2018 Comox Valley-Comox Harbour, Kitty Coleman, Cape Lazo, Denman & Hornby Islands
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Cuba Libre
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Its Sargassum seaweed. An introduced species that was accidentally introduced when Japanese oysters were introduced into BC to replace the smaller native BC oysters. It has since spread from Alaska to Mexico..... and it IS a royal PITA.
Prairie Locked
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Fished Kitty last Thursday. Out with @Waterwolf2230 in his new ride. Can’t say I’ve done nearly 100 kph in a boat before 
Was a very productive day, managed two keepers and a nice P-cod. A couple of long line releases (blame the early season and dusting off the cobwebs). Even had a double header.
Saw lots of nets and lots of bent rods so the action was fantastic. Best area was just south of the south hump (inside).
Tried spoons, plugs and cuttlefish. Most consistent producer was a Mystic Green Fire-N-Ice flasher and a SG40R ‘Vanilla Ice’ cuttlefish.
The Tackle Shack custom Tomic ‘TSS Wonderbread’ spoon also saw some good action.
All in all, a good 4 hours on the water. Saw some decent bait and boxed a 12 and 14 lb, both were red with the one being almost sockeye red.
Was a very productive day, managed two keepers and a nice P-cod. A couple of long line releases (blame the early season and dusting off the cobwebs). Even had a double header.
Saw lots of nets and lots of bent rods so the action was fantastic. Best area was just south of the south hump (inside).
Tried spoons, plugs and cuttlefish. Most consistent producer was a Mystic Green Fire-N-Ice flasher and a SG40R ‘Vanilla Ice’ cuttlefish.
The Tackle Shack custom Tomic ‘TSS Wonderbread’ spoon also saw some good action.
All in all, a good 4 hours on the water. Saw some decent bait and boxed a 12 and 14 lb, both were red with the one being almost sockeye red.
Da Bay Bye
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Took a friend out to Kitty this afternoon and seen lots of bait on the finder but not much luck on the rod. Managed 1 keeper on anchovy at 175 feet. Beautiful day out there.
Waterwolf2230
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We were getting bit right on bottom. Couple times right after bouncing the ball in the sandy bottom. Seemed to trigger the bite.
mayday
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The mention of P-cod brings up a question - since I've been reasonably lucky and the freezer is now full of salmon, and since the wife actually prefers cod - any suggestions for actually targeting the P-cod? I've always just gotten them as a "by-catch" - rock/ling etc I've gotten since a kid so no issues there, but the pacific not as much.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Prairie Locked
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Just jig bottom with a large Buzzbomb or even a Norwegian jig. Cod aren’t too bright and like a slow presentation I’ve found.
There were a number of areas where they were common and predictable but I’ve been told the commercial boats hit that area hard a couple of summers ago. They may be starting to bounce back a bit.
You can also try trolling a plug really slow right on bottom. Even come to a dead stop and let the plug just float. I like plugs as I think they seem to help stave off dogfish.
Send me a PM and I can send you a couple of areas to try to target.
mayday
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Me to! I actually launched from comox harbour early this morning with the hopes of the hump - got to the pt. holmes can and found a pretty heavy nw chop - too much for the old Hourston, so trolled for a bit over by the bar - nothing found there, so over to tree island for a little nap ;-)
GLG
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Yes that has been closed for many years. I would put Campbell River, green can, at the top of the list as Kitty can slow down after June. Grants reef can be productive at times as well. Best to get your intel from the locals when you get to pacific playgrounds as things change from year to year.
Da Bay Bye
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donnie d
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Thanks for the info. Will prob run to the green can as I’m familiar with fishing there. Grants would be a bit of a longer run, but I know some good fish come out of there. I assume I can still fish the hump south of Sentry shoal as it’s outside the 1.5 mile radius of the marker. Worth fishing there?
Fished in the Royal Lepage derby on the weekend. No big ones for us we went to Lewis channel then to Elizabeth island looking for a big inlet fish. Nice on the water released a bunch 9-13 lbs and kept a 16. Blue meanie and hearding spoon at 70/110 ft.
Yesterday went to the green can first light had good action on the chovie and army truck we stayed shallow 90/110 ft the whole morning while the the rest of the pack moved out to deeper water. It sure is nice to get bites at a reasonable depth instead of 180/220 ft. Tons of bait around and a Hump feed all around us.
There are a lot of fish around right now get out and enjoy the fishing and the wild life.
Yesterday went to the green can first light had good action on the chovie and army truck we stayed shallow 90/110 ft the whole morning while the the rest of the pack moved out to deeper water. It sure is nice to get bites at a reasonable depth instead of 180/220 ft. Tons of bait around and a Hump feed all around us.
There are a lot of fish around right now get out and enjoy the fishing and the wild life.
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