Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Driller on October 14, 2011, 08:34:59 PM
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It was another pleasant summer filled with so many memories of awesome bottom bouncing. I even tried bottom bouncing up at roche lake. It was hard to drive the boat in the perfect circle, plus after about 5 minutes I would get about 15 pounds of weeds that I would need the net to lift out of the water don't ya know.There are fly fishing clubs, river clean up clubs, and stuff like that I was wondering if there are any bottom bouncing clubs. We could all get together and try to find out what length leader works best, and what colour wool the salmons like best and other secrets. I know for me I found that the salmon really liked a 4 oz. Betty, with a 16.5 ft leader and a 4 ot gamagatzu tied with green/ chartreuse yarn.
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;D no wonder you hook so many fish at island lk!
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what the...
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I'll sign up, but I think we need to create awareness. I'm thinking maybe some membership cards, and perhaps black hoodies. Also a camo hat with the Bottom Bouncing Explorer's Association of Kingfisher's logo: "I'm a B.B.E.A.K!"
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Do you think my sturgeon set up would be too big for use and would it hinder my acceptance into B.B.E.A.K. ? ::)
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B.B.E.A.K. report. Oct 15, 2011
4AM alarm goes off, slam on my simms waders, pound down a NOS energy drink and I'm on the road. Decide to try my luck today bouncing for squirrels. First cast snag into a cedar. Second cast line gets fouled up around a gnarled stump. Cut the line and re-rig up. Saw 2 squirrels running around on tree branches high above. I almost got a bite when I hurled a perfect cast with my 5 oz betty and 5/O treble hook wrapped in pencil lead vertically into the thick forrest canopy. Rainbow wool was my weapon of choice today, but I dipped it in fish oil just to be safe. The rig glanced a tree and the hook bounced excellently. I just grazed the tail of one of the squirrels. Spent the next 3 hours trying to get my gear out of the branches. Pounded back another NOS energy drink and hit the bricks.
Next time I'll try chartreuse with some sparklies in it instead of rainbow. Fish oil seemed to be effective.
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B.B.E.A.K. report. Oct 15, 2011
4AM alarm goes off, slam on my simms waders, pound down a NOS energy drink and I'm on the road. Decide to try my luck today bouncing for squirrels. First cast snag into a cedar. Second cast line gets fouled up around a gnarled stump. Cut the line and re-rig up. Saw 2 squirrels running around on tree branches high above. I almost got a bite when I hurled a perfect cast with my 5 oz betty and 5/O treble hook wrapped in pencil lead vertically into the thick forrest canopy. Rainbow wool was my weapon of choice today, but I dipped it in fish oil just to be safe. The rig glanced a tree and the hook bounced excellently. I just grazed the tail of one of the squirrels. Spent the next 3 hours trying to get my gear out of the branches. Pounded back another NOS energy drink and hit the bricks.
Next time I'll try chartreuse with some sparklies in it instead of rainbow. Fish oil seemed to be effective.
Next time you rig up some of that rainbow yarn, let me know. Ill buy a pound or two of it. Thats only like, 20 cubic feet right?
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You should try short floating some nuts.
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He did try that, now he is a eunuch. ;D ;D
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No matter what you do, be sure to bring a lawnchair and umbrella, standing up gets tiring and you don't want to lose the best 2 square feet of fishing space on the whole river because you are retying a new leader.
The tacklebox is a must, you need to carry your gear to the river in something, and your hoody doesn't have enough pockets and vests are too outdated. Good thing you're bringing your camo hat, fish get spooked when they see hair.
A landing net is needed also, as it's hard dragging fish onto the sandy beach and fish are near impossible to tail in 2 feet of water.
That being said make sure you wear gloves for when you have to pick the fish up, they are slippery, also reeling can be tough and you don't want to develop callouses.
Don't forget a fish bonker, because how else are you gonna kill the fish!
Last but not least, bring garbage. Tim hortons coffee cups work well, but make sure you seperate the sleeve from the cup and the lid so that you can make more of a mess. Regardless of if you use bait or not, bring about a half dozen plastic tubs and leave them all over the place. If your not a coffee drinker, just bring a 6 pack and throw the cans everywhere. If you have any balls of 150# mono then no doubt bring it to the river. The riverbank, the path to the fishing spot, as well as the parking lot and surrounding bushes are fair game places to throw it.
Regardless if you smoke or not, heck bring cigarettes. The butts are perfect for throwing in the river and the boxes are among the most
important items to throw around. And last but not least, plastic bags. At minumum you should leave at least a half dozen, and they go perfect in the shallows just out from where you were standing. Fish love hiding under garbage.
Better yet, if the lawn chair umbrella breaks, throw it directly into the river. And if you get a flat tire sometime during the day ...yup, in it goes!
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That is some funny sh*t
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Fish love hiding under garbage.
4AM alarm goes off, slam on my simms waders, pound down a NOS energy drink and I'm on the road.
this is way to early to be on the floor laughing! OMG HAHAHAHAHA
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The odds are pretty good you have all bottom bounced b 4. :P
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The odds are pretty good you have all bottom bounced b 4. :P
Yeah I'm not denying it... But looking back I now see the humor and why it's frowned upon
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The odds are pretty good you have all bottom bounced b 4. :P
sure havent
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B.B.E.A.K. report. Oct 15, 2011
4AM alarm goes off, slam on my simms waders, pound down a NOS energy drink and I'm on the road. Decide to try my luck today bouncing for squirrels. First cast snag into a cedar. Second cast line gets fouled up around a gnarled stump. Cut the line and re-rig up. Saw 2 squirrels running around on tree branches high above. I almost got a bite when I hurled a perfect cast with my 5 oz betty and 5/O treble hook wrapped in pencil lead vertically into the thick forrest canopy. Rainbow wool was my weapon of choice today, but I dipped it in fish oil just to be safe. The rig glanced a tree and the hook bounced excellently. I just grazed the tail of one of the squirrels. Spent the next 3 hours trying to get my gear out of the branches. Pounded back another NOS energy drink and hit the bricks.
Next time I'll try chartreuse with some sparklies in it instead of rainbow. Fish oil seemed to be effective.
ROTLMAO!
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B.B.E.A.K. report. Oct 15, 2011
4AM alarm goes off, slam on my simms waders, pound down a NOS energy drink and I'm on the road. Decide to try my luck today bouncing for squirrels. First cast snag into a cedar. Second cast line gets fouled up around a gnarled stump. Cut the line and re-rig up. Saw 2 squirrels running around on tree branches high above. I almost got a bite when I hurled a perfect cast with my 5 oz betty and 5/O treble hook wrapped in pencil lead vertically into the thick forrest canopy. Rainbow wool was my weapon of choice today, but I dipped it in fish oil just to be safe. The rig glanced a tree and the hook bounced excellently. I just grazed the tail of one of the squirrels. Spent the next 3 hours trying to get my gear out of the branches. Pounded back another NOS energy drink and hit the bricks.
Next time I'll try chartreuse with some sparklies in it instead of rainbow. Fish oil seemed to be effective.
haha this is hiliarious!!!
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haha this is hiliarious!!!
x2 lol
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Great! When are there going to be elections? I am to busy tying up leaders for next year so I would like to nominate Chris for President.Also can someone create a logo and maybe look into getting jackets made up?
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B.B.E.A.K. report. Oct 15, 2011
4AM alarm goes off, slam on my simms waders, pound down a NOS energy drink and I'm on the road. Decide to try my luck today bouncing for squirrels. First cast snag into a cedar. Second cast line gets fouled up around a gnarled stump. Cut the line and re-rig up. Saw 2 squirrels running around on tree branches high above. I almost got a bite when I hurled a perfect cast with my 5 oz betty and 5/O treble hook wrapped in pencil lead vertically into the thick forrest canopy. Rainbow wool was my weapon of choice today, but I dipped it in fish oil just to be safe. The rig glanced a tree and the hook bounced excellently. I just grazed the tail of one of the squirrels. Spent the next 3 hours trying to get my gear out of the branches. Pounded back another NOS energy drink and hit the bricks.
Next time I'll try chartreuse with some sparklies in it instead of rainbow. Fish oil seemed to be effective.
Obviously a rookie.
Pre spawn Squirrels prefer Peanut Butter. ::)
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;D
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The odds are pretty good you have all bottom bounced b 4. :P
they are still doing it. they just don't like others doing that.
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Also can someone create a logo and maybe look into getting jackets made up?
Naturally, the jacket would be camo...
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Naturally, the jacket would be camo...
I would like something like a a holster they use in the army for a bunch of grenades on the front of the vest to hang up all my bouncing betties. I have about 30 different styles of betty, varying in weight, rubber outside or not, and color. I prefer the yellow bouncing betties myself.
Anyone have a betty preference? I seem to hook the most animals when I use the yellow weights.
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Yellow weights are considered to be unethical. If you're a self respecting bottom bouncer, chartreuse is the cats's meow.
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A guy next to us at the Stave got fouled up and pulled in a three way swivel dual 3oz betty settup, would love to meet the evil mastermind who dreamed that rig up. Sod chucking guts lets just chuck the nuts at them.
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A guy next to us at the Stave got fouled up and pulled in a three way swivel dual 3oz betty settup, would love to meet the evil mastermind who dreamed that rig up. Sod chucking guts lets just chuck the nuts at them.
I'm going to tie 3 betties to a threeway swivel and just fire that directly into the current. No rod nothin'
They should bite that right? Maybe I should use different color betties..
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Bottom bouncing for squirrels? How about Bar fishing for back labs?
Today saw a dog get hooked today at dump bar in Richmond (NOT EVEN JOKING EITHER).
The poor guy fishing kept being harassed by this pack of about 10 dogs who the owner didn't even care about.
Finally after retying his bait several times after his rod being knocked over by the dogs the dogs decided to try some roe.
Obviously the dog liked it and then ate the hook!
He was hooked in the mouth for about 2 minutes (inside of mouth,not even foul hooked ;)
The owner didnt give a cupcakes. and the poor fisherman had to pull the hook out risking his own hand.
Sad but true.
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So did he catch any fish other than the lab ?
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So did he catch any fish other than the lab ?
I hoped he had a canine conservation surcharge on his licence.
He didnt drag the dog up onto the bank and over-handle him before releasing him did he? that would be just plain ignorance given the catch and release mortalities for dogs
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I'm going to tie 3 betties to a threeway swivel and just fire that directly into the current. No rod nothin'
They should bite that right? Maybe I should use different color betties..
HAHAHHAHAH
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I hoped he had a canine conservation surcharge on his licence.
He didnt drag the dog up onto the bank and over-handle him before releasing him did he? that would be just plain ignorance given the catch and release mortalities for dogs
The C.O.s never showed up lucky for him. Refresh my memory but its 2 SPCA dogs and no wilddogs at all right? I dont have the regs near me. Or is it just C&R for for em?
So did he catch any fish other than the lab ?
No fish there all day
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I got a "pound Pug" on cheese marshmellow and hot dog.
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I think next time there is a sockeye opening at peg leg I'll stand about 70 feet away from the edge of the water and bottom bounce for humans. There's no retention limit as far as I know.
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Females must be released unharmed.
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ha ha
bottom bouncing for humans!
don't try to be funny.
you already are!
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Heard rumors of a possible dip net fishery in the Fraser next season. ::)
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Heard rumors of a possible dip net fishery in the Fraser next season. ::)
That would be awesome.
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haha i can't get enough of this thread, don't even know if its a troll thread haha ::)
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As long as I can use a 20ft dip net I'm down.
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Heard they're going to put more gravel bars in the Lower Fraser as part of the government's Green Initiative to cut down gas emissions. Lower Mainland residents don't have to drive all the way to the valley to bottom bounce for sockeyes. And speaking of sockeyes, the daily limit will be increased to 4
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Bout time. Any word on treble hooks? :-\
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Definite yes, not only that you can use up to 3 trebles on the line. Easier to hook the fish.
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Even though Humans are closed to retention I am still going to take some for food and ceremonial purposes ;)My ancestors were cannibals and I do not want to forfeit this in in heirant right.
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Hard to dispute tradition ::). Europeans have always resorted to eating their own at times. Franks hot sauce was developed for that "hot arm" snack long before the banal hot wing thing.
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thanks I needed the laugh.
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The C.O.s never showed up lucky for him. Refresh my memory but its 2 SPCA dogs and no wilddogs at all right? I dont have the regs near me. Or is it just C&R for for em?
No fish there all day
"Cited from the Beak by-catch synopsis found on some website ending in .gc.ca"
CANINE RETENTION - ALL
REGION - READILY ACCESIBLE LOWER FRASER BEAK HANGOUTS
Limit 2 (ear tattoo marked) per day
I think next time there is a sockeye opening at peg leg I'll stand about 70 feet away from the edge of the water and bottom bounce for humans. There's no retention limit as far as I know.
I too want to bounce for humans, let me know when you're going. I hear there is no surcharge or regs for them, gonna bring out the gaffs
Even though Humans are closed to retention I am still going to take some for food and ceremonial purposes ;)My ancestors were cannibals and I do not want to forfeit this in in heirant right.
I'm gonna make a ceremony out of the back of my pickup truck
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Personally i feel bottom bouncing is more effective than float fishing
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Personally i feel bottom bouncing is more effective than float fishing
Thanks Beek..
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I think some don't understand the true logic behind our association ::)
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Please dont drag your bottom bouncer up the beach and make sure you can identify your catch, all by catch must be released unharmed.
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Please dont drag your bottom bouncer up the beach and make sure you can identify your catch, all by catch must be released unharmed.
It's 2 adult beeks over 142 cm right? And all clowns must be thrown in the river?
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Do you still welcome new members?Am I late?