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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Damien on September 30, 2012, 05:31:43 PM
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Went out in the sunshine today, well away from the crowds of the valley river. Off to 'my' spot where I had success last year.
Weather was perfect, nice and warm. I was out at mid afternoon, so not ideal, especially with the clear skies. But I notice some active fish in the area, and a couple of seals, so I set off to casting. First a croc, then a couple of blue foxes. Couldn't get a bite after about an hour. I think back to remember the retrieve and the colour/size that worked here last year. Doh, orange blue fox. I had no success on a pink body, nor chartreuse body. So I tie on the orange one, second cast, BLAMMO, chrome bright Ho goes BALLISTIC. A couple of passerbyes stop to watch the action. I unbuttoned the barbless gammy from his yap and away he swam.
Feels good to get the first one, felt even better that the folks behind me watching the action snapped a pic and emailed them to me!
(http://i.imgur.com/kvUm9.jpg)
I lost that blue fox shortly after and tried a few other lures. I was getting tired when I tie on a brass blue fox, a few casts later, BANG, fish on. A nice bonus cutty of about 2lbs comes to hand. A great capper on the day.
I was tired and hungy by about 4:30 so I headed home.
What a great September this has been weather wise, and a great way to end the month with my first Ho of the year and a cutty (first time in a long time I have caught one). Glad to see them still around.
A good day.
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I could be wrong but looks like the Fraser???
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Great post and nice photo the passerby's were able to grab. What a great day to spend on the water!
What's your set-up that you're using for your rod/reel? I'm tweeking my spinning set-up :)
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Great job on the fish Damien !!! And very kind of those people to e-mail you the pics, classy. Thank You very much for the nice report ! ;D :D ;D
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Very cool to be fishing coho in sunglasses and shorts.
Congrats on the success
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I could be wrong but looks like the Fraser???
Are you sure theres barnicales in the fraser, plus water is too clean, lol
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This is not on the Fraser. To be more specific, this fish was caught from the shoreline somewhere between Porteau Cove Provincial Park and Peace Arch Provincial Park. ;)
My set up is nothing dramatic. It is a Shimano Sienna 2500FB and a Shimano Sojourn 6'6" Medium/Fast 6-14lb. To be honest, I am a bit outgunned on the rod portion. I would prefer to have a 7-7.5 footer for better control and casting distance. This is NOT an idea beach rod, by any stretch.
The funny thing was, there were a couple other guys working the area I was in, and they were making LOOONG casts. I caught the two fish mentioned, and jumped another good sized Coho within 50 feet of shore. They, as far as I could see, got skunked. I must have made twice the number of casts they did and worked the spinner slowly right to my feet. There were 2-3 boats working the area as well, trolling, I didn't see them get anything.
As we all know, sometimes the fishing is better right in front of you. Even though I could see most fish jumping well out of my range.
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ha my bad ;D I saw chunks that looked like concrete, didnt have my glasses on ;)
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Heading out again in a few minutes, gotta remember to stop at the local shop and buy some orange foxes!
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Skunked today. I won't include a weird looking mini lincod thing, a few bullheads and a little sole/flounder.