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Justfish
New Member
Canada
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 Posted - 06/25/2010 : 09:00:15
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Originally posted by Humpy
Just got back in town so hadnt had time to read the pro`s and cons... yes it was once in a life time fish, and my fishing partner decided to keep it, Im happy for him and support him in his choice.. the fish was 77in 244lbs..... and to answer some ones post ... it was a son of a gun to get into the boat.... we fillet it out and about 90% of that fish was eaten fresh. We handed it out to alot of people Im thinking 20 different familys , who never get or can afford fresh halibut.
My sincere respect for what you did
A liar will assume you are lying |
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r.s craven
Major Contributor
Canada
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Posted - 06/27/2010 : 13:59:07
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Slow out there today, picked up an 11 lb'er, and lost another to a seal. One long line release.
Not much bait showing and the one we caught had an empty stomach. |
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Slack-tider
New Member
Canada
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Posted - 06/27/2010 : 16:33:00
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It's been slow for a long time?? This time last year I was bringing fish home every time I was out. Where are the bait fish and the salmon that follow or is this one of those off years? Come on Mother Nature, I have the first 2 weeks off in July  |
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r.s craven
Major Contributor
Canada
3135 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2010 : 17:27:06
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My partner and i were talking about it today, last June was awesome
with lots of limit days and fish into the mid to high twenties.
This year, not so much 
maybe they're still coming ?
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porcupine
Advanced Member
Canada
365 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2010 : 19:57:48
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Out today, for the first time this season, on the Flats. No luck on salmon but I did catch a 38 lb halibut while trolling a squirt along the bottom. That's the first time I've caught a halibut in local waters while trolling for salmon. As my wife would say, that's better than a sharp stick in the eye.
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mmcl
New Member
Canada
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Posted - 06/27/2010 : 20:24:17
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mmmm wasnt slow on thursday, although had some trouble getting them into the boat! let mom have some fun playin them, played 8 fish in total, 1 in the boat... yes all salmon, flats from 11-330. squirts bait and spoons... not a good landing average but there were definately fish in the area!
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Silver Streak
New Member
Canada
44 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2010 : 20:25:57
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Congrats Tom. I'm still looking for my first incidental halibut while trolling
for salmon. Not out this weekend. Just replaced the shift cable on the 9.9
Yamaha. Casing was split in several places and all full of rust. Just completed
some painting on boat today. Repainted the lid on fish cleaning trough as old
DFO stick on fish tape was falling apart and had lifted original paint in places.
Scraped off the old tape and sanded down smooth, primed with aluminum primer and
top coated with Krylon gloss white. Looks good. On holidays this week so hope
to get out salmon one day and Elk Lake one day. |
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yammy5
Advanced Member
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Posted - 06/28/2010 : 11:15:28
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| The Rock and I watched you land that halibut porcupine…tight squeeze in that net! We managed a few springs on Sunday ~ landed two around 13-14lbs and a third in the low twenties. Lost a 4th on the way in. Real scrappers, the big one took a good run at Craven but stopped short of his bow. I think we got a bit lucky as there weren't that many caught. Trolled mixed gear on the bottom - the usual Oak Bay routine and just happened on a few hungry ones. 'And just like Craven, we noticed that the fish had empty stomachs and we didn't see a lot of bait around. |
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r.s craven
Major Contributor
Canada
3135 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2010 : 11:26:24
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yammy5
Advanced Member
330 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2010 : 12:04:14
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Yeah that was us...thanks for giving way when that fish was coming at ya. I didn't think he was going to stop and then he took a right turn and I managed to get some control. Surprised we didn't get sealed on one of those...they got us last sunday though. We'll have to pick up one of those high-tech deterrents that you guys use.  |
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r.s craven
Major Contributor
Canada
3135 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2010 : 12:35:50
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haha, high tech for sure didn't stop one of the little
ba$tards from grabbing a fish on us. |
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MILLERTIME
New Member
Canada
25 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2010 : 22:02:52
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Sunday afternoon started out flat calm bite came on around 2:30 saw at
least four other boats playing fish when I banged an 18 pounder and
almost got run over by a large yacht trolling who didn't seem to know what
he was doing. Thought about going in but because it was so nice. I
stayed out and picked up a 40 pound halibut at 3:30.
Monday afternoon flat calm again to start with birds everywhere
totally unbelievable, put in four hours not even a sniff had the whole
place to ourselves, go figure. |
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Slack-tider
New Member
Canada
27 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2010 : 10:35:03
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I use the following Tides and Current web pages to attempt to fish at the right place at the right time. "Not always sucessful I may add" Why is slack on the current table different then the change between flood and epp of the tide table? When is the correct slack?
http://www.dairiki.org/tides/daily.php/vic
http://www.dairiki.org/tides/daily.php/jua/
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r.s craven
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Canada
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TheRock
Advanced Member
Canada
445 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2010 : 20:07:35
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I interpret it as the tide tables tell you the height of the water and not much more... the current table tell you the direction of the currents (Flood and Ebb) , between current changes is when you get your "slake tide" or "tide change" as every one calls it.. I always here on the Radio guys asking when is tide change and usually some one replies and they always get it wrong cause their looking at the tide tables... you want to look at the current tables... I only look at the tide table twice a year ! Once in the spring when we launch our boat to know the tide/water height for the ramp and in October when we pull the boat out... that is all I use the tide tables for..
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Originally posted by Slack-tider
I use the following Tides and Current web pages to attempt to fish at the right place at the right time. "Not always sucessful I may add" Why is slack on the current table different then the change between flood and epp of the tide table? When is the correct slack?
http://www.dairiki.org/tides/daily.php/vic
http://www.dairiki.org/tides/daily.php/jua/
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Victoria Spring, and Halibut Summer 2010
