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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: MERC on September 24, 2006, 10:42:49 PM
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Thought I would give my report of the today’s fishing on a new thread rather than adding to an already lengthy one. As BS said, we started the morning early. I was at Thickrick’s place at 4:00 a.m. at his insistence so that we could be early for fishing. The plan was to pick up BS at 4:30. At 3:55 a.m. I arrived at TR’s place to find him finishing loading up the Prosource mobile, and after adding my gear, we were off. We arrived at BS’s door at 4:30 but he was late! >:( A few minutes later (after a brief wake up call) we were on the road. We arrived at our destination, disgustingly early by my account, watched shooting stars (real purty!) and generally BS’d (the talking kind, not the fisherman! ;D) until it was light out and then started fishing. I stayed put as TR moved upstream, and BS moved down. I had a nibble early on using roe but nothing else. I worked a nice slick next to the shoreline but had no love. I noticed BS down about 50 yards from me with a fish on! It was a chum that was released back into the water. He signaled me to come down so I made my way down and started fishing next to him. We were using roe and later switched to wool. I also used blades, and jigs. Then the fishing turned on big time! BS lands a jack spring.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/mercatvia/HPIM0322.jpg)
I get one on but lose it. TR gets one on. Then it’s BS’s turn. Then mine. Pretty soon, the 9:30 deadline for the clean up is on us and with a reluctant look at some good fishable water, it’s off to the clean up.
We arrive at the registration booth at Thompson park, have a doughnut and coffee, chat for a few minutes and then we’re assigned to the trail section above Ranger. Nice to finally meet you Chris Gadsen. I’ve enjoyed your reports for a long time and have gotten to know 2:40 well enough to see your positive influence on his life. We cleaned our section and went back down to Thompson Park. Oh, and TR collected a few golf balls for Chris too. Extra credit in the Karma bank! From what we were told, the barbeque was supposed to start at 12:30 but appeared to be well under way. Live music was provided (don’t know the band name but they were great!). The whole shindig had a unique small town feel to the whole thing, the music reminded me of the movie, “:Oh Brother, where art thou” and the food was tasty to this hungry fisherman! But, the river was calling! So, as we headed out, I passed my draw ticket to Rodney (if you won Rodney, I want half!) and back to our same location. After all while we weren’t expecting gangbusters in the afternoon on a bright sunny day in low water conditions, like Lotto 649 says, “Hey, you never know!” ;)
We arrived to find two other fishermen across from our spot. They weren’t having any luck and I suspect that from their side of the river, they couldn’t quite seem to get the right drift. They eventually wandered away. But not before TR got into a fish right away, and BS was into a coho that he lost. I guess we had enough credit in the Karma bank! Then I hook and land a 20lb spring that was super bright and clean. Probably the cleanest I’ve ever gotten. I decide that I’m going to keep this one as TR had said he would smoke this doe for me if I filleted and brined the fish. Good deal, eh?
My fish:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/mercatvia/HPIM0325_edited-1.jpg)
Multiple hook ups, tons of fish landed. Highlights: Rick’s wild coho that he landed and got away before a photo op, my wild coho that I landed and snapped a quick pic of
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/mercatvia/HPIM0327.jpg)
Obviously, BS figured you guys knew what I looked like so he focussed on the fish.
Rick’s hatchery coho he kept
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/mercatvia/HPIM0331.jpg)
I kind of like this picture as it shows TR in an unusually mature and contemplative moment. ;D
and probably 4 or 5 coho hooked and lost. By rough count, TR landed 15 or 16; BS about the same and my humble self, about 10 or 11. Got some nice roe from my 20lb doe too! A great day of fishing and an opportunity to use my Okuma Aventa CP and TFO 3106 on some big fish, and not just some small Cap cohos!
Some other pics:
TR's first spring, I think:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/mercatvia/HPIM0334.jpg)
TR's Firechicken:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/mercatvia/HPIM0324.jpg)
BS with a spring:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/mercatvia/HPIM0328.jpg)
Another TR shot:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/mercatvia/HPIM0320.jpg)
I ended up keeping my big spring and another jack srping ( I didn't bother taking a picture of it as I figured, my large one would severely overshadow the runt), TR kept his spring and coho. BS didn't feel like keeping any springs. Didn't expect this kind of fishing in low water/bright sunny conditions nor the number of cohos that would take our presentation. We were shortfloating roe, and wool (I laced mine with some scent). So, to wax philosophical for a moment: life is what you make of it. Do a few good deeds, help your friends and neighbours out and you do get rewarded for it in the end.
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awesome fish! Well done guys! :o
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awsome report even being over here on the island i love reading reports like that! thanks
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Some nice chromes there
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Yeah it was just one of those days!! ;D ;D Wouls like to have more of them, but it sure is a blast to get them when they finally do come. Was nice being out fishing with you again Merc, and well as for you Ricky....... I want Saturday off!!! ;D ;D
Tight lines guys, and good luck on the flow. There seems to be some fish in that there river. ;)
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Very nice fish guys - super shots - and great report
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Awsome pics, thanks for the report!
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Nice pics guys good job.
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Wicked catch guys! Nice fish! :o
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Nice fish guys, looking forward to getting into a few of those.
Let it rain let it rain
Hope to see you on the flow.
Rob
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:'( :'( :'( :'( :-\ I'm soooo Sick of being the fishless one!!! :'(
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Good report. Looks you had a fellas had a great day out there. ;D ;D
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Thanks for the report and pics MERC. Sooooo envious of you guys right now!
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Looks like you guys were the exception to the rule of few fish with low or no water. Way to go.
Were you below Lickman?
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Mid river. I think we call it the "MR. D" run. ;D
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XGOLFMAN I told you to come with us ;D ;D ;D
I can't add much more to this post as Merc has summed it up pretty good, I have to give credit where credit is due.. Dave found this water for us and it contained fish ... alot of fish :) I have bugging him for a while now and he keeps telling me he knows how to find Coho, and I always call Bull $*&% on him.. well here you have it Dave can find Coho ;D ;D it was one of the best days I have ever had on the flow, lots of springs but more importantly lots of Coho, in fact we managed to catch four species of salmon today, Spring, Sockeye, Coho and Chum .. Merc and I managed to catch all four and Dave got three of four, no Coho for him allthough he did have a couple on throughout the day :) what more can you ask for?? awesome weather awesome fishing and awesome friends ;D ;D ;D
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Hopefully there is room there to cast a fly. As the last time we where in there was last winter and I can't remember if there is room. I guess I will find out this weekend. Great job guys.
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hang on while i put my shades on ;D very nice guys and great report.
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Hey Fish Freak, how was your day? :) You should have been there man, that Karma thing that I was telling you about seemed to work out real decent for us!! :D ;D
PS: There are more pics, we just have to fix up the background a bit!! Or just totally remove the backround, or put in a totally different background....... I think you get the picture!! ;D
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2-2 in the derby still bigsteel ;)
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;D you tell him freak
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(http://smilies.sofrayt.com/fsc/sunglasses2.gif) nice pics and wow love those fish. man i gotta get out with you guys real soon.(http://smilies.sofrayt.com/fsc/thumbs-up.gif)
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i was suposed to go out yesterday, i guess i missed out, man i hate u cousins u suck! Jeese nice pics, tobad i couldn't have seen u there! If roe and wool is all u were using then i guess i might have done well to? I guess those coho are gonna have to wait for me, till saturday, thanks for the report hope to see u guys out there!
P.S. I'm still pissed about not getting out and u guys cleaning out >:( Sucks to be me, but what ever i'll be there sunday!
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Dont brag to much about your great fishing day, cause you know what happens to people that brag, they get skunked not just one outing a few outings, so just be carefull on how much this day will go to your head cause it could turn around and bite you staight in the my friend, Have a nice day DAAAAAAAVE !!!!!!!!!!!
BLAH BLAH BLAH!! You really don't want to go fishing with me agaiin do you!! ::) Stop being bitter about getting skunked. ;D
As for me getting skunked, I really don't care if I do or not. I am out there to get out of the house and have a great time. If I get fish, then it's a bonus.
Ps Freak, if you are trying to put a curse on me, go ahead, it isn't going to work I have way to many tricks up my sleeve for that to work!! ;D Remember, confidence goes a lone way. You can call me cocky if you like. Doesn't bother me in the least. ;D
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Hey steel u heading out saturday or sunday? If u are i hope i see u on the river. Tight lines
good fishing to yah!
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You don't need to be a rocket scientist to catch salmon, its just about being at the right spot at the right time. Use roe and everything will go for it too. There is no bait like the natural thing.
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You don't need to be a rocket scientist to catch salmon, its just about being at the right spot at the right time. Use roe and everything will go for it too. There is no bait like the natural thing.
there is more to fishing than bait.. remember 10% of fishermen catch 90% of the fish ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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You all see the forecast and the water dropping like a rock? Don't be surprised if the fish start to hole up in the Fraser and wait for some rain. I'm not saying that the fishing's going to be crap, because the fish that are in will be more concentrated and maybe more aggitated.
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the 10% of the fisherman who catch 90% of the fish have the best ROE, the skill is more in finding fish away from hordes of chumps
I used to believe that roe was the ultimate bait but days such as Sunday disprove that theory.. we had much more luck with tiny peices of yarn than we did with anything else.. not to say that the roe didn't produce but the yarn was the #1 bait on that day!!! and that is not the first time :)
and finding the right place is key, however ask the two fishermaen that were fishing with us why they didn't hook up even once in the time that all three of us hooked up at least twice each !! :o
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So Thick Rick were the yarn you were using trimmed back to the size of a dime, and were you using any scent on the yarn?
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the 10% of the fisherman who catch 90% of the fish have the best ROE, the skill is more in finding fish away from hordes of chumps
theres alot more to fishing than finding where they are and usuing roe!!, ALOT MORE. ;)
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I ended up fishing small dime sized pieces of wool (or slightly smaller and real wispy), some larger quarter sized pieces (BS, remember that last spring you caught that had broken off on me with the red wool?), and roe pieces from honking huge gobs down to just the skein with an egg or two on. I forgot to mention on my report that BS caught the same spring twice (he was visiblymarked on the body) and he caught a spring that had broken off on me earlier (still had my red wool and hook in its mouth). I used roe/anise scent on some and not on others. Colors went the gamut. Dark red, peach, pink, light pink, light purple, fuschia. Funny thing, I seem to recall last year the afternoon bite was way better than the early morning too.
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I ended up fishing small dime sized pieces of wool (or slightly smaller and real wispy), some larger quarter sized pieces (BS, remember that last spring you caught that had broken off on me with the red wool?), and roe pieces from honking huge gobs down to just the skein with an egg or two on. I forgot to mention on my report that BS caught the same spring twice (he was visiblymarked on the body) and he caught a spring that had broken off on me earlier (still had my red wool and hook in its mouth). I used roe/anise scent on some and not on others. Colors went the gamut. Dark red, peach, pink, light pink, light purple, fuschia. Funny thing, I seem to recall last year the afternoon bite was way better than the early morning too.
Yeah I remember that one Merc, so does my thumb!! ;D You would think after already doing battle, that the buggar would have been tired. But man did he ever go. Down river, up river back down then back up!! If every Spring faught like that I would start fishing for them again!! That was a blast. ;D
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I ended up fishing small dime sized pieces of wool (or slightly smaller and real wispy), some larger quarter sized pieces (BS, remember that last spring you caught that had broken off on me with the red wool?), and roe pieces from honking huge gobs down to just the skein with an egg or two on. I forgot to mention on my report that BS caught the same spring twice (he was visiblymarked on the body) and he caught a spring that had broken off on me earlier (still had my red wool and hook in its mouth). I used roe/anise scent on some and not on others. Colors went the gamut. Dark red, peach, pink, light pink, light purple, fuschia. Funny thing, I seem to recall last year the afternoon bite was way better than the early morning too.
Yeah I remember that one Merc, so does my thumb!! ;D You would think after already doing battle, that the buggar would have been tired. But man did he ever go. Down river, up river back down then back up!! If every Spring faught like that I would start fishing for them again!! That was a blast. ;D
yeah they sure fight hard when there snagged in the tail ;D
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the 10% of the fisherman who catch 90% of the fish have the best ROE, the skill is more in finding fish away from hordes of chumps
I used to believe that roe was the ultimate bait but days such as Sunday disprove that theory.. we had much more luck with tiny peices of yarn than we did with anything else.. not to say that the roe didn't produce but the yarn was the #1 bait on that day!!! and that is not the first time :)
and finding the right place is key, however ask the two fishermaen that were fishing with us why they didn't hook up even once in the time that all three of us hooked up at least twice each !! :o
If you don't mind puting up with hooking springs and chum alot wool is ok, but if you want to maximize your chances of getting coho, roe or blades is the way.
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Nice fish dudes.
But help me out here...why are these photos posted on at least 3 different forums? Does every angler in the Province need to see the fish you caught?
At what point does reporting end, and ego grandstanding begin? Admittedly, my own reports are not completely altruistic and there is an element of grandstanding...but 3 forums? Did you not get enough affirmation as children?
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I don't assume that everyone on other sites are members here, or reads this forum. I have friends on other sites who aren't members here so I share my success and hope it whets their appetites for the fish to come. And it serves to show people that the fish are out there and biting despite low water conditions. As always, I am more than happy to share any info about how I caught the fish if they ask. The only thing I won't do is reveal location as this was a spot I was shown and I respect the person's wishes who showed it to me.
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Nice fish dudes.
But help me out here...why are these photos posted on at least 3 different forums? Does every angler in the Province need to see the fish you caught?
At what point does reporting end, and ego grandstanding begin? Admittedly, my own reports are not completely altruistic and there is an element of grandstanding...but 3 forums? Did you not get enough affirmation as children?
As an analogy, do you complain to all the local newspapers and radio stations and TV channels for running the same story in a given day?
Your complaint is based in childish envy, not logic.
And you're a big poohead buzzkill. :-*
-dk
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Nice fish dudes.
But help me out here...why are these photos posted on at least 3 different forums? Does every angler in the Province need to see the fish you caught?
At what point does reporting end, and ego grandstanding begin? Admittedly, my own reports are not completely altruistic and there is an element of grandstanding...but 3 forums? Did you not get enough affirmation as children?
I definately enjoy the posts more when there's a picture so keep it up guys.
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Nice fish guys, sounds like you had a blast :) Tiny pieces of yarn worked and roe didnt huh...? Sounds like youre ALMOST ready to come to the dark side!! (Flyfishing of course ;D)
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the 10% of the fisherman who catch 90% of the fish have the best ROE, the skill is more in finding fish away from hordes of chumps
I used to believe that roe was the ultimate bait but days such as Sunday disprove that theory.. we had much more luck with tiny peices of yarn than we did with anything else.. not to say that the roe didn't produce but the yarn was the #1 bait on that day!!! and that is not the first time :)
and finding the right place is key, however ask the two fishermaen that were fishing with us why they didn't hook up even once in the time that all three of us hooked up at least twice each !! :o
If you don't mind puting up with hooking springs and chum alot wool is ok, but if you want to maximize your chances of getting coho, roe or blades is the way.
That is a wifes tale ... Spring Chum Pink Sockeye Coho all hit roe with the same consistency at least in my opinion..... same with blades.. the only difference you as a fisherman can make is choosing different types of water for different types of salmon...
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That is a wifes tale ... Spring Chum Pink Sockeye Coho all hit roe with the same consistency at least in my opinion..... same with blades.. the only difference you as a fisherman can make is choosing different types of water for different types of salmon...
Hey Rick, no reply from my email about my hamster?? :o
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keep the reports comming!
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We'll see, I am heading back out there tomorrow. But I highly doubt there will be beak after beak out there tossing everything at them. As stated in the thread earlier. The run was real quite all day, with only one other guy there. ;)
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the 10% of the fisherman who catch 90% of the fish have the best ROE, the skill is more in finding fish away from hordes of chumps
I used to believe that roe was the ultimate bait but days such as Sunday disprove that theory.. we had much more luck with tiny peices of yarn than we did with anything else.. not to say that the roe didn't produce but the yarn was the #1 bait on that day!!! and that is not the first time :)
and finding the right place is key, however ask the two fishermaen that were fishing with us why they didn't hook up even once in the time that all three of us hooked up at least twice each !! :o
If you don't mind puting up with hooking springs and chum alot wool is ok, but if you want to maximize your chances of getting coho, roe or blades is the way.
That is a wifes tale ... Spring Chum Pink Sockeye Coho all hit roe with the same consistency at least in my opinion..... same with blades.. the only difference you as a fisherman can make is choosing different types of water for different types of salmon...
You'll change your mind as you keep putting in more time... LOL
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Cammer for somebody that talks like they know alot about fishing youre saying some surprising things. I'll leave it at that :-*