Reply With QuoteNice shots Dave, lots of boats out there today ?
Went out on the water with my preggers lady today and we had a great day. The first bit of fun was sneaking through the wall of sailboats to get out to the bank. Then shortly after dropping the gear we had a zinger hit on port side. After wrestling with the rod trying to get it out of the holder with no success, she went to grab the reel to stop the fish from peeling out line, I kinda yelled saying how bad of an idea that was, and then decided to maybe take over. After getting things under control after 2 decent runs, I was going to hand over the rod, but she wanted me to play it. Got it close to the boat, and was very excited to see no fin! In the boat it came. 13 lb hatch. Very nice looking fish too. Shortly after that we had some orca's cruise by. They were being followed by about 7 whale watching boats and what looked like an observer boat who sat back a ways and watched through binoc's. Great day out there today. Here's a few pics from the day.
"Ocean survival" is gobblydegook double speak for "we don't know and we won't or can't address the real reasons for the decline for economic/political reasons so we will hope for the best next year". - Englishman
Nice shots Dave, lots of boats out there today ?
Not when we were on the bank. We didn't get to the bank until 12:30 and only saw about a half dozen boats trolling the area we were working.Originally Posted by r.s craven
"Ocean survival" is gobblydegook double speak for "we don't know and we won't or can't address the real reasons for the decline for economic/political reasons so we will hope for the best next year". - Englishman
Fished Oak Bay Flats today 7-12 nothing and didn't see anyone land anything.
Slow go out of Pedder yesterday. That being said, I long line released an absolute tank on the tide change yesterday. Bounced the bottom with chovey, ran into the swirl of weeds and bang!
Any day now.....
Hooch
Picked up two chicken hali yesterday on a quick fish. The first was about 15 a little ping pong paddle the second much nicer around 30.
My dad has pics of the actual fish not sure why I didn't take any but I did snap a shot of the cleaning table when I was done with them.
Last edited by Hook'Em Hard; 05-27-2012 at 11:40 PM.
Yesterday I picked up a small Hali at border bank just before 10. The went to Constance to troll for salmon and picked up another Hali on the salmon gear right away. Too bad I lost it while trying to gaff it. If I used the net we would have come home with two good eaters.
Bird Dog
Me and a friend went out with Trevor of No Bananas today. First we dropped lines for halibut. It was slow to start but once the tide changed, we got our halibut. The first was a nice 58lb slab that put up a really good fight. Right after it was harpooned, the leader broke. Phew, that would have been tragic. After getting 2 chickens, we switched over to the salmon gear. Got a small hatch early but released it. We had good action for the next while, but it wasn't red hot. Just before we called it, my side hit and it didn't feel like a salmon. Got it up and it ended up being a hali. Released it and headed back to the docks. Great day out there. Glassy, some glimpses of sun, and good times. Learned some things too!
More photos here.......
https://picasaweb.google.com/1133052...zp4qz3tsa50gE#
Last edited by Dave S; 05-31-2012 at 08:23 PM.
"Ocean survival" is gobblydegook double speak for "we don't know and we won't or can't address the real reasons for the decline for economic/political reasons so we will hope for the best next year". - Englishman
Very nice Dave... great pics...
Bananers.... How you liking the close to home fishin?
I think holmes grabbed my junk in the "pile on" though....I found it inappropriate but I was released gently; given what we were piling on about I found it educational as to a good release.~ Pip
And Lipripper - until you have been there, I would strongly suggest you STFU. ~ bigbruce
Lippy, I love it!! It doesn't hurt that the fishing has been pretty epic all spring!!!
I'm Reny bound next week, the first couple runs to Swiftsure are going to be tuff after a 4-7 mile run around here.
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