The Pinks have just started to show up in the Campbell River but before you pack up all your gear and drive down to the river you should know that not many are being caught yet. I took a walk along the river to see what was going on this afternoon and I saw lots [...]
Monday afternoon, I left Vancouver Island to drive 12 hours to Medford Oregon to pick up my custom crafted Fly Guide Power Drifter from Fish-rite boats. The drive down was extremely long but I had convinced my daughter to come along for the road trip which made the hours in the Tacoma bearable! Speaking of [...]
The fishing in Port Hardy has been fantastic with limits of Chinook, Coho, Halibut and Snapper for our guests. The weather has been great, except for the last few days that have seen up to 50mph winds and 17ft seas… The forecast for the next week looks excellent! Everyday at 6am our boats head out [...]
A truck is an indispensable tool that gets me to those remote places on the island. It’s a work horse that has to work each and everyday or I can’t make a living. I’ve owned a 2000 Ford Expedition for years and it’s almost like a time capsule, there are so many memories associated with it. Every dent has a story [...]
GoPro makes a virtually indestructible little waterproof camera called the Hero 2. I’v owned the Hero camera now for just over 12 months and I’ve used it in areas like Haida Gwaii to the Cowichan river and everything in between. This little camera has shown that it can take a beating and keep producing awesome [...]
The last week has seen more and more Chinook salmon move into the local Port Hardy waters. Yesterday, we landed limits of Chinook, halibut, lingcod and pink salmon. The weather yesterday was pretty blustery but the forecast looks to hold a stretch of sunny warm days! Duvall, Daphne and Castle point are the local hot [...]
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 [...]
