgeon and now tomorrow we are heading to the Salt to fish for salmon. Today we cut the day short after landing our 4th fish over 6ft and ran up to Sailor Bar for a little boat surfing and whitewater fun. Our biggest today was 7ft 4 but after just landing a 6ft 11 , Kenny and Stefan were pooped.

Here are a few pics from today.

Stefan with his first big sturgeon, I think he has a new found respect for sturgeon and their power

Vic, Stefan and Kenny holding a beauty from today

Kenny’s Turn to battle a big fish today, this one is going to kick his ass, nap time shorty after we landed this one.lol.

Just under 8ft this amazing sturgeon was released but not until we scanned her for a Pitt Tag.

Salmon fishing has been equally good and Thomas has been ripping some lips out at the Sand Heads and T-10. Each day brings another adventure and today I think Thomas was getting the full experience. Kelly and the guys from DMK Drilling Fluids spent the day out of our Delta Airport Hotel location, tomorrow they are on the Fraser for Sturgeon.

No word on the Fraser Salmon opening yet but I do not expect it to last must longer. It is high time DFO opened the Fraser back up for sport fishing for Chinook and Pink Salmon especially after all the night fish that is occurring on the river. If you have been reading the local news over 60 nets and 9 boats have been seized from illegal fishing on the Fraser.

Here is a picture I took a few days ago of DFO Enforcement officers doing a great job pulling nets in the canyon.

We have had a few boats fishing the mouth of the Vedder and although there are a few Pink Salmon moving through, still not enough to make it work while fishing this area, that could change in a day or two but if you want to catch some pinks salmon in the river, I would suggest heading up further near Chilliwack.

Lots of great fishing to come , we still have plenty of good dates so give us a shout and lets go fishing.

Fishing in the Vancouver/Fraser Valley is starting to pick up, we have been fishing the Fraser for Sturgeon, Vancouver area for Salmon and Vancouver Island for both salmon and Halibut. We have also spent the last few days on the Pitt river fishing for trout which has been amazing with 25 fish landed yesterday. See below for more details.

Our guests from Newlands Systems took the day off to do canyon fishing and some wild and crazy jet boating

Sturgeon fishing has improved in the last few days, we are running daily trips out of Mission, Kilby and The Fraser Canyon, all 3 locations produced some large fish yesterday so hopefully this trend will continue through next week. Can’t really say what best bait is right now because it seems to be changing by the day. Best bet is to run as many baits as you can and see what happens.

Great fish caught by our guests from AQ Smith, nice job boys.

Vancouver salmon fishing continues to produce some great results, we have been out all week and have landed some great fish. The Pinks are starting to get thick out at the north arm so lots of fun catching them on light tackle. Still good numbers of Springs moving holding both at the south and north arms of the Fraser.

Pitt River Trout fishing has been excellent this past week, great time to go up and see bears and salmon spawning. This trip is best done on weekdays when river is quite with no boats, water is getting low so unless you have a specialized boat and plenty of Pitt river experience, I would suggest hiring someone who does.

Our Hells Gate Tours are busy running 7 days a week, we are now offering a 2 hour evening tour to try to meet demand as we are full for day trips until middle of October. If you would like to experience some of the biggest baddest rapids on the Fraser, our 2 hour Hope to Sailor Bar tour is offered every weekend until we run out of day light, trip depart from Hope at 5pm.

Hope you have a great weekend, I know I will.

Vic Carrao

Still no word as to when the salmon fishing will be open on the Fraser but we are expecting to hear something by the end of the week. Until then we will continue to offer salmon trips on the Pitt River and Saltwater out of Vancouver.

Here is a nice spring from yesterday caught near the south arm of the Fraser River

Fishing for both Pink salmon and Chinook salmon has improved this past week, we have experienced some excellent action at the confluence of the north arm, T-10, and Sand Heads. When the bite comes on the action can be fast and furious as some of our guest have experienced, a few days ago we had 3 double headers with 20 lb chinook.

Fishing at our north Island locations is also very good so for those who can spare two days, this fishery offer Chinook & Coho Salmon, Halibut, and Snapper . Fishing will remain good until middle of September so please give us a call if you would like to experience this great fishing.

Fraser River Sturgeon

Sturgeon fishing has been slow on the Fraser near Mission and Chilliwack, lots of big fish rolling they don’t seem to want to eat much right now. I recall the same situation last year about the same time so hopefully it will only last for a few days. We do have some areas of the Fraser that are producing good results so if you are wanting to get out we will do our best to find some fish. Prime time is just around the corner so good time to book for September and October.

We landed this beauty yesterday measuring 7 ft 4 with a 40 inch girth, wow what a fat fish.