| That's too bad.
In Washington the commercial fishing fleet got royally hosed. However,
the sport fisherman did great!
Fishing will not be closed on Fridays this year.
The coho season will be closed during sept and oct, but the regular
season in the straights and in the sound will pretty much go on as
usual. With no fleet fishing the coast, the catches ought to be up
for the sportsmen.
The Chinook run is alleged to be the best in about 10 years. The Coho
run will not be so hot. Conservation minded fishermen will ignore the
silvers on top and go for the kings on the bottom.
The closure in Sept and oct will kill the silver fishing in the
straights, but all the water south of the hood canal will remain open!
Don't give up the ship.
/brett
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| I am planning a trip to Vancouver Island this summer to do some Salmon
fishing. I will be fishing with a friend of mine on his father's boat
(18' with O/B) out of Comox. They mostly flatline, but also use a
downrigger. I do a fair amount of Salmon fishing on Lake Huron with
good success, but would like to know what the techniques are on the
West Coast. I would ask Peter's father, however I'm not convinced that
he is as succesful as he should be, given the area being fished! ;~)
(i.e. he doesn't like using the downrigger because of the effort
required to reel up the cannonball - he is 70 yrs old) I should also
mention that he is a Mainlander who moved to Comox 5years ago. His Dad
is a great guy who I have alot of respect for, but is a nouveau Salmon
Sport-fisherman :-)
What is the most succesful technique for King Salmon - Flatline or
Downrigger or depends... (if depends - then, "on what")
What are the most succesful lure types - Spoons, Body baits, Herring
strips, flashers/dodgers, colours, other or depends (if depends, the
"on what")
I really appreciate any information anyone can provide.
Best regards,
Duncan
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| Drifting with double-hooked herring (around 8"-10" size) worked pretty
well for the people I fished the salt with, both north and west of the
Olympic Penninsula. A couple of ounces of lead was all they added -
just enough to get the bait down (probably no more than 20 feet or
thereabouts). 4/0 stainless hooks in a tandem rig - first one through
the eyes, and the tail hook through the backbone just behind the
dorsal fin. The few trips I made with these guys we always limited out,
mostly Kings but a few Silvers too, and occasionally fighting a losing
battle with a stray halibut (which would nearly always spool the
victim if he was "lucky", or break his rod if he wasn't! Halibut are
*tough* fish to boat!)...
This was back in the early 70's, but I doubt the Kings have changed
much since (other than to become a scarce resource 8^(
Good luck and Good Fishing!
/dave
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