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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Rodney on February 20, 2006, 01:51:20 PM
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Check out Jay Mohl's Tofino report of a trip that they did last week.
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fishing_report/wvi.html
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Problem is now when to book holidays.
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Those are some damn tasty looking fishes ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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nice fish.
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That "report" is as much an advertisement than anything else. Interesting that he caught mature and not feeders at this time of year. 8)
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nice fish....yummy yummy
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Those fish are not that big I wouldn't be surprised if they were big feeders
lol cute..
i second that Bill...
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Wow, nice warm weahter there. Great looking fish. 8)
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Those fish are not that big I wouldn't be surprised if they were big feeders
Those are soild fish for this time of year migrating or feeding
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Those fish are not that big I wouldn't be surprised if they were big feeders
Those are soild fish for this time of year migrating or feeding
If they were indeed caught at this time of year...experience based on the details of the report tells me they weren't feeders.
I looked at his prices..WHOA! This guy is really expensive for what he offers and he's also a bit more expensive or at a premium to some of the other operators in the area. . I should get a fleet of boats..buy some land..set up cottages...hire some grunts..and undercut his prices by 25% ..and STILL make a chunk o' cash. Wouldn't take much...
I remember when my friend took me over to Tofino a couple of years ago..it amazed me how the "guides" over there championed themselves and charged outrageous rates. I actually found that pretty exceptional...hate to say it..but the clients/ "victims" were mostly tourists.
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Why are you bad mouthing him so much? I have heard he is a good guide. Even if the prices are a bit high its what people will pay to catch fish everyones trying to make a living. What details make you thing they are migratory?
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I guess you have to think like a business man and remember how much overhead there is in any business....plus the fact that there are certain seasons that people wanna fish .... alot of the year he probably has to find other work to make ends meet...it is not all roses in business...people say the same thing about my business..." I must be rolling in the dough" yeah right I can barely pay myself at the end of the day after over head is paid..... if it was so easy to make money guiding I am sure there would be a heck of alot more people doing it..... something to think about
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yeh no kidding man.. even if that post is advertisement.. hey ill take it.. fun read.. .free pics and shows me he knows how to catch fish... and yes i know right now you are thinking "so do i and i wouldnt charge that much etc.." let the guy be thats his job, im sure he wouldnt go in public and mouth off what you do for a living, and criticize how much money you need to feed your family...
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yeh no kidding man.. even if that post is advertisement.. hey ill take it.. fun read.. .free pics and shows me he knows how to catch fish... and yes i know right now you are thinking "so do i and i wouldnt charge that much etc.." let the guy be thats his job, im sure he wouldnt go in public and mouth off what you do for a living, and criticize how much money you need to feed your family...
Oh...I don't know about that..there's a difference between feeding a family and gouging. Who said business owners are squeaky clean ethical by their very nature? Actually..if I got competitive with him..he'd be bad mouthing me...don't you kid yourself...at any rate...actually I know what it takes to run a business..I have several friends in the business in Sooke, Vancouver and the Charlottes. I used to be a F/T guide..year round as a matter of fact.. and I'm actually thinking on returning to the business for the summer at one of the lodges I used to work for...before I take my MBA in the fall. As a matter of fact..I may just start my own charter business..and then compete with some of my friends...with a large size company!!!
At any rate..I'll let him run his business they way he wants..that's his business..
As for the previous question..how do I know they are not feeders? There are 3 details and one of the dead giveaways is the appearance of those fish..and I have caught more than a few to know better and those fish aren't feeders.
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just lookin for some pointers on how to tell the difference ???
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f/m are you jealous ? i thought you were a guide yourself down here and you should know how cutthroat this business is...... i guided for years out of granville island and horseshoe bay and got out of it 20 years ago because everybody and thier dog that owned a boat started guiding during expo 86.
Bill Bill Bill...Well..look at it this way...there's basically only a handful of operators locally now.
Bonnie Lee Charters.
Bites On.
M and M
Bavaria (think he's packed it in to guide the Charlottes)
Sewell's (Predator, Mickey Finn, Mongoose Striker, Built for Speed etc.. )
and the other guys locally..well..they don't count for much really since they're rarely on the water... There's plenty of room locally for more guides so I recommend getting back on in if guiding's your thing.
By the way...I'd be willing to bet a sizeable sum of money that if 100 boats were fishing local waters including around Bowen Island locally on a given day...only one boat may be fortunate enough to hook a fish that size at this time of year....and I'd place my bets on a guide boat... or the weekend warrior fishing in lala land who flukes out by coming across the fish. I'd probably place an educated guess that there are fewer than 8 springs above the 20 lb mark in 15 square miles around Vancouver right now.
Anyways.speaking of winter springs...locally I hear the fishing can be quite consistent dependent on the amount of effort you want to put in right now.. with most fish up to 15 lbs weighed and many around the 6 to 10 lb mark..and for the wishful thinkers and those that weigh fish with their eyeballs..what you think is 20 lbs...is likely only 15 at best. Not saying there aren't fish larger than 20 lbs locally...but there's a lot of fishing time involved in the winter to get a fish that big in Vancouver..this year locally I know of a legitimate 27 lbers hauled out by a guide boat in Horseshoe Bay.
Me jealous? Heck no! Never in a million years.. I have nothing to be jealous of..I've caught more fish than most anglers on the coast have in several lifetimes..
tight lines to everyone out there!
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Still wondering FM how you know its not a feeder by looks ??? Also was there not a tyee feeder caught last year at bowen? true theres not many 20lbers but that was not the arguement
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Still wondering FM how you know its not a feeder by looks ??? Also was there not a tyee feeder caught last year at bowen? true theres not many 20lbers but that was not the arguement
The colour of the fish number one, the girth of the fish (notice their sex) , and the overal dimensions, the depth at which they were caught. I have an commercial troller acquaintance who has fished 25 years and he thinks the fish are Columbia River/ Washington/Oregon River Fish or possibly Quatsino Fish.
Having worked at Langara Island for a few seasons...my analysis seems to fit as well.
You work up there too..see the resemblances?
That "tyee feeder" you're referring to was not a feeder either and I suspect that was a fish destined for an Oregon/ BC River. That was the largest winter caught fish locally in MANY years based on known reports.
That fish was locally surpassed in March or April I believe by an estimated 44 lber caught off Pt. Grey..but it wasn't a feeder..as I know the operation that caught that fish.
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Boy fishin magician, could you make yourself disappear?
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Hey FM show us some pics of all of your feeders!! Why are you so confrontational?... Maybe you feel the need to compensate for your own short comings by making critical statements of others?
I suggest that you spend more time fishing and less time bashing others because you obviously have to much time on your hands.
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all i can say is they are nice fish. 30lber in the winter big fish not matter what. 44lber in march again massive fish. My PB feeders 17lbs from the georgia straight i might have a pic if i do i will post it.
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Boy fishin magician, could you make yourself disappear?
No. But I can. ;D Magic.... ;) But I will not, who else would we make fun of then.... ;D
I think we've had enough of this thread. :) Enjoy the report, and photos... a pleasant read I thought as we don't get too many saltwater features on here.