Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: jon5hill on July 12, 2009, 10:40:36 PM
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Hey all,
A friend of mine has recently bought a boat and expressed interest in taking me out to fish Salmon. Turns out he's not a fisherman of any description so it looks like I'll be the one to guide us. The first thing I've done is picked up the regulations book, and bought my Saltwater fishing license + Salmon tag. I don't know too much about trolling the ocean for these fish and so I read up on trolling with dodgers/flashers with different herring/spoon/hootchie presentations. I'm also not very knowledgeable when it comes to "runs" of fish, and when in the year they are generally abundant.
The boat he purchased lacks a down-rigger, so I'm prepared to use a large keel weight, flasher, and plug/spoon/hootchie. I'm rigging up my shimano cardiff with 25 lb monofilament line and looking at options for gear. (Dodger vs Flasher, weight, flasher color, size, etc)
If anyone would care to toss me a few pointers and help a novice get off his feet, it would be greatly appreciated!
- Weight - How much weight should I use and what type? Keel weight, Spherical ball weight (betty) with a tri-swivel? something entirely different?
- Line strength - I've read 20-30 lb high quality green/colorless monofilament line will get the job done. Some guys swear by fluorocarbon leader material. Is this a good bet?
- Locations! - We're moored in Port Moody, by Rocky Point Park, and prepared to go where the fish are to get into some Salmon, I've heard mouth of the Cap, but any other general areas would be enormously helpful! ;D
- Depth - I've read "50 feet and above for Coho and 50 feet and below for Springs" - As we have no depth sounder it's likely going to be tricky to find these fish.. any rules of thumb for depth?
- Time of Day - It is mentioned that 1 hour before a tide change, during, and 1 hour after are typically regarded as good fishing times, as well as low light situations as in early morning and dusk. Is this the right idea?
Apologies if this is not the forum for these types of questions!
Thanks in advance,
Jonathan Hill
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I would keep it simple
6-8oz Banana wieght, 5' leader, cut plug.
4oz if you can troll slow, or move with wind and current.
maybe, a 7wt with full sink and a bucktail for fun as a 3rd rod.
West Van. should work, look for the pink buildings and boats trolling, might be good place to start. mouth of the Cap. might be busy, but take a look anyways.
no depth sounder really sucks.
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If you don't have a depth sounder, pick up chart 3481 (I think that's the right number). Either way, it's titled "Approaches to Vancouver Harbour". It will give you good outline of the contour lines.
Cap shoreline is good now. Might want to try the mouth of the Fraser or south side of Bowen.
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"West Van. should work, look for the pink buildings and boats trolling"
- Thanks for this tip. How far approximately into westvan is this area? is it past ambleside, dundurave pier, lighthouse park?
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you can start just past the lions gate bridge and troll up to and past the pink apartment. flasher with white hoochie is working for coho. pinks are coming ,cates park is good for them around 1st aug. 2.inch hot pink buzz bomb is great to cast ,no other weight needed. or any small pink spoon or fly will work.also they will be at the mouth of the seymour river at the same time.
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Is there any where I could go on the salt water with 14ft aluminum and my 9.9?
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Yes you could go in the cates park area. The water isnt really that rough even at tide change, your boat should be fine. Bring a crab trap and drop it down at about 70ft if you got one. I have never been skunked on the crab. Good luck