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Any Salmon River fishing near Nanaimo?
« on: October 05, 2018, 11:18:21 AM »
Heading there quite soon, wondering if there is any targeting of salmon from land there going on presently?
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Re: Any Salmon River fishing near Nanaimo?
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2018, 04:55:42 PM »
beach fishing coho around Nanoose bay and up.
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Re: Any Salmon River fishing near Nanaimo?
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2018, 06:06:42 PM »
Nanaimo river for cohos and chums. Check the regs.
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Re: Any Salmon River fishing near Nanaimo?
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2018, 04:00:18 PM »
nothing open for retention until Nov 1st. No coho retention listed.
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Re: Any Salmon River fishing near Nanaimo?
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2018, 03:37:05 PM »
From what I can tell from the regs, you can currently fish for Salmon in the Nanaimo River as long as its only catch and release. I could be wrong though and am interested in this myself.
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Re: Any Salmon River fishing near Nanaimo?
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2018, 05:17:30 PM »
I believe it has to say No Fishing for Salmon or No fishing for Coho otherwise you can fish but not retain.
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Re: Any Salmon River fishing near Nanaimo?
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2018, 07:39:44 PM »
Thanks folks!

Intended to shore fish salmon, wound up boat fishing trout at Fuller. Nothing killed but some pleasant hours...
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Re: Any Salmon River fishing near Nanaimo?
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2018, 09:13:57 AM »
Hi, so how did ya do? Whered you fish? Whatd ya catch?
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Re: Any Salmon River fishing near Nanaimo?
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2018, 10:36:50 AM »
Fished Fuller Lake, caught one rainbow trolling a rooster tail and worm, lost it at the boat...
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