Well talked to Young Gun last night and we decided to hit the mouth of a local river which runs into the Fraser for coho and chum. As we arrive, clean chum are jumpin everywhere showing their presents. I put on a big spoon, wade out up to my chest and prepare for casting. In the background, Young Gun is tying up is spoon before wanting to hook into some fish.
I make a cast and let the spoon sink while counting to see how deep it is so i know how fast and when to start retirieving my spoon on my future casts. It was just a test cast. I then make another cast out and start retrieving instantly as it wasn't that deep. About 3/4 of the way out, I get a large tug, set the hook and fish on
! Fought it for about 4-5mins and bring it in to see its a doe chum
. Questionable if to keep it so i let it go.
After about 2 hours, a few birdsnest's, losing tons of line, i switch to barfishing big chunks of roe. Before i even get it in the water, Young Gun hooks into something nice which took a bunch of hard runs until the fish popped out
. DANG
. Anyways, got a few small taps on the roe...probably just annoying squawfish. After 1 hour of barfishing, I then convert back to chucking spoons. Nothing. The tide came up higher than ive seen it there before. Fish were right infront us, but not biting
. Really annoying.
Anyways good day, except for the pouring rain all day.
Here's what i got on the second cast of the day
Tight Lines,
Coho Cody
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Topic: A River Runs Into It - River Mouth/Fraser Oct.15/06 (Read 3019 times)