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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rodney on October 04, 2004, 03:36:13 PM

Title: Spanish Bank?
Post by: Rodney on October 04, 2004, 03:36:13 PM

So this morning I picked up Ross UK from the airport as he had a few hours at YVR until his flight to Terrace after he arrived from London. We drove up to Spanish Bank to take a look at the scenary as he hadn't been that way before. Anyways, while standing there for 30 minutes during high tide, we were spotting coho, cutties (possibly jacks) finning, leaping around 100 feet out. :o So um.... Who's been catching them? ;) More importantly, is it opened in that area? And what is the daily quota? I'll let one of you to do the dirty work to look through the reg. site as I am lacking time at a moment (which is evident on the website, by the way new fishy shot contest coming tonight!). ;D

Title: Re: Spanish Bank?
Post by: The Gilly on October 04, 2004, 04:24:33 PM

Any good fisherman worth his salt would have had all his gear and the current regs. in his car ;D

Something just popped into my head...didn't they rehabilitate and stock a stream at Spanish Banks about 3-4 years ago?

Title: Re: Spanish Bank?
Post by: ~IvAn~ on October 04, 2004, 04:44:49 PM

yea.... coho

Title: Re: Spanish Bank?
Post by: Sam Salmon on October 04, 2004, 04:46:55 PM

Heavy concentration of Coho and some Chum off Spanish Banks now-local Smelts taking heavy losses  ::).
100 feet you say ?
That's easy casting range.
Yes it's all open it's always open.

Title: Re: Spanish Bank?
Post by: Fish Assassin on October 04, 2004, 06:27:24 PM

The smelt season is done for the year with the exception of a few late ones.

Title: Re: Spanish Bank?
Post by: Sam Salmon on October 04, 2004, 08:06:09 PM

Quote from: Fish Assassin on October 04, 2004, 06:27:24 PM

The smelt season is done for the year with the exception of a few late ones.

Spawning Smelts might be finished but the Coho and Springs gorging themselves off Ambleside today were full of Smelts.
It stands to reason then that the Coho that Rod saw jumping/feeding off Spanish Banks-the ones that I also saw corralling bait off the QA marker on the weekend-were also feeding on Smelts-does it not?

Title: Re: Spanish Bank?
Post by: Koho on October 05, 2004, 10:00:29 AM

My BIL is a 7th grade teacher in Vancouver and his class raised some chum salmon from eggs provided by the DFO.  They raised the eggs in classroom incubators and the kids learned all about the salmon lifecycle as well as salmon habitat issues.  The class then released the fry and I believe that Spanish Banks Creek was one of them. 

Title: Re: Spanish Bank?
Post by: demco99 on October 05, 2004, 11:13:57 PM

hey Rodney where on Spanish Bank were you?

Title: Re: Spanish Bank?
Post by: mooha on October 06, 2004, 11:52:08 AM

I have been poking around out there all summer, and managed to hook a few ( okay, land only 1 but 3 good fights!)

They seem to mill about between jerico and the cap on the shelf where it drops to about 75'. I have been using a green hotspot, small green and white gypsy

Worth a try