Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: stlhd4ever on April 16, 2007, 05:44:07 PM
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I have been looking everywhere I can think of to find the regulations on Trapping Ditchies. Can anybody give me some insight pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaase ;D I would like the documentation
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Can't trap, hook and line only.
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http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=78750&ID=recreational
Welcome to the forum. :)
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Thankyou very much. I was looking for that for days. I guess a guy could get away with digging through left over sludge as the ditch digger goes through. Or following the dumptruck to the dump site
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Thankyou very much. I was looking for that for days. I guess a guy could get away with digging through left over sludge as the ditch digger goes through. Or following the dumptruck to the dump site
Still a pretty dicey risk. The eel would have to be dead before you could touch it as the possession of a live eel is prohibited. If fisheries were to check you, you may have to prove the eels in your possession were legally obtained which my prove difficult. There are many other baits that work and are readily available. Slicing up an adult eel into strips should in theory work as well.
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I know but i've had days they wouldn't sniff a thing but eels. Anything i had anyway.My buddy is on his last vacuumpak from 3 years ago and running out.
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thanks for the tip i'll try that for sure ;D
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Lamprey, a small peice is the only thing we had hits on yesterday!! I had never used it before, but it worked. Fraser river Oollies and roe just wasn't working.... :)
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I guess I don't have to follow the diggers :'( Lampreys readily avail?
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Just to clarify before people become confused. Ditch eel is a common name used for lamprey species found in British Columbia. There are several, the common ones include westernbrook and pacific lamprey.
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How do you catch them? Do you bottom bounce for them or is it strictly bar fishing for the eels only?
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Don't worry, I won't catch them - I don't need them nor will I eat them.
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You throw an alfalfa bail in a local creek, and a month later go get it. full of ditch eels. There are only certain times of the year when you get them. In huge quantities anyway
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can it be any eel like fish or does it have to be ditch eels?
what about those prickleback fish.... or those ones under rocks near shore.
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can it be any eel like fish or does it have to be ditch eels?
what about those prickleback fish.... or those ones under rocks near shore.
For sturgeon fishing yeah Bullheads work fairly well. Every once in a while you'll get one that swallows your roe bag so you take it cut its head off flatten it to release juices and throw it back out. On a hook of course. Those other fish you are talking about are stickleback, and are protected.
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my dad used to use squid tentacles for bait especally when the eels were hard to find .
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I remember seeing kids walking in and along a shallow waterfilled ditch with an ice cream pail down near the bottom of Walnut Grove between 200 and the turn off to Derby Reach. I suspected they were picking up ditch eels but I never actually seen them to confirm.
Maybe that's how you do it now - pay some kids to do the harvesting so an adult doesn't get busted.
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For sturgeon fishing yeah Bullheads work fairly well. Every once in a while you'll get one that swallows your roe bag so you take it cut its head off flatten it to release juices and throw it back out. On a hook of course. Those other fish you are talking about are stickleback, and are protected.
NO!!!, im talkin about prickleback,an eel like fish.... stickleback are freshwater fish...
http://www.sunsite.ualberta.ca/Projects/Bio-DiTRL/images/med_jpeg/m52980604.jpeg
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I used to catch ditch eels with my hand when I was young. I would put a sock over my hand and just grab a whole bunch of them when I would see a bunch of them. Then I would put them in a bucket an keep them as pets for a day or two until my mom made me put them back.
As I remember, cedar creek was full of them near joes store. (anyone know where Joes store is? You can get a free dougnut from me if you know :P )
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For sturgeon fishing yeah Bullheads work fairly well. Every once in a while you'll get one that swallows your roe bag so you take it cut its head off flatten it to release juices and throw it back out. On a hook of course. Those other fish you are talking about are stickleback, and are protected.
NO!!!, im talkin about prickleback,an eel like fish.... stickleback are freshwater fish...
http://www.sunsite.ualberta.ca/Projects/Bio-DiTRL/images/med_jpeg/m52980604.jpeg
I Think he is talking about Gunnels. If you go to the ocean when the tide is out the are everywhere under large rocks. They look like eels but are a type of fish.
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Sorryyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! misunderstood, never heard of prickleback before. I thought you were talking about local, in freshwater creeks and rivers. Cool lookin fish though
:)
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Joes store at the corner of Prarie and Cedar?
Ill have a Boston Cream please. ;D
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They have someone who arranges the candy quite often in there . ;)