Brittney and Brandon made a last minute decision and called me up to see if we could put together a last minute trip on their last day in Vancouver. We quickly made arrangements and got licences to go the next morning. The cool day started with fog which lifted just enough so we could get out on the mornings rising tide. We didn't have to wait long for the first bit and their sturgeon fishing/tagging adventure began. In total 7 fish were hooked and 4 landed. The biggest one got away as it broke the line but just an incentive to come back and find him next time.

Santino and Marcus, both 9th grade students came out for a day of sturgeon tagging. Though we were after juvenile sturgeon (less than 20 inches in length) you can't stop the big fish from biting. The day ended with 3 reel burning fish, 6ft 11 in, 6 ft 5 in, and a 5 ft 6 in fish. The boys went home with great memories and burning arm muscles!

October and November is when the Fraser River white sturgeon fatten up on salmon carcasses to bulk up for the winter. While the air temperatures are lower the cabin heater provides a warm and comfortable spot to watch the rod tips. This week was a great time on the water as the high tide approached the bite came on with up to three rods bouncing at one time. Sometimes we had one rod in each hand to determine which bite to set the hook on. A problem every angler has to solve. In the end, 9 fish were landed, tagged and checked for health and injuries and then released. So a good batch of data was collected to support the Fraser River White Sturgeon Conservation program. Fishing will continue into mid to late January and then slow up in February as water temperatures are at the lowest and the bite gets sluggish. However when the bait fish start migrating up the Fraser in March to Mid May the sturgeon fishery will turn on fire again with April the premier month. Stay tune for more updates.