In this report I will talk about two topics, all of which you are going to want to know if you fish for chinook in and around the Vancouver area. First, the chinook fishery off the Fraser Mouth in September is in serious jeopardy.  You will want to read about this and act by filling out the survey.  There is a very real risk it will be closed this year due to SRKW measures from the N Arm to S Arm, Aug 1 to Oct 31. Second, the numbers are in from last year’s chinook returns and it’s good news.  We saw major rebounds in stocks of concern from very low brood stock years, with strong returns on local rivers and on the Island. Check…

Special Chinook Report With opening day of September 1st fast approaching, it’s time to talk chinook.  Although the announcement hasn’t come out yet, the Integrated Fisheries Management Plan does show an expected opening as of September 1st, 2021, for 2 chinook a day, min size 62 cm, no max size, clipped or unclipped (hatchery or wild), in our local waters.  So, in short, you can fish the Fraser mouth area again and keep chinook on the morning of September 1st. Here is your Vancouver Chinook report for August 27, 2021 The bulk of the red fleshed fish, aka red springs, has passed.  Numbers usually peak later in the third week of August.   There will still be some around on Sep 1 and there will be a few white fleshed chinook, aka white springs in the mix. …

CHINOOK UPDATE 2021    As of April 1st, we are under some very restrictive interim chinook fishing regulations in the Vancouver area.  In this update I am going to talk about the chinook update for regulations, proposals on the table, what we might see in the coming weeks, and what you can do about it.  Here is great video from Public Fishery Alliance on the importance of the SFAB proposals DFO is currently considering.     The Sport Fish Advisory Board (SFAB) has put forward chinook update recommendations to DFO to have some hatchery chinook retention areas in Howe Sound and over at Gabriola Island as of April 1st, 2021.    I can’t sum it up any better than the Sport Fishing Institute did in a recent update, so here is what they have to say:  AWAITING…

2020 Chinook Measures As many of you know, I have taken it upon myself to be involved in the management of our public fisheries as best I can.  I am currently a Director at the Sport Fishing Institute of BC, I am President of the Vancouver Sport Fishing Guides Association, and I am Chair of the Lower Fraser Valley Sport Fish Advisory Committee which is part of the Sport Fish Advisory Board process to DFO, who are creating these new chinook measures.  At this time, I am taking all those hats off and writing to you as a fellow Canadian who is deeply concerned by the DFO 2020 fisheries management measures to protect Fraser chinook, announced yesterday afternoon.  These are my views and mine alone,…

SPECIAL CHINOOK REPORT Well here we are again.  It’s the middle of April with excellent chinook fishing in our local waters and no opportunity to retain a chinook, not even a hatchery fish. Here is your special chinook report for April 16, 2020 Here are the facts.  Yes, there are some chinook stocks that are in trouble.  Primarily the ones that go in the upper reaches of the Fraser and enter the river in April, May, June, and July.  They spend 2 years in their natal streams.  These stocks are called 4.2 and 5.2.  The first number is their mature age, the second refers to how long they stay in the river before out migrating.  Are these stocks in trouble, you bet.  Their spawning habitat…