Fished Ambelside to Point Atkinson on Sat. I was there at 5:30 am and was by myself for the first hour or so.
Had one pin-popper early by Ambelside but it was gone right away.
Saw some action around 10:30 am right out front of the pink apartments. Was texting the wife telling her it was dead and was ready to head home. As I was typing saw the top rod take a nibble. 30 seconds later the boat beside me was hooked up and landed something shiny. A few minutes later the top road popped again but missed it. Reset the gear and as I was getting ready to set the top rod again I had something on the bottom rod. Missed it while I was freeing the top rod. Circled around for another 30-45 minutes but couldn't find them again. I was so frustrated that I missed it!
Was fishing hootchies and spoons at mostly 30' and 60'.
Only saw one fish jump all day - right out front of the Ambelside pier in ~90' of water.
Question for folks that stack rods. I had ~30 feet out on the top rod between the flasher and the clip. I'm guessing there isn't enough tension to get a good hook set. I'm going to check that hook again to see how sharp it is. Any other tips for getting a good set with that much line between the clip and the flashers?
Fished Ambelside to Point Atkinson on Sat. I was there at 5:30 am and was by myself for the first hour or so.
Had one pin-popper early by Ambelside but it was gone right away.
Saw some action around 10:30 am right out front of the pink apartments. Was texting the wife telling her it was dead and was ready to head home. As I was typing saw the top rod take a nibble. 30 seconds later the boat beside me was hooked up and landed something shiny. A few minutes later the top road popped again but missed it. Reset the gear and as I was getting ready to set the top rod again I had something on the bottom rod. Missed it while I was freeing the top rod. Circled around for another 30-45 minutes but couldn't find them again. I was so frustrated that I missed it!
Was fishing hootchies and spoons at mostly 30' and 60'.
Only saw one fish jump all day - right out front of the Ambelside pier in ~90' of water.
Question for folks that stack rods. I had ~30 feet out on the top rod between the flasher and the clip. I'm guessing there isn't enough tension to get a good hook set. I'm going to check that hook again to see how sharp it is. Any other tips for getting a good set with that much line between the clip and the flashers?
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I was leaving ~30 feet out on the top rod because I was trolling fairly shallow and I didn't want the gear right under the boat. I also hate getting tangles when stacking. Leaving a bit more between the clip and the flasher on the top rod seems to prevent the bottom line from tangling with the top hook. I guess I'll go back to 10-15'.
http://notices.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?pg=view_notice&DOC_ID=199099&ID=all
Expect some notices for the saltwater this week...
But still full openings in Squam and Howe sound for FN netting...
http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fraserriver/firstnations/HTMLs/CommunalOpeningTimes.html
Oh the days when it was an advantage to be a productive tax payer.
Category(s):I was hoping DFO would have opened 29-10 and 29-9 for chinook today. Isn't that the norm for aug 1? Did anyone hear anything?
80'how deep ?