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Jun 26, 2007; 05:50PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric Brictson
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
June 24, 2007
Anglers –
Although this week marks the official start of the summer season, you sure would think it was more like winter or early spring by the way the local ocean conditions were. Persistent southern winds pushed in chilly Pacific currents, reaching as far as Los Frailes and this dropped water temperatures to the mid 60s, with a break of 72 plus degree water being found some twenty plus miles offshore. This influx of cold off colored water caused a dramatic affect on the fishing, scattering any inshore action that had been going on and forcing fleets to travel long distances in search of more favorable water conditions. Live bait remained plentiful, with sardinas, mullet and caballito all available. It was hard to believe the weather forecast from day to day, they would predict light winds and then on the same day the south wind would kick up to nearly 25 mph. This pattern is not that unusual for the month of June, except that this year it has definitely proved to be more extreme than in the past decade or so. It appears that this will be one of those years that weather pattern will not normalize until mid July, then surely the water will remain warm throughout the remainder of the summer.
The cruiser fleet found that their best chance was to head straight out from Cabo San Lucas and Chileno, anywhere from 20 to 40 miles offshore, this is where they found cleaner blue water of 74 degrees and a mix of striped marlin, dorado and yellowfin tuna. Often times the striped marlin that were found had lock jaw, but with persistence some of them did bite. Dorado were not numerous, but some very nice sized fish were accounted for, with reports of bulls weighing 30 to 60 pounds striking on trolled lures. Yellowfin tuna continued to be scarce, but some schools of football-sized fish were encountered further offshore traveling with porpoise.
Panga fleets found little options besides searching for any available action close to shore or off rocky high spots. The cold water brought any roosterfish activity to a standstill and it was mainly some scattered jack crevalle and sierra that were found along the sandy beaches and the numbers of them were limited. There was a better chance at hooking into either a pargo colorado or dogtooth snapper while trolling mullet along rocky beach stretches in about 30 to 40 feet of water, some fish up to 30 pounds were landed, but once again not in any significant numbers. Yellow snapper in the 4 to 8 pound class were probably the most common species being caught, striking on sardinas in about 50 feet of water on spots from Punta Gorda to La Fortuna. San Luis Bank produced a mix of amberjack and huachinango for anglers working yo-yo jigs and various baits off the bottom. Amberjack weighed up to 30 pounds and the huanchinago (red snapper) ranged from 5 to 10 pounds. Cabrilla, sheephead, whitefish, triggerfish, pompano, bonito and halibut rounded out the catches, though none of these species were particularly abundant.
We expect similar fishing action until the conditions offshore improve, this could happen in a couple of days or weeks, just have to be patient and follow the reports, it is only a matter of time that our summer season breaks wide open.
The La Playita panga fleets sent out approximately 73 panga charters and anglers accounted for a fish count of: 3 striped marlin, 2 dorado, 2 mako sharks, 9 dogtooth snapper, 31 pargo colorado, 124 yellowtail snapper, 15 cabrilla, 11 pompano, 17 amberjack, 18 roosterfish, 22 sierra, 19 jack crevalle, 25 Mexican bonito, 32 triggerfish and 4 halibut.
Good fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
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Jun 25, 2007; 10:14AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
June 18-25, 2007
WEATHER: It was so nice this week, no hot weather, just daytime highs in the mid 80’s and nighttime lows in the low to mid 70’s. We had the wind start to blow from the west during the middle of the week and that cooled things off a bit as well. We had mostly sunny skies with an overcast morning now and then, burning off mid-day.
WATER: On the Cortez side of the Cape the water cooled off a lot between the Cape and San Jose. Cold water, as low as 63 degrees on the satellite shots but registering 62 on my boat ran from right in front of the marina and up the Cortex and across the Gorda Banks extending out past the 1150 spot. The water was green and did not get blue until you got outside of the 1,000-fathom line. On the Pacific side things warmed up quite a bit with water temps on the San Jaime and the Golden Gate banks in the 73-75 range with just a tinge of green to it.
BAIT: Almost all the bait this week was Pacific greenback mackerel at the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The most consistent are this week was at the doughnut, 20 miles to the east at the 1,000-fathom curve. That is where they were concentrated and a few boats did as well as two or three fish a day with one boat reporting releasing five fish. There was a nice size Swordfish reported caught this week as well by one of the fleet boats, supposedly in the #350 range. I released one small Blue, estimated at #110 on Thursday as well as a couple of Stripers at the doughnut area and released one more on Saturday. The water was choppy with the westerly winds and northwesterly swells but even with that there were very few Striped Marlin reported up and tailing down swell.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: I have almost given up on the Yellowfin this year. I keep going out and looking for them but have not had a lot of success. I keep hearing of a boat now and then getting lucky with a fish or two in the 50-100 pound class in among the black porpoise, and a few boats getting into fish in the 20 pound class among the white-belly porpoise, but I have not been able to find any of these fish myself. No sashimi for me this week!
DORADO: There were a few fish to 50 pounds caught this week and a few boat reported on the radio of catching three or four in the 10-20 pound class. Most of them were found at the temp-color break along the 1,000-fathom curve and a few were reported from up north along the Inman Bank area.
WAHOO: I heard of one small Wahoo caught this week form a source I trust along with a few radio reports of scattered fish at the 1,000-fathom line.
INSHORE: There were nice Pargo found in the rocks along the points on the Pacific side as well as up in the Punts Gorda-Los Frailles area. The Yellowtail bite dropped off when the water turned, as did the Roosterfish bite.
NOTES: Humboldt Squid to 50 pounds were found due south of the Cape mid week and I baited a Swordfish estimated at #300 in the same area, along the 1,000-fathom line. We spotted this fish jumping. Overall the fishing has been slow this past week, I went out five days and was skunked on two of them catching three Humbolts on one trip, two Stripers and a small Blue on another and one Striper on the fifth trip. With the fishing slow, my golf game got a workout and with a very hazy brain today I managed to turn out a very non-respectable 103 (lots of margaritas lass ninth, don’t-cha-know!).
http://www.billfish.org/new/NewsArticle.asp?ArticleID=60
Until next week, Tight lines!
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Jun 24, 2007; 06:30PM - Skeena and tribs plus othe rivers near Terrace BC fishing for Chinook (King) Salmon
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows NHL New Jersey Devils rookie Rod Pelley proudly posing his first Chinook (King) Salmon landed in the Douglas Channel. He was fishing with me and Rob Vodola. We had a great day. I managed to shoot a video clip of some of the action. The clip is now posted on my website at: http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm It is New clip number 0003
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4012 Best Street, Terrace BC V8G 5R8, Canada
Tel/Fax: (250) 635-2568
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RECORD SALMON & STEELHEAD Spin or fly-fishing
RIVER, LAKE, STREAM or OCEAN!!!
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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated June 17 – June 24, 2007
(Number 24)
Dear Fishing Friends:
As we wait for the main stem Skeena River to come into shape our focus is now on the Kitimat River, Douglas Channel and other northwest costal rivers. The lower Kalum River is still high but it is clean enough to fish.
If I can be of service to find you the “best” guided fishing adventure let me know. Cast here to check out more of what I have to offer and review the latest updates regarding last minute openings at: http://noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm
NOTICE The following 'Prime trip dates' have become available at:
Nimmo Bay Resort:
• July 26 to July 30, 2007 ( 4 day trip) Heli-adventure with some fishing
• July 9 to July 12, 2007 (3 day trip) Heli-adventure
• July 30 to Aug 2, 2007 ( 3 day trip) Heli-adventure and Heli-Fishing
Nicholas Dean Lodge:
• July 21 to 27, 2007 - Trophy Chinook - Main Lodge - 7 spaces
• August 12 to 18, 2007 - Summer Steelhead and 5 Species Salmon - Skeena Camp - 7 Spaces
• August 19 to 25, 2007 - Summer Steelhead and 5 Species Salmon - Main Lodge - 4 Spaces
• September 2 to 8, 2007 - Fall Steelhead and Trophy Coho - Main Lodge - 6 Spaces. Skeena Camp - 8 Spaces
• October 7 to 13, 2007 - Fall Steelhead and Trophy Coho - Main Lodge - 6 Spaces
• October 14 to 20, 2007 - Fall Steelhead and Trophy Coho - Main Lodge - 2 Spaces
• November 11 to 17, 2007 - Early Winter Steelhead - Main Lodge - 6 Spaces *** Generally unlimited Copper River Days
Reliable Guide and Charters:
• We have put together a special promotional package for the Eurocan shut down. Please contact Noel for details.
Contact me for All the details and to book (These dates are updated on my website when there is a change)
Be sure to check out my website at www.noelgyger.ca for more info on my history, Quality Waters Strategy, special guided fishing trips, video clips, scenic river photos, wildlife photos and others, comments from past guests, informational articles and archived fishing reports from 1996 through 2002. I hope it meets with your entire satisfaction.
NEW My good friend and outdoor writer extraordinaire, Jack Berryman has just written a new book titled: Fly-Fishing Pioneers & Legends of the Northwest Cast here for more details: http://www.matchthehatch.com/frame.php?sec=NewBook&st=nw
NEW My granddaughter sent this to me. She thought my subscribers would be interested. It’s about the nutritional benefits of eating smoked Salmon. Cast here for details: http://www.gourmetfoodstore.com/smokedsalmon/nutrition-smoked-salmon.asp
NEW Two more scenic photos (Douglas Channel) are posted: http://www.noelgyger.ca/for-sale-videos-dvd-photos.htm
FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:
Craig Murray
Ron Wakita
Chad Black
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Salmon forecast for 2007: Chinook look very good for the Skeena and Kitimat systems; Coho are good to excellent; Pink expect a reasonably good run; Sockeye returns to the Skeena are expected to be good this year; Chum average return.
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Chinook (King) Salmon in river and ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK:
POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 36 -pound Chinook Where: Douglas Channel Angler: Doug Rumley
WEATHER: Cloudy with sunny periods. Highs to 16 degrees C. Region normal: Max. Temp. 21 degrees C. Min. Temp. 10 degrees C. Sunrise 4:59 am Sunset 10:14 pm
WEATHER REPORTS VIA TELEPHONE: Environment Canada taped messages constantly updated, giving current conditions and three day forecasts. Terrace 250-635-4192 Kitimat 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert 250-627-1155 Smithers 250-847-1958.
For current Terrace weather information please cast on:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/can/pages/CABC0292.htm?ref=wxbtnold
WATER CONDITIONS: The Skeena River has been dropping slow and steady over that last few days and is just about clean enough to fish. Other rivers in the area are in good shape.
CURRENT WATER HEIGHTS FOR:
SKEENA RIVER: RIVER AT USK (08EF001 RIVER AT USK (08EF0
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08EF001
KITIMAT RIVER:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08FF002
SKEENA RIVER: has been dropping steadily and cleaning over that last few days. If this continues it will be fishable for Chinook (King) Salmon. Everyone I know is gearing up for this. The main stem is the “highway” for Salmon heading to their many different tributary rivers.
KALUM RIVER: Chinook (King) Salmon are available in the lower five mile section. The water is still high but dropping steadily and is clean enough to fish. You should now be able to launch jet boats at the two boat ramps on the lower end.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
KASIKS RIVER: It is now possible to fish for Chinook at the mouth, in the clean seam, where it joins the Skeena. Sometimes, the Chinook come out of the Skeena and into the clean water in search for scent of their home river.
EXCHAMSIKS RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
EXTEW RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
GITNADOIX RIVER: The Chinook will be entering the river soon. You are limited to fishing for them downstream of the powerline crossing near river mouth.
Note: sadly, the above three rivers are closed to angling for Chinook except at the very lower end. Please check 2005 – 2007 BC Freshwater Salmon Supplement (fancy name for regulations) at: www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish for details.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: Like other Skeena tributaries, the Chinook (King) Salmon will start coming in now. You may fish the whole river for Chinook until July 23rd, then it closes upstream of the Highway 16 bridge.
CRANBERRY RIVER: Chinook (King) Salmon will be entering this river soon. It may be fished for chinook to July 31. Limits 4 per day, only 1 of 65 cm. Monthly quota = 1 over 65 CM
KINCOLITH RIVER: The BIG fresh, silver, Chinook (King) Salmon are coming into the river in the high tides. One may angle for Chinook downstream of white triangle boundary signs located at the Kincolith River Bridge. You would be fishing in the river but it is actually tidal water, so please remember you must have a salt water license to angle here. Cast here to buy them on line:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish/Licensing/online_e.htm
TSEAX RIVER: This is a Nass River tributary. Chinook (King) Salmon fishing begins around July 1st. You may retain one big one per month.
KWINIMASS RIVER: Chinook will be coming in soon with the high tides. You may fish for them until July 9. You must release the BIG ones. You may retain “Jacks” DFO describes limits as 4 per day, none of 65 cm.
ECSTALL RIVER: The main Chinook (King) Salmon runs start into this river around July 15. You may retain one BIG fish up until July 31 after that the big ones must be released but you still may retain a “Jack” under 50 cm.
OCEAN FISHING PRINCE RUPERT:
A summary of what is available year round can be read in the Archived Fishing Report dated April 13, 1997. For a direct link cast here: http://noelgyger.ca/archived-fishing-reports/Old Fishing Reports 1997.doc
AREA RIVER RECORDS: Chinook Salmon: Skeena River, 92.5-pounds; Kalum River, 85-pounds; Kitimat River, 74-pounds; Steelhead: Skeena River, 45-pounds; Coho Salmon: Skeena River, 27-pounds.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Northern Coastal Rivers:
Fishing Report from: Reliable Guide and Charters
KITIMAT RIVER:
The Kitimat River continues to be the Jewel in the Northwest for river fishing. The Kitimat has remained relatively clean and is producing Chinook from the driftboats as well as from shore.
Alex Nemeth and Al Smith of Reliable Guide and Charters drifted Monday June 18th and landed a 22lb. and a 28lb.Chinook. Pat Oliver also drifted Monday with Andreas and his father and landed twin 25lb Chinook. Mark Girard drifted Monday evening with Tim and Av and they boated a 28lb. Chinook and lost another. Alex, Pat and Mark are all associate guides for Reliable Guide and Charters.
We have put together a special promotional package together for the Eurocan shut down. Please contact Noel for details.
We have also weighed in numerous fish from the Pumphouse, Big Spruce and Lower Dike. Stay tuned for updates as we are about to start our mobile tackle service.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL:
This week's Douglas Channel report starts with a very special fishing trip with my thirteen year old son Corey. We were accompanied by my good friends Doug Rumley and Mark Girard. We boated a 28lb, Corey landed a 32 and Doug landed a 36lb. John Jurasek fulfilled a life long dream to catch a chinook over thirty pounds. He fulfilled this dream Monday fishing alone. John had two double headers by himself and managed to land one of two of the doubles. Well Done John. Wes Owens hooked seven Chinook boating four with his clients Rich and Lewis. Natalie a Skipper in training for our salt water charterboat boated a 35lb. Chinook on Thursday.
The list goes on and on but I must cut this report short to meet clients. In closing this is shaping up to be a pretty darn good return this year.
Tight Lines to all.
Report and photos from Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Central Coast/North Van Island Wilderness Rivers:
DFO Salmon forecast for 2007: Coho return is expected to be normal; Chinook were at or above average, so good fishing are anticipated; Chum are always strong; Pink returns are expected to be normal, which means very plentiful; Sockeye is not expected to be high.
June 21, 2007
Fishing report from: Nimmo Bay Resort (well kind of):
Ever since he could walk Clifton Murray has done two things well. Fish and sing. This week on Tuesday night, Clifton Murray, son of Craig & Deborah Murray of Nimmo Bay Resort, made it to the top 22 on CANADIAN IDOL.
He had been working for months preparing for this and he has been successful.
On June 25th, the eliminations begin as Canadian Idol goes LIVE TO AIR. I would appreciate it if the angling community gets behind a BC, North Island kid and Votes for Clifton Murray after seeing the show.
Please watch this young fisherman / singer and if you like what you see, give him your vote by calling or text messaging for 2 hours after the show. You can vote as many times as you want. Please vote in your time zones. Monday June 25th at 8 PM - 9:30 PM is the show. Voting is for 2 hours after the show.
This is Clifton's fishing trip of his lifetime and he needs your support. Thanks, and Nimmo Bay will be back with another fish tail after we return from Toronto, where we will be cheering on our son at his first live Canadian Idol performance.
Craig & Deborah Murray, Owners
Nimmo Bay Resort (est. 1980)
A Family Company
Fishing Report from: Nicholas Dean Lodge Fishing Report for the Week of June 17 to 23, 2007
Photo Caption: Tom Stejskal poses with a chrome silver-sided Chinook (King) Salmon
At the present time, the Skeena River near Terrace has dropped significantly from flood levels, and started to clear early last week. And despite recent rainfall, the river height has not seemed to change much, although the forecasted warm weather for next week may quickly cause the water to rise. There have been reports of good catches of Chinook Salmon in the Kitimat River up to 50 lbs, and fishing should continue to be good well after the end of the month.
On Wednesday and Thursday of this past week, the guides here at Nicholas Dean Lodge enjoyed two fine days of Ocean fishing for halibut and a plethora of other ground fish on Ernie Webb’s Website One boat. Having never been, I really enjoyed the feeling of seeing the rod buck in their holders as a huge fish slammed the bait, and the electric thrill of the first headshakes after the fish was hooked! And the halibut, much to their reputation, tasted incredibly good. If you are thinking of going on a day or two of Ocean fishing for ground fish such as halibut, or the huge King Salmon to be found in the waters surrounding Prince Rupert, I highly suggest getting in touch with Ernie. For more information, check out Ernie’s website at: www.erniesoutdoors.com.
Until next week, tight lines and screaming reels.
Chad Black
Operations Manager
Nicholas Dean Lodge…where every cast is an adventure!
FISHING REGULATION WEBSITES:
2005/2007 BC tidal waters and freshwater Salmon fishing information:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Effective April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2007
2006/2007 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/intro.html
Effective April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007
NOTE: For In-season Regulation Changes posted on the web check the above URL’s
2007 TV SHOW SCHEDULE FOR SPORTFISHING BC with host Mark Pendlington
CHANNEL Friday Saturday Sunday
Sportsnet Pacific 6:30 AM PST
(9:30 AM EST)
Knowledge Network 1:30 PM PST
(4:30 PM EST) 1:30 PM PST
(4:30 PM EST) 11:30 PM PST
(2:30 PM EST)
A Channel 7:00 AM PST
(10:00 AM EST)
World Fishing Network Check local listings
CATCH & RELEASE FORMULA: Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by 1000 (inches) Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)
MARKETPLACE (Sportfishing related items only please)
For Sale : Three 20Ft. Custom Flat Bottom Jet Sleds ( Built By Dennis
Farnsworth ) with Mercury 90HP/65 Jet and trailers. $8000.00 each OBO
Houston BC E-mail James Britton moriceriver@mac.com
Please let me know if you want your item listed. The cost is very reasonable.
SELL your items by listing them here today
Your Ad will receive LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL exposure:
• Your Ad will be sent out on my e-mailing list every Sunday afternoon or evening.
• Your Ad will be posted on my website (coming soon)
• Your Ad will be posted on other websites who host fishing reports
Examples of what to list: Boats and accessories, Motors, Vehicles, Air Craft, Rods, Reels, Tackle, Real Estate (i.e. fishing lodge), Rentals (Cabins Cottages), Lakeshore, Tourist accommodations, ATV, RV’s, RV sites, Taxidermy, Books, Magazines, Videos, Photographs, Antiques, Artwork, Clothing, Employment, Trade/Swap and Wanted, etc.
Please contact me for prices and details of how to list.
My OBJECTIVE is to assist you to buy, sell, trade or swap your item or items quickly.
To receive my WEEKLY FISHING REPORT and PHOTO via e-mail please send your name and e-mail address to: Noel Gyger noel@noelgyger.ca
GOOD LUCK and GOOD FISHING!
Yours sincerely,
Noel F. Gyger
Back to: http://noelgyger.ca/past-fishing-reports.htm
Home page: www.noelgyger.ca
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Jun 23, 2007; 01:50PM - Water Warming
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The water is really warming up, and it may just be a bit too warm for most species. The coolest water we have right now is inshore, and it is right at 84ş. The blue water is almost 87ş.
There are a few sailfish being caught, yellowfin tuna and blue marlin. Almost all fish are being taken between 16 and 20 miles of the Zihuatanejo Bay entrance.
There are still a lot of jack crevalle up near the Troncones area, and are readily attacking surface poppers. Adolpho, on the panga Dos Hermanos, spent 4 days down at Puerto Vicente Gro. fishing for jacks and roosters. They were handicapped a bit because the red tide we had here a few weeks ago has moved south, but they still took a lot of jack crevalle, green jacks, and a few roosters. He told me the best action was on the last day because the red tide had moved on out and further south. All the fish were taken on surface poppers.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 79-96
Humidity 83%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
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Jun 23, 2007; 01:49PM - Action Slowed by Cold Water Current!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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REPORT #1068 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update June 23, 2007
East Cape
Chart complements of terrafin.com shows the far-reaching effect of the cold current
A cold water current sweeping around the tip from the Pacific invaded our area the last few days. The 71 degree water and windy conditions turned some of the inshore water off color and made offshore conditions a bit slow. Most boats had to run 12 to 24 miles to find action. The tuna seemed to have moved out farther to escape all the green water; while there seemed to be plenty of marlin showing, they still had a serious case of lockjaw. There were reports of a few large dorado here and there.
Lance reports: “Inshore fishing was been ‘on again, off again’ depending on the day and your luck. There are good numbers of 5lb roosterfish around making for fun light tackle action. That is...if you had sardina for chum and teasing. It has really been tough to come by recently. There are plenty of mullet available for purchase and anglers who put the time into slow trolling these larger baits had some shots at the larger better quality roosterfish. Another fish making appearances in the bait boats have been bonefish. There seems to be lots of them around. Some anglers have reported good results trolling these bonefish though I have yet to have much luck with them as teaser bait.”
Beach fishing cooled off a bit the last few days. Although there are good numbers of jacks near the beach providing most of the shots, roosterfish have been tougher to come by. As usual, if you are in the right place at the right time you will get some great chances. However, the roosters are still the toughest fish to feed a fly to at East Cape. With all the hype last winter there seem to be more anglers than ever chasing them.
Water temperature 71-84
Air temperature 70-96
Humidity 90%
Wind: WSW 7 - 9 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:33 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:09 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The best action this week was out at the Entrada with good surface action for yellowtail and bonita under the birdschools. There are also some good sized grouper down deep-just above the bottom. The sandy beaches still continued to produce some halibut action for the fly guys using chartreuse Clousers retrieved very slowly across the bottom.
Estero action was limited to a few pargo and the usual spotted bay bass.
Water temperature 64 - 73
Air temperature 60 -86
Humidity 78 %
Wind: WNW 10 - 14 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 6:38 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:19 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The water is really warming up, and it may just be a bit too warm for most species. The coolest water we have right now is inshore, and it is right at 84ş. The blue water is almost 87ş.
There are a few sailfish being caught, yellowfin tuna and blue marlin. Almost all fish are being taken between 16 and 20 miles of the Zihuatanejo Bay entrance.
There are still a lot of jack crevalle up near the Troncones area, and are readily attacking surface poppers. Adolpho, on the panga Dos Hermanos, spent 4 days down at Puerto Vicente Gro. fishing for jacks and roosters. They were handicapped a bit because the red tide we had here a few weeks ago has moved south, but they still took a lot of jack crevalle, green jacks, and a few roosters. He told me the best action was on the last day because the red tide had moved on out and further south. All the fish were taken on surface poppers.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 79-96
Humidity 83%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 7:13 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:24 p.m. CDT
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Jun 23, 2007; 11:31AM - Butler Chain
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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This past week has seen some good bass fishing action on Butler Chain.
Top water bite has been doing ok, with Lake Louise seeing the best top water action for us. Secret Weapon Lures Buzzrbait has been a good do to bait, as well as High Roller Chug Roller. Hits have been aggressive. With the consistent rains, Lake Louise has been dirtied up, waters going from clean to coffee brown.
Soft plastic bite has been doing good, with a wacky rigged Gitem K.O once again catching not only good numbers, but good size as well. Lakes Sheen, Pocket and Chase have yielded the numbers and size, up to 5 pounds for us as of late. Working grass beds and scattered docks has been the key to catching bass, as well as working your baits very slow.
Did make a run into Fish Lake, a lake which I have not been in since early January, waters back then were so low in the canal, the bottom of my boat was banging the canal bottom. Going thru the canal, which is a Ľ mile long, I had to use the trolling motor, holding it up just below the surface of the water to get back there, and there was a tree blocking the canal toward the end, which saw me and my partner standing in the canal, him pulling the boat, and me pushing it around the tree to get to the lake. We finally made it back there and started to work the lily pads, swimming lizards across the lily pads getting several blow ups, with him missing a hook up on the edge of the pads, with what would have been an easy 6 pounder.
Rains have held the water levels pretty steady, finally getting water back into the lakes, with water temperatures holding around 84-86 degrees by days end. Limited schooling action in Lakes Pocket, and Tibet the last few days.
Till my next report, Tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
Bassfishingfl.com
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Jun 22, 2007; 07:43PM - Ixtapa Zihuatanejo fish Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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JUNE 22, 2007
The effects of the red tide have begun to diminish. Although not completely gone, the red tide continues to affect the consistency of the fishing in the Ixtapa Zihautanejo area. In what has to be the strangest start to our summer season, our captains reported both good days and bad days for the week. Inshore captain Adolofo fishing 4 days with Angler Mr. Michalsky in Pouerto Vincentee Guerrero landing 29 Yellowtail jacks, 7 Roosterfish to 55 lbs as well as 1 African Pompano. The fish were caught on lures because the ability to get live bait was shut down because of the red tide. There were no big Eyes or Cocineros in the bay. Captain Adolofo reported raising more Roosterfish during the 4 days but they were reluctant to strike. Returning angler Mr. Larry Chandler fishing with Both Adolofo and Temo on the Secuestro landed a mixed bag of Bonitos and Jacks on the fly. His largest Jack on the fly pushed the scales to nearly 25 lbs. Several roosters came within casting distance but would not make the transfer to the fly. Offshore Captain Chiro on the Bloody hook reported raising several Sailfish but they were unwilling to bite. Several Marlin were reported this past week as well. Angler Mr. Mark Peterson fought a huge Yellowfin Tuna for nearly two hours before it parted company far too early. At week’s end the red had had reportedly move south to Acapulco however it is too early to say if it is gone for good.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Sunny temps in the 90’s
Sea Conditions: Calm to Moderate
Bait Supply: Fair
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
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Jun 19, 2007; 11:49AM - Tofino B.C. June fishing update Hot Action
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Category: Sooke Fishing BC canada
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Author Name: Jay Mohl
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For the Week of: June 11th - 18th
Saltwater Report: A busy week for Clayoquot Ventures offshore vessels, the first two weeks of June proved to be very fruitful. With both offshore and inshore waters producing the quality Chinook Salmon that we love, there is a good chance you’ll see that rod-tip plunge and hear that reel scream.
The offshore waters of Portland Point have been the location of choice for Clayoquot Ventures Charters. Only seven nautical miles Southeast of Lennard Island Lighthouse, this hot spot is a short run from the Tofino harbor. The close proximity of these waters to Tofino is certainly in our favor, as less time traveling always translates into more time fishing.
Columbia and Fraser River stocks have provided a steady stream of migrating fish throughout early June. The quality of these fish has been high with Chinook Salmon around 20 lbs. being the most common. On this past Friday, the true finesse of both guides and guests was tested as Clayoquot Ventures boats intercepted an extremely ‘hot’ batch of migrating Chinook salmon. Fortunately, the opportunities were many as this particular batch of fish turned out to be some of the hardest fighting salmon our guides have encountered all year.
Anchovies and double-glow squid baits have certainly been producing the best numbers over the past seven days. Although most fish have been caught mid-water column, when the salmon fishing has slowed down all it takes is a drop of the downrigger ball to get into some solid halibut bites.
If anything, the Halibut fishing has picked up over the past week with multiple fish in the 50 lbs. range being hooked. Trolling for halibut with Anchovy rigged teaser heads has been nearly a sure thing in places such as the C&B bank approximately 8 miles offshore from Tofino.
In addition to solid offshore fishing the inshore fishery is also beginning to pick up steam. With fish in the 25lbs. range being hooked at a number of different inshore spots over the weekend, the inshore fishery is a great option for someone wanting to get out of the open ocean swell and into some nice fish .Clayoquot Ventures guide Conor Mackenzie helped his guest connect with 5 great Chinook Salmon as well as 2 Coho Salmon yesterday in the protected inshore waters of Clayoquot Sound. Great fishing for such a short run from the dock in protected waters, which should only get more consistent as the season progresses!!
Freshwater Report: Solid trout fishing was very characteristic of our remote drift this past week. Clayoquot Ventures guide Blake Klopfenstein drifted our remote system twice over the pat week with both drifts producing nice numbers of both resident Rainbow trout and Cutthroat trout. Although Steelhead hook-ups are becoming slightly less common, they are certainly not loosing their intensity as sea bright fish are still holding in some of the deeper, cooler pools throughout the lower river. Once again silver spoons and egg-sucking leach imitation flies have proved to be the most effective means of hooking into these fish. This week we start our Fly in lake fishing trips on a regular basis, with Trout action anticipated to be as good as ever. Fly fishing with light 5-6 weight rods is most common from our personal pontoon boats, with light tackle/spoons/spinners an option as well on these catch and release trips.
Highlights of the Week: With out a doubt this week has had more highlights than any other yet this year. Guide Blake Klopfenstein hooked his guest Richard Schaps into a dandy 50 lbs. Halibut at the inshore Blunden Island tack, while on the same afternoon, guide Conor MacKenzie managed to team up with his guest Mark Witten of Florida State to land a second halibut over 55 lbs. The next day, Blake guided his guests from Texas onto a monster Halibut over 100 lbs, which is Tofino’s largest fish of the season. A halibut this size combined with a half dozen Chinook salmon fights makes for one memorable afternoon regardless of your fishing experience!!
Clayoquot Ventures guides Lochie Mackenzie and Steve Penfold also had some great fishing this past week, setting their guests up to fight some quality early-June chromers. Steve has found success at the Portland Point offshore tack, while Lochie has worked his magic at some of the classic shallow water spots on this inside of Clayoquot Sound
Springtime Specials: We’ve got Anchovies! If you want to get hooked up out there, you’ve got to come here and get hooked up first. Fresh Rhys Davis Anchovies, (some of the finest I’ve seen in the last few year), are now available in our shop. Come on in and one of the guides will outfit you with the latest ‘killer’ baits, rubber hoochies, and flasher combos. Also, if you’re going Hali fishing, be sure to check out the latest baits by Berkley. Some say the new ‘Gulp Bait Swimmers’ are a sure thing, so you’d better come and try one out for yourself… We are still overstocked with Patagonia and Cloudveil outerwear, so there is always a good deal to be had!!
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Jun 18, 2007; 06:54PM - Terrace BC Canada Chinook (King) run is peaking
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows: “The Beginning - a mainland River before it is home to the fish. Elevation - 6000 feet.' Photo and caption courtesy of Nimmo Bay Resort
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Noel Gyger - Guided Fishing Adventures and Weekly Fishing Report
4012 Best Street, Terrace, B.C. V8G 5R8, Canada
Tel/Fax: (250) 635-2568
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RIVER, LAKE, STREAM or OCEAN!!!
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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated June 10 – June 17, 2007
Dear Fishing Friends:
The flood waters on the Skeena River have subsided. Hopefully it is over for this year. Time will tell. The Kalum River is still very high on the lower end but is clean enough to fish. The mud around the two boat ramps that were underwater during the flood, are drying out nicely and should be usable again soon. The Kitimat River is fishing well for the BIG Chinook (King) Salmon. The guides report some good catches. Isolated coastal rivers also have Chinook coming into them now. I have added more rivers to this report. Check out their status below.
The above are popular local fishing holes. The one on the left is Kitimat’s famous “Pump House” pool. The one on the right is Terrace’s famous “Lakelse River Bridge”. Many who fish here were very relieved to find out the bridge had survived the recent Skeena River flood. The flood water peaked one foot above the bottom of the steel girders. This photo was taken on Thursday so you can see the water has really dropped (about 8 feet). Soon it will be jammed full again with anglers having fun and trying to catch a Chinook (King) Salmon. A person may retain a BIG fish downstream of this bridge. This is a non-guided river.
If I can be of service to find you the “best” guided fishing adventure let me know. Cast here to check out more of what I have to offer and review the latest updates regarding last minute openings at: http://noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm
NOTICE The following 'Prime trip dates' have become available at Nicholas Dean Lodge for this season. Contact me for ALL the details and to book (these dates are updated on my website when there is a change)
• July 21 to 27, 2007 - Trophy Chinook - Main Lodge - 7 spaces
• August 12 to 18, 2007 - Summer Steelhead and 5 Species Salmon - Skeena Camp - 7 Spaces
• August 19 to 25, 2007 - Summer Steelhead and 5 Species Salmon - Main Lodge - 4 Spaces
• September 2 to 8, 2007 - Fall Steelhead and Trophy Coho - Main Lodge - 6 Spaces. Skeena Camp - 8 Spaces
• October 7 to 13, 2007 - Fall Steelhead and Trophy Coho - Main Lodge - 6 Spaces
• October 14 to 20, 2007 - Fall Steelhead and Trophy Coho - Main Lodge - 2 Spaces
• November 11 to 17, 2007 - Early Winter Steelhead - Main Lodge - 6 Spaces *** Generally unlimited Copper River Days
Be sure to check out my website at www.noelgyger.ca for more info on my history, Quality Waters Strategy, special guided fishing trips, video clips, scenic river photos, wildlife photos and others, comments from past guests, informational articles and archived fishing reports from 1996 through 2002. I hope it meets with your entire satisfaction.
NEW Three new beautiful, scenic rivers photos have been posted. These are of the Gitnadoix River. To view them cast here: http://www.noelgyger.ca/for-sale-videos-dvd-photos.htm
FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:
Craig Murray
Ron Wakita
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Salmon forecast for 2007: Chinook look very good for the Skeena and Kitimat systems; Coho are good to excellent; Pink expect a reasonably good run; Sockeye returns to the Skeena are expected to be good this year; Chum average return.
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Chinook (King) Salmon in river and ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK:
POOR FAIR GOOD* EXCELLENT
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 45-pound Chinook Where: Kitimat River Angler: Jeremy Brady
WEATHER: Showers with a risk of a thunder shower late this afternoon and becoming windy. Highs to 15 degrees C. Region normal: Max. Temp. 20 degrees C. Min. Temp. 9 degrees C. Sunrise 4:58 am Sunset 10:13 pm
WEATHER REPORTS VIA TELEPHONE: Environment Canada taped messages constantly updated, giving current conditions and three day forecasts. Terrace 250-635-4192 Kitimat 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert 250-627-1155 Smithers 250-847-1958.
For current Terrace weather information please cast on:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/can/pages/CABC0292.htm?ref=wxbtnold
WATER CONDITIONS: The Skeena River peaked on June 7th and has been falling ever since. It is still dirty and not quite fishable yet. Other rivers in the area are in good shape. Update: As of today because of rain the Skeena and Kitimat Rivers are on the rise again.
CURRENT WATER HEIGHTS FOR:
SKEENA RIVER: RIVER AT USK (08EF001 RIVER AT USK (08EF0
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08EF001
KITIMAT RIVER:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08FF002
SKEENA RIVER: has dropped a lot since the flood but is still very high and really not fishable. Even though the water is high and dirty Chinook (King) Salmon are migrating through the system now.
KALUM RIVER: Chinook (King) Salmon are available in the lower five mile section. Water is still high but is clean enough to fish.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
KASIKS RIVER: It is now possible to fish for Chinook at the mouth, in the clean seam, where it joins the Skeena. Sometimes, the Chinook come out of the Skeena and into the clean water in search for scent of their home river.
EXCHAMSIKS RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
EXTEW RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
GITNADOIX RIVER: The Chinook will be entering the river soon. You are limited to fishing for them downstream of the powerline crossing near river mouth.
Note: sadly, the above three rivers are closed to angling for Chinook except at the very lower end. Please check 2005 – 2007 BC Freshwater Salmon Supplement (fancy name for regulations) at: www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish for details.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: Like other Skeena tributaries, the Chinook (King) Salmon will start coming in now. You may fish the whole river for Chinook until July 23rd, then it closes upstream of the Highway 16 bridge.
CRANBERRY RIVER: Chinook (King) Salmon will be entering this river soon. It may be fished for chinook to July 31. Limits 4 per day, only 1 of 65 cm. Monthly quota = 1 over 65 CM
KINCOLITH RIVER: The BIG fresh, silver, Chinook (King) Salmon are coming into the river in the high tides. One may angle for Chinook downstream of white triangle boundary signs located at the Kincolith River Bridge. You would be fishing in the river but it is actually tidal water, so please remember you must have a salt water license to angle here. Cast here to buy them on line:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish/Licensing/online_e.htm
TSEAX RIVER: This is a Nass River tributary. Chinook (King) Salmon fishing begins around July 1st. You may retain one big one per month.
KWINIMASS RIVER: Chinook will be coming in soon with the high tides. You may fish for them until July 9. You must release the BIG ones. You may retain “Jacks” DFO describes limits as 4 per day, none of 65 cm.
ECSTALL RIVER: The main Chinook (King) Salmon runs start into this river around July 15. You may retain one BIG fish up until July 31 after that the big ones must be released but you still may retain a “Jack” under 50 cm.
OCEAN FISHING PRINCE RUPERT:
A summary of what is available year round can be read in the Archived Fishing Report dated April 13, 1997. For a direct link cast here: http://noelgyger.ca/archived-fishing-reports/Old Fishing Reports 1997.doc
AREA RIVER RECORDS: Chinook Salmon: Skeena River, 92.5-pounds; Kalum River, 85-pounds; Kitimat River, 74-pounds; Steelhead: Skeena River, 45-pounds; Coho Salmon: Skeena River, 27-pounds.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Northern Coastal Rivers:
KITIMAT RIVER:
The Kitimat River had a spurt of Chinook this week starting Tuesday June 12th at the Eurocan Pump House. There were seventeen Chinook hooked and we have confirmed at least twelve landed.
Mike Herzberg an associate guide for Reliable Guide and Charters drifting with Rob Vodola and Jeremy Brady hooked nine Chinook landing four. They kept a 45lb. and a 28lb. and released the others. What a great day fellas!
Not to be outdone Pat Oliver also an associate of Reliable Guide and Charters drifted Thursday and hooked eleven Chinook landing three, a 38lb., a 20lb. and an 18lb.
Ariel Kuppers landed a 41lb. Chinook at the Giant Spruce on Thursday. This was Ariel's first chinook for the season. Great start to the season! Well done Ariel.
Pat Oliver drove into the Power Lines on Friday night and landed two Chinook in less than an hour a 20lb. and 24lb.
The Kitimat River is fishing great this week with very few anglers on the river. The few that are fishing are producing some pretty good numbers and season is just getting started. I think a lot of anglers assume the Kitimat is dirty and unfishable like most other rivers in the Northwest. For day to day updates feel free to contact me by email via Noel's website.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL:
The Killer Whales were spotted in the Kitimat Harbour on Tuesday June 12th. That would explain the spurt of Chinook caught by the Freshwater anglers on the Kitimat River. The Killer Whales scatter the Chinook in the Harbour and spook a bunch up the river. This is great for the river anglers but unfortunately it kills the bite in the Harbour for usually two days before the chinook regroup or more migrate into the Harbour. Actually it was three days and on Friday the salt water boats hammered on the Chinook.
Walter Thorpe weighed in two Chinook Friday morning. He landed two for two on a double header and was done by 8:30A.M. Phillip Thom boated two Chinook fishing by himself and lost another. Jim Wright also landed two Chinook and reported almost every boat landing fish. There were only eight or nine boats in the melee. After the news spread at the Marinas twenty boats showed up Saturday. The best part of the bite happened early morning and most of the boats bought in one or two Chinook to the cleaning table.
I went out with my younger but bigger brother Al and fishing partner Doug Rumley at 10:00. We managed to catch the tail end of the bite and boated a 28lb. Chinook first pass. We also watched three others boated before the bite cooled off.
This season is starting to have all the hallmarks of an exceptional return of Chinook. Stay tuned or come on down and join in on the Fun!
Report and photos from Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Central Coast/North Van Island Wilderness Rivers:
DFO Salmon forecast for 2007: Coho return is expected to be normal; Chinook were at or above average, so good fishing are anticipated; Chum are always strong; Pink returns are expected to be normal, which means very plentiful; Sockeye is not expected to be high.
June 14, 2007
Fishing report from Nimmo:
This week’s guests are from Singapore. The one thing they love about British Columbia is the many activities they can do while they are here. One of the favourite lunch spots we take people to, are the glaciers. It is here that they can really appreciate just how big this world really is, and how fragile.
As you can see by the Picture (Noel’s photo of the week above), here is where the mighty rivers start. This is Fish Water in its frozen state. Here is where we begin our fishery, showing people what rivers really are. This is one of my favourite photos. Just after lunch on this Glacier, our guest’s begins to string his fly rod for the afternoon’s fishery. How fabulous, one minute you are on top of the world and the next you are casting a fly to wild Pacific Salmon.
Over the last 25 years of doing what we do, we have noticed the Glaciers retreating, at a fairly rapid pace. There has been a definite warming over the last quarter century. There are places that Glaciers once lay that are now just a few feet of remaining snow. We all have a duty to lessen our carbon footprint where we can and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. If everyone does their part, then the earth will have a chance, as well as the fish.
Nimmo Bay is a part of a British Columbia Sustainable Tourism Collective. This is a group of six companies looking at their best environmental practices and how to make tourism sustainable, by practicing the triple bottom line theory. Look after community, economy and environment and your bottom line will get better. People today are making conscious choices on where they go based on how that operator treats the Environment in which he lives. Most folks want to be part of the solution today as opposed to being a part of the problem.
In a future message I will discuss the threat to our wild salmon from farmed fish and sea lice. The Broughton’s are having this problem now and both governments refuse to do anything about this problem. Anglers will have to unite to put a stop to the killing of our wild salmon.
Craig Murray, Owner
Nimmo Bay Resort (est. 1980)
A Family Company
FISHING REGULATION WEBSITES:
2005/2007 BC tidal waters and freshwater Salmon fishing information:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Effective April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2007
2006/2007 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/intro.html
Effective April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007
NOTE: For In-season Regulation Changes posted on the web check the above URL’s
CATCH & RELEASE FORMULA: Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by 1000 (inches) Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)
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GOOD LUCK and GOOD FISHING!
Yours sincerely,
Noel F. Gyger
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Jun 18, 2007; 11:38AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
June 11-17, 2007
WEATHER: We had a quick and thankfully short reminder of what to expect later in the year early in the week. Waking up to early morning temperatures in the mid 80’s and muggy air let us appreciate the rest for the week. Monday and Tuesday were a bit on the mid-summer side of hot but the rest of the week was great with nighttime lows in the low to mid 70’s and the daytime highs in the mid 80’s. There was a light wind from the northwest early in the week and on Sunday we had a switch to winds from the East. All in all it was a great week on the weather front.
WATER: The Cortez side of the Cape continued to be the warmer side with water up off of the East Cape around the 80-degree mark. Closer to home and between the 95 spot and the Punta Gorda area the water was cooler with most of it being in the high 70’s early in the week. During the middle of the week a combination of extreme tides and shifting wind dropped the water temperatures across the area by an easy 5 or more degrees and put the fish into shock mode. Surface conditions remained good but the water cooled off and became very green in most of the areas that we had been getting good fish. At the end of the week the cleanest water was from the 1150 area on the Sea of Cortez and out to the Cabrilla Seamount and outside the 1,000-fathom line on the Cortez side. On the Pacific the water remained cold and green almost everywhere, with water temperatures in the sub-70’s to as low as 65 degrees.
BAIT: As is normal for this time of year there was a good mix of Caballito and Mackerel available from the bait boats at the normal $2 per bait. Sardinas were available as well and they were quality baits, most in the 3-4 inch size. In the San Jose area you could get them for $20 a bucket but here in Cabo they averaged $25 per scoop.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Ouch, the water turned over and the fish moved offshore to the Cabrilla Seamount area. You could go out there and find fish but they were in temperature shock (sounds as good a reason as any) and getting them to bite was very difficult. That was just about the only area there were Marlin in any numbers. The area around the Vinorama Canyon produced some fish as did the area within 3 miles of the beach on the Cortez side, but the bite in these locations was early in the week. Also early in the week and continuing slightly into the end of the week was the sighting of Swordfish on the surface. A few of them were hooked up and a couple of them brought in. My friend Martin (Kiwi) caught a #200 fish on Wednesday.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We did finally have some Yellowfin show up this week but they were all small football fish, and not in any great numbers. On Saturday there were some enormous bait balls of Sardinas in the vicinity of the 95 spot and the small Yellowfin and Skipjack Tuna were harassing them all day long. Farther offshore in the 15 mile range there were small scattered pods of Dolphin holding the small Tuna under them as well. No one scored high numbers but there were fish caught by boats that put in the time and effort. Considering how slow the fishing was for everything else, getting a few Yellowfin was nice.
DORADO: The sudden change in water temperature and clarity had the Dolphin on the run but a few boats were able to get three of four fish on Saturday by finding the Frigate bids working the Sardinas. Using very small lures in Green-silver to imitate the Sardinas they were able to get small skipjack hooked up and slow trolling them in the same area brought in the Dorado.
WAHOO: I had no reports of Wahoo this week.
INSHORE: The inshore fishing had been great but when the currents changed and the clarity and temperature dropped the fishing did as well. There were still a few Sierra caught on the Pacific side but the green water made fishing for the Yellowtail difficult at best and Roosterfish were almost non-existent.
NOTES: June has always been a difficult month to figure out as things are in constant flux. This year is no different and we can only hope things settle down soon. Until next week, tight lines and give Ottmar Liebert a listen to. One of my favorite guitarists and hopefully to become one of yours.
http://www.billfish.org/new/NewsArticle.asp?ArticleID=60
Until next week, Tight lines!
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