Victoria Reports - Spring and Summer 2012
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Rum Buddies
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Oh ya look at that they added some more pics. I checked Thursday am and they just had the picture of the long line release so I thought they were skunked. what outfitters doesn't tell you is the 1 spring they got wed pm was between 3 boats. I wonder if some if their other multi fish pictures are also multi boat efforts? Not that it matters they do well out there I like their Facebook page. I stand by my comment that it's slow though. There are some fish but you need to work hard for them.
PS there are some real nice wild coho hanging around the wall just released a 12lbr. Watch out for them I was surprised to see them there. There is not many but if you fish the waterfront you might get one.
PS there are some real nice wild coho hanging around the wall just released a 12lbr. Watch out for them I was surprised to see them there. There is not many but if you fish the waterfront you might get one.
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Andrew P
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Well, I had my biggest fish of my life this morning! I went out for a solo fish just before dark of the breakwall. I'd loaded up the fly reel that I had won at the Esquimalt Anglers derby a few weeks back with 20lb mono for some fun coho fishing. I had it down as my second rod and got a whole lot more than a coho!
51' glow flasher and glow chovie head. 645am.
I didn't have a scale so weighed it at the Esquimalt Anglers club house. Weighed in just under 33lb!! I did a double check with my neighbours scale and his had it a hair heavier at 33.4. It was certainly a battle getting it in the net but on the third try got it in!
This was the most marbled white I have caught and really a cross between red and white when looking at the flesh. It was a male and really chrome.
Here's the pics!
Ap
51' glow flasher and glow chovie head. 645am.
I didn't have a scale so weighed it at the Esquimalt Anglers club house. Weighed in just under 33lb!! I did a double check with my neighbours scale and his had it a hair heavier at 33.4. It was certainly a battle getting it in the net but on the third try got it in!
This was the most marbled white I have caught and really a cross between red and white when looking at the flesh. It was a male and really chrome.
Here's the pics!
Ap
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newfie boy
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WOW Congrats Nice Fish
TenMile
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Where the heck did all the fish go? Out last weekend, to a banner morning -- limited on Coho plus a pair of springs.
Yesterday -- a small local fishing derby and I figure I've got this thing locked up (given my fishing genius of last weekend). Worked it hard -- Border Bank (nada), deep water tidelines for Coho (nada), Constance on the ledge (nada), finally took the kids over to Spencer Ledge by the Gap so they could get something. My daughter won 3rd place in the derby with a 6lb Ling and only missed first place by a half pound. Only 3 salmon weighed in all day, 6.5lbs, 6 and 4!!!
Beauty day however -- guess we need some rain to get things stirred up again?
Yesterday -- a small local fishing derby and I figure I've got this thing locked up (given my fishing genius of last weekend). Worked it hard -- Border Bank (nada), deep water tidelines for Coho (nada), Constance on the ledge (nada), finally took the kids over to Spencer Ledge by the Gap so they could get something. My daughter won 3rd place in the derby with a 6lb Ling and only missed first place by a half pound. Only 3 salmon weighed in all day, 6.5lbs, 6 and 4!!!
Beauty day however -- guess we need some rain to get things stirred up again?
Andrew P
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Hey Seafever, It is quite a cool flasher and snapped it up as soon as I saw it at a second hand store, but haven't come across this one in any of the fishing stores around Vic. The camera is probably playing tricks a bit with the colour. It is like a stereotypical glow color(white/green). The plastic itself is glow material with a silver reflective tape on one side and gold/yellow on the other. I think that the glow probably played a pretty big part for me saturday morning since it was still pretty dark out. I put the flasher in front of my LED flashlight on the way over from Flemming to give it a bit of charge. I think these pics are better. I'm not sure of the brand of flasher but I can check.
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NautiGirl
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Hey Tenmile,
I was out Sturday afternoon and decided to go out to the 3 or 4th tidelines and found dozens of seals and porpoises out there by border bank. No bait, no salmon on the radar. that's weird, I figured there would be some food source. Then I headed with the tide towards discovery light. again no fish...then just as I was leaving the tide rips I noticed the fleet of whale watching boats behind me on thwe flats/beside discovery... the orca pods are back in force. Those seals looked a little scared and they were obviously treading water past the shipping lanes for a reason.
I was out Sturday afternoon and decided to go out to the 3 or 4th tidelines and found dozens of seals and porpoises out there by border bank. No bait, no salmon on the radar. that's weird, I figured there would be some food source. Then I headed with the tide towards discovery light. again no fish...then just as I was leaving the tide rips I noticed the fleet of whale watching boats behind me on thwe flats/beside discovery... the orca pods are back in force. Those seals looked a little scared and they were obviously treading water past the shipping lanes for a reason.
sammyslabber
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Speaking of Coho.. we just returned from a walk along the Gorge, spotted a couple of jumpers on the incomming tide between Tillicum and Craigflower bridge
They are also jumping inside Sooke Basin and people are fly fishing for them off the little sandbar spit at the mouth of the Sooke River.
