Pretty sure you've done that a couple of times over the years.
Goals / plans for 2025 summer / fall season
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RiverBoy
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Careful. It’s a slippery slope! I also wanna try the the jigging thing on the west coast. Me thinks there will be a steep learning curve over there.
adanac
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Catch a halibut off Nanaimo. A unicornI know. But something to do while prawn traps soak and salmon are closed.
I’ve got three on the inside in the last 10 years ! 65 lber off lasqueti 2016 , 45 lber off Wilby shoals last July , and a 20 lber off Epsom last August , there’s a few out there. Two jigging shimano goat falls , one mooching live herring
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Squire
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Like Aces I want to troll for salmon without the in-line flasher this season. I intend to utilize the Kone-zones that have been weighing down my spare tackle bag for several years now. I may be able to double up on my goals if I can get something on a plug.
I also plan to join the fray at Sandheads this September if the season and the Chinook cooperate.
I also plan to join the fray at Sandheads this September if the season and the Chinook cooperate.
pescador
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Were you purposely fishing Hali or were you trying for other species?
adanac
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fishing for chinook all three occasions . have anchored up twice for a cumulative 4 hours of hali fishing on the sunshine coast , chum tube the whole 9 yards . lots of skate
PEETZcanada
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Work, work and more work...then some more work. My strategy is to keep working until my work turns into my hobby and my passion blends the two into 100% of my iluminated path. I beleave that I am getting there. The best part is all of the amazing people that are here, there and all around who are incredibly pasionate about our community and whom are truly excited to be part of what we are building. My true, real and ultimate hope is that all fishing sectors will have an amazing harvest season and that eventually we all get to rcognize how important it is to continue to do our collective best to work together in order to have a reasonable expectation of success, while participating within our shared fishing culture and all of the abundant resources that surround us all.
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Aces
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Try assembling 2-3 of them in a daisy chain for extra commotion. I used 200 lb stiff mono filamentLike Aces I want to troll for salmon without the in-line flasher this season. I intend to utilize the Kone-zones that have been weighing down my spare tackle bag for several years now. I may be able to double up on my goals if I can get something on a plug.
I also plan to join the fray at Sandheads this September if the season and the Chinook cooperate.
Aces
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Are you using single action reels or level winds?
Aces
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Especially on the days when how they are caught is more important than how manyPretty sure you've done that a couple of times over the years.
adanac
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yes this exactly, me and the guys always say " we like to catch em how we want to catch em " .
Squire
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Are you suggesting multiple 4-blade Kone-Zones strung out lengthwise? I was actually considering dropping a blade or two from one daisy chain
acrowe
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The last 2 years I have had some success fly fishing for Coho. Last year 1 day near cape mudge I had about 45min or an hour where schools of Coho were chasing small herring (I think) on the surface all around me. I could actually see several fish shooting a long right at the surface and cast to them. It was amazing watching them hit the fly and take off. I may have brought 7-8 to the boat.
In general I have started casting flies any time fish are feeding on the surface. When the bite is on I usually get some action. You won't get as many fish I don't think as straight jigging when the bite is on, but it is definitely fun. I haven't hooked a big Chinook yet so I don't know what that would be like. However one nice thing about fly fishing is the very small fish are almost always uninjured, and a 14" grilse is actually sort of fun (like a 14" rainbow I guess) on even a 6 weight fly rod.
I have had some luck finding feeding Coho all the way from Cape Mudge lighthouse around to Wilby shoals.
In general I have started casting flies any time fish are feeding on the surface. When the bite is on I usually get some action. You won't get as many fish I don't think as straight jigging when the bite is on, but it is definitely fun. I haven't hooked a big Chinook yet so I don't know what that would be like. However one nice thing about fly fishing is the very small fish are almost always uninjured, and a 14" grilse is actually sort of fun (like a 14" rainbow I guess) on even a 6 weight fly rod.
I have had some luck finding feeding Coho all the way from Cape Mudge lighthouse around to Wilby shoals.
Maxpri
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What’s the line setup like?
Love jigging salmon. I have an Avet lever drag setup and also a spin setup. Spin is definitely the easiest way to get into it.
acrowe
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I use a couple of different fastish sinking lines that I have used in freshwater for trout (6wt & 8wt), I think both are sink rate 4 lines. I think if you are using bigger flies you'd want the 8wt all the time but the pattern I showed I think is a #8 streamer hook pretty sparsely dressed. I have so far only used a flat 8lb Flourocarbon leader about 6 feet. I think it's likely a tapered leader would be better. I don't think I have broken any fish off yet.
Probably if you were trying to catch fish that weren't visibly feeding on the surface (20-30' down on sounder) you'd want an extreme sinking line of some sort - I don't have one.
Probably if you were trying to catch fish that weren't visibly feeding on the surface (20-30' down on sounder) you'd want an extreme sinking line of some sort - I don't have one.
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