sockeye
Retention for the stamp river sockeye opens June 15, 2013 In the tidal portion of the Somass River, expected returns of sockeye are 350,000 although DFO sockeye forecasts are always very low estimates. River water levels are high and if they remain so during the opening of the sockeye fishery the fish will be entering [...]
It’s that time of year, the salmon have all made their way up the rivers and into the lakes to complete their life cycle. It’s amazing really how many millions of salmon come back to their birth rivers after being in the ocean for 2-5 years. The fact that the Vancouver Island salmon can find their [...]
The Sockeye have been getting caught regularly on high tides in the river by paper mill dam. The dam can be a pretty busy place at times, best to be fished early in the AM or during a weekday! Also, this area is classified as a Saltwater tidal zone, therefore you will need a saltwater fishing license with [...]
In search of the Port Alberni Sockeye! We spent the morning searching the canal from Nahmint bay all the way up to the mouth of the Somass river. Unfortunately, the Sockeye haven’t schooled up yet. Last week there was reports of Socks being caught at Diplock and Chupp Pt., but it looks like those schools of fish have moved [...]
Alberni Inlet and Barkley Sound open today for Sockeye, retention of 2/day. For all my last years blog posts about Sockeye in the Alberni canal click here: http://www.ramblingfisherman.com/category/sockeye/ Here is the DFO’s update:
http://www.blackcreekflyandtackle.com/ Hey anglers, it’s that time of year when I get to spend a lot of time in the shop creating new versions of my Wigglewoods to meet the coming season. Not that the existing colour line isn’t producing. In fact the Cotton Candy pink is one of my hottest sellers. I have personally [...]
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, [...]
Today was the last cast for The Port Alberni Sockeye for me, my boat and the crew on the Simple Servant. I look forward to Sockeye fishing every year, I love the early mornings and the drive out to Nahmint Bay in the calm waters. The awesome fishing and the reward of full limits of [...]
We fished Dunsmuir to the narrows and the fish were deep, we had many fish at 97ft and a few at 60ft. The gill nets were strung across the entire inlet this morning at 4:45am… the nets were very hard to spot at that time. In fact, I saw one way to late to avoid [...]
It was another great day in the Port Alberni Canal. The weather was calm, there was a lot less boats on the water than I was expecting for a Saturday and the fishing was HOT! We headed down to our not so secret fishing hole near Hocking Point this am. We were a little late [...]
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 [...]
