WCVI Weekend July 7th HBC style

[Johnnybear]

Well this weekend was a lot drier than the one two week ago lol. I headed up to with Marc and Shotgun John and we had a great time. We arrive late to camp on Friday night and got everything set up, had a quick beer and bs, then hit the sack. On Saturday morning we headed out to the banks and it was gorgeous out there sunwise and a bit breezy.

Short vid of the conditions (click the picture).

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Marc hooked up right away.

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We managed a couple of chickens and quite a few smaller springs in the 8-12 lb range. We decided to head inside and try some lingcod fishing.

Here is a shot of John taking his rock fish fishing literally lol!

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No legal sized lings but we caught some nice rockfish and greenlings.

Some camp snacks before dinner. Mmmm fresh.

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[Johnnybear]

On Sunday morning we decided to try jigging first thing and trolling afterwards.

Marc with a decent yelloweye.

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Marc and I were catching some nice sized rock fish on our side of the boat and there wasn't alot of action coming from the side John was fishing on. He said "maybe I should sharpen my hook" lol. Not a minute after he said that we heard a bunch of grunting and a reel screaming line out!

Here is John with a nice halibut caught in 58 feet of water.

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The fog broke and we decide to troll for salmon inside today. We talked with one of my neighbours out on the water and they had quite a bit of luck right out front of Muscle Beach. We just found the big flocks of birds and followed the bait around. Some good action for quite a while and we managed some more springs and a couple of coho.

Here is John playing a fish inside.

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We didn't do too well in the crabbing department. Saturday we only got 2 legal and Sunday we got skunked. One of my neighbours said it was slow this year compared to last. Everytime you go check your traps there's a bear on the beach.

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It was a really fun weekend and I can think of a lot worse things to do on our day's off lol. Thank for coming up Marc and John. I would be glad to have you guys back anytime.

Cheers,
John

[The Hermit]

Nice! I sure miss the salmon fishing these last number of years... kinda regret selling the boat!

[coach]

Looks like a great weekend out there. I miss the west coast. Hopefully I can make a trip out this summer. Thanks for sharing.

[pnbrock]

Looks like you had fun,i used t o eat sashimi off fresh salmon till the day i gutted a spring and saw 3 of the biggest tape worms in it .cant wait till the 20th for my turn!

[Old Crow]

Marc got fat

[Mik]

Looks like you all had a great time. One day ill get out in the waters on the west coast as Iv'e never been fishing out there. Great pics.

[huntcoop]

Marc got fat

HAHAHAHA, that is funny!

[Jetboater]

cant wait... thanks for the report... gonna be out there this weekend in Ukee.... if your out look for a bright orange boat.

[NaStY]

Looks like you guys had some fun. Thats on my to do list one of these days. Never fished the ocean yet.............

[835]

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Have you ever built savichi? (sp)
japalinos or habenaros
salt
lemmon or lime juice
let sit for a few minutes.... yer gold!
so awesome! Nice Hali. I loved them shallow fish. nothing like condensing a 300' deep fisn into 58

[835]

sorry for the double cpu isnt workin right....

forgot red onions thin sliced,,, like the peppers

[guest]

sure hope ya cooked what looks like fresh Sushi .......... good luck to you if not ....... bring on the meds if you do it all the time, as it will be only a matter of time ....... tapage wormage !

CT

[shotgunjohn]

Thanks again Johnnybear. It was an awesome weekend. If Marc has maybe gained a little weight it's probably from eating too many of Johnny's rock cod buffalo wing wraps.
Great food and great company. Cheers.

[Elkhound]

Looks like a great time. Miss fishing. Congrats guys

[huntcoop]

...i used to eat sashimi off fresh salmon till the day i gutted a spring and saw 3 of the biggest tape worms in it...


Marc got fat


sure hope ya cooked what looks like fresh Sushi .......... good luck to you if not ....... bring on the meds if you do it all the time, as it will be only a matter of time ....... tapage wormage !..

May help the fat factor.

[Browningmirage]

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Looks more like a canary?

[Marc]

Had a great time on the water with John & John. Was a bit confusing at times when both john's answered when I said their names.:-P

Do these sweat pants make me look fat? I think that John's buffalo wings can not take all the credit as I've enjoyed quite a few breakfast put together from Tanya as well. Man can that woman cook. I'm surprised that John doesn't weigh 300 lbs.

Nice to have some fresh fish to top up the freezer! Can't wait for the next trip!

[pnbrock]

dont blame the pants!!

[shotgunjohn]

Looks more like a canary?

Immature yelloweye.