Vancouver Island has some of the most wild and untapped freshwater fisheries in the world. Our rivers are not as long and large as some mainland rivers but what they lack in size they make up for in fish and remoteness. The rivers we drift are medium size rivers that most refer to as intimate [...]
Split Charters: There are a lot of anglers who want to book a charter with me but aren’t able to find someone to fish with and ‘Split’ the charter. I have had so many requests for Split Charters that I’m now going to list on my website (Click Here to see the unfilled Split Charters available) dates that people [...]
Catch and release is my favourite style of fishing, and done properly that method of fishing will have very little impact on the fish. But done improperly it can kill fish. The first two videos are two examples of how NOT to handle a fish and the 3rd is a great video on how to properly [...]
The Stamp River fishing report is made possible by my friends at Alberni Toyota! The river is high at the moment, the water clarity is green and today was an Epic day on the Stamp. I don’t want to say how many fish we landed because I feel like that would bring to an end the amazing fishing we [...]
The Stamp River fishing report is made possible by my friends at Alberni Toyota! I love this time of year! November 1st, marks the beginning of the greatest fishery on the planet, Winter Steelheading! Beautiful, hard fighting, Chrome Winter Steelhead. My favourite fishery. First, I would like to remind you of the number one rule of [...]
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 [...]
