2021 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread
- Thread starter SFBC
- Start date
mudguts
Well-Known Member
I got sealed 4 times last time I was out. Once at waterfall, and 3 times at Grace. I was the only boat so the little ***** knew where to feast I guess.
63stingray
Well-Known Member
I try not to hit my down rigger till I have the fish up and close ,seems the rigger is a dinner bell for them .
jcon12
Well-Known Member
This!
Dixsea
Well-Known Member
Wrist rocket on board. Very handy, very cheap, very fun and very effective.
Fishin Ambition
Active Member
Does this flasher belong to anyone who can tell me what happened at Tunstall? Here's the story. Yesterday around noon we hooked what we thought was a big fish. After a while we realized it wasn't a fish but we were caught on something else, maybe a crab trap. We circled around and finally got our gear up, still heavy with something. Turns out our hook was caught on someone else's line without another boat anywhere near us, and that other line was caught on something. We untangled our gear and started hand bombing in the other line, which was still very heavy. Then, we saw a seal surface. That other line we had snagged had a seal attached to the other end of it. We pulled and pulled that other line by hand and I could feel the seal fighting. Then, suddenly the line went slack and we kept at it until we reached the end of the line with this flasher attached. The flasher looks like it was spray painted red on the bottom. I would love to know the story about how this gear was lost and if there had been a seal attached to it at the time it was lost. Also, when did it happen?
Attachments
Matthias
Well-Known Member
Nice to retrieve someone's lost gear! Hopefully the owner is on the forum.
That is a common flasher however - "Bloody Nose". It came like this from the factory.
For the hell of it we should put our names on them , interesting to see where they end up though (other than on the bottom)Barry Arnett
New Member
what is wrist rocket, thanks.
Reeltime
Well-Known Member
Fished all around the harbour yesterday, the seals are smashing shakers now that we are dragging around, this seal must have got the hook
on it's mug, what a violent pop off the clip, finally saw him at the surface pulling away,, then hook popped of his lip, now i know these missed
hit's, aren’t always a missed fish, managed a good haul of crabs and a nice winter keeper Bell area...
on it's mug, what a violent pop off the clip, finally saw him at the surface pulling away,, then hook popped of his lip, now i know these missed
hit's, aren’t always a missed fish, managed a good haul of crabs and a nice winter keeper Bell area...
hippaisland
Well-Known Member
Got sealed at Grace 2 weekends ago. Chased seal into the shallows and it was dragging around someone else’s gear, however the flasher looked purple. We got our gear back, but not the fish. I’m sure there’s a few of the buggers swimming around with some extra jewelry.
Last edited:
Pippen
Well-Known Member
63stingray
Well-Known Member
Wrist rocket will help you get your gear back if he is close to the boat can maybe utilize that they got two minutes of air time try to stay on top of him .
Fishin Ambition
Active Member
There was about 100 feet of line attached to the flasher so it must have broken off near the rod rather than at the leader. I am thinking the seal got the other person's salmon and gear, but couldn't shake the hook, and was dragging all the gear around until we snagged it.
mudguts
Well-Known Member
They were all sub surface steals unfortunately.
Stizzla
Crew Member
Actually that one is a No Bananas. Great flasher. Great spoons too
jcon12
Well-Known Member
Tomorrow is off BUT early saturday morning is on.. just deciding between howe sound or bell buoy!
the rock dogs up at Langara look like punk rockers with all the piercings and jewellery hanging off of them!
Similar threads
