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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: SockeyeJunkie on September 28, 2004, 08:11:07 PM
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Fished 3 different spots today with my father. Started at bell acres at 7:00 a.m. and had nothing when I left there at 9:00. I saw one chinook landed and released. There were a total of 7 people fishing there.
We then fished at the end of Osborne road area and as I arrived I saw 3 guys leaving each with 4 coho each (they had a net to help land them - read on). One guy also had a chinook. This turned out to be a fun spot and we had it all to ouselves until we left at about 12:00. From the rocky shore we were at and with the polarized glasses on, we could see the fish passing us by. A fair number of coho and also chinook. The coho schools were running through about every 15 minutes, on average. I hooked and landed (almost) a chinook - a monster. It took me about 30 minutes to be able to get it close to shore. The area I was fishing is so rocky and so steep, it was just impossible to land fish without a net and a buddy. The chinook got away as I was trying to heave him ashore (my 10# leader finally gave way). I had 6 coho hooked in total all day. None landed due to the same problem. Frusterating, but also fun.
Next we went to the boulder run and fished for about 30 minutes. Hooked into a few cohos. My dad landed one - photo here.
All in all a pretty good day.
Seems like the numbers coming through are starting to really pick up. Also I have been noticing my last number of trips out very early and just before complete darkness (basically whne the sun is not on the river), the action is much, much better. It seems more are moving up with the bite on at those times. The biting during the day when the sun hits the river is substantially less. I am assuming this is due to the lower and clear water conditions.
Talked to a hatchery worker today as well and he said the vast majority of fish enetering the hatchery are entering at night - barely any during the day.
(http://members.shaw.ca/peterstuart/Fishing/Dad%20coho.jpg)
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Excellent report
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nice pics thanx as for the coho entering the hatch at nite yo are right. late at night or very early in the mornin. during the day it is very sparatic with few or none movin through. but they do move during the day so be prpared to move around the river and scout different ares. :D :o
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great report , thanks
Will
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Thats a great pic! Good report
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Great report! Always nice to read a report with some details, especially when it involves fish being hooked and landed.
Personally I have the most fun just hooking and playing the fish ... landing and keeping/releasing them is a bonus.
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The fish will tend to move more at night because of the cover of darkness. I prefer to fish the deep pools during the day and under fast water as the fish will go to the bottom or use white water to hide during the day. Nice report. Glad you had a good day with your dad.