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Fishing
Reports - South Island, Victoria and the Gulf Islands
November
15 2000
John
and Paul with a Chum Salmon
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Oooh
chilly weather, morning frost, cold hands. It's
still sunny, where is the rain? Well, Coho fishing
is still fantastic and our mighty Chum Salmon, with
their never give up attitude, are really pushing
in our rivers.
These salmon are very aggressive and will snap at
almost anything you put in their face. When hooked,
they will give you a full battle that will test
your angling skills. Some Chum Salmon push the 18
pound mark, with lots in the lower teens. These
salmon have rust to purple bars on their sides.
You can catch these salmon with relative ease and
use them as warm-ups for our winter steelhead.
We will get rains soon, which will be a blessing,
allowing fresh salmon to power into our rivers.
Fishing lower sections of rivers usually produces
the freshest fish, as they have just snuck in. In
these sections, especially if tidal water is near,
sea-run cutthroat abound. Scrappy trout with a hunger
for minnow patterns can even reach the 5 pound mark,
but most are 2 to 3 pounds. These fish are marked
under their gills with red slash marks.
Rick
from Michigan with a fresh Chum
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Our
rainbow and brown river trout are keying on drifting
salmon eggs. As salmon spawn, some of their eggs
get washed down with the current. These free snacks
fatten our trout for the winter months. Over the
next month, you can catch some trout as fat as footballs!
With our rains coming, so will our winter steelhead
be entering the rivers. This is the ultimate gamefish,
and our favourite. If you get hooked by these fish,
you will be on the river banks all winter and into
spring. Winter steelhead are a challenge, but also
very rewarding, especially if you top the 20-pound
mark.
So dress warmly, bring rain gear (it's going to
happen soon), and don't wade too deep. Good luck
and enjoy the weather.
The Best time to go Fishing...is Anytime you can
Go!
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