Sooke Reports - Spring/Summer 09
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Highliner
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quote:Originally posted by chinook
Fished tides lines all day for coho off muir. Man there's some big wild ones out there . Funny thing, lucked into a hog spring 39 lbs on a green glo spoon at 10am. Big whitey!
Well done chinook! That seems to happen quite often further out. I guess you never know where the big ones will come from. How deep were you?
Highliner
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chinook
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quote:Originally posted by Highliner
quote:Originally posted by chinook
Fished tides lines all day for coho off muir. Man there's some big wild ones out there . Funny thing, lucked into a hog spring 39 lbs on a green glo spoon at 10am. Big whitey!
Well done chinook! That seems to happen quite often further out. I guess you never know where the big ones will come from. How deep were you?
Highliner
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83 feet in 550 ish feet of water!
Karma-Kazi
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Today, was well better then the rest of the week. Fished 6-1 and ended up hitting about a half dozen nice cohos and half dozen pinks and one 17 pound spring. Spring was 100 ft deep. off aldridge. there is some hogs out on the tide lines, lost one on fri. Must have been 25+ and another pin popper, screamer.
-Steve
-Steve
Karma-Kazi
Active Member
Some nice cohos out there! Id say our best luck was out off the trap in 500ft 45-80ft on the rigger was best. And i would say the ticket to ride was the electric chair hootchie with two red beads in the head, and one large single hook. (I like to customize my hootchies)
-Steve
Fished off Poss. from 730am-230pm, hit 1 10lb feeder off the point, didn't see much going on. Lots of guys fishing a bit west more off the Bluffs, any luck?? Tried for coho off Secretary, slow, 1 double header of hoes and that was it for 45min invested, spoons trolled fast between 40 - 80ft in 300 -500 ft of water. Whales went by around 2 ish, off shore going east and blew by pretty quick.
Fished Otter from 3pm - 530pm, hit 4 feeders between 8 - 11lbs,released, nasty boy spoon, 70 ft off the point. Had another whale show just offshore around 4pm. Saw zero springs caught by the other 4 boats there.
Saw some IDIOTS at the SS cleaning table with 2 nice 12lb hook nose, white gum wild coho that pleaded ignorance,WTF!I told the f heads that if they could not identify the salmon species that they sould not be fishing and to get the f out of there before I called DFO!!!!!
Not the first time I have seen this crap this year and I hope others will voice their opinion when they see things like this!!!!
Season is wrapping up, boat traffic is way down and it feels very fishy with the pouring rain. Back out tomorrow, good luck to all, still the ODD big dumb one out there Iam sure.......
Fished Otter from 3pm - 530pm, hit 4 feeders between 8 - 11lbs,released, nasty boy spoon, 70 ft off the point. Had another whale show just offshore around 4pm. Saw zero springs caught by the other 4 boats there.
Saw some IDIOTS at the SS cleaning table with 2 nice 12lb hook nose, white gum wild coho that pleaded ignorance,WTF!I told the f heads that if they could not identify the salmon species that they sould not be fishing and to get the f out of there before I called DFO!!!!!
Not the first time I have seen this crap this year and I hope others will voice their opinion when they see things like this!!!!
Season is wrapping up, boat traffic is way down and it feels very fishy with the pouring rain. Back out tomorrow, good luck to all, still the ODD big dumb one out there Iam sure.......
Ratting on a fellow angler to DFO because they have no clipped Coho isn't the answer The fishery is screwed up, releasing a wild coho is just as much of a crime most do not survive, if your fishing for them you are almost as guilty. if someone is cleaning a wild one at the dock they do not have a clue what they are, to say your goin to call DFO is alot of help, if they care, the only time they will do something is if they happen to stumble on something wrong. Anglers should be fighting for the chance to take 2 coho's wild or hatchery and goho. It's a joke fishery right now.
Mornin Chubby
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Barbs do most the killing of the coho. lots of people still fishing with barbs.[V]
A fellow angler or weekend warior that doesn't know squat? My point is that if you cannot even idenify a fish or know the regs you have no business being out there with the currnt challanges with our fisherie. Can you give me a % of the mortalty rate? Fyi seabass, I never bring coho or shakers into the boat, I do not touch them, I don't even net them. Its called shaking them off with the gaff. Time to go tideline bashn...guilty!!lol
addicted
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It's pretty easy really.... If you don't know what the heck it is, keep it in the water.... I.D. it while it swims next to the boat and if you have any doubt at all on what it is then shake it off with the gaff just like luna says... If a fish can survive a whale/seal attack (i'm sure everyone has seen the scars on the springs) then it surely can survive a trip to the side of the boat if handled properly!
Karma-Kazi
Active Member
I agree, they will live if handled properly. I caught a pink today at 167ft on the rigger, it was missing 3/4 of its tail. I would assume it has addapted to living deeper as it cannot out run a seal or whale. Fish are not stupid, they will do anything to survive. and im sure they do live if handled properly. Aswell as care and hadling fish.
**Maybe some sort of test you must write once before ever purchasing a licence.**(Most will disagree, but it may be worth a shot)
-Steve
**Maybe some sort of test you must write once before ever purchasing a licence.**(Most will disagree, but it may be worth a shot)
-Steve
Tsquared
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We were out from 9:30 to noon today for nothing keepable. Lots of shaker springs, a couple of wild coho and 1 pink that shook the hook. 5 crab in the trap, tho. Heard a rumour on the VHF that they might open wild coho as of tomorrow?? If so that would be great.
T2
No Rigours
T2
No Rigours
Deewar25
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pretty sure the wilds are renfrew only - we aren't until oct 1 - damn shame having to let go 2 nice wilds today...definitely sporatic pockets of fish out there in the tidelines. Not what we hoped. Saw what appeared to be a hog fought at Beechy on our way out - solo guy - no idea the result.
Poe
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Fished early Monday by possesion and secretary many small feeder springs, one keeper pink and one really good run that we never saw. I was disgusted when I got back to the dock in sooke as I saw a young guy who had managed a 35 but still had 3 small salmon less than 18 inches and another person who had 8 of them on the cleaning table. makes no sense to me if you want them that size go trout fishing [xx(]
ReelAffair
Active Member
Deewar has it correct
WILD COHO open OCT 1 for Sooke area
here are the regs
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tidal-maree/a-s20-eng.htm
http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/x..._notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=117261&ID=recreational
and here is the area map
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/opportunities-possibilites/PN/A20-a-b-c-co-ch-2009.pdf
WILD COHO open OCT 1 for Sooke area
here are the regs
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tidal-maree/a-s20-eng.htm
http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/x..._notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=117261&ID=recreational
and here is the area map
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/opportunities-possibilites/PN/A20-a-b-c-co-ch-2009.pdf
Out yesterday. Started at Aldridge and when I came around the Head there was a whale cruizing throught the meat hole. He followed the shoreline about 50 ft off the rocks. So after he took my tack. I just headed out to the 500-550 mark.
Got a few pinks (big and mature now) and released a couple of wild coho. Lots of shakers. Most action was straight out from the Trap at 530ft. Fish were deep. 110 ft on the rigger.
Tips
Got a few pinks (big and mature now) and released a couple of wild coho. Lots of shakers. Most action was straight out from the Trap at 530ft. Fish were deep. 110 ft on the rigger.
Tips
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fah cups
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Took the Lucky Eagle and a buddy out next door yesterday for haly.Around the greater race area. Managed a 25 iber a 60 iber and we knocked one off around 30 besisde the boat. Great day with good buddies. Cheers Fc
Karma-Kazi
Active Member
Thanks for the clarifacation Striperjack. I was told by numerous people including a fisheries officer at cheanuh that it was sept 8th. I dont see how those idiots could misslead fisherman that way. Well i guess its a waiting game again. It kills me to throw those wild ones back. There always the bigger of the two (Hatch/Wild).
Tips- We dident manage a single fish to the bucket. but did find alot of pinks and wild cohos. 7 wilds, lost one hatchery beside the boat. I guess trying to look for that little fin was just enough time for him to shake the hook.
Deewar- I also watched him fight that fish, did not see him land it, Though may not have been salmon. I saw a salmon shark on the surface yesterday, aswell as hooked and lost a halibut over 150 pounds very close to where he was fighting that fish. All things considered. Whatever it was, it was huge! He seemed to be doing a great job at staying on the fish, i hope to hear somthing about it one day soon.
-Steve
Tips- We dident manage a single fish to the bucket. but did find alot of pinks and wild cohos. 7 wilds, lost one hatchery beside the boat. I guess trying to look for that little fin was just enough time for him to shake the hook.
Deewar- I also watched him fight that fish, did not see him land it, Though may not have been salmon. I saw a salmon shark on the surface yesterday, aswell as hooked and lost a halibut over 150 pounds very close to where he was fighting that fish. All things considered. Whatever it was, it was huge! He seemed to be doing a great job at staying on the fish, i hope to hear somthing about it one day soon.
-Steve
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