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
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.