Chum Salmon Fishing Trip Campbell River BC

[whalebreath]

Fished Brown's Bay & environs Thursday & Friday-seiners vacuumed the place pretty much clean hit three fish Thurs & nothing Friday even quit early as the water was empty not a jumper to be seen and next to nothing on the sounder.

Sunrise over the mainland




Some people live right


The competition




Got a few


More competition(!)




Weather the second day

[JoseCuervo]

Cool. Thanks for the pictured report. Some fish always beats no fish.



Rob

[gstours]

I agree, at least you got out and tried,  some days are diamonds n some daze r dogs.  thanks for your pictures too,  makes me jealous,  boats, smells, cool fresh air.  Its thereputic i,m saying.

[Crow]

   The number of fish you catch ISN'T what 'makes the trip'......

[smnaguwa]

Great photos! How do you eat the chum salmon?

[Hardy Boy]

Karl I heard it was hit and miss this year but as stated at least you got a few. I like my chum cold smoked.


Cheers:

Todd

[whalebreath]

How do you eat the chum salmon?

Lightly smoked.

I'm surprised no one has noticed those high end Nautilus mooching reels -very simple, smooth as a stick of butter, and worth every dime.

[Donnyboat]

Karl, thanks for the report, nice pics & good info, any day is a good day on the water, even if the fish not biting, cheers Don.

[Gfish]

Wow. Those commercial guy's were purse seining, right? Not gill netting? Never see 'em do it from the stern like a trawler would.

[philaroman]

nice reels...  if they make a patch
w/ "TESTED ON ANIMALS" logo
maybe I can afford, THAT  

anyway, moochers are so specific
while, Noodles go w/ everything 
do tell more about the rods, pls.

[Dominick]

Thanks for the reel link.  What kind of rods are those?  Dominick

[Maxed Out]

 Nice reels Karl. I did notice them right away. Love them single action reels and whips.

Your salmon are chromers. Our chum gets thier tiger stripes before hitting the estuary. Great fish for the smoker.

Vast majority of our commercially caught chum are sold for cat food. After a few days of netting, the processors are so stuffed they lower the price to pennies per pound.  Not long ago we used to drive down to the plant and fill up a pickup truck bed with chum for $20. Sadly it got overfished and run is now basically extinct and processing plant is also gone

[whalebreath]

...What kind of rods are those?  Dominick

Shimano Technium very popular here in BC.

https://thefishinhole.com/index.cfm?action=product&kw=%2FSHIMANO%2FTECHNIUM-MOOCHING%2F&se=33763

Note the Gillnetters were lining up as we left and it looked to be slim pickings for them too.

[Hardy Boy]

Wow. Those commercial guy's were purse seining, right? Not gill netting? Never see 'em do it from the stern like a trawler would.

Our BC seiners are drum seiners while the Alaskans use table seiners ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, with no net drum.

Cheers:

Todd

[whalebreath]

Still paying dividends!