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Archive for July, 2010

Some Simple Crabbing Advice

Some Simple Crabbing Advice

| July 31, 2010 | 0 Comments

Crabbing is a simple and fun fishery, that my girls love to do with me. The crabs are so tasty that I always set my traps whenever I find a decent spot. Fortunately, there are a lot of great spots all over the island for crabbing. Here are some things I look for when I [...]

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Barkley Sound Fishing Report July 28, 2010

Barkley Sound Fishing Report July 28, 2010

| July 29, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Alberni canal was filled with commercial fishing vessels, from the harbour to the mouth of the inlet and it was like running a gauntlet of nets.  Often we had to stop the boat and troll back and fourth along the wall of gill nets trying to figure out how to pass them.  The commercial fleet has [...]

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Port Alberni Inlet Sockeye Fishing Report – July 26, 2010

| July 27, 2010 | 0 Comments

We fished Dunsmuir to the narrows and the fish were deep, we had many fish at 97ft and a few at 60ft.  The gill nets were strung across the entire inlet this morning at 4:45am… the nets were very hard to spot at that time.  In fact, I saw one way to late to avoid [...]

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Fishing the Campbell River for Pinks with my middle daughter.

| July 23, 2010 | 0 Comments

It was my daughters birthday and one of the things that she wanted was to fish the Pinks in the Campbell River with me.  So we packed up our gear and headed down there!  My daughter Jade loves to fish the river for Chum and now Pinks because she is guaranteed to catch a lot [...]

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Pinks on the Campbell River

Pinks on the Campbell River

| July 21, 2010 | 2 Comments

One of the dozens of Pinks we released. I had to take a little break from unpacking boxes so I decided to make a trip down to the mighty Campbell River this afternoon to see for ourselves what was going on. Well the pinks are thick on the river right now! Between the two if [...]

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The Double Netter – Port Alberni Sockeye Salmon Fishing July 17,2010

| July 18, 2010 | 0 Comments

It was another great day in the Port Alberni Canal. The weather was calm, there was a lot less boats on the water than I was expecting for a Saturday and the fishing was HOT! We headed down to our not so secret fishing hole near Hocking Point this am. We were a little late [...]

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How to tie up a Sockeye Rig with a Stinger Hook.

How to tie up a Sockeye Rig with a Stinger Hook.

| July 18, 2010 | 0 Comments

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Aces High!

Aces High!

| July 17, 2010 | 0 Comments

Ace line Haulers are for the serious prawn fisherman.  Anyone who knows anything about sport prawning will tell you that they either have an Ace Line Hauler or the want one. The Ace Line Hauler BRUTUS line of trap pullers are the most efficient, easiest to use, and highest quality crab and prawn trap haulers on the [...]

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How to get to Browns Bay – Browns Bay Fishing Report July 14,2010

How to get to Browns Bay – Browns Bay Fishing Report July 14,2010

| July 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

Sign-up for my Newsletter on the left side bar! Fishing Browns Bay is for the experienced boater.  The tide rips through the channel all the time, either in the ebb or the flood the water is always moving. Browns Bay is just north of the famous Seymour Narrows where the tide will rip through there [...]

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Port McNeill Trip – Cancelled due to high winds…

| July 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

We went up to Port McNeill to go on a fishing charter with Leisure Suit Charters, so the plan was get up there Sunday night, head out on the Charter Monday morning then fish out of my boat on Tuesday in Port Hardy.  Well when we got up to Port McNeill the weather had turned.  [...]

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