Originally posted by 4Salt:
I think oolichan is speaking the truth! I spent the weekend up there and the fishing was considerably slower than last year. We spent a lot of time on the lower end of the Harrison bar where the Harrison bay guide boats tag-team the best spot. Once they got one boat limited, they would radio another to take over. They said they were doing this because some of their other "sure thing" bars just weren't paying off and at least this one was fairly consistent.
Sat. evening, one of their client groups included a young boy about 13, and his dad. They just weren't hooking up and we were doing OK, so I handed off my rod to the kid (I know it probably wasn't legal, but the kid REALLY wanted to catch a fish) who reeled in a nice sock. The guide was a nice guy and thanked us for helping out.
We caught fish, but nowhere near the numbers we did last year. Oh well, it's still a fun experience camping on a river bar and enjoying the beautiful setting. There were a few pinks in the mix too for us, but unfortunately no springs this year.
4Salt,
Glad to hear you had a good time. You guys had the right idea camping upriver from the Island 22 / Grassy gong show. There's less fish , but the experience is much better.
Tag teaming the best spots is the way the guides do it - we watched another well known local guide sit on a spot around the Harrison all week. It was kind of fun tossing the buoy and drifting by them 6 times with springs on while they struggled to hook a sockeye.
Too bad we couldn't hook up, we'll have to get together to kick the snot out of some of those big white springs, but not on the vedder. How does 30 slabs a day sound?
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