2023 Campbell River Reports
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spring fever
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Gracias amigo!! Appreciated--might have to troll a bit-thought it was going to be rough this morning so didn't go!!
RiverBoy
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these coho are such a pleasant surprise.brings me back to the early eighties fishing with the old man in a 16’ tinny with a 9.9 main. 4 ounce lead and herring strip. used to take longer to cross the strait than it did to get our four coho each.
me and the boy got three hatchery tonight.
many, many, lost. good times
horrible photo but there was a pelican out there! don’t recall ever seeing a pelican in our waters. seen them off shore Nootka lots
me and the boy got three hatchery tonight.
many, many, lost. good times
horrible photo but there was a pelican out there! don’t recall ever seeing a pelican in our waters. seen them off shore Nootka lots
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spring fever
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Green can-ish??
It was Deep Six and strip or Apex for us in the rip off Willow Pt!
RiverBoy
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yessir
Foxsea
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I love the part "released ... without handling." Those fish will fight anothrr day.
Salish Seadog
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What’s the average time to get to toba from pacific playgrounds? Assuming average seas around 20-25 kts
Gong Show
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1.5 hours
Gearbox Paul
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Still no announcement from DFO for Chinook retention. Has anyone heard anything or have any intel??? July 15th is 5 days away. This is brutal...
pacemaker
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No matter what the outcome is, I don’t think it’s DFO’s fault. Certainly not the “boots on the ground people”. All this crap comes downhill from the Fisheries Minister's office in Ottawa. And that of course comes straight downhill from the Prime Ministers office. ‘Nuff said about that!! I think I’m going to puke…
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RiverBoy
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I’ve talked to people on the docks, and there’s even local guides posting on their Instagram pages: everyone seems to think it’s open July 15. Me thinks there’s gonna be a lot of tickets handed out that day.
Be careful out there btw. i’ve never seen so much logs and crap in the water. the high tides at night must be pulling tons of schmutz off the beaches
Be careful out there btw. i’ve never seen so much logs and crap in the water. the high tides at night must be pulling tons of schmutz off the beaches
Reg change DFO notices have been pretty last minute this year. Area 1 June 14 notice was the day before, and that was a limit reduction. Will happen, but look for the notice later this week. Fishing an expected opening without confirmation would be reckless.
Foxsea
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Typical disregard for folks that would actually like to plan their lives. The only reckless thing is the abysmal D.F.O. mis-management of this public resource for the past many decades.Reg change DFO notices have been pretty last minute this year. Area 1 June 14 notice was the day before, and that was a limit reduction. Will happen, but look for the notice later this week. Fishing an expected opening without confirmation would be reckless.
spring fever
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Got up at 0- dark 30 -- wished I hadn't--cold and rough. Jigged at the hump -no bait -nada-decided to look at red can-nada. not nice for a 17 CC so got in close to quadra and went over to the green can side--a little calmer but no bait- jigged dogs, 3 yellow eye-- Baro released-makes 8 in 3 trips-thought they were scarce LOL I can take a hint put down the trolling gear to 220 and managed 5 hits 3 boat side releases of decent Springs. The last released spring was out of some marks I saw on the bottom at 205. Dropped a 200 gm shimano down and just buried my little Carbon fibre jigging rod. All's well that ends well- Nice 25LB? ling Where has all the bait gone?? Best for me this year!!
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Aces
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I’d take that ling over any other fish in BC waters
Bowbreaker
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Interesting re the lack of bait... hopefully that changes in the next few days as I'm headed up this weekend!
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