2014 Fraser River Sockeye Season Journal

Alright, this year is supposed to be a big one so here is how I fared:

Day 1. I got 2 Sockeye salmon in the first 30 minutes of fishing. No the one is not foul hooked. I put the hook into it so I could tie it up while it sat in the river.

Sockeye
2 Sockeye salmon in the Fraser River.

Day 2.I got 2 Sockeye in the first 20 minutes. 1 on the first cast.

2 Sockeye salmon
2 Sockeye salmon

Day 3. Skunked. Commercial fisheries wiped out the river temporarily.

Sunset on the Fraser
Sunset on the Fraser

Day 4. On a time limit, just got a single in an hour.

Day 5. Went out with my father in-law and we got 2 each within 1.5 hours. You have to look closely at the picture to see the 4. One is in the shadow on the right, and the other one is under the other 2 sockeye.

4 sockeye
4 in the cooler

Day 6. Got 5 between 3 of us within a couple hours. On a time limit again.

5 Sockeye
5 Sockeye Salmon.

Day 7. Got 2 Sockeye salmon in 20 minutes.

two Sockeye salmon
Two Sockeye salmon

Day 8. Went out for a Sunday evening trip. River was slow. I got 1 within an hour and a half of fishing.

Whole Sockey BBQ
Whole Sockeye BBQ

Day 9. Two Sockeye salmon within 3 hours of fishing. It was a laborious job.

Sockeye Salmon with filet knife
Sockeye Salmon with filet knife

Day 10-Aug 31. A hard long 4 hours of fishing yielded this single after I lost one on the shore.

Sockeye
     Fraser Sockeye

Day 11, September 2-2014. This was the best day yet. I caught my 2 within 10 minutes. My friend had his limit within the hour.

4 Sockeye salmon.
4 Sockeye salmon.

Day 12, Sept 3. Not as good as the last day but I still got 2 Sockeye in 2 hours of fishing. My bro got 1. I had one break my leader as it was peeling line off my reel.