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Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« on: January 31, 2014, 09:27:54 AM »
« Last Edit: January 31, 2014, 10:04:14 PM by Rodney »
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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2014, 11:05:35 AM »
Cool report, Rod.  Never tried starry flounder before, they look a little like halibut in appetizer form!  lol
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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2014, 11:37:47 AM »
So when should we show up for the crab boil?  :D
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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2014, 06:06:27 PM »
Great reading Rod!  I fish that area regularly and I'm surprised that more people don't give it a try.  You can fish it all winter and rainy days when trout fishing isn't likely to be productive. 

Sometimes you'll get surprises too.  I caught this guy on a cold, rainy day while I was crab fishing.  Released of course.

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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2014, 08:51:50 PM »
Good report Rodney. Caught hundreds of them off the local docks growing up
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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2014, 10:52:03 PM »
Quote from: Fish Assassin on January 31, 2014, 08:51:50 PM
Good report Rodney. Caught hundreds of them off the local docks growing up

Hundreds…. Come on now FA… ;D

It's a fascinating fishery even for adults in my opinion. There are up to a dozen flatfish species which inhabit BC's saltwater. Identifying them is no easy task, hopefully we'll be getting more species next time to show the differences in photos and videos.

Quote from: Floater on January 31, 2014, 11:37:47 AM
So when should we show up for the crab boil?  :D

Oops, the crabs all mysteriously disappeared in the kitchen before the invitation went out… ;D
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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2014, 04:35:45 PM »
Looks like a great day, Rob  ::) LOL
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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2014, 08:42:55 AM »
Nice fish. I remember catching flat fish up to four or five pounds (rarely, granted lol) off the rocks at Belcarra up until a few years ago. Was a blast, not that I'd want to eat anything out of there.  ???
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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2014, 03:23:20 PM »
Was wondering what type of Flounder that was. When we hit Ambleside a while back we saw three otters head out fishing in formation from the rocks. Two came back with nice Starry Flounders. Here is a shot of Aaron beside one enjoying his lunch. We got skunked, but was pretty cool to watch these curious little guys do what they do.

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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2014, 12:18:14 AM »
Pretty common for them to feed on flounder. I found this one a few years ago on the rocks near where you were fishing.

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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2014, 10:12:48 AM »
Back in Nova Scotia it was common practice to use a long handled spear and a dory to fill a boat with flounder.
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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2014, 10:23:34 PM »
I saw an otter run up onto the bank from the water the other day while walking the seawall. I went down to take a closer look, the otter saw me and dropped the little kelp greenling he was holding. I returned the fish to the water but it didn't look very happy...

Otters these days, such poor fish handling etiquette  ::)
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Re: Burrard Inlet, January 27th 2014
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2014, 08:27:48 PM »
Quote from: silver ghost on February 23, 2014, 10:23:34 PM
Otters these days, such poor fish handling etiquette  ::)

Hey Silver Ghost! did you report it to the CO!? ;) :p
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