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Not to derail, can start another thread, but during a trip to Winter Harbour we processed and froze all our fish into portions everyday. We just had a clear labeling format. Got stopped at a DFO checkpoint and they were very happy with our system.

Interesting, I haven’t been stopped by DFO yet but always assume proper packaging and records go a long way. My practice is to keep one side whole (with pectoral and tail, backbone removed), cut flesh to skin as rockinjohnny stated and then freeze flat in a long fish bag. I usually cut the opposite side in half, or sometimes 3 if big enough and vac seal. If being particular I’ll put the vac sealed portions into the same long fish bag so one fish is all together. Labels each bag with date, name, area species and number of packages for completeness sake (I.e 1 of 3 or 1 of 4 etc).
 
Interesting, I haven’t been stopped by DFO yet but always assume proper packaging and records go a long way. My practice is to keep one side whole (with pectoral and tail, backbone removed), cut flesh to skin as rockinjohnny stated and then freeze flat in a long fish bag. I usually cut the opposite side in half, or sometimes 3 if big enough and vac seal. If being particular I’ll put the vac sealed portions into the same long fish bag so one fish is all together. Labels each bag with date, name, area species and number of packages for completeness sake (I.e 1 of 3 or 1 of 4 etc).
For our system each portion was labeled: species, date, number for the fish, letter for each portion.
 
No its 4 of each species
I was waiting for someone else to do the fish math on that post … not something I’d want to put on a public forum….and even if the math does math out , the whole limit / scorecard thing is a bit passé…not a good look for the sport ….if you’ll excuse my Monday morning quarterbacking…but sounded like a great trip otherwise
 
I was waiting for someone else to do the fish math on that post … not something I’d want to put on a public forum….and even if the math does math out , the whole limit / scorecard thing is a bit passé…not a good look for the sport ….if you’ll excuse my Monday morning quarterbacking…but sounded like a great trip otherwise
His initial post has been edited to remove the total number of fish kept. Ignorance is bliss. Sometimes it's just best to fall on your sword and admit you made a mistake. As for the 6 year old along for the party, he must have been taking the pictures. Hopefully he now understands the regulations for his trip next year.
 
If you read through the comments you can see there was 3 adults and a 6 year old. We all had a license (4). We kept 32 salmon. No more than 16 chinook. As I understood the rules we were exactly at our limit. Unless I'm missing something. If I am please explain to me what I am missing. Thanks
Before you edited your original post, you kept 33 salmon for 3 guys. Somebody called you on it but you used the excuse that you were there for 5 days. All the comments seen like they worked as it appears that you now understand how possession limits work.
 
Before you edited your original post, you kept 33 salmon for 3 guys. Somebody called you on it but you used the excuse that you were there for 5 days. All the comments seen like they worked as it appears that you now understand how possession limits work.

And to underscore the “we were there for 5 days” thing, (and as was pointed out in an earlier post), it doesn’t matter if you were at Whiskey Cove for 5 days or five weeks. The DFO language clearly states that fish daily limits are based on fish that are in POSSESSION

So if your 6 year old son truly was an active license holder and truly fought and landed his own fish, the total salmon limit for your trip for four (4) active license holders would have been 16 springs and 16 coho (8 salmon TOTAL per each license holder x 4)

In order to justify the “33 salmon” mentioned in your first post, you would have been required to return to your home (residential address, not the Whiskey Cove lodge) and gotten the first salmon limit for the boat and for the 4 active license holders out of your “possession” before resuming fishing again
 
And to underscore the “we were there for 5 days” thing, (and as was pointed out in an earlier post), it doesn’t matter if you were at Whiskey Cove for 5 days or five weeks. The DFO language clearly states that fish daily limits are based on fish that are in POSSESSION

So if your 6 year old son truly was an active license holder and truly fought and landed his own fish, the total salmon limit for your trip for four (4) active license holders would have been 16 springs and 16 coho (8 salmon TOTAL per each license holder x 4)

In order to justify the “33 salmon” mentioned in your first post, you would have been required to return to your home (residential address, not the Whiskery Cove lodge) and gotten the first salmon limit for the boat and for the 4 active license holders out of your “possession” before resuming fishing again

Or eat one. Or give one away.

On our first trip to the area [1993 in a 16' open boat], we were fishing slack tide at Idol Pt with all the guide boats from Shearwater. When the bite was over we were offered two 10# coho. Turns out their practice was to keep everything caught, then level up between boats, and give away anything over limits. We thought we were really lucky until we got into crazy coho fishing at Koeye River and couldn't begin to keep all the fish that were biting. The picture is from the late 90s at Malcolm Island.
 

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Wow, a bit of humility would go a long way in this situation, Mr. Gumby. There are some good people on this forum trying to help you better understand the regulations for your trip next year, not challenge or berate you for an apparent misunderstanding.

And inquiring minds would love to see a post from your 6 year old son saying how much fun it was hooking and fighting the 8 salmon all on his own as an active license holder on your boat to have justified such a bag limit
 
There you go. Now can you all STFU. I can't believe I am having to post a picture for my child for you weirdos. I dont have to prove anything. This will be my last post on this group. You guys are something else.
Gumby

You came on this thread on February 24th asking for advice and you've had dozens of helpful suggestions. Try taking these last few as more of the same, instead of getting your knickers in a twist. Let's get back to fishing reports.
 
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