Bamfeild prawning spots

[Gman266]

Hello everyone , I’m headed for a trip to bamfeild from the 1-15

I’ll be doing the regular fishing for Hali and salmon and lincod, however I’m debating bringing my prawn traps, was just wondering if it’s worth bringing up in August and where I’d have any luck dropping them .

 

[Rain City]

Hello everyone , I’m headed for a trip to bamfeild from the 1-15

I’ll be doing the regular fishing for Hali and salmon and lincod, however I’m debating bringing my prawn traps, was just wondering if it’s worth bringing up in August and where I’d have any luck dropping them .

200-400 feet is usually a pretty good spot.

For real though I found they were pretty wiped out in the couple spots I tried, and that was in July. I'm sure you could try harder than I did though. Got a couple of those slimy things and gave up on that disaster.

 

[RBL]

200-400 feet is usually a pretty good spot.

For real though I found they were pretty wiped out in the couple spots I tried, and that was in July. I'm sure you could try harder than I did though. Got a couple of those slimy things and gave up on that disaster.

They are a nightmare

 

[trophywife]

slime eels are easy, just be brave. lol

keep the trap under water, open the door or mesh, reach in and flip it out of the trap with out breaking the surface.

chickens

 

[Rain City]

slime eels are easy, just be brave. lol

keep the trap under water, open the door or mesh, reach in and flip it out of the trap with out breaking the surface.

chickens

I almost just left them there. Disgusting.

 

[daddystoy]

I discovered those things a number of years ago when I would take a couple of prawn traps up there. Haven't taken traps up ever again.

 

[Alex_c]

This spot is hagfish free and produces okayish. Usually stuffed full of other people’s traps.

 

[Rain City]

This spot is hagfish free and produces okayish. Usually stuffed full of other people’s traps.

Oooooh that's what he was sending me. I had a guy send me that exact screenshot by accident the other day lol.

 

[MOOSEANDMERMAID]

This screenshot removing a slime eel is from a video I took at that very spot. They aren't too difficult to deal with, and as @trophywife says, keep the trap in the water, locate the eel and remove it. You still will get some slime but even that isn't so bad. I keep a spray bottle of vinegar on board and spray the slime with it, the vinegar breaks it down so it's not so tenacious. Then I just hose it off with my washdown hose.
If putting traps in that area, just watch that you stay out of the park.

 

[Whole in the Water]

the Pacific hagfish - truly a disgusting creature!

 

[ClintR]

Grab one near the head and have a close look at their face. Their mouths are the stuff nightmares are made of.

 

[Flashman]

It does suck trying to clean the slime out of traps, but it could always be worse:

'Stressed' Slime Eels Spill All Over Highway 101 After Crash

A truck carrying slime eels overturned on Highway 101 on Thursday, covering the road and other vehicles in slime.

www.opb.org

 

[the force]

This screenshot removing a slime eel is from a video I took at that very spot. They aren't too difficult to deal with, and as @trophywife says, keep the trap in the water, locate the eel and remove it. You still will get some slime but even that isn't so bad. I keep a spray bottle of vinegar on board and spray the slime with it, the vinegar breaks it down so it's not so tenacious. Then I just hose it off with my washdown hose.
If putting traps in that area, just watch that you stay out of the park.

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Is the pacific rim park closed to trapping? I didn’t find anything stating that though only spent 10 minutes looking - spear fishing yes.

 

[gamechanger]

You can fish traps in the park

 

[MOOSEANDMERMAID]

You can fish traps in the park

My bad. Thought it was closed to fishing in the park, I always thought that Prawns were considered shellfish. Live and learn I guess.

 

[trophywife]

I almost just left them there. Disgusting.

rain-cityboy

 

[Rain City]

rain-cityboy

Haha, you're not wrong!

 

[fisherman1313]

Ran into some of those slime eels a few years back. Apparently they are considered a delicacy in some countries. I took a couple back through all the slime one day and tried throwing them on the bbq after gutting/skinning them as youtube instructed me to. They actually were not bad at all, tasty even. BUT the slime to reward ratio was not good enough for me to do it again. I'd rather stay far away from them lol.

 

[Rain City]

Ran into some of those slime eels a few years back. Apparently they are considered a delicacy in some countries. I took a couple back through all the slime one day and tried throwing them on the bbq after gutting/skinning them as youtube instructed me to. They actually were not bad at all, tasty even. BUT the slime to reward ratio was not good enough for me to do it again. I'd rather stay far away from them lol.

You gotta have a solid slime to reward ratio, in all aspects of life.