Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: kellya on September 26, 2004, 09:18:40 AM
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Today the river was high so i was fishing in the trees >:( I managed to hook a nice maple tree that put up a good fight. I tightened my drag and snapped my line. No biggie. I tied on a new lure cast it out hooked into a beuty chrome spring about 20 pounds. Guess who forgot to loosen the drag. The fish jumped and snap. I also had a coho hit at my feet. Only fished 45 min :(
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Happens to everybody. Hooked my share of branches and trees last weekend at the Stamp. Even managed to hook a dead sockeye in the mouth !
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dead sockeye in the motuh ;D Now thats what i call skill i cant even get a live one ;D
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And I had witnesses ! :D
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I saw someone at the Cap hook half a coho (dead...) in the mouth, wasn't sure if to keep it...
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Sounds like 45min of all out fun :D What river were you fishing? I seem to remember that you're on that big floating rock ;D Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Yup. I was on the englishmen a catch and release river for salmon. People have said its closed but its open. If anyone doesnt think so ill show them the regs (People on another site said it was closed and i was poaching). It was fun but i cant wait for CHUM!!!!!! they are my favorite! i get them on a green and pink spoon. Does anyone know any other good spoons? I have gotten 2 chums but only fished them twice.
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Krocodiles
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http://www.luhrjensen.com/store/prodsel.asp?prodname=Krocodile&sizeid=&finishid=0360
This looks absolutely deadly for coho!
http://www.luhrjensen.com/store/prodsel.asp?prodname=Krocodile&sizeid=034&finishid=0979
This looks absolutely deadly for Chum!!!!!!
I cant find the lure i use. It is pink with a chrome back. It has a florescent green lightning bolt on the pink side. I think it was 1/4 onze. I fish below the orange bridge. Not many people if you go before 10:00 noones ever there.
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wow 6 bucks a pop is that american or real dollars :P
no wonder i float fish or only chuck what my son finds lol
cnm
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Dad and me have had very good success with gibbs crocs in the 3/8 oz size, specific colours are:
Hammered brass fire wing
Hammered brass stripe (any coloured stripe, especially red)
see the gibbs site for colour details: http://www.gibbsfishing.com/products/croc.asp
Easy to cast, and catch lots of fish.
Another good spoon is the gibbs Koho in Blue scale colour, or the Ironhead in the same colour:
http://www.gibbsfishing.com/products/koho.asp
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Im gonna load up on spoons. I goin out tommorow. Before that im gonna get a few gibbs and crocs. But 6$ is steep! so i dunno how many ill get. ;D
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Buy some of Rodney's spoons. They are a heck of alot cheaper than $6.00
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But my spoons are useless for chums, they are only good for coho. :)
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Don't worry Rodney, chums have never seen a lure they don't like. :D
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Actually my favorite spoon for chum salmon is the 1/4oz green hex Gibbs Croc.
(http://www.gibbsfishing.com/images/croc_cchart_grh.gif)
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I've always just used wool for chum. It's cheap and they'll take it. In deep clear pools, try a long leader (6ft) and a sliding float. The sliding float makes casting way easier and you can go as deep as you want.
Tie 10lb mono with an over hand knot on your main line. Put 1 half hitch above and below the overhand knot and leave 1/8" tag off each end. Place a bead below the knot, your float below the bead and another bead at the bottom. Tie on your swivel and your leader. When you cast, let the line free wheel after the float hits the water. When the float straightens up you're there.
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Hooked something today on wool. But me being the smartest person had my bail open while the float drifted! i set the hook and gotta birds nest! well it was off before i knew it. Had a 2 pound cuttthroat and about a 10 pound coho take a shot at my croc.
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thanks grumman ill set that up this year
bit of a pain to change though if you move to a different area
or can it slide with enough force to change the depth
tia cnm
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But my spoons are useless for chums, they are only good for coho. :)
What? Last year, we got many chums with your spoons at North Arm, remember? ???
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No. :P Last year, I don't know what you were using, but I was using the green hex croc for chum and my dad had the orange striped spoon that I made, he was the only one who hooked a coho that day. ;)
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Let see... I used both your red and green prism taped silver spoon at North Arm.
Also, I got a chum (in a mouth) with your red taped spoon at Stave when I fished with you and canoe man...
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I agree that it doesnt matter what you throw at a chum, they will strike just about anything.
I have a wide array of mass produced spoons and spinners (3.50-6.50 each) and frankly most of my coho and chum came on 35 cent swivel spinners! Blade color is important so I always has a selection....ask Bug Pumper, he'll also tell ya to save your money and drift or spincast a colarado.