30th - Fished first thing in the morning North arm. Miserable conditions at first but it brightened up as the day went on and the wind died down. I was the only one fishing today.
Caught one nice hatchery doe, two wild coho and two dollies on chum roe . Don't think the coarse fish are stealing your bait - it's probably trout and dollies - they are very active just either side of high tide and are pretty good at stealing bait. I got through a lot of bait today because of them.
I start a new job next week and with travel and other commitments today was likely my last outing this year
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I've had most of the summer off and have fished more these past three months than I have in the previous five years. Roll on retirement when it comes.....
Baited up my last cast of the year and landed a big chum after a long fight - each year I seem to catch a single chum in the North arm and I didn't think it was going to happen this year despite me fishing way more than usual. Excellent finish to a great season's fishing.
Great to regularly meet animal chin and pierboy this season, apologies to hyrena didn't get organized enough to meet up : next season I'll see you at some point ( I did pm you a couple of weeks back).
Tight lines folks.