Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: No_way on July 16, 2005, 09:29:28 PM
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Also on the topic of Ambleside (to where I've never been) what is the best way to get there from Vancouver Via public transit? Is it best to take the seabus and another bus or to take a bus over the Lion's Gate?
PS. would there be a good place to land Pinks in a month or so? I need to find an accessable place to hook some pinks from the shore, but I don't have a car and don't know the city very well. Pinks are the only pacific salmon I haven't hooked into yet and I need to complete my virtual collection. :)
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I recommend the mouth of the Seymour for pinks.
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I recommend the mouth of the Seymour for pinks.
I've been looking at transit maps, do you know what kind of a walk it is from Phibbs exchange? If I'm even thinking of the right spot that is. I hope it's close, then I would be one bus from there!
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Is the Phibbs exchange the one on the north end of the 2nd Narrows Bridge ?
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Is the Phibbs exchange the one on the north end of the 2nd Narrows Bridge ?
Well, yes and know, I think.... The transit maps call it the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge. If the two Bridges are the same then yes, if they aren't then no. Again I have no idea, but if it helps it's where the #4 terminates.
PS. How far up that river is the tidal marker?
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The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge and 2nd Narrows is one of the same. The tidal boundary is the BC Rail Bridge.
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Phibbs Exchange is at the end of the Second Narrows/Ironworker's Memorial Bridge. The walk is 5 minutes east over the Dollarton twin bridge then south onto Riverside Drive (towards the transfer station) cross the RR tracks and turn west. The train bridge demarks saltwater boundary.
Remember if you fish downstream of the bridge you need a saltwater license, upstream a freshwater license.
Cal
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It ain't the BC Rail Bridge there Fly Assassin it is the CPR Bridge ;D
C.F
Of course it is !
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Thank-you folks.... I can smell that pink salmon roasting as I type this ;D
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was out on the cap saterday and went down to ambleside for a second and noticed people fishing. What are the target fish and what do they use to catch them.
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It could be a number of things. Here is a link to a FWR article that will fill you in. It's a good article.
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/articles/2001/0601_01.html
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was out on the cap saterday and went down to ambleside for a second and noticed people fishing. What are the target fish and what do they use to catch them.
Target fish at the moment are cohos. Later in the month, there will be pinks and chinooks. Use spinners, buzz bombs and flatfish.
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Anyone fish the dock this weekend? whats the action like?
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action was horible yesterday... biggest fish of the day was bullheads. other then that... soles no more then 8 inches. and some greenlings caught. ALOT OF violations... >:(
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Sorry to hear. It goes like that some times. I've had days that are crazy with how many fish there are, and then the very next day not even the bullheads are biting (and THAT is bad my friends).
What size hooks do you normally use? I've been using a big bag of Eagle Claw #2s, but I deep hook fish way more often then I would like. I always pinch the barb but half the time I'm still end up taking the hook out in my sink at home :(
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when I fished Ambleside, about a month ago, people were keeping bottom fish. Is it ok to eat fish taken in this part of the bay? The only thing I caught of any size I gave away.
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English Bay isn't badly polluted at all-there's no heavy industry just sewage/road runoff after storms.
The flesh of those fish probably isn't contaminated-it's an aesthetic call more than anything else.
Shellfish are of course closed but I have seen people taking those for food-of course back in those days there were Shellfish to take.
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when I fished Ambleside, about a month ago, people were keeping bottom fish. Is it ok to eat fish taken in this part of the bay? The only thing I caught of any size I gave away.
I eat fish I catch at crab park which is just across the water and they're fine. I read a water report for Burrard inlet and there is no threat of heavy metal or chemical contamination (other than dog fish according to the DFO). The only water warnings are bacteriological, but since I assume you would cook the fish then that posses no threat either.
To the point of how the fish taste, the greenlings and perch are fantastic, but the flatfish taste a little muddy to me but filleted and deepfried they beat not eating fish at all.
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i only eat the greenlings/rockcod i catch over 1lb there :D and crabs :). as for the hooks gammi size 0/1 for me. and 4 for pile perch. keeps the shinners away.