Monday, 11 December 2023
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Great Indicators for fishing to come .
This photo is from the micro-trolling I've been doing for salmon research . The program is called Operation Bottleneck, administered by the BC Conservation Foundation, for the Pacific Salmon Foundation. We are fishing to DNA sample, PIT tag ( install an tiny electronic tag) , measure and release chinook salmon in their first winter at sea.
This is an extreme catch. The gear is mini- sized flashers and spoons , fished 6 rigs per side on the downriggers. Here are 11 fish from 12 hooks . 6 are young cohos , which will be real sport fish by spring or summer. 5 are juvenile chinooks, but they are a year older and bigger than the ones we are looking for . So, none of these are exactly what we are looking for in this research. But, Golly these are great indicators for the near future of salmon fishing in our area.
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
So many summer photos not posted
In some past years I have posted a lot of photos, mainly guests with their catches, plus scenery. It just didn't happen this year. maybe I'll get around to filling some in.
The fishing was dependably good and steady. I had just one trip, for 4 hours in the third week of September when the boat didn't catch a fish. Not including Tyee rowing, which is higher stakes, and fewer fish .
The season never ends, but after October there are few guests and I am doing the micro-trolling for salmon science through winter into spring.
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
2023 Cohos , Amazing
Cohos 2023 !
What a wonderful year with cohos in our area like we have not seen for decades.
I took this photo for an article by Tom Davis about the return of cohos to the inside waters of Georgia Strait this year . Those are all adipose -clipped hatchery cohos. ( There are a couple of bigger chinooks in the fish locker .)
Unravelling a mystery: Coho reappear after 30-year absence - Northern Beat
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
March fun with S + S
March is a fun time for fishing. This was a wonderful day with Scott and Sharon. We hit it right, even after a late start and they caught two beauties each. Sharon brought her lucky self and dominated the action.
I don't often talk about tackle techniques in this blog, but the strikes were dominated by the Loony Spoon , so here's a shout out to Cameron at Spirit Lures . https://spiritlures.com/ . I rig the spoon above an attractor flasher, so there is no clumsy flasher on the line when playing the fish.
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Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Do you always catch fish ?
Do you always catch fish ?
Sometimes I'm asked that, especially from a youngster, when we have yet to have the first bite. The answer has been, yes, but with some need for clarifications. This past season there were two motorboat trips when we caught no keepers, but we did release an oversize fish on each of those trips that was larger than the maximum size allowed at that time and area. Fish that we release are measured, sampled, tagged and released carefully. The third photo is from a trip that began with higher expectations, and ended with one fish caught, and one lost at the boat. I'll be giving some extra fishing time to these folks on their next trip.
The rowing season, in the grand Tyee Club Tradition, was not such a great success. For some reason this past season the mature chinooks did not collect in their usual staging areas in the Tyee Pool and down along the shoreline in shallow water. However, the fish did turn up in the river in good numbers, showing again that the fish can be mysterious and the Tyee Club catch record is not a good indicator of the run size. It is always a challenge greater than ordinary fishing, and always has the unique attractions of fishing from a rowboat with simple light tackle. Even when the bites are few and far between, we live in hope and enjoy the fishing experience.
Monday, 6 February 2023
Planning 2023, Fishing the backcountry, April 1 to July 14
One of my very favorite fishing trips is getting out into the marine backcountry with a lovely trip to the mainland side of our area in the early season. It is a lovely picturesque cruise to where the ocean channels weave into the mountains.
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