We are turning the page on another year; welcome 2025!
To all of our old friends, guests and new acquaintances who fished with us this year, we would like to thank all of you for joining us and spending your time with us in our boats. We feel very fortunate to have been privileged to pass the time with so many amazing people, from all over the world, while soaking a line.
We already look forward to seeing our old and new friends and meeting new guests in 2025.
The 2024 season provided some great fishing outings and some challenging days as well – it seemed like we lived it all.
Sturgeon fishing remained fair to good overall, and if your timing was right (and the timing was all about luck), you saw some great sturgeon fishing! We mostly run late March/ April to mid November, and picking the peaks would’ve been akin to gambling- nothing was predictable for ‘24.
River conditions remained variable as the weather bounced around with dry weather and then just enough rain to keep the water temperatures cool. The Chilcotin slide in early August presented a few interesting days with the debris that settled down here in the valley, but the sturgeon did not seem to mind. After that event, we were reminded of the slide whenever it rained up there with silty water conditions. The Fraser never really cleaned up to its normal turbidity and it seemed to be a bit higher than normal for the fall season; but the river still fished reasonably well and produced nice sized sturgeon.
The fall brings a change of pace for guides with the incoming salmon. The Harrison, Chehalis and Chilliwack rivers provide excellent salmon opportunities. We spent most of our time on the Harrison and mostly fly fished for coho and chum salmon. If you don’t fly fish, or wanted a break from the fly rod, spin casting and float fishing are two excellent methods that work well for coho and chum, and are easy to implement. The Harrison fishery is well worth fishing from October to mid-November.
With the significant portion of the guiding season over with, there are some fisheries worth considering and those are steelhead and trout. Both can be fished for by float/drifting or by fly-fishing- the Chilliwack and Harrison both provide great opportunities. While the Chilliwack can be a busy river, you can still get away from the crowd with a bit of effort and willingness to fish the unpleasant days. If you’re wanting to learn how to fish for steelhead, a guided trip can be very valuable and significantly speed up the learning curve to get you on track to productive and enjoyable angling. And if you like to fly fish for steelhead, we are happy to provide instruction there, too! There’s still places to fish away from the crowds so if a day of stepping and casting for a chance at a trout, chat or a steelhead sounds like a good day, give us a call!
Best wishes to all for 2025!
It is a pleasure to have spent 35 years guiding and running boats on this amazing waterway.
Come join us for a day of sturgeon or salmon fishing on the river, and experience all that the Fraser river has to offer!
Have fun, enjoy what we have today, and remember, you can’t catch them from the couch.
We look forward to spending quality time in the boat with all of you soon!
Best wishes to you all, from all of us!
Cheers!
Whether you are looking for a day trip fishing or you want to stay longer, we can arrange everything from your pickup at the airport in a limo, to your hotel accommodation and the best guided fishing tours in the Fraser Valley. Please contact Marc or Maggie on Toll Free: 1-877-887-4366 or use our contact form.