I should have...
Mr. Dean said:
"....Oh yeah, getting up for tides at this time of year is BS for Vancouver, mature springs included..but if I were you, I'd be fishing the floods for any mature springs at this time of year in Vancouver."
This statement contradicts itself. I think it should've included what type of Chinook you're targeting. Resident feeders or migratory spawners.
IMO. Tides ARE a religion. Tides AND structure dictate where the feed will be holding. After all, if you were wanting lunch.......You wouldn't walk into Canadian Tire and expect getting a hamburger. :wink:
Salmon and humans aren't that much different. We all want to survive. Being able to locate food sources is the lowest common denomanator.
Yeah..you're right on that Mr. Dean but not entirely. There HAS to be fish there. If you're going to catch, there HAS to be fish there. In a land of plenty, the tide change often times has SFA to do with whether or not you're catching fish. Certainly around tide changes etc..we all know that does impact how readily fish feed..but to be honest, if you can find the mass of fish, you can hook 'em....but otherwise...90% of a days fish can be caught during the peak times...and sometimes not!
Case in point--I'll pick a local fishery..the Capilano River fishery...the FLOOD tide is it, when the tide ebbs, those fish are NOT concentrated where they are on the flood...they move---I've had some spectacular results fishing the ebb off the Cap and totally dumbfounded myself and several other people when I started hooking and catching like it was the flood...but no one was fishing it....it's repeatable too..I've done if a few times!
However, I've been at and fished various areas in Vancouver and all over the coast where the bite was not necessarly correlated to tide changes--for mature and immature fish. However, find the fish, and you're catching. One could argue that fish as they approach their maternal rivers do not feed as aggressively, NO argument from me there, however, relatively speaking, in the case of the angler taking his mom fishing, you'd be better off putting your time in as people have determined that many mature fish returning to the Fraser enter the river within days of arriving off the mouth. That's your biggest factor determining your success out there...as well as how much area there is to cover....which is A LOT!
I agree almost wholeheartedly with your statement...but I'd have to say "Tides and Structure STRONGLY INFLUENCE where the feed will be holding"
Unfortunately though, in Vancouver, the feed is relatively so scarce, if you happened to catch a few fish or two in the feed...great..otherwise I wouldn't sit on a bait mass all day if after a few passes through and around it I didn't hook anything.
I think you and I are saying the same thing, just slightly different.
Looking forward to fishing tomorrow!
