Though it is very rare, I have heard of a few people catching socks on the bar rigs. Right eimaj!m Plus I have talked to a few other credible people who have caught sockeye on Bar rigs.
Socks don't bite.....lets look at this for a moment. People catch sockeye all the time without snagging them, in the Fraser well thats a different story. When the socks enter the Fraser they are adjusting to life in freshwater. During this adjustment period, no they don't bite. However, if a sock was to adjust before it reaches it's home stream why wouldn't it bite like any other salmon? I personally don't think it is all that unheard of someone actually catching a sock on Bar gear.
I myself was out on Monday, started at Jesperson's and went up to Spaghetti. Below the bridge were all Bar fishers (from what I could see, a few BBer's around) but up at Spaghetti was all BBing. I found a nice sized slot to pull the boat in and throw out the bar rods. The whole day I only saw 1 sockeye caught at spaghetti, and one boat chase down a sturgie (must have been a nice size as they went almost down to Peg).
For me and my dad, well it was a slow day....very slow. We did have a hit in the morning (most likely something ran into our lines though as it was very short lived). Finished off the day fishing for sturgies.....with no luck there either. My dad has a fishing curse, everytime he has joined me on the mighty flow we leave skunked....I told him next time we go out it will be with a guide. This way I can put his luck to the test. If we don't catch anything with the guide then it is him. If we do, then I guess it's me ;D
