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[Rodney]

This morning I decided to sneak out of the house for a couple of hours while the visiting parents spent the day on Vancouver Island. Originally I wanted to be there earlier but being a slow morning starter, I arrived at the spot just after 10:00am. The tide was coming in strong and almost peaking. I normally would like to cast lures whenever I can but after seeing some good results lately by roe fishing, I decided to fish with roe for the day.

There wasn't much waiting before things started happening. A couple of minutes after the bait settled in the water, the rod started bouncing. I missed a fish and cast the same bait out again to the exact same spot. It took less than a minute before the tugs came back. This time the hook set was spot on and a small coho jack was quickly brought in. Once the fish was in the net, I made sure that the adipose fin was missing before bringing it up to the cooler. It was a fantastic start!



The bites continued to be fast and furious. Several minutes after I landed the coho jack, I brought in a bull trout that was almost as skinny as the one I caught a week ago. This was followed by another smaller bull trout.



After three fish in a row, the bites did not stop, but the hooking did. Some of the tugs were so big that the top section of the rod was moved, but I was still having trouble connecting. The odd fish were hooked briefly but always spat the hook. One fish made a big splash on the surface just after I hooked it but also quickly came off, I was quite certain that it was an adult coho.

A few fish were rolling nearby while the bites were happening, there were definitely lots of fish moving through. At 11:30am, as if someone had turned off the switch, the bite suddenly stopped. I stayed for another hour, hoping that another wave of fish would arrive but that never happened.

Water clarity seemed to be a bit worse than yesterday, but still good enough for spinning. I spent 20 or so minutes spincasting spoons and spinners without much success.

[fishiotherapist]

Nice and chrome coho
Now you don't have to drive miles to get your salmon.

[cutthroat22]

Nice fishies.  I was on my way to work yesterday around 4pm and thought I saw you fishing the same spot in the rain.  I was riding a motorbike and tooted my horn at you guys. 

Are you using bags for your roe?

[fishbuster]

Rod,

Your starting to sound like a bar fisherman.  Bar fishing is very exciting when the bite is on.  Nothing like watching that rod take a dip.  I'll be heading out in the next couple of days for round 2.  keep it up.

[Rodney]

Nice fishies.  I was on my way to work yesterday around 4pm and thought I saw you fishing the same spot in the rain.  I was riding a motorbike and tooted my horn at you guys. 

Are you using bags for your roe?

People always toot their horn when they drive by so I can't really remember. We did not get anything last night beside getting soaked.

we're just using chunks of roe, not bagged. I've used bags in the past to avoid small fish nibbling at them, but they don't seem to work well for me.

Your starting to sound like a bar fisherman.  Bar fishing is very exciting when the bite is on.  Nothing like watching that rod take a dip.  I'll be heading out in the next couple of days for round 2.  keep it up.

It's definitely fun when the bite is on. I am a poor hook setter in this type of fishing, that's why I usually like to stick to lure fishing as the bites are so precise and rarely missed.

Nice and chrome coho
Now you don't have to drive miles to get your salmon.

Still need to drive into the valley to get those big chrome adults, those are hard to come by down here.

[Dr. Backlash]

Managed to get out to my favourite spot today for a couple of hours just after high slack tide and managed to get a 10lb hatchery buck on a homemade gold hammered colorado spinner that I made last year.  It fought awesome and was my first coho so far this year.  It was worth ducking away from work for a couple of hours in the middle of the day!  I would like to post a picture, but have no idea how to do so.  I tried plunking with roe for about an hour and then got really bored, and noticed that water clarity improved slightly from a couple of days ago, so I decided to start casting spoons and spinners.  What a great day!

[Rodney]

We sneaked out again for a couple of hours tonight. The bites were fast and furious again, just wrong species.

[Bently]

We sneaked out again for a couple of hours tonight. The bites were fast and furious again, just wrong species.

 Same for me , 3 the size of a good cowboy boot and a 3 foot sturgeon, still fun though !!

[BCfisherman97]

Same for me , 3 the size of a good cowboy boot and a 3 foot sturgeon, still fun though !!

No pics ;( Or did you leave your camera in your glove box

[Bently]

No pics ;( Or did you leave your camera in your glove box

haha, you following me 

[clarki]

We sneaked out again for a couple of hours tonight. The bites were fast and furious again, just wrong species.

Only a face a mother could love. Same goes for the fish too!