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[BCfisherman97]

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[Every Day]

Great write up! Thanks for that. I really like to see the recaps.

I have, for the most part, only started doing season recaps. Pictures/videos, even on my personal facebook are held back for weeks to months on the off chance that someone can recognize where they are from. I really feel this alleviates pressure, and it still allows anglers to share their experiences. It also throws people off on specific run timing (if you don't post specifics that is).

I for one really appreciate these blogs. I hope more people follow suite honestly - get some more recaps flowing (but cut out the bragging style reports that I so often see on here that lead to immediate high pressure) and more things to read. Even if the recaps aren't as extensive as yours or mine due to less time on the water, they are still cool to see and read! I really like seeing how other people's seasons went and what their observations were (yours was similar to mine as far as observations and success goes).

Cheers!

[Outdoorsman]

Thank you for taking the time to write all that and post the pictures. It was a pleasure to read, and always good to compare your year to someone else's. Nice to not read a "superhero" report, and to read one as if we were having a conversation. Thanks!

[FlyFishin Magician]

Great write-up BCfisherman97!  My year was similar, but on a smaller scale as I don't believe I went out as much as you did (with two little kids nipping at my heels).  I esp. like your Sept shots with the red spring jacks.  Stratocaster and I only managed to get there once, but when we did, the fishing was spectacular.  Also, I remember meeting you in early October - you were walking out of the run with a beauty spring doe and a coho while we were walking in.  That day was a good day for coho - I remember limiting out but the coho were small.  Later that day after we met you, I released a couple of springs in the spot you were previously fishing.

I'm glad to see you slayed the coho in November!  We did OK, but wasted lots of time trying to explore the north side tribs.  I guess "waste of time" is not a good way to describe it.  But it was clearly unproductive.  One particular flow was extremely disappointing.  However, the last few weeks I've gone back to the fly and have done well for coho.  Yesterday I caught a coho hen that was bullet chrome with a belly as white as snow.  She did have an adipose, so I withdrew the fly from her mouth and released her without a photo.  She was one of the larger coho I've caught - I'd say 6 - 7 pounds.  I also released a couple of coloured up hatchery fish.

Anyway, thanks again for the report.  Great read and cool shots!   

[BCfisherman97]

Was nice to meet you that day, glad you had a nice trip out. As for the North side, it was good early on, I was fortunate enough to hit a few large groups of unmolested fish a couple of times on the weekdays. Had a couple amazing days but then the hoards of guys started coming in and standing up to their hips where the fish were holding the previous days. Crazy how much pressure a few systems started to get in the last few years. Usually fish start to stack up as the season progresses but I somehow saw less and less fish as the year went on which was a little strange.

[banx]

thanks for taking the time to post that. some great pics.

[mykiss]

yes definitely a great write up! and lots of photos which makes it even more entertaining.  Thanks!

[Silex-user]

Great fish stories and pictures. Do you ever consider getting fishing videos done like Rodney? I did lots of video taping of my son salmon fishing. I do'nt fished that much locally but take great pleasure in looking at all those salmon and steelhead pictures and stories. Thanks.



Silex-user

[BCfisherman97]

I do fool around a little bit with the Go Pro, but other than that I haven't done too much in terms of video (aside from some videos on my phone of course). I did get a lot of good bobber down footage this year but nothing even close to Rodney's quality of videos. Truth is, I just don't have the time to edit because I am a full time university student and work now. Maybe next year I was thinking of doing some underwater shots. There is a few slack water channels that connect to a main river with big fallen trees that always hold coho. I was thinking of placing a Go Pro from the opposite high bank then coming back and casting into it from the other side. I think it would make for some cool shots to show how coho react to jigs. Usually fishing alone makes this hard also. Would be nice to get some sight fishing for both steelhead and coho, jig twitching and bobber downs with some good quilting footage, especially at times where you can pretty much call your fish.