fishin_magician
Well-Known Member
Who says there are no big fish around Vancouver?
Just in from one of the popular launches around Vancouver (MacDonald Beach) where I saw a guy return from his fishing trip.
Since I don't get out fishing nearly as much I should, or used to, I decided I'd head out for a coffee and scope out a fishing report for the weekend...it's time to wet a line! Wasn't expecting to see anyone out, after all it's a Friday evening and the wind is blowing out of the Southeast and it's showery...
Of the lone boat that I saw return, I asked him how the fishing was.
He says he got a big one. I say...how big...he says big, the biggest he's ever caught...so I say..can I see? It's this old timer in an ancient 18 foot Double Eagle, which looked in very good shape with a brand spanking new Yamaha on the back... . I head down to his boat at the dock and where his wife was tending to the boat. I look on the floor of the boat, and partially covering the fish was a burlap sack...[:0]
It's a HOG! Haven't seen a fish that big in quite some time but instantly recognized it as a 50 plus from my days in the Charlottes...
I used a measuring tape he had on the boat and measured it up. Length of 48.5" by a girth of 29.5". Approximately 53 lbs.
He said it took him 35 minutes to land and he thought he had a seal for the first 10 minutes.
He said he was fishing a half mile off the T-10 marker at 77 feet with a Prism Flasher and a Rhys Davis Chrome Anchovy head with a single treble with a small anchovy. A quick look at his gear-- on old school 20 lb test with an old Daiwa 325 mooching reel on an old 11 foot Moocher.
Congratulations on the fish of a lifetime Dawn and Norm!
So...um...who's going fishing this weekend?
Just in from one of the popular launches around Vancouver (MacDonald Beach) where I saw a guy return from his fishing trip.
Since I don't get out fishing nearly as much I should, or used to, I decided I'd head out for a coffee and scope out a fishing report for the weekend...it's time to wet a line! Wasn't expecting to see anyone out, after all it's a Friday evening and the wind is blowing out of the Southeast and it's showery...
Of the lone boat that I saw return, I asked him how the fishing was.
He says he got a big one. I say...how big...he says big, the biggest he's ever caught...so I say..can I see? It's this old timer in an ancient 18 foot Double Eagle, which looked in very good shape with a brand spanking new Yamaha on the back... . I head down to his boat at the dock and where his wife was tending to the boat. I look on the floor of the boat, and partially covering the fish was a burlap sack...[:0]
It's a HOG! Haven't seen a fish that big in quite some time but instantly recognized it as a 50 plus from my days in the Charlottes...
I used a measuring tape he had on the boat and measured it up. Length of 48.5" by a girth of 29.5". Approximately 53 lbs.
He said it took him 35 minutes to land and he thought he had a seal for the first 10 minutes.
He said he was fishing a half mile off the T-10 marker at 77 feet with a Prism Flasher and a Rhys Davis Chrome Anchovy head with a single treble with a small anchovy. A quick look at his gear-- on old school 20 lb test with an old Daiwa 325 mooching reel on an old 11 foot Moocher.
Congratulations on the fish of a lifetime Dawn and Norm!
So...um...who's going fishing this weekend?
