Birdsnest
Well-Known Member
So the other day we got blown off the off shore waters and had to fish inside for shelter from the SE winds. Since it was a derby day in tofino I figured it would be a good idea to stay away from the common spots and fish something a bit less popular and maybe if we got one that would be great. We fished an area for about an hour and did not have a sniff until we went through a back edie off a point the island and hooked into a hot 25 lb spring. We were all stoked with this but did not expect much else to come of it but this one tack off a rock point provided just about every pass.
None of us had had any good fishing yet this year so we were all pumped until my buddy dropped a rod just moments after hooking into another 20 ish lb spring. What a downer. The other side had hooked up as well but it got off so all the gear was out of the water and we were all stunned. I immediately lower both balls and started to take the boat in circles to try and get the line. I did this for 10 mins or so but no luck.
I had had it and wanted to pull the pin but the fishing was awesome and the others wanted to keep going so we trolled with one rod and missed a couple more fish. Then it started to happen. My friend was checking the gear and said hey I got something here. I immediately recognized the yellow braid that was on that lost rod and I knew right away what it was. We started bringing in the line by hand and the rod came up right away and then I noticed that the fish was still on the line. I hand lined the very tired spring to the boat and we netted it. It felt like a bonus fish for sure.
My favourite type of salmon fishing is catching big springs in shallow water. I learned that fighting big springs in shallow water on braid is violent and chalanging. The braid may have been a factor in dropping the rod. We were hooking these fish up in 30 feet of water. It seems like the shallower you hook's up in the hotter they are. In the end we landed 5 springs out of an area the size of a 1/4 acre in a couple of hours.
The last time I saw that fish it was headed full steam out of that area but I guess it came back and held in that spot again. who knows. None the less an interesting event for us as $500 worth of rod line and reel was lost and found.
None of us had had any good fishing yet this year so we were all pumped until my buddy dropped a rod just moments after hooking into another 20 ish lb spring. What a downer. The other side had hooked up as well but it got off so all the gear was out of the water and we were all stunned. I immediately lower both balls and started to take the boat in circles to try and get the line. I did this for 10 mins or so but no luck.
I had had it and wanted to pull the pin but the fishing was awesome and the others wanted to keep going so we trolled with one rod and missed a couple more fish. Then it started to happen. My friend was checking the gear and said hey I got something here. I immediately recognized the yellow braid that was on that lost rod and I knew right away what it was. We started bringing in the line by hand and the rod came up right away and then I noticed that the fish was still on the line. I hand lined the very tired spring to the boat and we netted it. It felt like a bonus fish for sure.
My favourite type of salmon fishing is catching big springs in shallow water. I learned that fighting big springs in shallow water on braid is violent and chalanging. The braid may have been a factor in dropping the rod. We were hooking these fish up in 30 feet of water. It seems like the shallower you hook's up in the hotter they are. In the end we landed 5 springs out of an area the size of a 1/4 acre in a couple of hours.
The last time I saw that fish it was headed full steam out of that area but I guess it came back and held in that spot again. who knows. None the less an interesting event for us as $500 worth of rod line and reel was lost and found.
