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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: wonder on August 21, 2013, 03:40:52 PM

Title: August long weekend camp/fish
Post by: wonder on August 21, 2013, 03:40:52 PM

hey guys, with the fraser being closed and now the thompson joining it im running out of ideas for a place to salmon fish and camp, im sick of the crowds in squamish was maybe thinking of the island maybe ucluelet or something but i would prefer river fishing over ocean... any recommendations?? appreciate any help

Title: Re: August long weekend camp/fish
Post by: bigblockfox on August 21, 2013, 04:07:18 PM

i think you mean sept long

Title: Re: August long weekend camp/fish
Post by: wonder on August 21, 2013, 04:08:53 PM

haha ya i guess... im leaving august 30th so i just thought august

Title: Re: August long weekend camp/fish
Post by: Rodney on August 21, 2013, 11:22:38 PM

The Thompson River is closed for salmon fishing, but not for other species.

Title: Re: August long weekend camp/fish
Post by: Damien on August 21, 2013, 11:52:51 PM

I would head south of the border.  Cheap beer, cheap gas. Can buy a bunch of duty free stuff.  Easily offsets the cost of a license.

Recent articles and reports for some ideas;

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/reeltimenorthwest/

Title: Re: August long weekend camp/fish
Post by: wonder on August 22, 2013, 02:10:40 PM

Cool ill look into that thanks for the link. Rodney is there a decent trout fishery there? I've never fished the Thompson

Title: Re: August long weekend camp/fish
Post by: Rodney on August 22, 2013, 08:39:54 PM

http://www.fishingwithrod.com/blog/2008/08/07/summer-salmon-unexpected-visitors-evening-success/

Title: Re: August long weekend camp/fish
Post by: joshhowat on August 22, 2013, 09:05:31 PM

The trout in the Thompson taste like crap FYI.

Title: Re: August long weekend camp/fish
Post by: BCfisherman97 on August 22, 2013, 09:27:26 PM

Actually, I have found that there are two different shaped trout in the Thompson. One is the trout that are long and skinny with a very big head (snake looking) and the football shaped fat ones. The slender ones have pale meat and do not taste that well, but that fatter and rounder ones have pink/red meat and can be great.