Renfrew?

[walleyes]

Very good point victoriaboater,, have met allot of boys coming off of Renfrew waters with small boats and fished all week long all day when allot of us had to pull off at Sooke in the afternoons... Sometimes the outside is more navigable than the inside passages

 

[wolf]

It goes both ways as to the weather sometimes its flat calm here and blowy up there and vise versa I was pointing out someone who doesnt have any salt water experiance should go with the side of caution first.And as victoria boater said always check the forcast NO matter where you are.


Wolf

 

[Rum Buddies]

I don't doubt you've seen some awful water up there during the summer, but the fact is that the river mouth rarely "breaks" in the summer, but in the winter I've seen it double overhead.

You definitely want to be experienced before you head out of renfrew, but you guys make it sound a lot worse then it really is.

 

[Merrittboy]

Wow, a great deal of good stuff. I do have a friend who has had a fair bit of experience in Renfrew so I will definatley take heed! I am not looking to kill myself or ruin my boat! But i do want to enjoy the area! I gather by what other people have said that one does not have to venture too far to catch fish! I am not a brave sole so I will be very careful! I apprecciate your imput! Give me more! I want to learn!

 

[Rum Buddies]

quote:NEVER underestimate the approach to the river

agreed

 

[wolf]

UMMM yes poppa I was one of the very first guides up there 15 years ago but started fishing there in 89 when a busy weekend was 15 boats and we never went past the rock pile mostly owen pt and always cut plug the guides up there at the time was strike one and orca 2 charters and trust me I have seen very very bad weather up there at least with sooke you dont get the big swell with it. I have seen more boats damaged out there than any other place,

I will tell of a time when I was out with my best friend on his boat with a buddy and it was flat calm off of the bank catching hali and salmon when all of a sudden we felt a warm se wind and then some rain then all of a sudden it hit we were in 20 ft seas it took us 3 hours just to get to carmanah and ill be the first one to tell you its scared the s*$t out of me and have been up there many other times when its been really nasty too.


Wolf

 

[beak]

There's a saying we use in the flying business "better to be on the ground wishing u were flying than to be flying wishing u were on the ground"seems to apply to old blue as well.

 

[Tailspin]

We fished Renny in a 16 foot Lund for years in the early 80s, then we moved up to a 17 foot welded with a yammy 60 enduro. Dad never wanted to tow the big boat in there. Back then camper creek was as far as you needed to go. Fishing was unreal and simple with cutplugs at 7- 12 pulls in tight.

The river mouth was always a concern but not often an issue for us as we only fished the good days. Some days when she blew up i can remember looking forward to surfing are way back in past the point.

It all boils down to common sense, some have and some don't![8D]

 

[Rum Buddies]

quote:For you come on here and say something like you said to me I really do not appreciate that all

I'm not really sure what you mean? I was talking about the river mouth "breaking" in a surfing sense, not whether or not the weather can get rough in the area and I wasn't comparing it to sooke.

No offense was intended, sorry if you were.

 

[wolf]

Well after I re read what poppa wrote I am man enough to admit I made a mistake dumb as it seems

quote:

I don't doubt you've seen some awful water up there during the summer

I didnt see the dont in the text so I am sorry to offend you Poppa!!!!


Wolf

 

[Rum Buddies]

ha, well sounds like we'll call it even then Wolf.

For the record, it can get very UGLY up there, even just in the bay.

 

[Merrittboy]

Thanks guys!