Brian established Silversides in 1996 after working for a few years at some of BC’s finest coastal fly-in Salmon resorts such as Ole’s Hakaii Pass, Rivers Inlet Lodge and West Coast Resorts. He is an avid outdoors person with a particular interest in sport fishing and lately outdoor writing. Brian runs a 21 foot Customweld ‘Storm’ jet boat powered with a 5.7L V8. Brian fishes and guides for just about everything in this part of BC. That includes White Sturgeon, Salmon, Steelhead and Trout. He has fished a lot of waters in BC. Throughout the Fraser River Valley and Vancouver area he has extensively fished the Squamish, Fraser, Chilliwack/Vedder, Harrison, Chehalis rivers plus quite a bit on the ocean too. On his spare time he really enjoys sitting in a float tube pursuing Rainbow Trout on BC’s interior lakes.
The 5 Best Fly Fishing Places Near Vancouver BC Vancouver BC is rich in amazing fly fishing opportunities for Trout, Steelhead and Salmon! This article will help you plan the Best Fly Fishing that Vancouver has to offer. Are you keen on Fly Fishing? We certainly are! We’ve been passionately…
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November 15 Fishing Report Vancouver & Fraser River Don’t overlook November for incredible fishing opportunities! Very Big Sturgeon are still gorging and there’s still very good Salmon fishing in many local rivers right to the end of the month !! Read: What Sturgeon Fishing to Expect in November Sturgeon…
July Sturgeon Fishing Photos from the Fraser River July has been a truly Incredible month for hooking some Big beautiful White Sturgeon on the Fraser River, BC! As usual we are fishing in the Mission section of the Fraser River. This section of the Fraser is known as the ‘Sturgeon…
Sturgeon Fishing doesn’t get any better than this! Fraser River Sturgeon fishing has been nothing short of spectacular over the past 2 weeks. Every one of our charters has seen truly epic results for White Sturgeon in the 7 to 10 foot range. On 8 hour charters guests have hooked…
Big River and Big Sturgeon! On the Fraser River near Mission and Vancouver the media are talking flooding or possible flooding. That’s great but we are talkin’ Fishing because it needs to be said that big fish(aka White Sturgeon) love water and they still need to eat. That’s where we…
When the rivers are blown hit BC’s Interior Lakes for Rainbow’s It’s fairly typical for lower mainland rivers to be in freshet(flood) or have temporary closures in May and June to protect out migrating Salmon and Steelhead smolts. So if you’re looking to feel the tug on your fly line…
Sturgeon Fishing in High or flood water conditions on the Fraser River Some of our BEST Sturgeon fishing has been in high water! People have many questions about Sturgeon fishing in high water, cold water, warm water, low water and so on. People even ask us if rain makes…
As many are well aware there’s intense Sturgeon Fishing going on from mid March to early May! 2018 Springtime Sturgeon fishing on the Fraser River is living up to it’s usual reputation for delivering plenty of action! As the Sturgeon are out of their wintry slumber they are now on…
Sturgeon Fishing British Columbia – Best times to fish the Fraser River Is Fraser River Sturgeon fishing productive and reliable year round? In our opinion there are NO bad months for Sturgeon. Our article Best Times for Sturgeon Fishing on the Fraser River BC answers the following questions:…
February Sturgeon scouting mission Our Fraser River Sturgeon guides decided we needed to scrape the winter cobwebs off the gear and perhaps our minds and just get out there and go on a bit of a Sturgeon scout. Mike, Ash and myself(Brian) were all too happy to go fishing. After…
How to plan your perfect 2018 Fishing with us NEW ARTICLE: 2019 Fishing Planner Fishing can be complicated. Especially when you don’t know the area, the run timing, species, quality of fishing or the weather. That’s where we come in. Below you will find everything you need to know about…
