There has been an old 30ft trawler that has washed ashore on the beach of Campbell River, directly in front of Willow Creek. This boat looks very damaged and is leaking diesel fuel into the creek and along the break water of the boat ramp. Makes me wonder who is responsible for the cleanup? Apparently, [...]
Stamp River – Yesterday was my first day back to work after taking a couple of days off over Christmas. Yesterday we landed quite a number of steelhead and lost an equal amount. Today we hooked double what we did yesterday due to the fresh rain. This morning the river was up a foot from last night, [...]
Merry Christmas! I hope all of you are having a great time with family and friends, or at the shore of the river fishing for that Christmas Steel.
Steelheading… is a serious passion of mine. It is an extreme sport for hardcore anglers. It requires years of experience and a huge sense of adventure. To walk for miles along a river bank that has only a bear trail, to hunt, then cast a thousand times to catch and then release a fish, during winter’s rain, snow and ice?! Most [...]
Today was another great day on the water! Here’s some pictures:
After walking upstream from pool to pool, walking slowly and deliberately, being careful to not spook any of the Steelhead we were searching for. We walk up to a very small pool when I see the slight wiggle of a tail behind a rock about 100ft upstream. We basically hit the deck, and started to make our plan. I crawled [...]
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Now is the time when British Columbians need to decide what we value more, natural wildlife habitats or the transportation of Alberta’s tar sands oil via oil tankers and pipelines through our BC coastal waters. Billion dollar oil companies are currently lobbying the government with all their might to make this into a reality. The thought of oil tankers spilling millions of gallons [...]
The last few days have been in word “Consistent”. Lots of new fish moving in and holding in predicable places, just the way I like it! The water is lower than normal and clear! I’m fishing in total stealth mode, and trying to make as little noise as possible as and approach the runs slowly.
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 [...]
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Spring Steelhead Special! $295/Day now till May 31st! I am offering guided fishing trips from our drift boat on the Stamp River, Cowichan River, Nimpkish and Salmon River. Most island rivers can be fished 12 months of the year for many species of Salmon,
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Have you always wanted a fishing adventure that is wild, remote, peaceful and away from all other anglers? I am booking trips for an exclusive steelhead fishing adventure in Northern Vancouver Island. Starting January 15th and going to April 30th, I will be offering 1 day,
This summer I will be saltwater chartering guests out of Port Hardy BC for Coastwide Sports Fishing. Port Hardy has always been my favourite place to saltwater fish for Salmon and Halibut on the BC coast. Excellent fishing and protected
The famous and beautiful Cowichan River is a fly fisherman’s paradise. The Cowichan river starts from the town of Lake Cowichan and flows dozens of miles to the city of Duncan, making it one of Vancouver Islands largest rivers. It is full of Brown and
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