Category: Port Hardy
Quatse River March 1, 2011. 5 inches of snow fell over night. Kingpin Imperial Centerpin Reel Back up to the Quatse and the Cluxewe River today. The fishing was good, however the weather was a blizzard on the drive up. During the day the sun came out and we had some great weather. I [...]
It rained then in poured, then the sun would come out and it would repeat. Your typical northern Vancouver Island February weather. We spent the day fishing the Quatse River in the town of Port Hardy, with high expectations! This little river is a very fishable stream. The Quatse river has an excellent hatchery steelhead [...]
We fished hard for two days up in Port Hardy, BC. The weather was calm Wednesday morning, but then blew up at around 2pm. Thursday’s weather was a steady wind all day, but not bad enough to prevent us from heading over to Castle Rock. We went up there to hunt down the Northern Coho, [...]
We went up to Port McNeill to go on a fishing charter with Leisure Suit Charters, so the plan was get up there Sunday night, head out on the Charter Monday morning then fish out of my boat on Tuesday in Port Hardy. Well when we got up to Port McNeill the weather had turned. [...]
This picture pretty well sums up our trip up to Port McNeill so far! Larry from leisure suit charters called me at 4:45am to let me know that we wouldn’t be going out today because of the 30kmh winds. So we have been grounded all day at the Cluxewe Campground waiting to see what tomorrow [...]
This morning I thought I would be smart and head down to Hocking Point. I figured that the sporty fleet would be at China creek like two days ago… well when I rounded the corner at Nahmint I was greeted by 150-200 boats all fishing Hocking Point! Either, every Sockeye fisherman reads my blog and [...]
Some of the best fishing we had this summer, were during our trips up to Port Hardy, BC. There are so many great things to say about fishing that area, the water is protected from the open ocean, there is a great marina and hotels, there isn’t that much pressure and the fishing is fantastic. [...]
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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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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