Day 1:
Day 1 was a bit of a right-off too head out to Campbell River as we were staying in Saratoga, about 20mins. south of C.R., so, I hit the beach front in search of some pinks on the fly. A lot of risers, but nothing. Anyways, we stayed at a place called Taylor's Sandy Beach Resort. Right on the beach, and an incredible view of everything. It had a lot of neat things such as basketball hoops, teatherball poles, ping pong, and firepits on the beach
. The beach was really nice, pure sand, and perfect for making sand castles. We ended up making 2 huge sandcastles (well fortresses really
) ), out of the nice fine sand. I loved this spot as there was practically everything within a perfect distance. Mini-golf, go-karts, fishing right infront of the place, C.R. 20 mins away and a bunch of other cool things.
Not really fishing related, but its a pic of our second, and better built fortress withstanding that mighty incoming tide
Day 2:
Started out day 2 with a little trip to C.R. for a bit. My mom dropped me off at the river then went for a run, then got herself and coffee and me a hot chocolate. By the time she came back, I had already landed about 7 pinks, and had one on when she came. I ended up hooking and landing many more in just a few hours of fishing.
Picture of spot #1
After about 3 hours of fishing, we headed back to our place in Saratoga and headed down to the beach. I went and fished spoons and flies to no avail. Later that night, I did the same thing, but once again, to no avail.
Day 3:
I headed out to Campbell River with my mom's boyfriend. We also went to pick his nephew up, who lives in Campbell River...lucky! And again we went to fish for some more pinks in the river and guess what....I got some more! And so did Kyle, his nephew. But My mom's boyfriend didnt...ahaha.
We probably got about 20 each, except him (I ended up keeping one for the barby. see pic below
) . Same thing happened after fishing, beach and stuff, and once again that night, i got skunked out on the beach. Its still fun watching all of those pinks flop out of the water.
Pink I kept
Day 4:
Almost the same as Day 2. Mom dropped me off, went for a run, picked up breakfast for the 2 of us, a hot chocoalte for me, and a coffee for herself. Once again, more and more fish
. After the slaying of the fish, we headed to mini-golf and go-karts. Later on, we headed to the beach for some fun in the sun.
I was thinking about fishing on the beach again, but since this place had four rowboats, two 12' aluminum boats, and many kayaks and various water toys, I thought of going out in one of the larger row boats. Hey $15 to rent anything except the alumininum with the motor on it, for the entire week was pretty good. So, headed out with my mom's boyfriend. He rowed, I fished. Casted spoons half the time, only to catch a couple large bullheads. Then the rest of the time, I casted floating line with a clear rio sink tip, and a pink eve fly. Didnt get much, except while reeling up the line to head in, a pink decided to hit it less than 10ft from the boat! It exploded out of the water and almost into the boat! Of course I lost it cause thats just the way it goes
.
Anywho here are some pics of beaching the boat.
Will post Day 5-9 later on today
Coho Cody
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Topic: Campbell River Aug.19-26th, A Series of Reports (Read 1981 times)