Overall quite a successful trip.
Some pics from July 28 & 29 with Spirit Bear Charters (http://spiritbearsalmoncharters.com/)
Weapon of Salmon destruction
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One of so many
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Happy angler!
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Gorgeous colours!
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This was my fish-the scrapes you can see came from a Shark who tried and failed to snatch the fish as I was fighting it.
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Local denizen
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Waiting on a Hali bite
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Good Night Nurse!
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Lotsa Butts!
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Self explanatory
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This is how you spell success!
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One of the nicest WCVI days in recent memory
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Good job. I'm jealous :). The Salmon fishing off the California coast is just heating up. Dominick
nice fish
1st photo.you have got a fly reel with a popper on it.
do you use it on the downrigger and troll.never seen that before!
is it on standby for surface fish.never seen that before!
havent seen much have i :D
cheers
Very nice! Ucluelet's been on my list of things to do for a couple of years now.
Quoteyou have got a fly reel with a popper on it.........never seen that before!
is it on standby for surface fish.never seen that before!
havent seen much have i :D
You're not the only one, Mate! :D :D
It's a single action mooching reel -- essentially a large fly reel and the classic Canadian salmon reel -- with a classic salmon trolling plug. These are fished off downriggers in Canada as well as Alaska.
Quote from: akfish on July 31, 2011, 02:34:33 PM
It's a single action mooching reel -- essentially a large fly reel and the classic Canadian salmon reel -- with a classic salmon trolling plug. These are fished off downriggers in Canada as well as Alaska.
Right-and those plugs are fished @ almost 4 mph!
http://www.tomiclures.com/
http://www.islander.com/
thanks akfish,whalebreadth
its got me intrigued those plugs.
do they float or sink or both?
what about other pelagics,tuna,macks,
the mind boggles.
They float at rest then have a wide wiggle when trolled at 3 or 4 mph. There are several brands: The one shown looks like a Tomic; in my area of Alaska, I see more Luhr Jensen J-Plugs but see quit a few Tomics as well.
Here's a closeup of the bite marks/scrapes on the small Spring I almost lost to some kind of Shark.
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Nice trip and some great eating fish to boot!
Regards,
David
Were you guys running off shore, or fishing inside ? Looks pretty flat, I start chumming in the outstide swells :'(, but I've thought about towing my boat up and hitting the inside..
Quote from: seaeagle2 on August 05, 2011, 01:44:09 PM
Were you guys running off shore, or fishing inside ? Looks pretty flat, I start chumming in the outstide swells :'(, but I've thought about towing my boat up and hitting the inside..
We were out on the Banks but Inside was decent if not outstanding-just had to hunt a bit more.
VERY NICE! thanks for sharing.
Steve-O