My Power Drifter is being built as we speak! It will be ready for action this fall! Here are some of the pictures of it while under construction: I still have some dates available for Fall (Sept/Oct 2012) river fishing for Salmon on the Stamp river!! Book now and save, only $350/day for two anglers until June 30th. After that all [...]
Whenever I go to a fishing website, I always like to check out what kind of boats they are running. So I thought I would share with all my ocean loving friends some pictures and details about my boat! The boat I run out of Port Hardy, BC working for www.coastwidesportsfishing.com for all my charters [...]
I’m working with Coastwide Sportsfishing in Port Hardy, BC this summer. The season recently got underway, and what a start we have had! The weather has been great, it starts off with a little rain then it clears right up almost everyday. The fishing has been getting progressively better and better. The halibut fishing is great, with [...]
I’m fishing for www.coastwidesportsfishing.com out of Port Hardy, BC. The fishing is just starting to get underway, with some decent sized Chinook salmon and Coho Salmon starting to show up in the Port Hardy waters. Stay tuned for lots of updates and videos! We have some days available in early July, but that’s it! So, book them [...]
Video taken from my week of guiding at Queen Charlotte Lodge in Haida Gwaii, BC.
The Queen Charlotte Lodge is located in Naden Harbour at the northern tip of Graham Island in Haida Gwaii, BC. QCL is located in one of the most pristine and untouched areas of the world. You couldn’t find a more remote and rugged coast in British Columbia and I guess that is why the fishing can be pretty [...]
Just ordered this boat! It is being custom-built and will be ready for the fall river salmon fishing season! It’s called a ‘Fly Guide Power Drifter’ by Fish Rite Boats in Oregon. It’s unique because it rows like a drift boat when fishing down stream, but also has an outboard engine on the back that can take you back upstream [...]
Toyota trucks are the best trucks in world… and I can back that up! When I was in Kenya we hired a guide to take us through the country from North to South to see as much of the country, the people and animals as we could. The vehicle that the guide had was a 1973 Toyota Landcruiser that had 3+ million kilometers on [...]
I’ve been in lovely Port Hardy working with Chad at Coastwide Sports Fishing since June 1st. We have done an incredible amount of work to get ready for our upcoming fishing season, from building our dock house to replacing thru-hull fittings and test fishing our fishing grounds. A very busy week, with late nights and [...]
www.Amundson.ca is my newest sponsor, and what a great experience I’ve had thus far with them. A few days ago I posted a video of the 34lb Chinook that I caught with Chromatose charters using the Amundson Savvy Mooching Conqueror rod and the Amundson Trend mooching reel. The rod and reel were a perfect combination of sensitivity and backbone to handle the [...]
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 [...]
