Jump to content

      



























Photo

Fishing on the South Island


  • Please log in to reply
18 replies to this topic

#1 AllseeingEye

AllseeingEye

    AllSeeingEye

  • Member
  • 6,543 posts

Posted 05 October 2014 - 03:57 PM

For those of you into (particularly) fly or spin casting "now" is the time; I spent a spectacular day on the San Juan River yesterday with my gang of fishing fanatics and today am so sore from fighting Coho I can barely move. I haven't seen fishing like this in years and haven't personally experienced a day like yesterday perhaps ever. I hammered 4 Coho, 1 sockeye and 3 rainbow trout all in the estuary from the mouth of the river to about half a kilometer above the bridge. If you are remotely inclined get yourself onto the river pronto as you won't be disappointed. 


  • HB likes this

#2 HB

HB
  • Banned
  • 7,975 posts

Posted 05 October 2014 - 10:10 PM

Finally.

Great report I went out there twice in the past 3 weekends and nothing. Waiting for the rains so the fish could  enter the river.

3rd week of Sept is usually great but late this year due to lack of rain.

 

Was there much action on tidal part below bridge?



#3 AllseeingEye

AllseeingEye

    AllSeeingEye

  • Member
  • 6,543 posts

Posted 06 October 2014 - 07:53 AM

Yes that ecosystem is one where timing is everything as the last 2 times we were out there also "nothing". Now there are so many fish leaping all over the place at one point I was literally just casting my lure where they jumped/landed and getting a hit almost immediately. Interestingly because it is an intertidal zone at one point about half a click above the bridge I tied into a beautiful 2 pound rainbow trout with the same lure I was landing the salmon. Except for 1 Coho all were released of course.

 

There was fairly good action at the mouth of the river/tidal area below the bridge as long as you were standing right out on the point. The locals OTOH fish off the bridge itself by spotting a large school and dropping their lures right in the path of the fish, hooking them and then walking the line down the bridge, scrambling down the bank then landing the fish on the beach. I did notice some of them using uncrimped treble hooks which p*****ed me off and I told them so. That is not only illegal but not to mention not very sporting. I think we'll be heading back up there next Saturday.

 

And talk to the guys at Island Outfitters: when I picked up some gear and lures on Friday they asked where we were headed and when I told them they mentioned they'd been selling gear "all week" to people heading to the San Juan. They know their stuff too since I caught 3 Coho on the exact lure type and color they suggested I buy.... :thumbsup:



#4 AllseeingEye

AllseeingEye

    AllSeeingEye

  • Member
  • 6,543 posts

Posted 08 October 2014 - 07:21 AM

The one wild Coho I was legally allowed to keep; this is about 10 pounds which took about 20 minutes to land. Great fighting fish

 

Attached Images

  • 008 (3).JPG

  • Sparky likes this

#5 Mike K.

Mike K.
  • Administrator
  • 83,184 posts

Posted 08 October 2014 - 12:19 PM

Fantastic stuff. You look like you're at your happy place.


Know it all.
Citified.ca is Victoria's most comprehensive research resource for new-build homes and commercial spaces.


#6 Chef-eth

Chef-eth
  • Member
  • 30 posts
  • LocationThe High West

Posted 11 October 2014 - 01:13 AM

Nice Coho!

 

Friends don't let friend fish with bait!



#7 Bingo

Bingo
  • Member
  • 16,666 posts

Posted 14 August 2016 - 07:09 AM

Dang!   Those fish HAD to come up this river now I'm going to have to get a boat.

 

A week ago, “The Peg” in Chilliwack was lined with more than 60 fishermen casting a line for sockeye salmon. Now, one of the hottest fishing spots in the province is completely deserted.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans shut down all salmon fishing in the Fraser River from the mouth to the railway bridge in Mission. Concerns over the number of sockeye salmon prompted the restrictions on commercial, First Nations and recreational activity.

The summer runs are coming in with 3.5 million fewer fish than forecasted numbers. Lower river levels and warmer water temperatures expected to lead to a much higher mortality rate at salmon spawning grounds.

http://globalnews.ca...lower-mainland/

 

 



#8 lanforod

lanforod
  • Member
  • 11,241 posts
  • LocationSaanich

Posted 22 August 2016 - 08:52 AM

^ that summary doesn't make sense. Chilliwack is past the railway bridge in Mission.

 

I thought salmon was not opening this year at all.



#9 Lorenzo

Lorenzo
  • Member
  • 434 posts
  • LocationWest Shore

Posted 22 August 2016 - 04:47 PM

^ that summary doesn't make sense. Chilliwack is past the railway bridge in Mission.

 

I thought salmon was not opening this year at all.

They probably mean the Vedder River, where the sportsmen line the shores on both sides of the river gut hooking the spawners.



#10 LJ

LJ
  • Member
  • 12,702 posts

Posted 22 August 2016 - 07:05 PM

^ that summary doesn't make sense. Chilliwack is past the railway bridge in Mission.

 

I thought salmon was not opening this year at all.

I don't think it is, Pitt river is closed even though it is loaded, I think everything is closed to salmon fishing.


Life's a journey......so roll down the window and enjoy the breeze.

#11 AllseeingEye

AllseeingEye

    AllSeeingEye

  • Member
  • 6,543 posts

Posted 22 August 2016 - 08:58 PM

All I know is whenever we can legally fish again - and of course when the water levels permit - I'll be ready :)

Attached Images

  • San Juan.jpg
  • More tackle.jpg
  • Tackle.jpg
  • And more tackle.jpg
  • Flies.jpg

  • Mike K., lanforod and todd like this

#12 Bingo

Bingo
  • Member
  • 16,666 posts

Posted 22 August 2016 - 09:07 PM

A tackle box is not complete without a rusty pair of needle nose pliers.



#13 AllseeingEye

AllseeingEye

    AllSeeingEye

  • Member
  • 6,543 posts

Posted 22 August 2016 - 09:12 PM

A tackle box is not complete without a rusty pair of needle nose pliers.

I have 4 pairs of pliers...none of them rusty, lol. Almost forgot gotta have some nice lures and good solid kit: 

Attached Images

  • Lures.jpg
  • Kit.jpg


#14 Bingo

Bingo
  • Member
  • 16,666 posts

Posted 22 August 2016 - 09:22 PM

A tackle box is not complete without a rusty pair of needle nose pliers.

 

Do I see WD40 in the box?

 

post-639-0-54460900-1471928240.jpg



#15 AllseeingEye

AllseeingEye

    AllSeeingEye

  • Member
  • 6,543 posts

Posted 22 August 2016 - 09:49 PM

You do; not for spritzing the lures though - that would be illegal. Mainly for maintaining my flip blade knives along with a small can of compressed air I use to blowing out sand particles from the knives and my reels. I have several flip blades including one I always have clipped on to my gear "just in case" I go into the drink and need to cut off my boots in a hurry.



#16 victoriassecret

victoriassecret
  • Member
  • 130 posts

Posted 24 August 2016 - 09:28 AM

You should really consider wearing an inflatable life jacket too. If you do go for an unplanned swin in waders it could be pretty deadly.



#17 Bingo

Bingo
  • Member
  • 16,666 posts

Posted 24 August 2016 - 09:35 AM

You should really consider wearing an inflatable life jacket too. If you do go for an unplanned swin in waders it could be pretty deadly.

 

It is advised you were a waist belt over the top of waders to prevent them filling up should you go under.


  • AllseeingEye likes this

#18 AllseeingEye

AllseeingEye

    AllSeeingEye

  • Member
  • 6,543 posts

Posted 24 August 2016 - 08:01 PM

It is advised you were a waist belt over the top of waders to prevent them filling up should you go under.

Yep...never leave "home" without it; in fact I always have a spare just in case. Have had a couple of close calls including stumbling over an unseen boulder in the Quinsam River near Campbell River and going ass over tea-kettle last fall. Fortunately it was relatively shallow and the end result was a lost pair of sunglasses and injured pride. A more exciting experience a couple of years ago was hitting a slippy spot on the fish weir on the Cowichan and 'whooooops' into the drink I went, fortunately this was below the falls and I was able to extricate myself with the help of my fishing buddies from what could have been an unhappy situation....



#19 AllseeingEye

AllseeingEye

    AllSeeingEye

  • Member
  • 6,543 posts

Posted 20 September 2016 - 11:42 AM

Getting amped up as it close to that time of year again when the northern coho run is at its height on the San Juan river @ Port Renfrew:

http://www.bcadventu...t/renfrew.phtml

 

For any fishing fans who've never fished that river the coho here are some of the most active and aggressive I've ever encountered - and they fight like hell.

 

Last time out I hooked so many fish on the first day to be safe and assured of still having good integrity I literally had to re-line my reel on day 2: after the first day it was so stretched and frayed the line looked like it had been through a meat grinder.


  • weirdie likes this

 



0 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users