Campbell river 2013.
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Hog Tide
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whent out to fransisco pt north of the prawn closure ... had enuph bugs for 1 meal. funny thing, one of my traps got chewed to pieces . i had fish guts in the trap and a salmon head. salmon head was not touched guts and salmon back were gone. would a large octopus or seal eat through a trap? traps were sitting 455 ft of water. there were 2 commies dragging the bottom at fransisco in deep water . wtf? btw.. is ling cod and halibut closed in the campbell area?
cant find any info on regs..
cant find any info on regs..
Fish Assassin
Crew Member
read the regs man.... IT'S CLOSED
Charlie415
Crew Member
I know the only dumb question is the question not asked but..REALLY!
Island Fish Lifter
Well-Known Member
Closed areas are largely underrated. I find them to be high producers. 
lorneparker1
Banned
Closed areas are largely underrated. I find them to be high producers.
Agreed, I have had great ling and hali fishing in RCA;s
Lorne
p.s. its a joke!
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Fish Assassin
Crew Member
Don't forget about all those yummy quilbacks you brought home.
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salmonkiller01
Well-Known Member
North of fransico is open for prawning! Went out and got one spring today!!
FishNmemories
Member
Both my Gal and I needed a break from our reality (daily grind) so we packed up and headed off for the weekend. We stopped at our old favorite campground north of Brown's Bay, set up camp, baited up the crab pots, and launched the old Tinnie. My Gal was smiling instantly as soon as the yammie bit hard to push us up onto a plane. Behind us reality blurred and with the pots soaking for a couple of hours we fished hard.
Wow, big tides made our pursuit for some bottom fish especially challenging, one I relished with great joy. My fishing gal and I were skunked repeatedly as the the strong tides resulted in only quick nibbles. Finally, she sunk the hook firmily into a dandy Copper Rockcod enough for our dinner. One more pass into a deep hole produced a splendided Red Snapper. We looked at each other and smiled, we were done for the day.
Quick stop at the crab pots had us smiling even more, yup crab de jour was on the menu tonight. Pulling the boat out for the night, I called over to a fellow camper and shared some our crab bounty with him and his girlfriend. As they were from tourist from Holland they were pleased to try some of the Canada's seafood.
The next day was a late start on the water with a quick trip back to the campsite to off load some more crab which we shared with some other campers from down Island. Back out to a new location to bottom fish again. Yeah, an earlier start would have us fishing slack tide, but instead we enticed 2 nice lings to accompany us back to shore after several hours on the water.... Yup, fish de jour was indeed tasty.
We stayed up late.... and crashed at 8:30 pm. Fishing and fresh air had us bagged, so we never heard the fellow campers partying late into the night. Next day was slower paced with no boating, just cooking up the crab to take home, a delicious breakfast, a walk on the beach, a wiener roast, and packing up to go home.
Once home we started to unpack when friends stopped to chat and left with a freshly cooked crab to snack on. A quick phone call to our friends down the block and they came by to pick us some red snapper and crab for their dinner the following day.
Our seafood bounty is almost gone, but we were thanked by one and all. Sadly tomorrow's reality will bite us equally as hard as our Yammie's prop bites the water.... but we had fun
Cheers
Wow, big tides made our pursuit for some bottom fish especially challenging, one I relished with great joy. My fishing gal and I were skunked repeatedly as the the strong tides resulted in only quick nibbles. Finally, she sunk the hook firmily into a dandy Copper Rockcod enough for our dinner. One more pass into a deep hole produced a splendided Red Snapper. We looked at each other and smiled, we were done for the day.
Quick stop at the crab pots had us smiling even more, yup crab de jour was on the menu tonight. Pulling the boat out for the night, I called over to a fellow camper and shared some our crab bounty with him and his girlfriend. As they were from tourist from Holland they were pleased to try some of the Canada's seafood.
The next day was a late start on the water with a quick trip back to the campsite to off load some more crab which we shared with some other campers from down Island. Back out to a new location to bottom fish again. Yeah, an earlier start would have us fishing slack tide, but instead we enticed 2 nice lings to accompany us back to shore after several hours on the water.... Yup, fish de jour was indeed tasty.
We stayed up late.... and crashed at 8:30 pm. Fishing and fresh air had us bagged, so we never heard the fellow campers partying late into the night. Next day was slower paced with no boating, just cooking up the crab to take home, a delicious breakfast, a walk on the beach, a wiener roast, and packing up to go home.
Once home we started to unpack when friends stopped to chat and left with a freshly cooked crab to snack on. A quick phone call to our friends down the block and they came by to pick us some red snapper and crab for their dinner the following day.
Our seafood bounty is almost gone, but we were thanked by one and all. Sadly tomorrow's reality will bite us equally as hard as our Yammie's prop bites the water.... but we had fun
Cheers
Sculpin
Well-Known Member
Both my Gal and I needed a break from our reality (daily grind) so we packed up and headed off for the weekend. We stopped at our old favorite campground north of Brown's Bay, set up camp, baited up the crab pots, and launched the old Tinnie. My Gal was smiling instantly as soon as the yammie bit hard to push us up onto a plane. Behind us reality blurred and with the pots soaking for a couple of hours we fished hard.
Wow, big tides made our pursuit for some bottom fish especially challenging, one I relished with great joy. My fishing gal and I were skunked repeatedly as the the strong tides resulted in only quick nibbles. Finally, she sunk the hook firmily into a dandy Copper Rockcod enough for our dinner. One more pass into a deep hole produced a splendided Red Snapper. We looked at each other and smiled, we were done for the day.
Quick stop at the crab pots had us smiling even more, yup crab de jour was on the menu tonight. Pulling the boat out for the night, I called over to a fellow camper and shared some our crab bounty with him and his girlfriend. As they were from tourist from Holland they were pleased to try some of the Canada's seafood.
The next day was a late start on the water with a quick trip back to the campsite to off load some more crab which we shared with some other campers from down Island. Back out to a new location to bottom fish again. Yeah, an earlier start would have us fishing slack tide, but instead we enticed 2 nice lings to accompany us back to shore after several hours on the water.... Yup, fish de jour was indeed tasty.
We stayed up late.... and crashed at 8:30 pm. Fishing and fresh air had us bagged, so we never heard the fellow campers partying late into the night. Next day was slower paced with no boating, just cooking up the crab to take home, a delicious breakfast, a walk on the beach, a wiener roast, and packing up to go home.
Once home we started to unpack when friends stopped to chat and left with a freshly cooked crab to snack on. A quick phone call to our friends down the block and they came by to pick us some red snapper and crab for their dinner the following day.
Our seafood bounty is almost gone, but we were thanked by one and all. Sadly tomorrow's reality will bite us equally as hard as our Yammie's prop bites the water.... but we had fun
Cheers
Great report man. I love the seafood fests while on an outing. Great experience for the folks from Holland.
salmonkiller01
Well-Known Member
Out at the hump yesterday, boated a 21lb white spring. Beauty first fish of the season for my friend who took me out. caught on an army truck hootchie at 175'. A few other small hits but with a 21lber in the boat we were very happy, Awesome trip
Charlie415
Crew Member
Hey great weekend fished Toba. A 32, 28, 24, and a couple of 10's. Funny derby up the coast and the fishing is on fire out front. Heard of a 40+ caught at Grant Reefs. Wow
Barnacle Bill
Well-Known Member
Fished the hump at lunch time on the flood today. Caught a 15# Chinook, and was really lucky
to get it in the boat. Tide was running pretty hard, and somehow my line got around
my down rigger line, good thing I was using braid on both my rigger and my reel.
First time out in the old whaler this year, and I am very pleased that both motors ran well.
to get it in the boat. Tide was running pretty hard, and somehow my line got around
my down rigger line, good thing I was using braid on both my rigger and my reel.
First time out in the old whaler this year, and I am very pleased that both motors ran well.
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