Ray is back!!! Great reports.Out yesterday on Constance,decided to use a gaff on a 25-30 butt and had it go nuts and shake off,bad decision not to harpoon.Then pulled a 20 up and did a better gaff job,up and in.Dinner tonight.
I have to jump in here, that is the best hat ever. Just think how bad the picture would be if he had a leafs hat on!well at least the score on the Hali offfsets his choice with hats
Black truck with canopy? The only one at the ramp?Couldn't stay at home. The sea wasn't bad but the rain got a bit much. Jigged the sheltered side of Discovery. Picked up a keeper ling pretty quickly, then concentrated on chinook. Seemed everytime my jig hit bottom there was a small ling. Lost count. Only a few quillbacks. No springs today. However I did boat and release my biggest rock ever. My truck looked so lonely at the Cattle point parking lot.
That's me. A welcome sight for both me and the dog. Totally soaked right through the rain gear. Boots half full of water, but still a good few hours of escape.Black truck with canopy? The only one at the ramp?
It seems to me that the non-retention has landlocked a lot of fishers. This has been an excellent year for all species as far as I am concerned.We are in July right? And a weekend?
so…. I went and launched at 7:30 this am, I was the first and only trailer in the lot today at Esquilmalt.
I dropped a trap and made my way out to Beecher Bay to grab a few coho, on my way I was going to stop for a quick jig for halibut, but the tide was too far along for drifting and didn’t spend any time on the halibut rods.
Made my way to Beecher, and after I caught my fill, I made my way to the Breakwater-Macaulay to give it a whirl for some salmon. I stayed for about an hour and then packed it in. There was a couple other boats, Brotchie and Saxx, but very well spaced out. Marked lots of bait and a few fish but no takers on the water front.
only dropped 1 trap today, 2 red rock, and 1 small dung
I met a guy who fished Constance for halibut last week and he said he saw some jumping. I don't have any other intel than that.Any sign of Coho in Victoria, yet?