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New Cowichan Steelheading Video ~ Must See!

New Cowichan Steelheading Video ~ Must See!

| February 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

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)

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Rescuing a Bald Eagle on the Cowichan River

Rescuing a Bald Eagle on the Cowichan River

| January 17, 2012

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 [...]

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According to the Minister of Natural Resources, I’m a ‘Radical’?! – Enbridge Pipeline.

According to the Minister of Natural Resources, I’m a ‘Radical’?! – Enbridge Pipeline.

| January 9, 2012

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 [...]

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Top 5 Offshore Fiberglass Sport Fishing Boats

Top 5 Offshore Fiberglass Sport Fishing Boats

| March 28, 2011 | 2 Comments

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 [...]

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Basic Centerpin Casting – How to Cast a Centerpin Rod and Reel

Basic Centerpin Casting – How to Cast a Centerpin Rod and Reel

| January 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

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 [...]

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The best Halibut recipe I have ever tasted! – Breaded Halibut Recipe and Tartar Sauce Recipe

The best Halibut recipe I have ever tasted! – Breaded Halibut Recipe and Tartar Sauce Recipe

| August 17, 2010 | 0 Comments

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 [...]

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Candied Smoked Salmon and Candied Salmon Jerky – Port Alberni Sockeye.

Candied Smoked Salmon and Candied Salmon Jerky – Port Alberni Sockeye.

| June 7, 2010 | 0 Comments

  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.

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Angler Goes Over The Stamp River Falls… Locals are HEROES.

| January 25, 2010 | 4 Comments

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 [...]

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Kitimat 2009 – Epic Coho Fishing

| January 11, 2010 | 4 Comments

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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