Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: A Frayed Knot on October 24, 2014, 08:24:12 PM
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So, in another thread the Cheak came up, and I know what happened to that river and I know after that Burrard Inlet had a pretty big one during construction I think it was, hit a pipeline. Anyway has it been just the one? I thought there was two.
Has anyone ever bothered to fish it?
I seem to recall it tends to get quite low when the tides out. And most of the fishing I remember doing was from boat
up the Indian but I have no idea if wildlife population has gotten any better since then?
I still kayak and used to camp up around Coldwell beach or wherever I could safely park my mobile home. (tent)
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Yes there were 2, one in 2007 and the other in 2009. I was out of town during both times the spills happened so I never got to witness the full extent of the impact on the marine life in the inlet. I have shore fished extensively off Belcarra regional park for quite a few seasons now, mainly for bottom fish and perch and it seems like (this is probably more anecdotal than factual) based on my catch records from this year compared to 2-3 years ago, the fish are on the rebound. I'm seeing increasing numbers of rockfish (incidental captures and releases) in areas that only a few years ago had none, which is a good sign. Also perch (striped sea perch) and greenling are becoming more abundant around the rocky outcrops. Not that many salmon around..although I'm guessing during a pink year, you should see more.
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The Burnaby pipeline release adversely impacted a number of creeks, most notably cask and heavily oiled the foreshore on the south side of Burrard Inlet. Although some oiling was observed on the north side from Maplewaood Flats to Cates and across to Bellcarra, there were no measurable impacts to aquatic fauna and flora. Sediment remediation was required on the south side and replanting of some flora. There was also measurable contamination in mussels, however these levels are declining. No impacts (depending on your viewpoint) were identified in higher trophic species such as fin fish, birds and mammals (apart for one or two oiled birds and a seal during the intial event). Salmon stocks were not impacted impacted by the 2009 spill. Salmon counts at the top end of Indian Arm have been very health for the past few years.
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Thats good to know, I know its pretty late in the season I thinking about it and I may see if I can try fishing from my kayak this summer. Since the winter season is basically wrapping up for me until about mid Jan.
Without a small motor though i can't see myself paddling fast enough to actually get a worthwhile troll going. I suppose if I used some kinda fly pattern maybe but thats a big if.
I wondered about the stock because I seen a lot less seals in the burrard and usually they are around if the fish are there, I don't even see the otters anymore.
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there should be some chum going up the arm but haven't seen any jumping yet.
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Was there for a walk today saw so many chum salmon jump and most of them were chrome. :D :D
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Nice! I don't have a tidal :( might be fun to cruise around in my kayak and troll some flies!
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saw chum today off cates park mid water.
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Nice! I don't have a tidal :( might be fun to cruise around in my kayak and troll some flies!
The chum might capsize your kayak ;D ;D ;D
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Nah, I've used the kayak for other fisheries already :D mostly open ocean over on the island for springs. But its not even really designed for fishing, its for camping, so its signed to carry about 3 weeks of camping gear, where the cup holder is I managed to fashion a rod holder and it clips underneath but it kinda sits at a high angle ;/ its abit 50 degree angle I feel like it should be sitting much lower. Easier to patter for sure.
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Went chum hunting this morning after reading this thread. Ran from Cates Park to Indian River and back but no surface signs. Beautiful day though, lots of seals and birds to be seen out there.
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Yeah I am not sure if to much will left out there at this point but the seals are good sign. They might be chasing something worth while!
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Was near Rocky Point In port moody went for the shoreline walk. There was so many chum jumping there that I was gonna drive home to get my gear.
Saw some men catching and releasing chum salmon that were fairly bright. Are you aloud to fish around there ?
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Nothing in the regs to indicate otherwise, if weather permits Saturday I will give everything upstream of Second Narrows another look and report back.
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I think I'm going to give it a try this weekend around Barnett, does anyone know whats best for targeting them?
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I think I'm going to give it a try this weekend around Barnett, does anyone know whats best for targeting them?
It's tough to say because they are pretty focused on hitting the rivers they won't be eating much if anything at all, so you'll be wanting to focus on provoking the fish I would guess, much like in the rivers they tend to be very aggressive defending redds and what not so, spoons and the like might be good.
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Weather was nice enough around noon to give me an hours worth of fishing. Fished on the shorline trail, I was using a purple jig under a float and casting it far.
I would slowly jerk for the jig to move around and i got a fish on instantly. On the first fish right when i got to see it my line snapped. Switched to a purple spoon and i was shocked how the fish would bite it. worth a try, also when you get to the spot you will see the fish jumping. :) :) :) :)
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Is there still any salmon (or other fish) biting in the Belcarra area?
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Not many salmon going trough the belcarra area. Maybe the odd flounder
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Is there still any salmon (or other fish) biting in the Belcarra area?
Not sure, but the weathers suppose to be nicer tomorrow and I will find out!
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I checked it out on Monday and it wasn't to bad, I saw a few rollers not 100% sure if they were chum or coho.
I took my Kayak in the morning and tried to troll some streamers around Belcarra Picnic area down to Admiralty Point.
I learned a few things.
1) it was DAMN cold.
2) I need a bigger boat, mostly because a rudder would have made a big difference.
3) COLD and probably need at least just a small motor to get a steady trolling speed.
4) Clip on Fish Finder or strap on fish Finder/depth sounder would have been handy. I was trolling completely blind, and tried to fish like I was trout fishing a larger lake, staying near the drops but I had actually no idea if salmon or anything would be present. I realize there will be salmon in the system all year around but probably migrating.
All and all it was a nice day but the chilly wind kinda beat me out. So I went home and warmed up in St. James Well. LOL
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Is there still any salmon (or other fish) biting in the Belcarra area?
I don't know as I have not fished there this late in the year. I will like to try sometime soon though.I suspect it will be slow from shore (as I don't have a boat) but if I can get my casts out to deeper water perhaps I may get flatfish. There may be greenlings in the shallows near the rocks but since they supposedly spawn in the late fall-winter, l think they should be left alone.
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Decided to take a break from the tidal Fraser earlier today and headed out to my usual spots at Belcarra for some bottomfish. Expected a very slow day...however to my surprise the fish are still hanging around near shore. Ended up keeping 7 sea perch and a nice fat greenling..released many more smaller ones. A rather chilly day..the sun did help a bit in the afternoon.
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you might want to try twitching jigs or casting out spoons