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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: dereke on September 23, 2007, 11:01:25 PM

Title: Stamp River
Post by: dereke on September 23, 2007, 11:01:25 PM

    had the pleasure of heading to the island for almost a week. limited out on the stamp both days and got skunked in comox on the beach this morning. on the stamp saw schools of coho swimming by with a few springs intermixed. springs hadnt quite showed in large numbers yet. heard of only one spring being caught in the area we were in. loved the island, good to get away from my usual spots. first day on the stamp got a big wild male (14lbs) and smaller hatchery female (8lbs). second day got another decent hatchery male and a nice chrome wild female. alot of hookups during the day in just a gorgeous setting. all fish accept one were absolute chrome. on the last day my male had just a touch of color but still very fresh fish...

First stamp hatchery female
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w216/derekerlandson/fwr1.jpg)

Large wild male (peeled out line on a few good runs and jumped 4 or 5 times)
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w216/derekerlandson/fwr2-1.jpg)

First days limit
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w216/derekerlandson/fwr3-1.jpg)

Second days limit (Bottom fish is the most colored fish i saw)
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w216/derekerlandson/fwr5-1.jpg)

Had a little fun with my underwater camera case
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w216/derekerlandson/fwr6-1.jpg)

Out at sunrise from the beach in Comox (alot of guys were getting coho with spinners around me i just couldnt quite get it out there far enough with the fly rod, wish i had my pontoon boat)
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w216/derekerlandson/fwr7-1.jpg)

had an awesome holiday over there....
cant wait till the run is going strong over here

tight lines
derek

Title: Re: Stamp River
Post by: kellya on September 24, 2007, 10:39:31 AM

Nice report and hos. the stamp should be packed with springs but they got hit hard. Oh ya what did you get them on?

Title: Re: Stamp River
Post by: mr.pink on September 24, 2007, 12:34:04 PM

 that underwater pic is sweet,nice work,cheers.

Title: Re: Stamp River
Post by: THE_ROE_SLINGER on September 24, 2007, 02:17:28 PM

Thanks for the report, Hopefully I will be able to hit the stamp once before steelies start to role in. Not that thats a bad thing :)

ps. For some reason I cant see the pics ???

Title: Re: Stamp River
Post by: Steelhawk on September 24, 2007, 07:58:57 PM

Thanks for the report and some nice coho. The Stamp run of coho used to be a large run, and the red springs were usually ahead of the coho. Surprised to hear that very few springs are around.

Title: Re: Stamp River
Post by: Xgolfman on September 24, 2007, 08:13:13 PM

Damn nice fish, must have been a blast on the fly.. ;D

Title: Re: Stamp River
Post by: Fish Assassin on September 24, 2007, 08:21:27 PM

I've always done well for springs in the 3rd week of September.

Title: Re: Stamp River
Post by: BladeKid on September 25, 2007, 09:45:34 PM

beautiful pics!

Title: Re: Stamp River
Post by: dereke on September 25, 2007, 10:24:59 PM

  where we were fishing was close to the area where it is closed and you could see a ton of springs boiling out of the water, along with coho. i think some rain might bring the water up and convince them to move up river. anytime we saw fish moving the springs were flying through faster than the coho. water was quite shallow i fished up river as well and saw some dead spring carcasses laying around.

Title: Re: Stamp River
Post by: mmmroe on September 25, 2007, 11:10:36 PM

well done! Planning to hit the stamp this season for sure!