Two years ago my wife came up with this great idea that I should start a blog about fishing, “Because you are crazy about fishing!”, she said. My initial reaction was Ya right! I can’t even type. However, by some miracle this little blog has reached 200 posts, 200 facebook friends and is 2 years old. Over the [...]
Here’s a very quick report for fishing today in the Stamp River: It’s good. The water level is higher than normal and is a nice steelhead green. Lot’s of willing Steelhead feeding on eggs.
Float casting is probably one of the most popular forms of fishing in the rivers of British Columbia. This fishing technique is popular because it works well on most all rivers and streams. The basic set-up of float casting and dead drifting is when there is a float on the mainline, then a piece of lead attached [...]
Well it rained and rained, then the sun would come out, then it would rain. That’s your typical Port Alberni day in November and I love it! I had the opportunity today to guide a guy who passionately wanted to catch his first steelhead. I guess today was his lucky day, because he caught two Steelies, lost [...]
November/December Steelheading is great on the Stamp River and will continue to be great until the Upper river closes Jan. 1st. This fishery is productive and would be a good way to kick off your steelheading season, or if you have never caught a steelhead then this is the best fishery for you, as Steelhead are [...]
The last few days have seen excellent weather and great fishing. The summer run steelhead are actively feeding on the Coho eggs. The water is very clear and we can see steelhead running into the sides of the Coho which knock their eggs into the water.
There is plenty of red Coho and chrome summer Steelhead in the upper river right now. The water levels are perfect although almost too clear. I’ve been tying up all my gear with 8lb test maxima for these clear water conditions. It will take quite a bit of rain before the dam starts letting more [...]
Back in 2006 I purchased an 8wt Sage Launch fly rod at www.riversportsman.com and a Grey’s reel with shooting head fly line for beach fishing in front of little river. After catching a couple Coho on my new rod I was hooked. I used that rod for every river, lake and beach I fished around Vancouver Island. In fact, twice I used [...]
Today was my last day of fishing for salmon and I have to admit that it was a long long LOOONNNG salmon season. The salmon season started for me in March with the Barkley Sound derby then all the local fishing I did off of Kitty Coleman in April and May,
Is there anything worse at the end of the fishing day than being completely soaked because your waders leak?? There’s nothing worse on the river than leaking waders and unfortunately my waders now leak, badly. I own a pair of Bare Backwater waders which I purchased from Gone Fishing about 5 years ago for $300. I have [...]
Fly Fishing the Cowichan River for Steelhead and Trout. ~ RamblingFisherman.com
Cowichan River Steelhead ~ BC Steelheading ~ RamblingFisherman.com
Port Hardy Fishing - Great Salmon/Halibut/Snapper Action!
34lb Chinook Caught off Nanaimo,BC - May 26,2012 - RamblingFisherman.com
Nice Steelhead Caught In the Gold River
New Cowichan Steelheading Video ~ Must See!
Fishing was good today, and one of the fish was an acrobatic, cart wheeling, chrome 8lb doe that I happened to get on video. Here is a video of that doe we caught today, this is a must see: (When viewing enlarge to full screen)
Rescuing a Bald Eagle on the Cowichan River
During today’s drift down the Cowichan river we came across an injured Bald Eagle on the beach. Guide Peter Dick managed to capture it and we called Pacific Northwest Raptors to come and meet us at the bottom of the river. The Eagle was totally calm while being held and transported, which surprised all of [...]
According to the Minister of Natural Resources, I’m a ‘Radical’?! – Enbridge Pipeline.
Unless you have been living under a rock, you have most likely heard about Enbridge’s proposed pipeline that may be built from the Alberta tar sands to Kitimat BC, so that the oil and gas can be shipped to Eastern world markets. I oppose this pipeline, as it will introduce an immense risk to the habitat [...]
Top 5 Offshore Fiberglass Sport Fishing Boats
Fishing offshore of the West Coast of Vancouver Island requires a boat that will troll all day 20 miles from shore in safety and comfort then be able to get you home quickly when the weather starts to blow. So today I’m going to give you my list of the Top 5 single engine offshore fiberglass fishing [...]
Basic Centerpin Casting – How to Cast a Centerpin Rod and Reel
I use three basic casting techniques when casting a centerpin rod and reel. – The common cast, where you just pull the rod as far back as you can and then swing and free spool the pin reel. This is very similar to level wind casting. The cast needs no instruction as this is the most [...]
The best Halibut recipe I have ever tasted! – Breaded Halibut Recipe and Tartar Sauce Recipe
Here is our favourite Halibut recipe, which has to be eaten with homemade Tartar Sauce: Breaded Halibut Recipe: 1 1/2LBs of Halibut 1/2 Cup of Flour 2 TSP Dry Mustard 1 Egg Beaten 1/4 Cup of Cornflake Crumbs 1 TBSP Coconut Oil or Vegetable Oil Subscribe to The Rambling Fisherman by Email Cut fish into [...]
Candied Smoked Salmon and Candied Salmon Jerky – Port Alberni Sockeye.
I’ll post our recipe up later, in the mean time here’s how we make Candied Smoked Sockeye ^^ If you like this post become a Facebook fan to get notifications.
Angler Goes Over The Stamp River Falls… Locals are HEROES.
A Burnaby angler was trying to float from the falls pool to the gun club. Apparently he got the launch information from a friend, but obviously it turned out to be bad information. He launched his pontoon boat at the falls provincial park, which is directly above the Stamp River falls. The falls is higher [...]
Kitimat 2009 – Epic Coho Fishing
Every summer I try to convince my father in-law to go back up to his home waters in Kitimat to fish for those huge, exciting Coho and every summer it never pans out. This year was different, I had an open invitation to fish with an extremely experienced fisherman and guide in Kitimat. I certainly [...]
