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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: legend on October 24, 2005, 09:23:22 PM
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On fire for Chums caught and released 100 Chums today . Started fishing at 9 am first cast fish on caught & released fresh Chum. I went 30 casts in a row catch and release . It was fish after fish all day , fun time fighting them Chumies . Around 4 I finally hooked a Coho about 12 lbs a wild though :(. It was low tide this morning and I cleaned house I walked a good section of the river and there were lures every where on logs that were normally under water at high tide . One thing that I found was 50% of the lures still had barbs not crimped down some people need to learn the regs. One guy had a Chum hooked in the tail and was about to bonk it ;D and he better not be bonking any foul hooked fish so he put it back he then quickly gathered up his gear and took off. Which was good all day he was foul hooking fish bottom bouncing the Stave is not nessesary the Chums smash spoons , wool , colorado's , roe etc. All my fish were hooked on a Croc green stripe 70 % in the mouth 1/2 ounce used the same spoon all day not one snag the hook was straightend out a few times one lucky spoon .
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Seems like green is the money colour for the Chums.
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Normally I run a Fire strip gold but I found a green silver and it was on fire all day. There are so many Chum you can't get to the Ho's once the Chum thin out it will be Ho time.
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even 30lb leader won't prevent these chum from breaking off. plus the teeth on some of these males are down right nasty. hooked 15 in 3 hours and that was it for me. too much wear and tear on my abu garcia levelwind.
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Hey, there is NO fishing in the spawning channel correct? I always see kids fish there!
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hey legend i was there too today, which side were u fishing at? i was at that spot called toilet bowl maybe, which is about 100 meters down from the dam and a small pool of backwater on the left. couldn't believe some people just dumped their foul-hooked old chums on the shore instead of releasing them, the rotting fishes sure releasing very unpleasant smell when i first got there in the afternoon. tried my new gear today, a new shimano 8' medium heavy action rod and a quantum snapshot medium action reel. the rod was all right, but the reel just screwed up after a few fight with the fiery fight with the chumies. i then replaced it with my another new reel the abu garcia baitcaster 6000c. plus i lost another 7 spoons today (although heavier line and bigger reel were used today), expensive.................. foul-hooked 9 doggies, finally hooked one right in the mouth on my last casts, it was a clean looking doe at about 16lbs. was gonna try to catch another one but it was getting dark. expensive fish....
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I've learned (the hard way) when generator isn't running at high output (meaning lots of water flow) at certain spots where large under water rocks are, your lure will snag between those rocks. After a few or good number of snags I think I know a 10 meter stretch pretty well now I know where to cast to avoid snagging on the bottom.
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Hey legend I didn't realize that was you I met yesterday at the stave. I was the one with the young (not shy at all) kid. Couldn't keep them off the pink wool.
It was nice to meet you and I am sure I will see you down there again.
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Good lord Dennisk......Good job legend.
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Good lord Dennisk......Good job legend.
LOL - you obvously do not have a brother who is a lawyer. Sorry to burst your reality bubble Fishy, but the fact is you can't just pretend to be law enforcement of any kind when it suits you regardless of intent.
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Hey, there is NO fishing in the spawning channel correct? I always see kids fish there!
I guess people like to ignore me....
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I haven’t fished the Stave River before. Are you guy fishing below the dam? How far is it from the dam to the Fraser? Thought I might stop on the way to the Chehalis next week. Any information would be appreciated, thanks. ::)
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DennisK, I think the only set of circumstances where somebody would get into trouble impersonating a fisheries officer is if the other person was a cop or an officer themselves. I think youre kind of impersonating a paranoid person here ;)
100 chums? yikes! Must...find....coho....!
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Well, ethics and morals are two different things....morally speaking, I think you are 100% correct, but ethics and morals do not always line up one for one, as im sure you're aware! Nobody has ever accused me of taking the moral high road before, maybe thats what you meant ;)
I do agree with you that the right thing to do, and probably what i would have done would be to tell the guy I was calling fisheries if he bonked that fish. My only point here is that I dont think that legend has anything to worry about (other than eternal damnation for fibbing...!!hehe)...and that it may be a tad paranoid (not saying youre a paranoid person) to expect any legal action to follow.
That said, Im going to impersonate a fisherman and try to fool some fish :D
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Ya two wrongs don't make a right but I'm sick of people disregarding the regs and they know there doing it but just don't care . In the past i have called DFO and nothing happens we need more enforcement period there are people double dipping on old boot Chums keeping foul hooked fish . You don't need to keep foul hooked fish as you can get them to bite it's about the sport for me not the meat . If you want meat go out to the west coast and at least get ocean fresh salmon not spawned out black belly chum.