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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: fishiotherapist on October 25, 2007, 04:45:31 PM
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Finally met the "Master" while fishing eventhough I lost the fish- it took my spoon ( my favorite and only spoon) :D :D :D
Thanks for the advice Rod- I'll try that spot next time ;D
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"Master" I am not, since I only had one snagged chum salmon to show today. :-[ :'( ;D Nice meeting you today fishiotherapist. Like I said, this was my first time fishing the Stave River in over two years. We usually avoid fishing it because of the crowd, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it very tolerable today. :) Lots of chum salmon rolling, found a few spots that look promising for coho salmon later on this season too. ;) Today was Iwan's last outing before his flight back to UK on Saturday, and he sure finished it off with a bang by landing the only coho salmon of our group. Luke lost one coho, and landed a chum salmon. I, after 14 trips this month, finally haven't hooked a coho during an outing for once. ;D :P
Iwan's fish, a hatchery buck around 10lb. :) In total we fished three days during his stay, he spent just under 100 dollars on fishing licenses and the salmon stamp, and it has been his best experience out of all the fishing trips here so far, according to him.
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/album34/071025_1.jpg)
While wandering around, I came across this note on a tree. I assume this was posted by a local resident. Lets respect their request by keeping the area clean. Luke and I picked up a disgusting amount of fishing line in the marsh this afternoon. It just never ended. The more we picked up, the more we found.
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/album34/071025_2.jpg)
The weather also couldn't be any better, for a late October day.
Good luck fishing this weekend. :)
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Nice meeting you today, as well, Rod. After you left I moved upstream a bit & wrestled a lot of Chummers on the flyrod, some pretty clean. I lost a few spunky fish, too... Coho, perhaps? I'll never know. I did pull-out the hardware for a while, but only caught Chum. In any case, a good day on the Stave & didn't see too many atrocities where I was.
Tight loops/lines
Shane
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Very nice looking coho! I will be there tomorrow!
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Good chatting with you too purplehelmet. That particular area of the Stave River is quite lovely and I should fish it more often. The system seems to have gotten a bad reputation over the year when it comes to crowding and disorderly conduct, but I found it very civilized yesterday. That undercut bank on the far side looks good. ;) I don't see why coho salmon wouldn't sit in that whole section in a few weeks from now. ;D
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Decided to go fishing today from first light to 10:00 am where I met the "Master". Instead of using spoons I pretied some wool patterns with float.
After several casts with no takers with a line depth of ~3 ft, I decided to lenghten it to ~5-6 ft.- and the result was fabulous. Had 5 very serious takers-4 lost and 1 landed, a robust and fiesty Chum ( ~20-25 lbs). This is actually my biggest landed type of Salmon so far and the trip-the best ever yet:) :)
Fishiotherapist
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Landed today @ noon time.
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/fishiotherapist/1chum.jpg)
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Was there this morning but my fishing was interupted by inch creek hatchery. So decided to take a walk and find some other areas for chucking flies. Lost two coho landed a few nice chum(bucks) all released. Back at it tomorrow as I have the day off. Maybe halloween will be nice to me.
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Another fiesty one landed today on outgoing tide ;D :D
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/fishiotherapist/1_2chum.jpg)
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nice and fresh looking chum~
since the squamish's return is low this year, Stave is an idea place for some chum fishing .. if u could stay away from the beaks. ;)
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Thanks Sinaran.
The Stave is only 10 minutes away from work so I go there for lunch almost everyday ;) ;) ;)
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Thanks Sinaran.
The Stave is only 10 minutes away from work so I go there for lunch almost everyday ;) ;) ;)
wow nice.. it's like almost 45 minutes drive for me from home. it's nice that u can go there for lunch every day and catch your "dinner" at the same time. :)
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Actually I'm starting to fillet better (faster and more efficient) now with all the fish that I'm catching :) :)
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Another doe chum ;D ;D
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/fishiotherapist/1_3chum.jpg)
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Another doe chum ;D ;D
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/fishiotherapist/1_3chum.jpg)
hey a question
how do you cook that chum i never taste a chum coz i heard it tastes really bad
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Testo84 you would smoke that fish but.........thats all i can say
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http://www.fishingwithrod.com/articles/2001/1101_02.html
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Ya rod but I bet that fish you had cooked up was fresh I mean now bars right?
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Ya rod but I bet that fish you had cooked up was fresh I mean now bars right?
its rob !
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I have been undercover latly
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Testo84 you still killing old boots hehe
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Re: How to cook a chum
My wife or sometimes my brother-in-law (our beloved nanny fr. Philippines) baked them using their own recipe.
I would say there is no difference in terms of taste between a fresh pink and fresh chum (even with bars on them) salmon when baked properly.
I actually landed 4 chums yesterday and picked the best one. ;D ;D ;D
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Re: How to cook a chum
My wife or sometimes my brother-in-law (our beloved nanny fr. Philippines) baked them using their own recipe.
I would say there is no difference in terms of taste between a fresh pink and fresh chum (even with bars on them) salmon when baked properly.
I actually landed 4 chums yesterday and picked the best one. ;D ;D ;D
yeah i picked the one with sea lice but really when i tried to clean that up oh god theeeeeeeeeee smellllllllll uh uh uh
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Try cooking a non smelly one Testo84 and taste it, it won't kill you. ;D ;D
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Here is the trick, look at the belly and use these rhymes.
For smoking:
White is right
Gray is okay
But if it's black throw it back
For the table:
If the sides are bright out of sight,
If it's white it's still alright
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you got it newsman ;D
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Here is the trick, look at the belly and use these rhymes.
For smoking:
White is right
Gray is okay
But if it's black throw it back
For the table:
If the sides are bright out of sight,
If it's white it's still alright
Now that is perfect ;D
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Unable to even hold the baitcaster today due to sudden influx of patients @ clinic :( >:(
Be back @ Stave on my usual spot Monday and try to perfect the skill of shortfloating :D
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Finally my first coho :) caught @ same spot.
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/fishiotherapist/coho1.jpg)
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Nicely done, fishiotherapist.
I have never fished the Stave, but maybe will try one of these days.
Thanks again for sharing.
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how does a chum salmon taste? Does the meat smell so bad even tons of seasoning would not mask the odor? The meat has protein and mut be good for us? no?
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From what I understand chum salmon tastes just fine, the meat certainly doesnt stink unless the fish has been rotting for a while. They are my favorite salmon for smoking but taste good cooked with any recipe you would use for other salmon species. The key would be to only take home fish that are in decent enough shape, make sure you bleed your catch right away and try to keep the fish cool until you get home. If you kill a fish and let it sit on shore for a few hours its bound to effect the flavour of the meat no matter what kind of fish it is.
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Fresh chum smoked is fantastic. One of the best ever.