Vancouver area fishing report

Fraser Valley report for the week of Dec 14, 2008

Sturgeon

Sturgeon fishing has been good this past week. Tom landed his biggest fish ever measuring 10ft 2 inches to the fork. This is our 4th monster sturgeon landed this year and Tom?s 3rd fish over 9ft. We had a few charters out this past week and even though the weather was a bit cool, fishing was red hot.

We will continue to offer guided sturgeon fishing trips throughout December or until water temperatures become too cold and turn off the sturgeon. We are now selling seats for our annual Sturgeon seminar head in April, to book a seat please call or e-mail us. You can read more about our Sturgeon seminar at http://www.guidebc.com/sturgeonseminar.asp
Our next peak sturgeon season is in the spring, which brings our annual migration of the Eulachon (small bait fish) to the Fraser River to spawn. Food in winter is scarce so when the Eulachon arrive the Sturgeon are eager to feed, it's not uncommon to hook 15 to 20 fish in a 6 hour trip. If you?re looking for a great spring fishing adventure, sturgeon/steelhead combo makes for a great angling vacation.
Monster Sturgeon Caught on Fraser River
This fish is the largest sturgeon hooked and landed on the Fraser River this year by a sport angler. It measured 11'1 with a 58 inch girth or 337.82 cm with a 148 cm girth . The day was 5 minutes from being over when Matt recognized a small bite, he thought it was a small fish, set the hook and 90 minutes later landed one of the largest sport caught fish ever caught.


Winter Steelhead Fishing

Sea-run Trout fishing is probably some of the most challenging and exciting fishing there is in British Columbia. Sea run rainbows are know to most British Columbians as Steelhead. They are beautiful creatures that can allude some of the best anglers that have ever search them out. Steelhead can grow to as large as 30 lbs but most rivers in British Columbia would consider anything over 15 lbs a trophy.
We offer guided steelhead fishing on the Vedder River which is one of our largest steelhead producing rivers in SW British Columbia. STS Guide Gerry Dewar is considered one of the top anglers on the Vedder and has been catching brood stock for the past 30 years. All guide trips on the Vedder are walk and wade with instructional steelhead fishing available on all of our guided trips. Best fishing is between Feb 15 to April 15.

Winter trout fishing
There are several local rivers that offer some great winter trout fishing on the fly. Although these rivers can sometimes be difficult to reach due to bad weather, they are definatley worth the effort. We will continue to offer guided trout fishing throughout the winter for those anglers looking for some real adventure. Please give us a call or e-mail to find our more about our winter trout fishing adventures.

The Vedder River is starting to produce some decent steelhead, still a bit early but i will provide weekly reports until fishing picks up.

STS Guiding Service is committed to providing current and future clients with the highest level of service and quality angling experiences at the lowest price possible. We pride ourselves on our personal and friendly service, our ability to catch fish on 95% of our guided charters. We are fishing the area 12 months of the year. For us fishing is a year round commitment, not just a summer job.



Join our team of 8 professional guides for the 2008 season and see why STS is considered #1 in the valley.


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Remember to conserve your catch
Tight Lines and we will see you on the water
Vic Carrao
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sts@guidebc.com
604- 671-FISH ( 3474)