Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Welcome! => The Great Northwest => Topic started by: alantani on June 18, 2019, 05:33:44 PM

Title: Port Hardy!
Post by: alantani on June 18, 2019, 05:33:44 PM
I love retirement!

Caught a flight from San Francisco to Vancouver,  will be sitting in the South Terminal for 7 hours waiting for Wally 15 who is flying in from Georgia.  Then we'll be taking a puddle jumper to Port Hardy to fish for 3 days. Looking forward to some salmon action!
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Post by: Vintage Offshore Tackle on June 18, 2019, 05:37:12 PM
Knock 'em dead Alan!
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Post by: Ron Jones on June 18, 2019, 05:41:53 PM
Have fun, boys, would love to be up there.
The Man
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Post by: Hardy Boy on June 18, 2019, 05:54:11 PM
7 Hours !! You better head over to the Flying Beaver for some refreshments !! See you later today.


Cheers:


Todd
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Post by: alantani on June 18, 2019, 10:54:59 PM
Flying to Port Hardy!
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Post by: alantani on June 18, 2019, 10:56:22 PM
Christina joined us for lunch!
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Post by: Ron Jones on June 18, 2019, 11:28:24 PM
Aw, look at peaches! He so happy!
The Man
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Post by: alantani on June 19, 2019, 12:38:31 AM
Landed!
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Post by: foakes on June 19, 2019, 01:05:11 AM
Looks like another great trip!

Have fun, guys!

Best,

Fred
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Post by: gstours on June 19, 2019, 02:51:21 AM
Looks like great fun.  If n you ever want to go north a little bit and stay with some more wonderful people?  Just saying, Alan,  🤔🚣‍♀️🎣
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Post by: scrinch on June 19, 2019, 06:46:12 AM
Todd, Mike, and Alan... hoping you find good weather and great fishing!
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Post by: alantani on June 20, 2019, 02:49:04 AM
The water was rough,  but we did great today!
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Post by: Ron Jones on June 20, 2019, 03:07:34 AM
I'm just saying, that water doesn't look so bad. Welcome to the PacNorWest.
The Man
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Post by: scrinch on June 20, 2019, 03:36:07 AM
Halibut, Salmon, and Lingcod...the northwest trifecta!
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Post by: Dominick on June 20, 2019, 04:04:26 AM
Nice going guys.  Dominick
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Post by: Bryan Young on June 20, 2019, 05:07:32 AM
Now that's fishing.
Title: Re: Port Hardy!
Post by: alantani on June 20, 2019, 01:14:51 PM
Can someone fix the photos?  Thanks à
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Post by: Wally15 on June 20, 2019, 01:22:47 PM
Quote from: Ron Jones on June 18, 2019, 11:28:24 PM
Aw, look at peaches! He so happy!
The Man
I'm a rose between two thorns!
Mike
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Post by: thorhammer on June 20, 2019, 01:26:50 PM
Great job, gents!
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Post by: Crow on June 20, 2019, 01:27:21 PM
Looks like a lot of Fun !! And a great catch, too !
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Post by: scrinch on June 20, 2019, 08:02:43 PM
Quote from: Wally15 on June 20, 2019, 01:22:47 PM
I'm a rose between two thorns!
Mike

I feel for you....but you knew what you were signing up for! ;)
Congrats on the king, ling, and butt!
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Post by: Gfish on June 21, 2019, 12:30:54 AM
Nice! All the best tastin species.
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Post by: swill88 on June 21, 2019, 12:46:41 AM
You guys did great!

Wow!

Steve

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Post by: alantani on June 21, 2019, 03:42:18 AM
Salmon!
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Post by: Maxed Out on June 21, 2019, 04:02:21 AM
 Another good day of BC fishing !!
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Post by: Mjg378 on June 21, 2019, 11:43:12 AM
Nice fish!   
Mike
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Post by: Steve-O on June 21, 2019, 12:50:19 PM
Quote from: alantani on June 20, 2019, 01:14:51 PM
Can someone fix the photos?  Thanks à

Clicking on the photos reveals them to be just fine...and you get a much better eyeful of the fishies.

Here's a screen shot of what I see when I click on the upside down lingcod pic.

But, yeah, if someone can flip the them the right way in the preview, that would be be cool , too.

Nice catches! Clean boat!  Big Pacific rollers are just a fun ride. Dramamine is your friend in choppy snot waters.

Can't wait to get back up that way. My coworkers are going next week. I gotta wait until Sept.
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Post by: foakes on June 21, 2019, 01:31:54 PM
Quote from: alantani on June 20, 2019, 01:14:51 PM
Can someone fix the photos?  Thanks à

Photos fixed & rotated, Alan...

Best, Fred
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Post by: Wally15 on June 21, 2019, 01:54:24 PM
Quote from: alantani on June 21, 2019, 03:42:18 AM
Salmon!
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Post by: Hardy Boy on June 21, 2019, 03:05:58 PM
See the boys for dinner tonight. Those guys all look like they are dressed for ice fishing not a nice Northern Vancouver Island spring day !! It would have been sporty yesterday for sure .................. we have been getting strong NW winds for most of the spring. The wind is supposed to drop as soon as they are finished their trip ......................... typical !


Cheers:


Todd
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Post by: steelfish on June 21, 2019, 04:47:42 PM
great fishing guys

Tood amigo, why you didnt appeared in the pics holding a fish?
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Post by: Hardy Boy on June 21, 2019, 05:25:03 PM
They are on a charter with a company that Ben has fished with for years. I'm a tour guide, drinking partner, airport shuttle and dinner host only. I save my money for fishing further away. My boat cant take that many guys other wise I would take them out.


Cheers:


Todd
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Post by: alantani on June 22, 2019, 05:18:32 AM
Dinner at Todd's!
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Post by: alantani on June 22, 2019, 05:24:50 AM
More at Todd's!
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Post by: Wally15 on June 22, 2019, 02:27:19 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boy on June 21, 2019, 03:05:58 PM
See the boys for dinner tonight. Those guys all look like they are dressed for ice fishing not a nice Northern Vancouver Island spring day !! It would have been sporty yesterday for sure .................. we have been getting strong NW winds for most of the spring. The wind is supposed to drop as soon as they are finished their trip ......................... typical !


Cheers:


Todd
Winds were 15 to 23 knots for all 3 fishing days. This morning it's 6 gusting all the way up to 8 knots. Looks like a mill pond out there.
GA Mike
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Post by: Ron Jones on June 22, 2019, 04:11:55 PM
Who thought it would be a good idea to give Peaches a gun!? Careful Peaches, I'm not sure you can handle the recoil; )
The Man
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Post by: alantani on June 23, 2019, 01:58:53 AM
Had a really long layover,  so we all had a late lunch with Christina and her new boyfriend.  Seems like a nice guy.  Even gave her a box of fish. Hey, I was nice......  ;D
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Post by: Alto Mare on June 23, 2019, 02:03:26 AM
Quote from: alantani on June 23, 2019, 01:58:53 AM
Had a really long layover,  so we all had a late lunch with Christina and her new boyfriend.  Seems like a nice guy.  Even gave her a box of fish. Hey, I was nice......  ;D
Time to show him how good you are at the shooting range ;) ;D

Sal
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Post by: Hardy Boy on June 24, 2019, 04:31:09 PM
Well Port Hardy survived the Boss, Ben and Mike ! I got them to the airport, still have some BB's left, the hang over is gone and they ate all of the Elk Bourguignon and rhubarb crisp that my wife made. Great evening and lots of fun. Ben put in his order for fish N chips for next years dinner.


Cheers:


Todd

Title: Re: Port Hardy!
Post by: alantani on June 24, 2019, 04:37:01 PM
todd, thank you so much for everything!
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Post by: Dominick on June 24, 2019, 05:03:27 PM
Yep!  Thank you.  Great bunch of people and their spouses on this site.  Dominick
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Post by: Wally15 on June 24, 2019, 05:10:11 PM
Quote from: Dominick on June 24, 2019, 05:03:27 PM
Yep!  Thank you.  Great bunch of people and their spouses on this site.  Dominick
Todd got a much better deal on a spouse than did Jeanette.
GA Mike
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Post by: scrinch on June 24, 2019, 05:15:11 PM
Quote from: Wally15 on June 24, 2019, 05:10:11 PM
Todd got a much better deal on a spouse than did Jeanette.
GA Mike
Funny how that goes. The men always seem to get better spouses than the women do.
Title: Re: Port Hardy!
Post by: Alans Buddy on June 26, 2019, 12:27:16 AM
Thanks Todd! And thank Jeannette!
I'll have to think of something.to bring up there next year that is worthy of the hospitality we were shown!
Title: Re: Port Hardy!
Post by: Donnyboat on June 26, 2019, 04:08:47 AM
Great fishing, nice photos, thanks Cheers Don.