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Jim Prawn
12-23-2013, 04:19 PM
Headed to the lake Friday to try for some cutthroat, couldn't round up a partner but went solo anyways. Fished Friday afternoon and Saturday morning and had some spectacular action. Hooked into 10 on Friday and landed 6, the 2 biggest being 20" and 21". Not the greatest weather, mixed snow and rain and a light but cold south east wind. Saw a small herd of elk including a small bull on the beach.

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Eager to get out on Saturday, I was up early and gear in the water by 7 am. First fish on in ten or fifteen minutes, a nice fat 22 incher, and then things got pretty crazy. Landed 4 fish before 8:00, all over 20". By 2:00 I had hooked 15 and landed 12, 9 over 20" including a pair of 22s and a 24"er. And it was a spectacular day for weather; mild, calm, and a very light mist periodically, and not another boat in sight! Chomping at the bit to get back up there now...
JP

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bigslim
12-23-2013, 04:28 PM
Wow JP you sure live the dream!!
Bigslim
adriaticum
12-23-2013, 05:08 PM
Beauty buck!
835
12-23-2013, 05:13 PM
mmm Lucky you lol
kennyj
12-23-2013, 06:39 PM
Jim, you are the slayer of cutthroat!! Thats spectacular fishing for Cowichan Lake.
kenny
goatdancer
12-23-2013, 06:42 PM
Beauty buck!

Are you confusing posts??????????

Those are some pretty nice fish.
Wood butcher
12-23-2013, 07:19 PM
That's sweet. Pretty good action with some dandy's. :mrgreen:
No lamprey marks on those fish?
deer nut
12-23-2013, 07:40 PM
I'm going to have to get out on the water more in the off-season. I say that every year but this has inspired me!
kyleklassen
12-23-2013, 07:58 PM
is my f'n dock floating yet?? haven't been able to put the thing away yet due to drought.
adriaticum
12-23-2013, 08:45 PM
Are you confusing posts??????????

Those are some pretty nice fish.

Not at all, that's a cutthroat buck.
coach
12-23-2013, 09:13 PM
Not at all, that's a cutthroat buck.

Hook, line and sinker. Well played.. :-D

Some great looking fish there, JP! Thanks for sharing.
MOUNTAIN MAN - TOYOTA/ATV
12-23-2013, 09:36 PM
Good fishing.
Tikka270wsm
12-24-2013, 08:36 AM
That sounds like an awesome day on the lake with some nice Cutty's. Thanks for sharing.
steel_ram
12-24-2013, 10:00 AM
Nice to see the Cowichan CT fishery is on the mend. Lots of Lamprey?
goatdancer
12-24-2013, 11:22 AM
Hook, line and sinker. Well played.. :-D

Some great looking fish there, JP! Thanks for sharing.

Learn something every day. Are the females does or hens?
adriaticum
12-24-2013, 11:29 AM
Learn something every day. Are the females does or hens?

both, depending on where you go.
Jim Prawn
12-24-2013, 03:18 PM
That's sweet. Pretty good action with some dandy's. :mrgreen:
No lamprey marks on those fish?

Most of them have some healed over scars but nothing fresh. Pretty unusual in that many fish to not land one with a lamprey still attached actually. I forgot to note also that I saw more coho than I have ever seen in the lake before. Literally I would estimate close to 100 that I saw swimming around the mouth of Nixon Creek alone! Hopefully a good sign of overall ocean survival.
Jim Prawn
12-24-2013, 03:19 PM
is my f'n dock floating yet?? haven't been able to put the thing away yet due to drought.

Probably not KK, lake is still very low.
JP
Jim Prawn
12-24-2013, 03:21 PM
Not at all, that's a cutthroat buck.

Definitely. In my experience all of the fish around 24" and bigger have been bucks.
JP