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Originally posted by Sushihunter
Quotes from fishin_magician:
quote:Well, I'm just off the water. Whoever is saying that fishing is slow needs to go to a fishing clinic and get their angling skills evaluated. It's not "slow" by any stretch of imagination.
So, you start off your posting by insulting every fisherman on the water yesterday. Nice.
quote:Most boats managed to pick up a fish or two today.
Really [?]
Care to name those boats who caught fish yesterday?
I heard my friends VHF over the phone while he was talking with me. It was very SLOW. Most boats had not seen more than a hit if they even had that much luck.
My friend is also a former guide and knows most of the guides in the Vancouver area. The guides were not doing well yesterday. Do you think the weekend warriors were outfishing the entire guide fleet? Seems unlikely.
quote:We managed 3 ourselves. A 12 and 16 on a double header--and the third was a decent sized blooper fish which hit on the way up right at the end of our day
This sounds... er.. "fishy".
My friend hooked 5 fish yesterday, boated 3, boxed 2 and lost 2 while fighting them.
You on the other hand caught all the fish you reported. You didn't lose any of them? You didn't mention where you were fishing, or what bait/lure you were using or how deep you were fishing when you caught your fish.
You also did not post any photos.
quote:I know of a few other boats who reported putting a fish or two in the box with a shot at a couple
Again, name them. First, it was "most boats" now it is just a "few boats".
quote:...it basically depends on how much water you covered--and finding the pockets of fish. Cover more water and you'll find them.
Quite true. My friend covered a lot of water from 7:30 AM to 10:15 AM before he hit his first fish. Indicating that there are not a lot of fish around and you have to seek them out. They are not hiding in ALL the traditional hotspots. Of all the boats out yesterday, how many do you think were lucky enough to stumble over the few schools of fish that were around?
quote:The other thing is that not everyone states how they're doing on the VHF either.
Again, true. However, they generally don't get on the radio and state that they have not caught anything or even gotten a hit and then contiue witht the comment that "it is really slow today."
I don't really mean to pick your post apart, but after reading it several times, it comes across as someone who has a real attitude and how dare anyone outfish him. I'm sure that you didn't mean it to sound like that.
I gave the forum as detailed a fishing report as I could to help the members who may be fishing in the Vancouver area. It doesn't help me any, I'm 200 miles away on the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
Best wishes,
Jim's Fishing Charters
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