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STURGEONSturgeon fishing on the Fraser River is a truly world class big game experience. White sturgeon can reach lengths of 15 feet and can weigh up to 1000 pounds or more. These fish really test an anglers fishing skills and endurance when hooked into a large sturgeon. This is the primary reason so many anglers continue to come back to battle these magnificent fish with Len's Sportfishing Adventures.
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CHINOOK SALMONChinook are the largest of the pacific salmon and when hooked put up a spectacular fight, capable of long powerful runs. Chinook over 30 pounds are common but salmon over 50 or 60 pounds are hooked often enough to keep life exciting. Although they are in the Fraser most of the year they are most abundant from May to the end of October.
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COHO SALMONCoho Salmon otherwise known as silvers, have white gums and a black mouth with a few black spots on there tails. They average around 10 to 12 pounds in weight with some weighing in the high teens and twenty pound range. Coho typically live between 3 and 4 years, they often spend 1 to 2 years in freshwater before heading to the sea to live on average about 18 months. In that time spent at sea the fish will grow very rapidly to there adult size.
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SOCKEYE SALMONSockeye are pound for pound one of the strongest fish ever caught on sport tackle. When hooked they simply go nuts! They are incredibly fast and often spend more time in the air than in the water. They can be relatively easy to catch on light tackle and are abundant in numbers from July to mid September.
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CHUM SALMONChum are commonly referred to by locals as "Dog Salmon" mainly due to the seemingly endless fight they can put up when hooked. They are most often caught bottom bouncing, spin casting or fly fishing and are plentiful mid September to November. Here in the Fraser Valley, BC where we are located, the Chum Salmon start to return to spawn in our local rivers as early as middle September.
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PINK SALMONPink are probably the easiest of the five pacific salmon to catch and can be a lot of fun on ultra-lite spinning or fly tackle. They are in local rivers in September and October only during the odd years. (e.g. 2001, 2003 etc). Pink Salmon are the smallest of the pacific salmon species, the average size is around 6 pounds with the larger males in the 10 pond range. What they lack in size they make up in numbers, there is an average of 15 million pink salmon returning to the Fraser River to spawn.
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STEELHEADSteelhead are very similar in appearance to rainbow trout, the main difference between the two is that steelhead migrate to the sea to live part of there life cycle of up to 9 years. After the steelhead fry have hatched they will live from 1 to 3 years in freshwater before migrating to the sea. Generally they will spend 2 to 3 years before they return to spawn in there native rivers. Unlike there relatives the salmon, not all steelhead die after spawning.
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TROUT & CHARTrout and Char: We are truly blessed with "world class" fly fishing for Rainbow and Cutthroat Trout. There are virtually thousands of lakes, rivers and streams to fish within a short drive. Sea-run Cutthroat are abundant in the Fraser and Harrison Rivers most of the year with prime time being the spring and fall months. They are revered by the locals and have an almost cult like following of ardent Fly Fishers. A good fishery exist in some local lakes for Dolly Varden Char. They can be caught during the summer and fall months to sizes of up to 20 pounds on ultra-lite tackle.
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