torque-snorter
hey guys, there are no shitty days salmon fishing.
landing a good one is simply a bonus.
we had a whopper on this past season in nootka.
got it right to the back of the boat then it bent the hook and was off.
something I heard, and makes a lot of sense, is that those really big ones that are finally landed, were probably caught one or two times earlier and partially played out and it's on their second or third return in that the lucky guy that hooks them up gets to land them.
Senior Member
hehe, no, not yet anyways... but the proportion of quota given to commercial and FN is way out of line with the way it should be... the resident fisherman is again being unfairly allocated and regulated. the guides if they choose, can also buy into the halibut quota debacle and big $$$ trumps the little guy again... maybe just a matter of time when guides get a larger portion of the share or regulations favouring them over the average resident fisherman... wouldn't put it past either political parties (federal and provincial) and nothing they do now suprises me at this point.... they're seemingly blinded by $$$ and greed and keeping they're special interest and corporate friends happy...Originally Posted by Gr8 white hunter
FunHog
Do they jig for them or troll? The "hunt" is awesome out there in the blue water ~60 miles out; cool marine life and getting them on the troll is fun as you wait to double, triple or quad up. All hell breaks out with a few on running and fighting like crazy....clearing lines, bullets torpedoing down once they're hooked. Then the back of a 30' Sportfisher looks like a mass murder happened.Got first albacore tuna trip booked outta Westport this August. Pretty excited, but from the footage I've seen it's just not quite the same as hooking 20+ springs on a morning biteSure like canned tuna though!
I would HIGHLY recommend smoking some loins....SO good! We didn't can any....just smoked a bunch of loins and then packed a bunch of loins up for cooking in nice portions.
Last edited by MB_Boy; 04-01-2015 at 01:41 PM.
Woods to water
I guess they troll till you get into em then do a 'bait stop', everyone dangles a live 'chovy and hook a bunch. Repeat till there's 220 fish in the hold. Go home with 20 each, definitely try some smoked too! Big fan of smoked canned as well.
Woods to water
Still some good fish from the Conuma every year for sure!
There are always feeder springs mixed in with the spawners offshore especially. Bonked a 40# off the hwy a few years ago and it was immature, big ole chrome buck. Woulda been a 50#er the next year!
tick in my taint
They will all be radio active
wonder what’s over the next hill?
tick in my taint
Nope just never let your flasher leave the water with big ones untill it near dead
wonder what’s over the next hill?
Woods to water
Take the flasher right off if you want to catch bigger fish...
Senior Member
This! In-line flasher is nothing but trouble, I much prefer running dummies off the cannon ball or even a daisy chain when things get real fancy.
Brad
Senior Member
looking forward to a few trips this year also... prob hit nootka and esperanza and maybe winter harbour. have to get up to Rupert soon also. here's a vid a friend of mine made of a trip we took the summerof 2013 to Bamfield... thought he did a pretty good job of putting it together... have to get out for tuna one of these days. I have the boat for it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRdnmKqVcIU
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