Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: adriaticum on September 24, 2013, 12:24:40 PM
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if they saw a fisherman with a shotgun fishing on the river?
Eh? :o ;D ;) :'(
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Like slung over his shoulder or actually shooting into the water? Wouldn't have any issue with the first although I would wonder WTF he was doing as it definitely wouldn't help his casting or fish fighting freedom of motion.
Shooting into the water? GTFO and call the cops from a very safe distance away.
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He can have his pick of waters he wants to fish. No argument from me.
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Like slung over his shoulder or actually shooting into the water? Wouldn't have any issue with the first although I would wonder WTF he was doing as it definitely wouldn't help his casting or fish fighting freedom of motion.
Shooting into the water? GTFO and call the cops from a very safe distance away.
Right, over his shoulder. Not shooting at fish, that's illegal.
Well what he is doing is going hunting after going fishing and some of the areas where the fishing is good, the hunting is good too ;)
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If it's a river in the grizzly lands, I would manage to stay close to him! If not, I will just run away... ;)
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Right, over his shoulder. Not shooting at fish, that's illegal.
Well what he is doing is going hunting after going fishing and some of the areas where the fishing is good, the hunting is good too ;)
Note that I would not inquire into WTF he was actually doing and he would get a wide berth. Any tarp that he drags down onto the beach and then puts concrete blocks in before tossing into a really deep hole in the river would be quickly forgotten and never spoken of again.
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Note that I would not inquire into WTF he was actually doing and he would get a wide berth. Any tarp that he drags down onto the beach and then puts concrete blocks in before tossing into a really deep hole in the river would be quickly forgotten and never spoken of again.
Lol, I see and don't inquire why he is washing his hands so hastily.
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if they saw a fisherman with a shotgun fishing on the river?
Eh? :o ;D ;) :'(
I saw it twice at the vedder. First time was at the old Ranger Run area . Second time was at the Allison pool area.
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Ask him how his day is going, and if he has had any luck so far.
Some weird stigma about guns, from the yuppie folks. You shouldn't be worried of a person with a shotgun or a rifle in the bush or on a river that could potentially have bears.
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Could happen very easily if someone is hitting some ducks at first light and fishing later (or vice-versa).
You don't want to leave your gun in the truck if you can't drop it off at home.
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Ask him how his day is going, and if he has had any luck so far.
Some weird stigma about guns, from the yuppie folks. You shouldn't be worried of a person with a shotgun or a rifle in the bush or on a river that could potentially have bears.
Lol, I know you are not one of the yuppies.
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I would tell him about the big flock of Geese I just seen down the road and when he leaves,quietly stand on the rock that he was on and then start doing Tarzan calls while beating my chest.
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I would tell him about the big flock of Geese I just seen down the road and when he leaves,quietly stand on the rock that he was on and then start doing Tarzan calls while beating my chest.
What if it's not goose season?
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I have fished before with a slung shotgun. This was up in the Terrace area during the September / October run of northern coho.
When you are fishing the Skeena / Lakelse / Exstew / Copper / Exchamsiks; the Grizzlies are as plentiful as the coho !! We were hiking the river, as we did not have the luxury and safety of a boat. There were many locals who claimed that NOT taking a shotgun was dangerous. After a number of trips up there, I have to agree. I never had an issue with any CO / DFO / RCMP who happened to come by.
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I never had an issue with any CO / DFO / RCMP who happened to come by.
Probably because you got a shotgun and they got the revolver. :)
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I have fished before with a slung shotgun. This was up in the Terrace area during the September / October run of northern coho.
When you are fishing the Skeena / Lakelse / Exstew / Copper / Exchamsiks; the Grizzlies are as plentiful as the coho !! We were hiking the river, as we did not have the luxury and safety of a boat. There were many locals who claimed that NOT taking a shotgun was dangerous. After a number of trips up there, I have to agree. I never had an issue with any CO / DFO / RCMP who happened to come by.
Thanks, I'm encouraged.
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Anyone who has a shotgun fishing in public has their PAL, and is probably a responsible person. I'd be friend him/her and shoot the cupcakes about guns.
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Even though I have my restricted and non-restricted PAL, I don't pack heat on the river.
All I need is a barbless fly anyway.
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Good luck with that barbless fly against something wild with teeth.
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In all honesty, it isn't the gun that would cause me issues. Some guys just have the look of someone that isn't completely stable and I avoid these people if at all possible but would do so even more if they had a shotgun over their shoulder. Any normal person, I wouldn't care at all. I would figure you were hunting birds and just didn't have a place to drop it off or using it to keep bears away if we were in an area where that was a problem.
Actually, I guess it depends on the location. If you are going to one of the meat markets where fishermen are everywhere and there is no obvious hunting nearby, I might put you more into that "probably not completely stable" part and get out of there before some guy casting over your line causes you to lose your best fish of the day and things get ugly. Out in the less populated areas, not a big deal.
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Right, over his shoulder. Not shooting at fish, that's illegal.
Well what he is doing is going hunting after going fishing and some of the areas where the fishing is good, the hunting is good too ;)
As long it is a non restricted firearm, perfectly legal.
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This is my favourite response:
I would tell him about the big flock of Geese I just seen down the road and when he leaves,quietly stand on the rock that he was on and then start doing Tarzan calls while beating my chest.
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It seems odd these days but was common 40 years ago that anglers would have a shot gun in case of a good chance to shoot ducks or even the odd seal.
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I would probably just sit there having a coffee. We all have our methods of getting a little extra "room" on the river. Some guys bring their pets.
(http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/album554/Ian_sitting_on_croc.jpg)
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I would probably just sit there having a coffee. We all have our methods of getting a little extra "room" on the river. Some guys bring their pets.
(http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/album554/Ian_sitting_on_croc.jpg)
Yuck,yuck,yuck. Thanx for this. Im going out to the Vedd this afternoon, any chance of borrowing your pet?
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Yuck,yuck,yuck. Thanx for this. Im going out to the Vedd this afternoon, any chance of borrowing your pet?
Ivan is a little sluggish this morning. He just ate a few neighbourhood dogs that were pilfering from my garbage cans. That run on the Skeena above was crowded with anglers just before we got there.
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I would probably just sit there having a coffee. We all have our methods of getting a little extra "room" on the river. Some guys bring their pets.
(http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/album554/Ian_sitting_on_croc.jpg)
Lol lol nice
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I've come across many fishermen carrying shotties up north. like c-pin said
If we went to the tseax, copper, or some other shhhh skeena tribs we had a shotty. and we all have our pal and restricted. ran into CO's regularly and they would only ask how the fishing was. They understood why a gun was present.
usually brought dogs too. and the best part about walking through the dark bush before dawn is that your sense of smell is pretty good. you can smell a grizz from a decent distance. so if your walking down a trail and it stinks...... you know whats there. my dogs hackles would come up too if he sniffed one walkin a trail.... also common stuff like an absence of birds chirping or other animal life. complete silence is not a good thing in the bush.
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I've come across many fishermen carrying shotties up north. like c-pin said
If we went to the tseax, copper, or some other shhhh skeena tribs we had a shotty. and we all have our pal and restricted. ran into CO's regularly and they would only ask how the fishing was. They understood why a gun was present.
usually brought dogs too. and the best part about walking through the dark bush before dawn is that your sense of smell is pretty good. you can smell a grizz from a decent distance. so if your walking down a trail and it stinks...... you know whats there. my dogs hackles would come up too if he sniffed one walkin a trail.... also common stuff like an absence of birds chirping or other animal life. complete silence is not a good thing in the bush.
Good post, Banx. The absence of bird songs is a warning.
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Could happen very easily if someone is hitting some ducks at first light and fishing later (or vice-versa).
You don't want to leave your gun in the truck if you can't drop it off at home.
Yes with all the break ins we keep hearing about by the Vedder it's safer to carry than leave in the truck.
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I would probably just sit there having a coffee. We all have our methods of getting a little extra "room" on the river. Some guys bring their pets.
(http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/album554/Ian_sitting_on_croc.jpg)
Nice, he could make sure fishers are following the proper etiquette!
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I would probably just sit there having a coffee. We all have our methods of getting a little extra "room" on the river. Some guys bring their pets.
(http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/album554/Ian_sitting_on_croc.jpg)
You know how I can tell that picture is photoshopped? It's because of the color of the mug. So tell me, what was he really holding that you had to cover it up? Other than that, kinda scary. You should tell him that crocs can turn really quick and he doesn't look like he could move quick enough to get out of the way.