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[Damien]

Went out in the sunshine today, well away from the crowds of the valley river.  Off to 'my' spot where I had success last year.

Weather was perfect, nice and warm.  I was out at mid afternoon, so not ideal, especially with the clear skies.  But I notice some active fish in the area, and a couple of seals, so I set off to casting.  First a croc, then a couple of blue foxes.  Couldn't get a bite after about an hour.  I think back to remember the retrieve and the colour/size that worked here last year.  Doh, orange blue fox.  I had no success on a pink body, nor chartreuse body.  So I tie on the orange one, second cast, BLAMMO, chrome bright Ho goes BALLISTIC.  A couple of passerbyes stop to watch the action.  I unbuttoned the barbless gammy from his yap and away he swam.

Feels good to get the first one, felt even better that the folks behind me watching the action snapped a pic and emailed them to me!



I lost that blue fox shortly after and tried a few other lures.  I was getting tired when I tie on a brass blue fox, a few casts later, BANG, fish on.  A nice bonus cutty of about 2lbs comes to hand.  A great capper on the day.

I was tired and hungy by about 4:30 so I headed home.

What a great September this has been weather wise, and a great way to end the month with my first Ho of the year and a cutty (first time in a long time I have caught one).  Glad to see them still around.

A good day.

[Rantalot]

I could be wrong but looks like the Fraser???

[noobfisher]

Great post and nice photo the passerby's were able to grab.  What a great day to spend on the water!

What's your set-up that you're using for your rod/reel?  I'm tweeking my spinning set-up

[Athezone]

Great job on the fish Damien !!! And very kind of those people to e-mail you  the pics, classy. Thank You very much for the nice report !

[bluenoser]

Very cool to be fishing coho in sunglasses and shorts.

Congrats on the success

[chronic_topdawg]

I could be wrong but looks like the Fraser???

Are you sure theres barnicales in the fraser, plus water is too clean, lol

[Damien]

This is not on the Fraser.  To be more specific, this fish was caught from the shoreline somewhere between Porteau Cove Provincial Park and Peace Arch Provincial Park.  

My set up is nothing dramatic.  It is a Shimano Sienna 2500FB and a Shimano Sojourn 6'6" Medium/Fast 6-14lb.  To be honest, I am a bit outgunned on the rod portion.  I would prefer to have a 7-7.5 footer for better control and casting distance.  This is NOT an idea beach rod, by any stretch.  

The funny thing was, there were a couple other guys working the area I was in, and they were making LOOONG casts.  I caught the two fish mentioned, and jumped another good sized Coho within 50 feet of shore.  They, as far as I could see, got skunked.   I must have made twice the number of casts they did and worked the spinner slowly right to my feet.  There were 2-3 boats working the area as well, trolling, I didn't see them get anything.

As we all know, sometimes the fishing is better right in front of you.  Even though I could see most fish jumping well out of my range.

[Rantalot]

ha my bad  I saw chunks that looked like concrete, didnt have my glasses on

[Damien]

Heading out again in a few minutes, gotta remember to stop at the local shop and buy some orange foxes!

[Damien]

Skunked today.  I won't include a weird looking mini lincod thing, a few bullheads and a little sole/flounder.