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[falcon1]

Everyone has heard a weird stories abot a body of water near them. I thougt I would share one I know and see if anyone else knows any. I heard this one from my grandpa. True or not, these stories in my opinion are fun to hear.

There has been a rumor around Cowichan Lake about a gigantic sturgeon that calls the narrows home. People had seen it cruising around wharfs and around near shore. It often stole bait and gear from trout fishermen. It was supposed to be so large that it had to have swam up the river as a much smaller fish. One day, a friend of my grandparts decided to see if there was any truth to the stories. He used an entire chicken as bait, with many hooks throughout it. He left the rig on the end of his dock overnight. The next morning, he went to check. The entire rig had been torn away and was gone. There was no way a band of crayfish could have picked it clean and at any rate, there were no bones to be found. Could a sturgeon made i past all the rapids and waterfalls all the way to Cowichan Lake? You decide.

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Hope you guys enjoy

 

[Charter Tofino]

Saw what i can honestly only describe as a UFO this summer during an overnight trip offshore for Tuna. Tried to film it but it wouldn't show on the video. It was a flashing light that traveled in speeds and directions that no plane/helicopter could manage. We were at a loss for ideas.

 

[falcon1]

Satelite? They move pretty darn fast.

 

[Lipripper]

Could happen... Mind the thing has probably grown 3ft through rumor/tales.

I know a guy that saw one running a chute on the Nitnat and trust his word..

I have pics of a sturgeon in the San Juan... I call him Juan

 

[Charter Tofino]

Satelite? They move pretty darn fast.

It was at water level to maybe 500ft. To the north a few miles. We were around 35 miles out at the time.

 

[Lipripper]

It was at water level to maybe 500ft. To the north a few miles. We were around 35 miles out at the time.

I've seen those(sorta)... Since this is a anything story thread.. I'll write them up tomorrow whilst I sit on my arse at work..

 

[fshnfnatic]

I grew up on Lake Cowichan,as my father before me did also.His father moved to the Valley in the 1920's from Comox
Valley. He ran steam locomotive for Hillcrest Lumber Co. and soon made many friends in the area.ONe of his close friends
was an avid fisherman and rowed a small boat on the lake for the large and quite plentiful trout that the area was
famous for at the time.One day while doing this,he had apparently hooked into something very large.In fact,so large that
it proceeded to tow him and his boat around the lake for awhile.It eventually broke off,and the fish itself was never
seen,but you would have to think that anything capable of such a feat would be far larger than any trout or
even salmon. Sturgeon? That would be my guess!

 

[falcon1]

Huh. Maybe it is true then. I doubt there are many. What section of the lake? Maybe if I get really bored some time I will chuck large cut bait way out and see.

 

[Finished Business]

a buddy was fishing the herring spawn in his sport boat when something huge appeared on the horizon. Curiosity throttled up and before they knew it they had visual contact with a HUGE submarine. At the moment they realized what they were approaching, the sub blew its ballast tanks and dove immediately into the deep. Not long after, they were met by a rugged aluminum vessel and were told they had stumbled onto an active Navy testing site, and were directed to the quickest route out of the area.

Also have a buddy with a place on Cameron Lake. There is no shortage of lake monster sightings told around that campfire....

 

[RiverBoy]

a buddy was fishing the herring spawn in his sport boat when something huge appeared on the horizon. Curiosity throttled up and before they knew it they had visual contact with a HUGE submarine. At the moment they realized what they were approaching, the sub blew its ballast tanks and dove immediately into the deep. Not long after, they were met by a rugged aluminum vessel and were told they had stumbled onto an active Navy testing site, and were directed to the quickest route out of the area.

Also have a buddy with a place on Cameron Lake. There is no shortage of lake monster sightings told around that campfire....

To add some fire to this one, I have friends that were vacationing in Hawaii. They were having a drink in a bar at night, and they struck up a conversation with an American sailor on leave, having a few cocktails. He asks where they were from. Campbell River my friends say. He says, no kidding I go thru there all the time. Turns out, he was a higher ranking officer on a submarine and he proceeded to start naming off nautical points like Francisco Point, Sentry, Seymour narrows etc. to prove he wasn't pulling their leg.

 

[Charter Tofino]

The whiskey gulf (nanoose) navy range is pretty active. We see subs in the area quite often and as FB says if you enter the testing zone either a boat or helicopter will escort you out.

 

[Finished Business]

and they struck up a conversation with an American sailor on leave....... he proceeded to start naming off nautical points like Francisco Point, Sentry, Seymour narrows etc.

I've heard that the vast majority of the ships in the straight are US vessels...if this is true, why are our waters prime testing zones??

 

[rendraW]

I've heard that the vast majority of the ships in the straight are US vessels...if this is true, why are our waters prime testing zones??

Probably because they have rules about harming wildlife...in their own country.

 

[Charter Tofino]

I've heard that the vast majority of the ships in the straight are US vessels...if this is true, why are our waters prime testing zones??

"The seabed has an average depth of 410 metres. Unlike test ranges in California and Hawaii, Nanoose Bay's average depth of 410 metres and unique seabed makes it easy to retrieve torpedoes."

This makes sense. Our house overlooks the gulf and the military traffic is pretty consistent. I know a few people including bigredsnapper, who have found torpedoes or explosive shells drifting and washed up on beaches.

 

[Dan]

No story but not sure what I caught on film...

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[falcon1]

I actually just found tw2o sites that support the sturgeon in Cowichan. One is actually an old thread from t forum...
http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-5815.html
http://www.cowichanwatershedboard.ca/content/burns-day-passes-no-lake-monster-sightings-reported

Monster stuff aside, sounds like at one point at least there were sturgeon in the lake.

 

[Lipripper]

http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-5815.html

That is actually really cool... The story yes... but you also unlocked the archive.

 

[falcon1]

What do you mean "the archive"?

 

[Lipripper]

Have a look through the other posts where you found TTs sturgeon story.. There is a lot of stuff buried in there from the early 2000's, not sure that if you searched through this board that stuff would come up in the results?

 

[falcon1]

Oh, ok. I'll have a look around.