Vancouver Saltchuck?

[cohochinook]

Got a late start Saturday morning with my sister and her 2 kids on board. Trolled out front of Cap to Dundrave with nothing. Saw the odd fish hit, but pretty slow.

No where near is as exciting as Jim's rescue story, but I did pull a lady out of the water who flipped her canoe and could not right it. She was participating in the canoe races at Ambelside. She was cold quite tired and had been in the water awhile. Pulled her into the boat and got the canoe across the bow. Took her to shore. I could not believe that she did not have a life jacket on. Many of the other racers did not as well. It so easy to swamp one of those things with all the boat waves.

Was going to hit the T-10 after dropping my sister and her kids off at Ambelside, but then the wind kicked up. Did hear of a few fish on the radio in the AM out there.

 

[cohochinook]

It actually was a comptetion. Two other competitors in canoes tried to help her get back but failed.

 

[wildwest]

Lots of greenhorns that buy a canoe and plunk it in the saltchuck..NICE..NO lifejacket..No idea..Go figure..

 

[getbent]

Anybody out there lately...just wondering what is going on.

I saw a guy in a canoe with like a 4 horse out by the coal port. It was blowing like hell with 4 foot swells, we asked him twice as we were leaving if he wanted help getting in and he just said no thanks, man I thought we were crazy to be out there ourselves.

 

[viewitall]

Getbent, did you have any luck at he coal port?

Cheers

 

[fishin_magician]

Tyees off Sandheads. I know of 2 caught there today. Anchovies at 80.

 

[Moocher]

Lots of boats out there. T-10 is on fire, spoons and hoochies 45 to 80'. Make sure you have good and strong leader as well as some decent rain gear........

 

[viewitall]

you guy's must be on some fair sized boats with all this wind to be fishing sandheads?

 

[chromechaser]

Might be able to get out on Friday or Saturday. Has the time of day or tide changes made much of a difference of the bites out at the T10?

 

[Peahead]

Hi Chromechaser, During the flood is better at T10 - Sandheads. Don't worry too much about hitting a slack as I think the bite is better a couple hrs after low slack ....but if I could get there when I wanted and had 6 hrs or more I'd start at low slack and fish through flood.

 

[viewitall]

im trolling from the T10 towards the qa as im typing this I've been fishing 4 rods since 430 and all I've caught are two shakers. ps in all my years of fishing I've never seen this many seals!

cheers

 

[fishin_magician]

quote:Originally posted by viewitall

im trolling from the T10 towards the qa as im typing this I've been fishing 4 rods since 430 and all I've caught are two shakers. ps in all my years of fishing I've never seen this many seals!

cheers

Where there are seals there are fish..and lots of them. Seeing any Sox jumping?
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[viewitall]

no jumpers no nothing flat calm

 

[Peahead]

viewitall , FM is correct....on Saturday I had seals all around me while getting fish there. Not one of them even bothered me while landing fish. A report from today though shows a few fish south of T10 and at sandheads rather than north at QA. I know its too late too move now!

 

[Salmon Smoker]

There must be fish out there. My boat has a broken leg!

 

[viewitall]

thanks peahead it was just my luck I live in ladner so i always fish the mouth the coalports,galiano and thrasher. this years the first time I've fished from the T10 to howe sound. its kinda funny that the day I try the t10 its hotter at the mouth. oh well that's fishing thanks for the info.

cheers

 

[chromechaser]

Thanks peahead. This is the first year I've had my own boat and in the past have rarely fished the T10. Now I have more say as to where to chase the fish so I have to learn a bit more. Seeing that low tide is early to mid afternoon over the next few days, it looks like afternoon and evening fishing may be the ticket.

 

[poco]

fished t10 all aft not a sniff conditions were calm will try tomorrow a.m. not many boats out there where was everyone.

 

[poco]

was out at 530am fished till noon t10 to qa nothing about 10 boats out didnt see any action. how was it elsewhere.

 

[fishin_magician]

quote:Originally posted by poco

was out at 530am fished till noon t10 to qa nothing about 10 boats out didnt see any action. how was it elsewhere.

Hey Poco...

Fishing was relatively quiet today in the Vancouver area . I was out and managed to "fluke" into some Coho. I know of a 3 Springs caught as well.

However, if you were the guys I was just watching....Natives Driftnetting on the Lower Fraser...that's an entirely different story. I estimate the net to be about 300 feet long...with a depth of about 6 to 10 feet.

I just observed the fishery of one boat for a good half hour. They had 3 aggressive harbour seals working their net. Let's just say that what I saw is enough to make any sportfisher SICK. In one 12 minute period I saw them take a few SLABS. I'd estimate the smallest of what I saw to be about 28...and the rest were low thirties...and one bigger one a solid 35-36. Driftnetters in the Lower Fraser remove the springs from the net immediately after they swim into it...while the rest of the net keeps fishing.

It's no mystery to my mind where the fish have gone.....and I don't think there's anyway DFO truly knows how many fish are actually taken in this fishery because the reporting is based on some stupid system which I guarantee is not accurate.

What I just saw makes me SICK.

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