fishin_magician
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Heard unconfirmed reports at work today of a 39 lb 2 oz fish taken this morning off Thrasher Rock. Anyone else hear of this?
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Largest fish of 2010 caught off Nanaimo?
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Tyeefisher
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If this fish is confirmed it would still not be in the running for the biggest chinook caught during the winter months in the Gulf of Georgia. The largest that I have been able to document in recent years is a 44 pound Chinook taken by John Embury of Courtenay on three ounces and a cutplug. This fish was taken at Shelter Point five miles south of Campbell River on March 8,1992. An unconfirmed fifty pound chinook caught at Bowen Island by the late Chunky Woodward of the Woodward department store was featured in the Vancouver Sun dated March 11,1962. Along with at least five chinooks weighing 40 to 42 pounds caught off Ambleside in Vancouver over the last thirty years I have kept an unofficial count of eighty four winter chinooks that I have knowledge of from varying sources over the last forty years, and all from inside waters. The most common thread in all these catches has been the fact that the large majority have been caught during March. As this follows the annual spawning of the herring in all parts of the straits it make perfect sense that the biggest fish are keying in on this annual food source and putting on a lot of extra poundage.
fishin_magician
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Yeah, I can imagine alright, they saw the fish and it went 39.2 at the haul out. Hit on a purple haze at 82 feet and it was a White. Dude fishes out of a North River Aluminum.
Good to know there are some big ones getting lost on the inside [
]...hopefully I'll have a tango with one that large on the inside this year...FishBC.org
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This would be a good thread to bump coming into that season.
Fish Assassin
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Coming into what season? I am lost........
Charter Tofino
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Largest of the season? We hit more fish than ever before this season but really struggled on big fish. Countless 10-20 lbers with the odd 20-25. 2009 was a bumper year for a much larger avg size with 10-15 fish between 25-40lbs.I know others put some slabs in the boat though this season. Lots of fishing buddies hit some great local fish 36-43 lbs. Also interesting to note that all of those larger fish had 7-8 inch pacific cod in them even though there was immature herring in the area. Next year might smarten up put away the 3 inch spoons and give those large tomics some more water time.
FishBC.org
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The title is wayyyy off, but the entire thread is about winter springs?
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