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Mar 26, 2007; 08:15PM - Skeena River and tributaries
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows a beautiful “wild” doe Steelhead. This fish was landed on the Kalum River on March 18th by my son-in-law Dennis Therrien. To view the video clip please cast to: http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm It is 2007 Steelhead Video Clip #0027 and is titled: (Nice job Dennis). Check out the other “New” 2007 Steelhead clips while you are on the website. For your information - this is the same Dennis who landed our lodge record 32-pound Steelhead back in April of 1995.
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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
Cell: (250) 631-2678
E-mail: noel@noelgyger.ca
Home page: www.noelgyger.ca
Fishing Reports: www.noelgyger.ca/past-fishing-reports.htm
RECORD SALMON & STEELHEAD Spin or fly-fishing
RIVER, LAKE, STREAM or OCEAN!!!
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Home Page: www.noelgyger.ca
Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated March 18 – March 25, 2007
(Number 011)
Dear Fishing Friends:
The weather has been a “mixed bag” all week, from snow, rain to sunshine. The upper Kalum is in excellent shape. The lower Copper and Skeena are coloured up a little bit. We were unlucky and ended up with the worst weather on the days we went fishing on the Kalum, anyway we can’t control the weather and the fishing was excellent! In addition to the Kalum River, fishing on the Kitimat River and Douglas Channel has started. See below for more details on the Kalum River and an update for Prince Rupert Ocean fishing and freshwater rivers of the central coast. Fishing there for Steelhead will start soon.
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: http://noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm
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.
Notice Due to a cancellation the week of April 16 through April 22nd has opened up at Nicholas Dean Lodge for up to 1 person. Let me know ASAP if you want to book this “prime time” week.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
Access to rivers is getting better as the snow melt has begun.
Type of fish caught: Steelhead, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden and Bull Trout.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
Fishing this week: POOR ____FAIR_ __GOOD____EXCELLENT __*__
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: (estimate) 15-pound Steelhead Where: Kalum River Angler: Rob Vodola
Weather...Cloudy with sunny periods with high of 4 degrees Celsius: Normal temperatures for this time of year: High 7 degrees Celsius. Low - 1 degree Celsius. Sunrise 8:00 AM Sunset 7:29 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...fair on most rivers and perfect on the upper Kalum.
Snow conditions… almost gone.
For current water heights on the Skeena River please cast on:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/water/StnFrame.asp?stnID=08EF001 Note: this site usually works best in-season.
Report from Nicholas Dean Lodge for the week of March 18 to 24, 2007:
The past week in the Terrace area has seen relatively mild temperatures during the day and some cooler nights. With high levels of rainfall, some rivers have been blown out and are just starting to come into shape. The Skeena River through Terrace currently has a little colour to it, due in large part to the water coming out of the Copper River. Coastal rivers in particular were running very high this week. However, the Kalum River, with its large lake in its headwaters, is a little more resistant to high rainfall, and a couple of the guides reported clear water and good Steelhead fishing with a few additional Bull Trout. Steelhead will continue to enter the Skeena and its tributaries in the coming weeks, and we expect the fishing to steadily improve for fresh fish.
Best Regards…Chad Black
Skeena River...is now fishable for early run Steelhead. The water is in fair shape, slightly coloured up.
Kalum River…has an “excellent” run of Steelhead. These fish are wintering over and will spawn in late spring. The water is low and clean, almost too clean. The fish are very spooky. 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.
…On Sunday, March 18th I went fishing with my son-in-law Dennis and we had a pretty good day hooking five Steelhead and landing three. I landed two, Dennis landed one. I made a video clip of Dennis’ fish, a bright doe. See photo of the week and a video clip.
…On Wednesday, March 21st I went fishing with Rob Vodola and his friend Mike Fitzgerald. We had an excellent day and landed five fish, four Steelhead and one Coho. YES…I said Coho. Can you believe it? Never…in all the years I have fished on this river have I ever seen or heard of a Coho being caught this time of year! Why was this fish here? It was in excellent shape. Check out the photo and video clip. To watch it cast to: http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm It is 2007 Steelhead Video Clip #0030 and is titled: (Why Coho in March). I would not be too surprised to hook an early Chinook but to hook a Coho was a total surprise and mystery. Mike landed his first Kalum River Steelhead. He was thrilled about that!
…On Sunday, March 25th I went fishing with Rob Vodola and Valerie Toupin. We had a GREAT day! We hooked a total of eight Steelhead and landed six. Robby landed a huge doe that must have weighed around 25-pounds. We should have measured her but it would have taken me too long to find where I had put the tape measure from the last time I used it. Valerie landed the 20-pound buck. I got some nice photos and video which I will post next week. In the morning we met up Greg Buck, guide for Nicholas Dean Lodge, and his two spey fishing clients. They had already hooked two, breaking one off and landing one.
The Kalum River has “all” four runs of “wild” Steelhead: spring, summer, fall and winter. Other than the spring run, these fish stay in the river all winter and spawn in the late spring around late April, May and June. There is no hatchery Steelhead in the Kalum River.
Both spin and fly fishing work well on this river.
Kasiks River…fishing for Coho will start again next fall. This is the river where a 27-pound record Coho was landed.
Zymoetz (Copper) River…is closed now for angling (as of December 31, 2006 above the lower canyon) to protect the “wintering over” wild Steelhead. Winter fishing is still available on the lower end below the canyon.
Note: additional rivers will be added “in season” when the fishing begins in the spring.
Ocean fishing Prince Rupert...good fishing for winter springs (Chinook) is now happening in 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 Prince Rupert, being a coastal city, is always warmer than Terrace.
Hello Noel: sorry for not sending regular fishing reports, just have not been out fishing for a while but the last time we were out we boated three beauties!! 15 to 20 lb winter springs, the weather is really starting to shape up and some early run Kitimat springs will be showing up in the next two weeks, also the halibut will be moving in anytime now so fishing will pick up in April! My boat will be ready for charters by April 10, then I will be out more and able to keep you posted.
PS: the ling and snapper fishing are fabulous all the time!!
CALM WATERS...Randy Janzen
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…Although the grip of winter seems to be still holding on, there have been a few days when a few hard core anglers have been able to venture out and catch some trout. Ariel and Pat (local anglers) drifted in pontoon boats and were able to catch five cutthroat trout. They drifted from the 'Wash Out' to the 'Pump House' (approx. eight miles) and never saw another angler but they spotted six moose. Last weekend Donny Webber while fishing for trout was fortunate to catch a Steelhead. 'It was a 12lb. Wild Steelhead so I released it' says Donny. The Kitimat River has a retention fishery of one Hatchery Steelhead per day. The main Steelhead run usually starts in late March peaking sometime in April and carrying over into May. Report by Ron Wakita
Note: additional rivers will be added “in season” when the fishing begins in the spring.
Ocean fishing Kitimat Douglas Channel…More schools of herring have been migrating into the Kitimat Harbour with only the Seals, Sea Gulls and undoubtedly feeder Chinook taking advantage of the migration. Rivtow Marine staff (who work right on the water) have reported signs of herring for a few days now but 'No Boats'
The only report of fishing the Salt water is a local Kitimaat Village resident, Crosby Smith who was rewarded with a 28lb. Chinook. 'It was a fat, tasty bugger' says Crosby who dined on his catch the same day that he caught it'. They certainly don't get much fresher than that not to mention the nutritional value of the Omega 3 protein contained in these feeder Chinook. It has been a long winter and it appears to be fish in the Kitimat area we can only hope for better weather to be able to catch some. Report by Ron Wakita
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Central Coast/North Van Island Wilderness Rivers:
March 21, 2007
Greetings:
Tight lines, dry waders (they leak from the top), and floating flies:
We are still waiting for the 12th of April for our season to start. From all reports, the Steelhead season this year is better than it has been in the last 12 years in this region.
We are very excited to begin our Angling Odyssey. Heli-Fishing ensures that “No one is retired from fishing”.
Perry Wilson & Dan Cahill will be two of our professional guides at Nimmo this spring, along with our seasonally returning pilots who fly our magic carpets. We can access over 40 rivers for Salmon, Steelhead and Trout.
Our fishery takes place within the southern section of the “Great Bear Rain forest: within the Central Coast of BC. There are no roads or people. To be alone while angling is a wonderful thing and one that is sought after by anglers worldwide.
Our shore lunches at 7000 feet are truly dramatic. We eat daily in a restaurant that is never crowded. Towering spruce, cedars and fir trees are constant observers of How You Cast., not that will ever say anything or comment on your style, but they add a measure of peace that only comes from standing on the shores of a coastal river in an un-logged river valley.
It has been snowing for the past couple of days, off and on. We have fished before in April where there has been snow on the banks of our rivers, but I do not think that will be the case this year. There is a good snow pack on the coast range Mountains, which will allow for a good run off to bring in the spring fish.
This will be our 27th season, fishing on the coast of BC. We know well where the fish are and how to fish these rivers. Our pilots have well over 3500 hours of flying and all have completed a mountain flying course. Weather is our determining factor as to where we go and what we do in any given day. The pilots are the captains of their air ships and will dictate what can be done on a daily basis. There are navigators of the skies and good fishers.
We will have a nice selection of hardy fly fishing gear in our angling academy. This is where flies are tied, stories are told, and beverages are consumed and cigars …..
We look forward to meeting new anglers and introducing them to a truly beautiful part of BC. We travel over 30,000 sq. miles from sea level to seven thousand feet. To boldly go where no one has gone before. It’s your turn.
Craig Murray, Owner
Nimmo Bay Resort
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
Sportsnet Pacific ………Sundays at 6:30 AM PT or 9:30 AM ET
Knowledge Network……Fri/Sat at 1:30 PM PT or 4:30 ET/ Sun at 11:30 PM 2:30 ET
A Channel……………….Sundays at 7:00 AM PT or 10:00 AM ET
World Fishing Network…Check local listings
Catch & Release formula...Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by
1000. Steelhead: Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)
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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Mar 26, 2007; 12:20PM - Ixtapa/Zihuataneo Sportfishing Report
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Category: Mexico Ixtapa Zihuatanejo
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Author Name: Stan Lushinsky
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March 20, 2007
The week started out with an outstanding Marlin Bite but activity slowed down over the past two days. Captains are reporting Blues, Blacks as well as Striped Marlin in the daily catch. Captain Chiro on the Bloody Hook reported an outstanding day for Angler Jason Sutch who landed a 275 lb. Blue Marlin and a 425 Lb. Black Marlin on his first day offshore. Mr. Sutch followed that day up with a double header SAILFISH day on his second day offshore. Returning Angler Harrell Minzenmayer fishing on the Dos Hermanos 2 with Captain Cheva fought a nice Blue Marlin for 30 minutes but pulled the hook. Captain Chico on the Llamarada fishing 40 miles offshore sighted a large school of Yellowfin Tuna landing 6 to 50 lbs. Captain Adolofo Espinosa fishing 4 days with French Angler Mr. Julienne fishing 4 days in Puerto Vincentee Guerrero landed 18 Yellowtail Jacks, 4 ROOSTERFISH, 6 DORADOS and many Bonitos. Very Few SAILFISH were reported this week as water temperatures continue to fall. The arrival of the Yellowfin Tuna is right on schedule and the month of April has historically been the time when the Largest Tuna arrive in the area. Interested anglers are encouraged to contact our office for boat availability and details.
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo weather: Cool Mornings followed by beautiful days
Sea Conditions:
Calm
Bait Supply: Excellent
Sincerely,
Stan Lushinsky
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Mar 26, 2007; 12:19PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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March 24, 2007
Anglers –
This past week marked the official start of the spring season, it is always known to be transition time for the climate and weather conditions in Los Cabos were definitely unpredictable, if not unprecedented. The week started off with several days of very thick unusual early season marine fog, first moving in from the north and rolling its way all the way to Cabo San Lucas. At times it was as thick as pea soup and made navigating any type of vessel dangerous. Also particularly affected the panga fleets that rely exclusively on landmarks to position themselves on their favorite fishing areas. The fog did not reach inland, with a distinct line stopping exactly on the shoreline. During the days of fog there was practically no wind to report, but that changed as fast as the fog disappeared, on Thursday the south picked up steadily all morning and by early afternoon was blowing a nasty 30 miles per hour, this kicked up significant ocean swells and made for very uncomfortable ocean conditions for even the largest of boats. By the next morning the setting had completely calmed down, though not before the water conditions had been drastically changed, the water had been clean, with temperatures up to 73 degrees before the heavy south wind pushed in dirty green currents that dipped back down to a chilly 65 degrees.
The majority of the sportfishing action was taking place from the 95 spot to Desteladera. On most days there were sufficient supplies of mackerel, sardinas and mullet available. Early in the week the cruiser fleet reported great action for striped marlin in the area of Desteladera, the fish were found feeding on schools of mackerel and charter reported common catches of three of four billfish per day. Though this action shut down after the cold dirty water moved in, but then over the weekend showed signs of improvement as conditions were gradually improving. Very few reports of dorado or yellowfin tuna this week, but as conditions stabilize and warm back up we do expect for these species to become more prevalent once again in the daily catches.
San Jose del Cabo panga fleets took advantage of the season’s first significant run of red crabs, as these migrating pelagic langostias were found congregated on the surface on the Gordo Banks and around the area of La Fortuna. Pangueros were able to gather them in nets and use them as bait for various pargo species, particularly for the huachinango or true Pacific Red Snapper. At times the snapper were found right on the surface feeding on the crabs and could be caught by fly lining these small baits, other times light weights were used to get the baits down about fifty feet. This is not the most conventional method of fishing, but this is what these fish are now feeding on and they were not much interested in any other offerings with so many of the crabs available on the fishing grounds. A group of humpback whales were seen gorging themselves on these crustaceans that were so abundant on the Inner Gordo Banks, that is quite a sight to witness, seeing these huge mammals come all the way out of the water with their gapping mouths wide open.
Other catches included cabrilla, grouper, triggerfish, sierra, yellow snapper, barred pargo, bonito, pompano and surgeonfish.
The combined La Playita panga fleets sent out approximately 69 pangas for the week, with anglers accounting for an overall fish count of: 4 striped marlin, 18 amberjack, 415 pargo (combined species), 22 cabrilla (1 golden), 9 dorado, 15 bonito, 10 surgeonfish, 8 pompano and 88 sierra.
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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Mar 26, 2007; 12:17PM - Gordo Banks Pangas San Jose Del Cabo
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Eric
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Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
March 18, 2007
Anglers -
With the official start of the spring season set to start this coming week, crowds of spring breakers were greeted with the first significant heat wave of the year, as clear sunny skies reached past the 90 degree mark and it actually felt more like summer than late winter. Ideal weather for vacationers to take advantage of all of the outdoor activities available, not to mention the world-class nightlife. The wind was light for most of the week and anglers enjoyed calm ocean conditions, water temperatures ranged from 69 degrees on the Pacific and up to 73 on the Sea of Cortez side of the Peninsula. Supplies of sardinas were plentiful, with mullet and mackerel also available.
The best area for the marlin action recently was off of the Chileno to Red Hill, anywhere from 5 to 15 miles from shore. The fish were spread out and besides the spotty action for striped marlin there was not much else going on offshore. There was action for yellowfin tuna found 25 to 40 miles offshore, mixed in with porpoise, for the most part these were smaller football sized yellowfin and hardly worth such a long distance run. There were schools of yellowfin tuna on the Inner Gordo Banks, but they were not on the bite, as they continued to gorge themselves on red crabs and squid that were congregated deep on the same fishing grounds. A handful of tuna in the 25 to 45 pound range were accounted for, striking while drifting with dead sardinas, but this definitely was not a consistent bite and anglers had to feel lucky to land just one fish.
The most productive fishing action was closer to shore off the shallow rock piles, this is where a mix of species were encountered, including yellow snapper, amberjack, cabrilla, yellowtail, surgeonfish, sierra, barred pargo and even one 20 pound wahoo was hooked on a cast lure in the same area. Panga skipper Jesus Pino found an extremely rare species floating on the surface, still alive, but apparently very weak, it was identified as a Pacific Fan Fish and could be the first such specimen found this far north in the East Pacific. Anglers reported having fair success working yo-yo iron jigs for amberjack, pargo and cabrilla, with chrome patterns being more productive.
On Saturday, March 17, there was a local Governor Cup Tournament held off of Palmilla beach. All species except marlin were included and first and third place were captured by the local Playita team of Hugo Pino and his two sons for a 96 and 50 pound grouper landed off of the Iman bank while fishing with live chihuil. Second place went to an unidentified team with a 53 pound mako shark. Overall it was a successful event, though it was unfortunate to see the local pangueros killing so many juvenile hammerhead sharks that were abundant on the Iman Bank, but were practical of newborn size, averaging about three feet or less.
The combined La Playita Panga Fleets for the week sent out approximately 78 charters and anglers accounted for: 240 pargo, 135 sierra, 38 dorado, 19 yellowfin tuna, 38 amberjack, 5 yellowtail, 18 pompano, 26 cabrilla, 8 grouper, 2 striped marlin, 1 wahoo, 28 surgeonfish, 28 hammerhead sharks and 1 Pacific Fan fish.
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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Mar 26, 2007; 12:07PM - 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
March 19-25, 2007
WEATHER: Last week was hot but this week was a bit more normal for the time of year with our daytime highs averaging the mid 80’s instead of the mid 90’s and the nighttime lows were in the low 70’s. Part of the reason was the frontal system that moved into the area on Wednesday evening, the winds kept the temperature down a bit. No rain arrived with the system but it did bring in a few clouds so we had partly cloudy skies in the middle of the week. We ended on a warm note as the winds died down and things warmed back up.
WATER: The strong winds brought with them cooler water from the north so we saw a decrease in the water temperature on the Pacific side of the Cape. Just on the tip of the Cape we had water temperatures that dropped as low as 62 degrees on Friday while the Pacific for the most part stayed at a fairly decent 67-68 degrees from the coast and to the west side of the San Jaime and Golden Gate Banks. On the Cortez side we had warmer water at a 71-72 degree range from the Gorda Banks and southwest to the 1150 area and it extended eastward from there. The water immediately to the south of the Cape were in the 64-67 degree range and very green. Blue water was warm water and that was the key to the fishing this week. Find the warmer water and you found the fish.
BAIT: This week the bait was 90% Mackerel with 10% Caballito and they were the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were two area that produced billfish this week and they were both in choppy water areas. On the Pacific side of the Cape the San Jaime produced consistently with some boats able to release up to 4 fish per day. There were also small 20-40 pound Mako sharks in the area. On the Cortez side, the Punta Gorda area up around the Los Frailles produced Striped Marlin as well as a few reported Blue Marlin. In both areas the water was choppy due to the wind, but the fish were there.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Boy, this week was a repeat of last week as far as the Tuna were concerned. There were reports of fish found on both the Cortez and the Pacific side out around 25 to 40 miles. Quite a few boats went looking for the Tuna but only a lucky few got into them. I heard of a lot of 40 mile trips that did not see any fish or found Porpoise but couldn’t get bit. The lucky boats found fish that were small, most of them were footballs in the 10-pound class, but there were a few fish that pushed the 25-pound mark. Little tuna, yes, but at least there were some found. Hopefully there will be some bigger ones in the area soon. Cedar plugs were once again the key to getting bit, feathers were not doing very well and I did hear of one boat that broke out the Rapallas and did well on the jointed lures.
DORADO: No change from last week as the lucky boats were catching one fish a day but they were good size, in the 30-40 pound class. There was no concentration of fish and they were scattered.
WAHOO: I did not hear of any Wahoo this week.
INSHORE: Even the inshore fishing was spotty this week. There was some Sierra, a few Yellowtail and a scattering of bottom fish, but no great catches to be had.
NOTES: There was almost no change in this weeks fishing from the results we were having last week. The only difference was that the water conditions were a bit on the choppy side during the middle of the week, still fishable and as a matter of fact the boats that did go out on Wednesday and Thursday seemed to have better luck than the boats that went out in less windy conditions. Until next week, keep your fingers crossed that things improve!
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Mar 25, 2007; 08:53AM - Butler Chain
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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The past 2 weeks has seen some very good fishing action on Butler Chain, as well as a few days of some tough fishing. With a couple days of what was basically blue bird skies, made for a lot of moving around in order to catch some good quality bass. Days with the blue bird skies had us working deeper waters with live bait, fishing waters 10 to 20 feet deep in order to get good catches. The day before what is supposed to be our last cold front rolled thru, we had some great overcast skies, and that triggered some of the best top water action of the year so far. Lakes Butler and Louise were the top lakes when it came to the schooling action, and the High Roller Lures were getting creamed with 16 bass making it into the boat in 4 hours using the 4.25 High Roller in Perch and the 3.25 Rip Roller Florida Special doing all the catching, with bass weighing in from 2 to 3 ½ pounds.
Weekend saw the front roll thru and the bite did slow down pretty good, but with patience and persistence, the bass still did bite, with the bite very slow to start the day and picking up as the day warmed. As the Bligh brothers saw, Butler Chain has some good fishing action, as they spent 2 good days on the water catching some good bass, with Dennis landing the big bass coming in at 5.01 pounds and getting bragging rights between the three of them.
The soft plastics bite has been doing good, most of our catches have been coming using the Gitem Warlocks in June Bug and the Gitem Shads in Watermellon Red Shad, both with small pegged bullet weights and worked slowly. Spinner baits and Yozuri Rattlin Vibes have also produced some quality bass to 4 pounds in and around grass beds and eel grass, as well as scattered lily pads, areas of heavy lily pads have been best worked with the shads or warlocks real slow, almost dead sticked.
We ended the week with Shawn working artificial baits working Lake Butler and Lake Chase. Gitem Curly 10’s in Red Shad were the ticket to catching bass, although the numbers and size were down, as we experienced what seemed to be 3 different weather patterns. The day started out picture perfect with a slight breeze and heavy clouds, which fast turned into blue bird skies and no breeze to speak of. Catching a few here and there and missing several good bass as they came unbuttoned deep in the grass beds, and then the final weather change hit, stronger winds, all three weather patterns seemed to hit within 3 hours and definitely turned the bass of to hitting. Bites most of the day were very light, and you had to let them have the baits in order to land the catch. Grass bed edges or deep into the grass beds was the way to get them.
Till my next report,
Tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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Mar 24, 2007; 02:05PM - Transition Time in Baja
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Transition Time in Baja
REPORT #1055 “Below the Border” Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Endless Season Update 03/24/07
[b]East Cape[/b]
[img]http://www.bajafly.com/report/lady.jpg[/img]
[b]Feeding Lady[/b]
Water temperature 65-78
Air temperature 62-75
Humidity 57 %
Wind: NNW 7 to 9 knts
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:27 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:39 p.m. MST
The transition from winter to spring is in full swing and hopefully it won’t be long before the north winds will only be a fading memory. Most of the action offshore was down to the south and included some football tuna that have begun to arrive along with the continuing striped marlin bite. Unfortunately, dorado action slowed down a click or two this week.
Inshore the small roosters and sierra led the way along with a few ladyfish and pompano. We’re still seeing the larger variety jacks but they seem to be afflicted with a serious case of lockjaw.
[b]Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico[/b]
Water temperature 65 - 72
Air temperature 55 -82
Humidity 82 %
Wind: WNW 13 knots
Conditions: Clear
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:26 a.m. MST
Sunset 6:39 p.m. MST
The few boats heading offshore found slim pickings from the Entrada all the way out to the Thetis Bank. The preponderance of bait in the water, mostly squid, may have had a lot to do with it. Back at the Entrada the bite also had slowed for the firecracker yellows for the same reason.
Action was a bit better in the Esteros with corvina providing the best action. There were also a few grouper, pargo and plenty of spotted bay bass to be found at slack tide up above Lopez Mateos.
[b]Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico [/b]
Even though the incredible blue marlin bite of last week has not continued at its torrid pace, we have not exactly had a 'should have been here last week' situation either.
A full half of the 15 boat fleet is still getting at least a shot at a blue marlin, with an average of about three blues a day being hooked. Cheva, on the panga, Dos Hermanos II, told me how he had a double on two marlin going a respectable 230 and 300 pounds. They got them both to the boat, and with what is probably the understatement of the year, he said, “it was a 'bit confusing at times”.
The sailfish action is still only averaging about 1 fish per boat per day. A few yellowfin tuna are being taken at the 40 mile mark by the commercial pangeros.
We had some high surf this week, and the jack crevalle action slowed down a bit, but there are tons of black skipjack tuna. (This is one of the reasons the marlin are plentiful - the small tuna is a favorite food of a marlin.) The hard-fighting small tuna are providing very good action for fly rodders.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 66-86
Humidity 83%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 2 miles
Sunrise 6:46 a.m. CST
Sunset 6:57 p.m. CST
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Mar 19, 2007; 01:55PM - Skeena River and Tributaries
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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 “elusive” 20-pound “wild” Steelhead. This fish was landed on the Kalum River on March 12th by Rob Vodola. This BIG fish gave Rob quite a tussle and after ten minutes he managed to land it…and I was fortunate to get a video clip of most of the action. To view the clip cast to: http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm It is 2007 Steelhead Video Clip #0026 and is titled: (20 pounds PLUS). Check out the other “new” 2007 Steelhead clips while you are on the website.
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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
Cell: (250) 631-2678
E-mail: noel@noelgyger.ca
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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 March 11 – March 18, 2007
(Number 010)
Dear Fishing Friends:
My fishing reports will now cover “three” distinct areas in our beautiful province of British Columbia. These are:
• Skeena and Tributaries
• Northern Coastal Rivers
• Central Coast/North Van Island Wilderness Rivers
The weather has been fair all week. The upper Kalum, lower Copper and Skeena are still in excellent shape. It has been a couple of months since I have been out fishing. My good friend Rob Vodola and I went fishing on Monday, March 12th on the Kalum River and we had, to say the least “blow out” Steelhead fishing. We must have hooked over 15 “wild” Steelhead, all on artificial baits. We never saw another boat and only one bank fisherman. I hooked three fish myself, on the first cast. Normally, this time of year, the water is too low for jet boats to get around but there was just enough water for my boat, I know I bumped the bottom once. The guides start guiding this river on March 15th. In addition to the Kalum River, fishing on the Kitimat River and Douglas Channel has started. See below for more details on the Kalum 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: http://noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm
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.
Notice Due to a cancellation the week of April 16 through April 22nd has opened up at Nicholas Dean Lodge for up to 2 people. Let me know ASAP if you want to book this “prime time” week.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
Access to rivers is getting better as the snow melt has begun.
Type of fish caught: Steelhead, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout and Dolly Varden and Bull Trout.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
Fishing this week: POOR ____FAIR_ __GOOD__*__EXCELLENT ____
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: (estimate) 20-pound Steelhead Where: Kalum River Angler: Rob Vodola
Weather...Cloudy with sunny periods with high of 4 degrees Celsius: Normal temperatures for this time of year: High 7 degrees Celsius. Low - 1 degree Celsius. Sunrise 8:00 AM Sunset 7:29 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...good on all rivers, low and clean
Snow conditions… almost gone.
For current water heights on the Skeena River please cast on:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/water/StnFrame.asp?stnID=08EF001 Note: this site usually works best in-season.
Skeena River...is now fishable for early run Steelhead. The water is in good shape.
Kalum River…has an “excellent” run of Steelhead. These fish are wintering over and will spawn in late spring. The water is low and clean, almost too clean. The fish are very spooky. 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
…On Monday, March 12th Rob Vodola and I hooked around 15 Steelhead, landing 7. We went out again, with our friend Kevin on Friday, March 16th with high expectations but hooked only four, landing one. Rob hooked all of them. Kevin and I were skunked. Our excuse: The weather was bad (rain and snow) and the water was very, very clean as it had dropped a few inches since Monday. Lucky for us, there was no wind. The water was so low and clear we think the fish were spooked. I did get a nice photo and video clip of Rob’s fish but ran out of time to edit and post it on the website in time for this weeks report. It will be on next week. The fishing was slow but we still had a lot of fun! In my opinion, the water is too low now to navigate safely with a jet boat.
The Kalum River has “all” four runs of “wild” Steelhead: spring, summer, fall and winter. Other than the spring run, these fish stay in the river all winter and spawn in the late spring around late April, May and June. There is no hatchery Steelhead in the Kalum River.
Kasiks River…fishing for Coho will start again next fall. This is the river where a 27-pound record Coho was landed.
Zymoetz (Copper) River…is closed now for angling (as of December 31, 2006 above the lower canyon) to protect the “wintering over” wild Steelhead. Winter fishing is still available on the lower end below the canyon.
Note: additional rivers will be added “in season” when the fishing begins in the spring.
Ocean fishing Prince Rupert...good fishing for winter springs (Chinook) is now happening in 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 Prince Rupert, being a coastal city, is always warmer than Terrace.
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…Although the grip of winter seems to be still holding on, there have been a few days when a few hard core anglers have been able to venture out and catch some trout. Ariel and Pat (local anglers) drifted in pontoon boats and were able to catch five cutthroat trout. They drifted from the 'Wash Out' to the 'Pump House' (approx. eight miles) and never saw another angler but they spotted six moose. Last weekend Donny Webber while fishing for trout was fortunate to catch a Steelhead. 'It was a 12lb. Wild Steelhead so I released it' says Donny. The Kitimat River has a retention fishery of one Hatchery Steelhead per day. The main Steelhead run usually starts in late March peaking sometime in April and carrying over into May. Report by Ron Wakita
Note: additional rivers will be added “in season” when the fishing begins in the spring.
Ocean fishing Kitimat Douglas Channel…More schools of herring have been migrating into the Kitimat Harbour with only the Seals, Sea Gulls and undoubtedly feeder Chinook taking advantage of the migration. Rivtow Marine staff (who work right on the water) have reported signs of herring for a few days now but 'No Boats'
The only report of fishing the Salt water is a local Kitimaat Village resident, Crosby Smith who was rewarded with a 28lb. Chinook. 'It was a fat, tasty bugger' says Crosby who dined on his catch the same day that he caught it'. They certainly don't get much fresher than that not to mention the nutritional value of the Omega 3 protein contained in these feeder Chinook. It has been a long winter and it appears to be fish in the Kitimat area we can only hope for better weather to be able to catch some. Report by Ron Wakita
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Central Coast/North Van Island Wilderness Rivers:
Greetings, and welcome to Nimmo Bay Resort. Nimmo Bay is located at the southern portion of the Great Bear Rain Forest, on the Central Coast of BC.
Sitting at the foot of Mt. Stephens, the resort is powered by a small Hydro Turbine that turns by water power from a crystal clear waterfall coming off the mountain. We are in our 27th year of operation with our family business and Fraser Murray has taken over as the operations and marketing manager. Fraser has grown up at the resort and knows all the intimate details of running a small hospitality business in the wilderness.
Our fishery begins in early April, angling for winter Steelhead on the fly or with spinning or float gear. This takes us through May. From June through July we fish for Rainbow trout, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden Char and some summer Steelhead.
From late July through October we fish for the different species of wild pacific salmon variety's of trout and some summer Steelhead. Our whole fishery is catch and release using single, barb less hooks.
We cover 50,000 Sq. miles of territory from sea level to 8 thousand feet. Helicopters are our mode of transportation throughout this territory. Our helicopter stays with our guests all day, so we transcend the original boundaries of fishing, which is usually one river or lake.
We fish 6 classified waters of the Central coast plus many of the unclassified systems of North Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland. This is a very exciting fishery, with hundreds of possibilities for success.
Noel will be reporting on our fabulous fishery over the year, so stay tuned to his web forecasts to find out how we and our guests are doing. To date, our biggest Steelhead is 30 pounds on the fly and the biggest salmon caught is 77 pounds, on 8 pound tackle.
Our gift shop also sells custom House of Hardy fly fishing rods in single and double hand format along with the appropriate reels and line. There are also custom leather cases for the rods and reels. This gear can be ordered through our 'on line' store from our web site. Find what suits you and just call our office to order. 800 837 4354. This is also the Nimmo Bay guest reservation line for all our Heli-Venture and Heli-Fishing trips. You can visit us at our web site www.nimmobay.com OR call or email Noel Gyger.
We are waiting for your commitment. No longer is anyone retired from fishing. This trip is ideal for Seniors as the Helicopter does your hiking, to get you to places that even the youngest and fittest can't get to. Your magic carpet ride awaits, as you ponder, then reserve your next Angling Odyssey. It's your turn.
To Fly is Human ... To Hover, Divine
Craig Murray
Note: additional rivers will be added “in season” when the fishing begins in the spring.
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
Sportsnet Pacific ………Sundays at 6:30 AM PT or 9:30 AM ET
Knowledge Network……Fri/Sat at 1:30 PM PT or 4:30 ET/ Sun at 11:30 PM 2:30 ET
A Channel……………….Sundays at 7:00 AM PT or 10:00 AM ET
World Fishing Network…Check local listings
Catch & Release formula...Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by
1000. Steelhead: Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)
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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Mar 19, 2007; 12:47PM - 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
March 12-18, 2007
WEATHER: It seems like summer already since the daytime temperatures have been in the mid 90’s! Our evenings have been a bit cooler with early morning readings of 65 degrees but the warm air in the daytime has been nice, especially since we have had very low humidity. The week has been a good one with partly cloudy skies and no rain, just enough wind in the afternoons to keep things from getting too warm and almost no wind at all in the mornings.
WATER: The warmer water this week was mostly on the Cortez side of the cape at an average temperature of 73 degrees while the Pacific side was averaging 70 degrees. There is a plume of cooler water running from the tip of the Cape out about 10 miles but other than that there has been no pronounced water changes. Surface conditions have been good with light chop and swells on the Pacific side and winds from the west-northwest, the Cortez side has been fairly flat with wind from the north once you get up around the Punta Gorda area. On Sunday there was a heavy fog bank to the east, it is unusual to get fog this heavy here in March so who knows what is going on, other than the water is a bit warmer and the air temps a bit higher than normal for this time of year, maybe an El Nino year?
BAIT: This week the bait was 90% Mackerel with 10% Caballito and they were the normal $2 per bait.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Marlin fishing has remained slow for almost everyone but at least there are fish out there. Striped Marlin have been found this past week at the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks as well as inside the banks 4 miles off the beach. The high spots are concentrating the bait and the closer fish have been holding on the temperature break. While there are a lot of fish out there the bite is still slow, probably due to the massive amounts of squid in the area. Almost every fish that has been caught has spit up lots of squid. The water is starting to warm up and there was a report of a Blue Marlin being hooked up at the San Jaime bank this week, 7 jumps and then a spit hook on a fish estimated at 300 pounds.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Tuna were scarce once again but there were reports of fish found on both the Cortez and the Pacific side out around 25 to 40 miles. Quite a few boats went looking for the Tuna but only a lucky few got into them. I heard of a lot of 40 mile trips that did not see any fish or found Porpoise but couldn’t get bit. The lucky boats found fish that were small, most of them were footballs in the 10-pound class, but there were a few fish that pushed the 25-pound mark. Little tuna, yes, but at least there were some found. Hopefully there will be some bigger ones in the area soon. Cedar plugs were once again the key to getting bit, feathers were not doing very well and I did hear of one boat that broke out the Rapallas and did well on the jointed lures.
DORADO: Lucky boats were catching one fish a day but they were good size, in the 30-40 pound class. There was no concentration of fish and they were scattered.
WAHOO: I did not hear of any Wahoo this week.
INSHORE: Even the inshore fishing was spotty this week. There was some Sierra, a few Yellowtail and a scattering of bottom fish, but no great catches to be had.
NOTES: One item of note about this past week was the number of Mako sharks that have been caught on the Pacific side. There appears to be a concentration of them on the San Jaime Bank, but they are small fish in the 20-40 pound range. Unfortunately they are very good eating so the boats hooking them up have kept almost all of these small fish. Until next week, keep you fingers crossed that we will have tight lines!
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Mar 12, 2007; 07:44PM - Butler Chain
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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Week Ending March 11th
The past week I spent 6 days out on the Butler Chain with clients on a mix of trips again, some artificial and some live bait. First part of the week saw a very tough bite, even with live bait, as the bass were just mouthing the shiners and barely holding onto them. Sizing down on the shiners from Large to Mediums made the catch much better for the clients.
Shiners were all slow trolled in various depths of water, ranging from 4 foot to 22 feet deep, with numbers coming in the 4 to 8 foot depths, and size coming from waters 12 to 20 feet deep.
The artificial bite was fairly good for the most part, with the majority of the bass being caught on Gitem Shad, Gitem K.Os and Gitem Warlocks, dominate color being black with red flake and working baits very slowly with a 1/8th ounce screw in bullet weight.
Again working shallow waters, tossing baits all the way to shoreline, very tight to grass beds, and right up against the cypress trees in order to catch bass. Most bites were very light, so watching your line was very important. There was no spinner bait bite or even a rattle trap bite to speak of for most of the week. Several good bass were spotted cruising around the beds on several lakes, but for the most part, the beds were empty. Water temperatures were running 68 in the mornings and warming to as high as 72 by the end of the day. Look out, top water action is just around the corner.
Till my next report, tight lines and great fishing!
Capt Tim Fey
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