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No_way

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Ambleside
« on: July 16, 2005, 09:29:28 PM »
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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Fish Assassin

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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2005, 09:33:38 PM »
I recommend the mouth of the Seymour for pinks.
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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2005, 10:24:07 PM »
Quote from: Fish Assassin on July 16, 2005, 09:33:38 PM
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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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2005, 10:29:48 PM »
Is the Phibbs exchange the one on the north end of the 2nd Narrows Bridge ?
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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2005, 10:36:46 PM »
Quote from: Fish Assassin on July 16, 2005, 10:29:48 PM
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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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2005, 10:54:37 PM »
The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge and 2nd Narrows is one of the same. The tidal boundary is the BC Rail Bridge.
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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2005, 09:16:49 AM »
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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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2005, 12:50:46 PM »
Quote from: C.F on July 17, 2005, 01:35:58 AM
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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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2005, 03:18:00 PM »
Thank-you folks.... I can smell that pink salmon roasting as I type this  ;D
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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2005, 03:25:46 PM »
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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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2005, 03:34:22 PM »
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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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2005, 04:34:23 PM »
Quote from: shrek on July 17, 2005, 03:25:46 PM
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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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2005, 05:24:12 PM »
Anyone fish the dock this weekend?  whats the action like?
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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2005, 03:56:19 PM »
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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Re: Ambleside
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2005, 04:08:30 PM »
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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