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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: lucky on August 05, 2007, 06:40:15 PM

Title: PINKS! August 4th/5th, 2007
Post by: lucky on August 05, 2007, 06:40:15 PM

  Well we just couldnt wait a couple more weeks till the pinks start to flood our local rivers, so the girlfriend and I decided to head to the island for a bit of salmon fishing this weekend. The alarm went off at 4am Saturday morning and we managed to catch the first ferry out.  It was around noon when we pulled in to the pedder bay marina, while my girlfriend paid for camping and arranged the boat rental I took a stroll down to the cleaning station only to see coolers of pinks being cleaned up as well as a few chinook. Soon after and with much anticipation we hit the water, weather was perfect and we both limited out on pinks in no time trolling pink hoochies in around 40 feet of water. No chinook or coho for us but we did catch some nice rock cod and a couple decent sized greenling cod. Sunday morning we were out early but the fog was thick at times and the water was a little lumpy, three pinks got brought into the boat and a couple undersized lingcod released before my girlfriends sea sickness forced us to head in early :-\.  Lotsa pinks out there right now and still a few chinook being caught, also some decent halibut being caught, yesterday a guy brought in a 77lber. So if you can get out there now is the time to go! Didnt take many pictures this outing as we were to occupied keeping lines in the water.


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Title: Re: PINKS!
Post by: firstlight on August 05, 2007, 07:34:59 PM

Way to go Lucky.
Looks like you had a great time and some good fishing.

Title: Re: PINKS!
Post by: Fish Assassin on August 05, 2007, 07:46:01 PM

Good to hear they're on the way. :)

Title: Re: PINKS!
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on August 05, 2007, 08:18:32 PM

Glad yo hear you had some success lucky!  I saw one caught while i was fishing for cod up indian arm yesterday

Title: Re: PINKS!
Post by: Sinaran on August 05, 2007, 08:59:08 PM

thanks for the report, lots of us here couldn't wait for the pinks to show up now~!~

Title: Re: PINKS!
Post by: bentrod on August 05, 2007, 09:42:42 PM

sure look a lot better there than they do in October.   I'm jealous.  I'm grounded a week waiting for a part to come in for my boat. 

Title: Re: PINKS!
Post by: GoldHammeredCroc on August 06, 2007, 10:24:57 AM

Good to hear.  First tideline or second were you out at?

Title: Re: PINKS!
Post by: lucky on August 06, 2007, 10:33:46 AM

we didnt even make it out to the tide lines, spent most of the time trolling around race rocks and christopher point

Title: Re: PINKS!
Post by: GoldHammeredCroc on August 06, 2007, 11:07:20 AM

Good to hear - Always a good time.  Congrats on the fishing.

Title: Re: PINKS! August 4th/5th, 2007
Post by: BladeKid on August 09, 2007, 07:44:29 PM

nice pics and report..glad u got into fish