With great excitement I always look forward to the coming of the Fall here in the Fraser river valley, a mere 60 minute drive eastward from the heart of Vancouver, BC. The trophy size fall King salmon are starting to migrate upriver by later August and visions of Silversides Fishing Adventures guests playing 50 lb [...]
Sturgeon Fishing
100-Pound Sturgeon Sets San Francisco Record
There are plenty of big fishing swimming off the coast of San Francisco, but it is a freshwater sturgeon that is turning heads in the Bay Area. According to the San Francisco Gate, Gary Howard was fishing at Del Valle Reservoir near Livermore, California when he hooked into a 100-pound sturgeon. Using anchovies for bait, it took [...]
Michigan Authorities Stop Sturgeon Poacher
Sturgeon are a highly protected species in Michigan, and the state’s Department of Natural Resources and the Clay Township Police Department are being congratulated for working together to take down a poacher. According to the official release on The Fishing Wire, officers received an anonymous tip from their Report All Poachers hotline about illegal activity. Using [...]
Two Missouri Men Face 74 Counts of Killing Sturgeon
A duo of Missouri men traveled to Iowa, and they are coming home with a mess of charges thanks to illegally killing shovelnose sturgeon. Robert Housman and Michael Dye were fishing on the Mississippi River when they were nabbed netting sturgeon in in Louisa County, Iowa. Housman faces 35 counts of unlawful take and possession of [...]
Florida Teacher Attacked by Flying Spanish Mackerel?
We’ve heard of flying sturgeon hurting people in Florida, but a flying Spanish mackerel, that’s a new one. According to MSNBC.com, an unidentified teacher was watching her students outside at Naples High School when something fell from the sky and knocked her right on the head. The teacher sustained minor injuries and was cleaned up [...]
Fraser River BC Fishing report: HOT!
Captain Brian here and want to let you all know some good news! If you are itching to play some salmon and have a great guided fishing experience with one of the top pro’s on the Fraser river then you’re in luck! Fall means the peak time for returning salmon to the Fraser river valley [...]
Salmon Fishing is excellent on Fraser river near Vancouver BC
October 3 Fishing Report: Fall Salmon fishing on the Fraser river is HOT Fraser river Chinook(King salmon) fishing is currently excellent for fish averaging 25 lbs. The river is in prime shape with great visibility and this makes for some hot action on our custom lures. Some fish over 50lb are hooked every year and [...]
The GoFISHn Line-The Best Catches and Fishing News: Half-Ton Sturgeon, $1,000,000 Record Tuna, and More!
There are a lot of awesome posts on GoFISHn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular, most recent GoFISHn updates: 1,000-Plus-Pound Sturgeon Landed in British Columbia – A half-ton dinosaur landed in the Fraser Grouper Grabs Spearfisherman’s Catch: Crazy Video! – There’s always a bigger fish in the sea! Is this Evidence of Underwater [...]
1,000-Plus-Pound Sturgeon Landed in British Columbia
This is not the first monster sturgeon landed in British Columbia’s Fraser River, but it’s the latest. On Friday, September 21, Norman Daley took his accounting firm on a fishing trip to the Fraser, but he was the one who hooked into the prize. Daley was fishing with Great River Fishing Adventures when he hooked into [...]
Fall is prime time for Salmon and Sturgeon on Fraser River BC
The Fishing Report: Salmon options on Fraser river is HOT: Fraser river Chinook(King salmon) fishing is currently very good and retention is allowed. You want to be booked sometime between now and Oct 10th. Numbers of fish in the Fraser right now are excellent!. Chinook fishing in the fall is very good as the big [...]
