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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Rodney on January 19, 2005, 01:00:39 PM
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Below is a photo of Vedder on January 19th, provided by Lew.
(http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fishing_report/image/lower_mainland3.jpg)
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Wow, is that taken from the Boom Sticks ?
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No.... it's taken from a digital camera....
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No.... it's taken from a digital camera....
Funny man ! You need to go fishing...
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;)
I know. :-\
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That is right below the Crossing Bridge, the cable tower section. Wow, looks like no fishing for a while. Looks like we city folks are not getting our money's worth for our tag this year - first a long stretch of bitter cold/snow, now this... Looks like January may be toasted. We need the folks advocating global warming to explain what is happening with these extreme weather conditions, so we can read the 'water' and adapt.... ;D ;D ;D
(water in the form of rain & snow) :D
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Wow, that's big water. Expect to see guys bottom bouncing this weekend. >:(
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Do people actually try bottom bouncing for steelhead?
Yes they do, in fact I do on occasion.
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Remember BB is one thing, and BB with 10ft Leaders is another :(
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You bet, BBing with a corkie or small spin&glo in a deeper pool/run when the sun is high up and steelies hide deep.
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Remember BB is one thing, and BB with 10ft Leaders is another :(
Are you reminding me or is this just a general statement.
Why would you need to limit your bottom bouncing to sunny days in deep water?
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My understanding is that on bright sunny days in clearer condition, steelhead will hide deeper than usual. You won't find too many at the shallow edges (except at first light). Float fishing may not reach some of these deep sitting steelies. Of course, you can try BBing on cloudy days, but steelies are more spread out to shallower areas, which float fishing will do just fine or even better.
Another situation of BBing is when steelies hide underneath strong top flows, whereas the bottom flow is relatively calm. Take the Osborne Pool for example, the top end of the pool may hide steelies underneath strong foamy flow at the surface from the rapids above. Fishing a float there can be too fast as the strong surface current pushes the floats down. BBing will take care of this problem, so you can fish deep, and slow down the presentation.
Just my humble 2 cents on the subject of BBing for steelies. Others may have their own experiences.
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I occasionally BB for steelies and it's a mainstay for coho as I have found they both love chasing a colorodo blade across a slow to medium flow. BB may not be an accurate term since the weight will rarely tap the bottom. I've found it to be an effective way to present a blade in mid-water - aggressive fish can't help themselves.
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I must admit, I've taken my float off before to fish deep holes with a pink worm. I didn't even consider that bottom bouncing.
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For those of you who do not know how to drift fish wth out snagging bottom every other cast or snagging fish, I suggest you take the time to learn. There is a book called Color Guide To Steelhead Drift Fishing by Bill Herzog. Everything you need to know to get you on your way. :P
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JustinG, if you wants to learn more about bottom bouncing for steelhead, go buy a DVD called "Side-drifting fro steelhead" by Nick Amato and Mike Peruse.. You will learn most of the techniques necessary for side drifting from drift boat, Jet or from the bank...
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I received a similar video a couple years ago called "Drift Fishing for Steelhead" with Nick Amato and Bill Hertzog as a promo with my subscription to STS. Great video, but I was actually expecting a video on float fishing. It seems the Americans prefer the bottom bouncing technique vs. float fishing. After watching that video I decided to add a couple of the pointers demonstrated. It's not a technique I have used much for steelhead (however I use it a great deal for Coho). In my experience you use the technique that best fits the section of river you are covering, time of day, weather, water clarity and temperature. If you are comfortable with one or two techniques, great, personally I enjoy changing things up to adapt to the water in front of me using what I think will be the most effective presentation method. I found the most effective method for catching Coho this past season was drifting/bb'ing a colorodo blade - I used the same technique with success in a few rivers including the Vedder here on the south coast and in the Babine and Fulton in the north. I have to add that when I first started out, I hired a guide to show me how to fish different kinds of water. He did suggest bb'ing deep pools depending on what your terminal tackle is, as a slip float may not allow you to present some tackle properly.
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I've read about guys back bouncing out of a boat with baits, spoons and diving plugs for Springs and Steelhead. You sort of feel/bounce your bait, directly back out of your drifting or anchored boat, along the bottom until the fish takes it.
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Drift fishing or bottom bouncing is a legitimate technique employed in catching salmon and steelhead in rivers. Unfortunately there are some who consider themselves "ethical" who looks down on people who drift fish.
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Fish Assassin, you can't teach old dog new tricks. Those guys would not adopt new technique even it is legitimate and successful ways to fish..
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True, true.