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Jun 5, 2011; 11:29PM - Gordo Banks Pangas June 3, 2011
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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 3, 2011
Late spring season in Southern Baja is greeting tourists with pleasant weather conditions, sunny days near, 90 degrees, water temperatures averaging 76 to 80 degrees, variable breezes circulating, north to south, keeping conditions quite comfortable. Anglers were finding options from offshore to inshore and in between. Most of the sport fishing fleets are now concentrated from Santa Maria towards the Gordo Banks and north to San Luis Bank. Swells have been moderate from the south, weather changing from day to day, now it seems to be stabilizing, with less wind and on a warming trend.
Commercial pangeros found it difficult to net sardinas due to more persistent surf conditions, the most consistent live bait source now for anglers out of the San Jose del Cabo area have been jurelito, caballito, moonfish and mullet. Ocean currents were stirred up and murky closer to shore, but clean blue waters were encountered within several miles of shore.
The most consistent and talked about action this week was for striped marlin, they were found in season high numbers, as anglers reportedly were seeing scores of these billfish on any given charter, scattered throughout the region, but particularly abundant straight off of San Jose del Cabo and near the Gordo Banks. The stripers were found as close as one mile or two miles from shore, tailing, free jumping, feeding and just blind striking on trolled lures. Slow trolling live baits was almost a sure bet, once you located an area of fish. Dropping baits back to the fish seen was successful more often than not. Of course there were a couple of days earlier in the week where the marlin seemed more finicky, even though they were seen on the surface in groups of up to ten fish, a case of lock jaw. A few sailfish up to 90 pounds were mixed in, with the majority of the striped marlin being hooked into weighing in the 80 to 120 lb. class. Many charters, both pangas to larger sportfishers, were landing and rereleasing up to five or more marlin in a matter of hours. For anglers departing from Puerto Los Cabos Marina, you could not ask for billfish action this wide open in such close proximity.
Yellowfin tuna action tapered off this past week, main reason being that conditions were not favorable for several days, now as things settle back down we anticipate improvement on the tuna bite. Yellowfin tuna ranging from large sized footballs to cow sized specimens over 200 pounds are schooling on the same grounds. These fish congregated from San Luis to the Iman Bank, within several miles of shore. Tuna were found associated with porpoise further offshore, but for the local panga fleets, the spot for yellowfin has been from Iman to San Luis Banks. At times these schools were spotted by keen eye sight, breezing just under the surface near food sources, drifting fishing with live jurelito has been the method that most of these inshore tuna were striking on, most of fish being landed from this area were in the 20 to 50 pound range, but fish to over two hundred pounds are lurking. Local pangero Jesus Pino was out with long time Baja angler Frank Harbin in the past couple of days, they encountered rippling currents near Iman that turned out to be a school of yellowfin, quickly they had a triple header going, all on jurelitos. Two tuna were brought to gaff relatively quickly, weighing in the 40 to 50 pound class, the last hook up was the big one, this fish towed the boat around some, as it circled and ran initially on the surface before heading deep. After well over an hour of heavy pressure on stout tackle with one hundred pound spectra with 80 pound fluorocarbon top shot, they finally spotted the fish, conservatively estimated to be in the 250 pound range, a couple more big circles and this cow would be gaffed, it was just not meant to be, as on what appeared to be the last circle the line parted and the fish was gone.
Dorado are now appearing in daily fish counts, most of the fish are found scattered offshore on the same fishing rounds as are the marlin, striking equally on trolled lures or bait. Most of the dorado now found are of quality size, 15 to 40 pounds, though they just have not been numerous yet, just really filtering in with warming currents in the past couple of weeks. Wahoo activity has been limited to scattered of strikes on trolled lures, most resulting in cut skirts and lines, but a few wahoo were brought in. As the conditions become cleaner, with more baitfish moving in, we do expect to see the wahoo to become more active.
Inshore there has been spotted reports of slow to frenzied action for species such as jack crevalle, roosterfish, amberjack and even the toughest of them all, the gladiator dogtooth snapper. We expect this inshore bite for these seasonal species to peak in the coming weeks. Slow trolling with larger sized baitfish has been the best bet for this, with areas from La Laguna towards Cardon all producing mixed action.
The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 76 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
4 sailfish,85 striped marlin, 22 dorado, 29 yellowfin tuna, 15 amberjack, 5 dogtooth snapper, 36 various pargo, 5 wahoo, 46 roosterfish,75 jack crevalle, 10 cabrilla, 6 pompano, 14 shark and 8 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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Jun 5, 2011; 02:27PM - Sea of Cortez, Jaccurate brings the Dream Team
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Category: Saltwater
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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Jack Nilsen has become the self-appointed
photographer and ambassador of having a good
time for Accurate reels. Not only is it always a good
time when he visits, the fish always bite.
This trip was no exception. By our second day the
count of marlin released was in double digits. We
ended up losing count of how many double hook
ups we had and how many marlin were released.
Let the good times roll!
For more great photos of this trip check out Jack's
blog at:
[url]http://jaccurate.blogspot.com/2011/06/accura
te-jen-wren-sportfishing.html[/url]
For a You Tube of Jack's last trip to the East Cape
[url]http://www.youtube.com/user/accuratefishingr
eels?feature=mhum#p/u/7/UCDtdCJ31II[/url]
Mark Rayor
[url]www.thejenwren.com[/url]
[url]www.vistaseasport.com[/url]
markrayor.blogspot.com
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May 31, 2011; 09:37PM - Ocean and River Guided Fishing Specials for 2011
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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http://www.noelgyger.ca
Weekly Fishing Reports (Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Meziadin North)
Noel Gyger
May 22 to May 29, 2011
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: It has rained most of the week.
The Skeena River is high and too dirty to fish. Even though the water is dirty the Chinook (King) Salmon will be migrating up river to spawn in their native waters.
The Kalum River is high but still in shape. More and more anglers are heading out to try their luck fishing for Chinook. Reg: The upper section closed for Chinook on May 25. Please do not target Steelhead anymore.
The Zymoetz (Copper) River is dirty and not fishable.
The Kitimat River Steelhead fishing is basically over. Chinook are showing up in the lower end. More
and more fish should come in with the higher tides. Chinook have been caught down the Douglas Channel and I have received reports of Chinook being caught in the Kitimat Harbour. Until the numbers are better some boaters are venturing out further for Halibut and bottom fish.
Prince Rupert is fishing well for bottom fish and Chinook.
Lake fishing around the Smithers and Meziadin areas is a little slow.
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River Reports
Skeena River is very high, dark brown colour and too dirty to fish. Even though the water is dirty the Chinook (King) Salmon will still be migrating up river to spawn in their native waters. Tip: You may want to try and fish in the clean water of the tributary rivers where they join up with the Skeena. Example: Try fishing the mouths of the Exchamsiks and Kasiks Rivers.
Check out the Skeena Tyee Test Fishery Chart for Chinook here:
http://www.noelgyger.ca/H2O/Non-Tidal/TyeeTestFishery/Charts/SkeenaChinookDays.pdf
Kalum River is high but still in fair shape. More anglers are heading out to try their luck fishing for Chinook (King) Salmon. Fishing has been reported as fair. Chinook are being caught in the lower section only. Reminder: Fishing for Chinook upstream of signs below the lower canyon closed on Wednesday, May 25. The lower end will remain open to fish for Chinook until August 7.
Steelhead should no longer be targeted. The record 85-pound (if my memory is correct) Chinook was landed by Gordy McDonald of Terrace, BC. It was landed in circa May 1985. Caution: Jet boaters please be careful because there are new channels and lots of trees have fallen into the river. How to: Try using spoons the next time out. Some of the best spoons are made by Gibbs. Some of the best rods are GLoomis. Shimano makes excellent spin reels. Tuf-line makes excellent braided line. Duracast line is coated and slides effortlessly through the guides and won’t wrap on the tip. Tip: If the Chinook are in a pool you should see them rolling. Try casting spoons. They love spoons and by using Tuf-line you have a better chance of landing them.
Lakelse River The water is high but still in fair shape. Some of the side creeks are coming in dirty from all the rain we’ve had. Chinook will be coming in the lower end. Where: The bridge on the lower end is a popular spot to fish for Chinook. Camping: There is a rough forestry campsite close to the bridge. Tip: Fishing off of the bridge with a marabou jig is the most popular method, so is a Hot-shot or Kwikfish plug. Reg: Fly fishing only between Lakelse Lake and CNR Bridge, Mar 1-May 31. I have reports that fly fishing for Cutthroat, Dolly and Rainbows in the upper end is very good right now. Steelhead should not be targeted.
Zymoetz (Copper) River is high, dirty and not fishable. If the water was in shape you would still have a chance to catch a Steelhead in the lower end but this is coming to an end rapidly. Steelhead season is basically over for another year. Fact: it was a great year for summer-run Steelhead. Chinook may be coming in with the higher water. Regs: Fishing for Chinook is allowed until July 23. Reminder: No fishing above the sign at the transmission line crossing (below) Zymoetz Canyon Jan 1 – June 15. Fly fishing is the choice of many anglers on this river. Wading with quality Simms waders and accessories is the way to go. A friend of mine is very happy with his new Islander fly reel. Trophy XL fly rod, Cortland Line and Maxima Tippet . Tip: Fly fishermen please wade safely by using a wading staff. Trophy XL makes a nice one in 7 sections. Easily folds up and stores in a pouch on the waist.
Kitimat River is high and murky but remains fishable but if it continues to rain it will “blow-out”. I have reports of a few Chinook hooked. Chinook anglers have already started to bang in their rod holders at the Pump House, Lower Dike and the Big Spruce in hope of catching an early Kitimat River Chinook. There have been a few early Chinook caught in the past few weeks and Chinook fever is starting to spread. Trout fishing continues to be good. With the high water the Trout are holding in the back eddies. Regs: This river has a power boat ban. The drift boaters love to “pull plugs”. The most popular plugs are the Hot-Shot and Kwikfish made by Luhr Jensen. Reminder: Bait ban, May 15 - August 31. Regs: Hatchery Steelhead daily quota = 1; hatchery Steelhead monthly quota = 10. All wild Steelhead are catch and release. Gear suggestion: Kamloops Dragon fly rod, 10’ Kamloops fly reel, AFTMA #8line. Backing Dragon Fly “Bright Orange” 30lb, 150 yard spool. Fly line SA Sharkskin Steelhead WF-8-F.
Kasiks River is closed for Chinook (King) Salmon above the highway 16 Bridge. Tip: Below the highway bridge can be a good spot to fish for Chinook when conditions are right. That is when the Kasiks River is cleaner than the mainstem Skeena. This is the time of year when the Chinook start migrating up the Skeena River. This is the first river to go out of shape from rain but is the first river to come back into shape once the rains stops. Sometimes, when the rain stops you can see the river cleaning right in front of you.
Exchamsiks River is closed for Chinook (King) Salmon above the highway 16 Bridge. Tip: Below the highway bridge can be a good spot to fish for Chinook when conditions are right. That is when the Exchamsiks River is cleaner than the mainstem Skeena. This is the time of year when the Chinook start migrating up the Skeena River.
Douglas Channel Chinook have been caught down the Channel and I have received reports of Chinook being caught in the Kitimat Harbour. It is an exciting time of year for boaters on the Douglas Channel. Boaters will soon be able to limit out for both Halibut and Chinook consistently. Crab and Prawns are being landed on a regular basis.
Prince Rupert With the fishing season getting into full swing, and the fish starting to show up with reports of nice size Chinook being caught. The weather has not been good all week. We have had our share of wind and rain. Tip: When trolling for Chinook try a SplitKing Lure. Jeff Carlson of BC Style Fishing Charters reports good success with this lure. I have reports of limits of Dungeness Crab and Prawns. Tip: Use the Ace Line Hauler to pull your traps. Reg: When travelling with Crab you must leave the shell on.
Lakes – Smithers Ice is off most lakes in the Bulkley Valley & Lakes District now except those at higher elevations. Fishing should be decent now close to the surface. Trolling Flat Fish for char on bigger lakes, Jack of Diamonds & Red Devils can be productive. Wedding bands and worms are always a good choice. Rainbow Alley is open for business and trout fishing is fair now. Minnow patterns are effective. A little sun should get the fish really excited! Report from Steve Hidber of Oscar’s Source for Adventure
Lakes - Meziadin Hi Noel, fishing at Meziadin has been slow, over the past week. There are a few Dollies as well as Rainbow's being caught, but not in the numbers that we usually see. The lake level is high, as are, all the inflow streams. This is making fishing at the stream mouths a bit difficult. Successful anglers have been using a variety of baits and lures, ranging from worms and roe to small spinners as well as gang trolls. Kinaskan and surrounding lakes should be ice free by now. My experience has been they do not start producing fish in any numbers, before the first week in June. I will have a report from Kinaskan for next week. I am planning, within the next two weeks, to travel into Brown Bear Lake. There are a number of lakes in and around Brown Bear that I am planning on visiting. Once I have completed the trip, I will let everyone know what the conditions are at each lake along with some photos. Until then, enjoy your fishing.
Marvin Reid marvin_reid@telus.net or at 250-639-9856
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Fishing Guide and Tackle Shop Reports
Summary for Skeena and Tributaries
Fishing This Week
POOR
Type of Fish Caught
River: Chinook, Steelhead, Cutthroat Trout and Dolly Varden Char.
Ocean: All five species of Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness and King Crab for ocean.
Largest Fish of the Week
River: 30-pound Chinook – Kitimat River Ocean: 50-pound Halibut - Rupert
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GOOD LUCK and GOOD FISHING!
Yours sincerely, Noel F. Gyger
Guided Fishing Adventures and Weekly Fishing Report
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It is NOT too late to book a guided river or ocean fishing trip
RIVER FISHING Lots of lodge or day bookings still available on classified or non-classified waters. Guiding fly or spin fishermen with raft, drift-boat or jet-boat. Contact Noel to book NOW! noel@noelgyger.ca
OCEAN FISHING Chinook Salmon, Bottom Fish and Crab in Prince Rupert or Kitimat Douglas Channel has started. To book warm, covered charter boat please contact Noel Gyger anytime. Phone: 250-635-2568 E-mail: noel@noelgyger.ca
NOW BOOKING for 2011: Let me know if I can be of service to book you with the 'best' fishing guide and/or fishing lodges for both river and ocean. There are NO extra charges to book through me, just a lot of free information and advice from a person with years and years of fishing and fish guiding experience. It is like hiring two guides for the price of one. I will promptly answer your questions and concerns. Contact Noel Gyger to book NOW noel@noelgyger.ca
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May 31, 2011; 06:52PM - East Cape Bucket list roosters and more...
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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What a week we have had!
East Cape fishing has been outstanding. Both in
shore and off shore the bite has been full speed.
Doctors told David Wilson he doesn't have much
time and he should perpare his bucket list.
Catching a rooster fish was on that list. I was happy
that we were able to help David cross that one off
the list.
Dave Hellmers of Carlsbad California wanted to
hunt tuna. He was rewarded with a 110 pound tuna.
82 year old Russel Sauer has been coming to East
Cape's Rancho Buena Vista for 45 years straight.
This year, with 2 of his fishing buddies Dave and
Denny, they stayed at Buena Vista Beach Resort.
For 3 days the boys had outstanding marlin fishing
Russel still gets just as excited about battling a
striped marlin as he did 45 years ago
Denny is the new guy on the team. He has only
been visiting the East Cape for 16 years.
We Sighted our first spinner dolphin of the season.
Oh boy! This is going to get good!
Jaccurate just arrived with some new Accurate gear
to field test on the Jen Wren boats.
Stay tuned.
Mark Rayor
www.thejenwren.com
www.vistaseasport.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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May 30, 2011; 11:50PM - San Jose del Cabo May 29, 2011
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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
May 29, 2011
There was a noticeable increase in crowds of tourists this past week, as southern swells attracted surfers and warming ocean currents brought in sought after gamefish, giving anglers a wide variety of options to choose from. The large swell has resided from last week’s peak, but lingering waves are still providing fun sport. Water temperatures are now up into the 80 degree range, clarity has fluctuated, blue water shifting closer and further from day to day, conditions are steadily stabilizing and anglers are anticipating wide open action on the horizon
The swell activity last week had a negative impact on the fishing action, scattered inshore bait schools and pushed in off colored currents, but now this cycle has reversed, as schools of mullet and other baitfish are appearing in greater numbers close to shore, this has attracted larger sized roosterfish, jack crevalle, sierra, pompano, dogtooth snapper, grouper and amberjack. In recent days there was one roosterfish weighed in at 84 pounds, landed from a 22 ft. panga out of La Playita, it was hooked into off of the La Laguna area. Many jack crevalle in the 20 pound plus range were seen chasing bait schools and dogtooth snapper are starting to move into the shallow rocky reefs, looking to ambush their prey. Remember to bring your heavy tackle if interested in targeting and actually landing one of these king of the snapper species, they average about 30 pounds and can reach 80 pounds or more. These same areas can also produce grouper, amberjack and pompano during late spring. Slow trolling with larger sized live baits seems to be the most productive technique for this style of inshore world class action. Surf anglers have had reports of catching roosterfish, pargo, sierra, yellowtail, jack crevalle and even at least one snook was reportedly landed off of the San Jose Estuary area, this action should begin to peak in the coming weeks.
Warming waters have brought in more exotic species, such as dorado and wahoo, still no significant numbers, but daily these fish are being found, trolling lures and drift fishing with baits both produced action. A few wahoo were taken on rapalas, others on sardinas and yo-yo’s, many lines were cut.. Wahoo were weighing 30 to 50 pounds. Most of the dorado now being encountered were quality sized, in the 15 to 30 pound class, a few larger bulls mixed in. Exciting to see these fish in local waters, it has been a while, should be here to stay through the fall, as days will only become progressively warmer.
Striped marlin were being found in big numbers, anywhere from 2 to 15 miles from shore, hot spot in recent days has been off of San Jose del Cabo, more often than not mid day has been best, these billfish are aggressively striking lures and readily taking dropped back baits, at other times they would act like they were not interested, apparently preferring to gorge on the available natural food supply. The majority of these stripers have been in the 80 to 120 pound range.
Yellowfin tuna has been a main target species, as fish ranging from 15 to 250 pounds have been found, schooling on the San Luis Bank and encountered associated with porpoise further offshore. There had not been any live sardinas available during last week’s high swell, but in recent days there has been a new source for anglers out of San Jose, as commercial pangeros are making the long round trip run to La Ribera and back to supply sardinas to local sport charters. This has been the bait of choice for drifting over the banks, besides the yellowfin tuna, there have been dorado, wahoo and an occasional billfish encounter.
Keith Maurer’s group from New Jersey was fishing on Monday with La Playita skipper Chame Pino when they first caught a 90 pound class tuna, which there were very pleased with and rightfully so. This proved to be just a warm up, the next fish they hooked into really tested their endurance, after a three hour marathon battle on stout sixty pound tackle they finally brought to gaff a monster cow sized yellowfin tuna of 250 pounds. This cow had hit on a live jack, which was being soaking underneath a large bait ball. Massive bait schools are now spread throughout the area and things are really shaping up to bust wide open. The fish are here now, a little finicky at times, no huge numbers, but quality is definitely there for the taking, would not be surprised to see the season’s first 300 pound super cow be brought in to the La Playita weigh stations in the near future. Most everyday now we have been seeing yellowfin to 80 or 100 pounds, other monsters have been hooked and lost. There are still more tuna of 15 to 30 pounds being hooked on the sardinas, while the best chance of hooking into a cow has been on larger live baits.
This nest week local residents are gearing up for the traditional national holiday of the “Dia de la Marina”. In La Playita they have always taken this fiesta seriously, celebrating with three days of activities, including all night dances, carnival rides, parades, horse races and of course plenty of cerveza (beer). There will be the annual dorado, wahoo, tuna tournament. Organizers have scheduled an off road race that will be circuited through La Playtita, then into the hills, before returning to finish in La Playita, should be exciting, to say the least, to witness Baja Trophy Trucks thundering through local roads.
The combined panga fleets launching from La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out approximately 80 charters for the week, with anglers reporting a fish count of:
3 sailfish, 39 striped marlin, 57 dorado, 86 yellowfin tuna, 24 amberjack, 7 dogtooth snapper, 58 various pargo species,12 wahoo, 55 roosterfish,88 jack crevalle, 11 cabrilla, 9 pompano, 8 hammerhead shark and 18 sierra.
Good fishing, Eric
GORDO BANKS PANGAS
Eric Brictson
Owner/Operator
800 4081199
Los Cabos 1421147
ericgordobanks@yahoo.com
www.gordobanks.com
FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
May 23-29, 2011
WEATHER: We had sunny skies almost all week with nighttime lows in the low 70′s and daytime highs in the mid to high 90′s. Quite a bit of wind at the end of the week kept things from becoming too hot around here!
WATER: The water temperatures remained steady throughout our area this week with very little change. On the Cortez side of the Cape we saw 79-81 degrees while on the Pacific it was 62-65 degrees. Swells were smaller than last week with 2-4 feet on the Cortez side and 5-8 feet on the Pacific. There was some wind chop on top of that most afternoons but it did not get bad until late in the week. On the Pacific side the water got pretty rough in the afternoon Friday and Saturday but it was while on the down hill run if you fished that side. On Saturday the wind switched and we had it move from the northwest to the southwest, then east and it ended up coming from the north.
BAIT: Once again there was no change in the bait situation this week. A few decent Caballito but mostly junk bait at $3 each. Don’t buy the junk bait unless you are desperate. Sardines up at Palmilla at $25 a scoop. Frozen Ballyhoo at $3 or $4 each depending on the supplier.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Striped Marlin, an occasional Blue Marlin, and occasional Sailfish and a few Swordfish were the billfish that appeared on the scene this week. Of course there were more Striped Marlin than any of the others, but the others were there. Most of the Marlin action took place at the 1150 and the San Jose Canyon. Best baits were rigged Ballyhoo trolled at 4 or 5 knots but Ballyhoo dropped back to fish raised on the lures worked well also. Best colors for lures seemed to be either very bright or very dark, in one case silver/white and the other green/black or a petrelero. A few Swordfish were seen and baited with one solid hook-up that I heard of. There were a few more Blue Marlin reported this week than last week but no large fish, most of them in the 200-250 pound class, almost every one of them came in on lures. The Sailfish were a bit farther to the north than the rest of the Billfish, up where the water was a bout a degree warmer, mostly in the area off of Punta Gorda.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There have been football size fish size fish scattered just offshore all along the Cortez coastline, most of them found about 2 to 5 miles from the beach. Most of them have not been associated with dolphin, instead they have been blind strikes, but the schools have been staying with boats that have chummed them with sardinas after getting a blind strike. Offshore there have been some nice size fish to 60 pounds under the black porpoise, and a few larger fish as well, almost all of them biting on lures pulled for marlin. Not every boat has been able to get into the Tuna action but a few fish here and a few fish there has kept interest up.
DORADO: A few of these tasty fish have been found every day, most of them coming on lures. The best area has also been the Cortez side of the Cape in the warmer water. Areas close to the beach have generally held smaller fish to 12 pounds while the larger fish to 30 pounds have been found farther offshore. Not to say you can’t get nice ones inshore, there have been some decent catches made by the boats fishing Sardinas for Tuna.
WAHOO: New moon phase has kept the numbers of these speedsters down, but there have been a few caught this week. The warm water along Punta Gorda has been the best area to concentrate on.
INSHORE: A repeat of last week, the inshore fishery this week has been scattered as there have been some decent Yellowtail on the Pacific side for those who are willing to take the e-ticket ride to the fishing grounds, or going to the beach around the El-Tule area for some Sierra and small Roosterfish if the winds were not too strong.
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May 30, 2011; 12:36PM - Full Throttle
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update May 30, 2011
REPORT #1257 'Below the Border'
Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
Memorial day and the week preceding it
delivered the kind of fishing that
locals have been hoping for since April
Fool's day. The conditions right now are
a fisherman's dream. It is also a
skipper's dream. And the fly fishing is
excellent as well.
Chris 'Smokedoggydogg' Moyers of Reel
Scoop wrote, 'This week was all about
quality over quantity amigos!' Mark
Rayor, Jen Wren Sportfishing, 'The Sea
of Cortez has just erupted and anglers
are finding they have their hands full.'
John Ireland, Rancho Leonero Hotel,
'These are the kind of weekly reports I
enjoy writing!' and Jeff De Brown, Reel
Baja, 'It’s On!!'
So what's up? Offshore: Yellowfin tuna…
big and plenty. Dorado and sargasso
seaweed are the winning recipe for the
best dorado bite of the year, or maybe
the past three. All the billfish seen
this last month have finally decided to
bite.
Inshore: Roosterfish, jacks, pompano,
ladyfish and sierra have been on the
rampage.
The past few days no matter where you
wanted to fish, whether it be the beach,
inshore or offshore, your odds of
catching fish has been remarkably good.
Current East Cape Weather
http://tiny.cc/EastCapeWeather303
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Large swells kept the surfers happy but
prevented many fishermen from going
outside. Inside the Esteros was the
standard fare of grouper, mangrove
snapper with a few corvina and pompano
biting on the surface…Bob Hoyt
Current Magdalena Bay Weather
http://tiny.cc/MagBayWeather150
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The water is a lot warmer this year than
in the past. We are having 82 degree
surface temperatures inshore and 86
degrees offshore. This is great for the
rooster action, but May has
traditionally been our best month for
big tuna and blue marlin. They prefer 78
to 80 degree water. However, since
sailfish like the warm water, it may be
a tradeoff.
The rooster and jack crevalle action is
still holding up well. Joe Pombrio of
Seattle fly fished a day with Cheva and
me on the panga Dos Hermanos. We had bad
luck from the beginning. Going north, up
to the Saladita and Ranch areas, the
surf was so high we watched the long
boarders get some great rides on the
12' waves. It was really unsafe a
couple of times for us, and we couldn’t
get in close to the beach to where the
roosters were.
As the swells died down we worked our
way back to Buena Vista with high hopes
for this excellent rooster spot. We were
no more than getting set up when a pod
of false killer whales came up the
coastline on the backside of the waves.
They were there for the roosters and
jacks too, but they don’t release their
catch!
Joe fished two more days, one with Cheva
and one with Adolfo. He ended up hooking
one rooster and breaking it off, but
getting lots of nice jack crevalle..…Ed
Kunze
Current Zihuatanejo Weather
http://tiny.cc/zihuatanejo582
Cabo San Lucas
Although the striped marlin dominated
the billfish scene, there were just
enough smaller blue marlin in the 200 to
250 pound range and an occasional
swordfish found finning on the surface,
to bait. Generally, only one solid
hookup but it was worth casting a bait
to.
Most of the action was on and around the
1150 or the San Jose Canyon. A little
farther up in the Sea of Cortez in the
area off of Punta Gordo where the water
temperature had climbed a degree or so,
a few sailfish were also caught. In the
'careful what you wish for department'
there have been a few nice-sized
yellowfin tuna up to 60 pounds under the
black porpoise, with a few larger fish
as well, almost all biting on lures
pulled for marlin.
Closer to shore along the Cortez
shoreline, football-sized yellowfin
action has been consistent about two to
five miles from the beach, mostly blind
strikes, but when found the schools
remain around the boat as long as the
chummed sardina holds out.
Dorado action also has been on the
Cortez side of the Cape in the warmer
water. Areas close to the beach produced
smaller fish to 12 pounds while the
larger fish to 30 pounds have been found
farther offshore. Not to say you can't
get nice ones inshore; there have been
some decent catches made by the boats
fishing with sardina for tuna.
Other inshore action included some
yellowtail on the Pacific side that
hardly seemed worth it on most days
because of the wind. Up into the other
direction there are still a few sierra
and some smaller variety roosterfish to
catch..…George and Mary Landrum
Current Cabo Weather
http://tiny.cc/cabo191
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May 24, 2011; 11:09PM - Sea of Cortez, East Cape-Fanticies do come true fish
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: Mark Rayor
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This morning we hooked a marlin at 7:30. While La
Rissa Travers battled her first marlin, my VHF
radios were going crazy. It was enough to make me
crazy. Dorado under serggaso grass, tuna on
spotted dolphin, marlin feeding, it sounded like the
whole Sea of Cortez had just erupted. The action
never stopped and at the end of the day most boats
returned to the dock flying outriggers full of flags.
Fpr photos and complete report check out my blog
Mark Rayor
www.thejenwren.com
www.vistaseasport.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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May 23, 2011; 12:00PM - 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
http://captgeo.wordpress.com/
Cabo Fish Report
May 16-22, 2011
WEATHER: I saw my low for the week at 66 degrees, and it was a windy morning, really glad I took a light jacket with me! Don't sneer, I've lived in the tropics for so long that is cold to me. Our daytime temps have gotten to the high 90's. We had afternoon winds this week from the northwest at 12 to 16 knots but they have died off about the time the sun comes up. At the tail end of the week (Friday) the clouds moved in and the wind went away. Of course it was partly to mostly cloudy on Friday and Saturday but the sun got out and about on Sunday, but so did the wind.
WATER: Water temperatures continue to climb as at the end of the week we were seeing 80-81 degrees on the Cortez side of the Cape. The Pacific side remained quite a bit cooler, if you went just north of the Golden Gate Bank (if you were a masochistic) the water was 20 degrees cooler. Surface conditions on the Pacific side were rough with swells at 6-9 feet and wind chop on top of that. The wind continued to blow all week from the northwest and the only fishermen who went on the Pacific side were die-hard Yellowtail fishermen working just off the beach 15 miles to the north. On the Cortez side the swells were to 5 feet but spaced well apart, there was a 2-3 foot wind swell on top of that, but depending on where you were the wind did not hit until later in the afternoon.
BAIT: There was no change in the bait situation this week. A few decent Caballito but mostly junk bait at $3 each. Don't buy the junk bait unless you are desperate. Sardines up at Palmilla at $25 a scoop. Frozen Ballyhoo at $3 or $4 each depending on the supplier.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Overall the bill fishing has improved and the fish are staying in the same spot, roughly. Anywhere around the 1150 area would produce fish this week but they were fairly tight to the bait. This made it necessary to watch other boats for signs of fish and to pay close attention to the electronics. Find the bait, find the fish, pretty basic and simple, but easy to forget. Most boats were able to release one or two Striped Marlin per trip, the better ones were releasing three of four, the best ones were releasing double digit numbers. What was the difference? Easy to answer, and the answer is bait. If you had no good bait and just used lures and junk bait for drop backs you might get a release or two if you were in the fish. If you had good bait (mackerel, Caballito) you might get a couple of them on a drop back and a couple on deep drops. If you were running rigged ballyhoo you chances for a great instead of good catch improved dramaticly. Don't get me wrong here, I have no interest in the bait boats nor do I sell ballyhoo. Also, not all the crews are willing (or know how) to rig them properly. Also, sometimes the ones you buy from the bait boats have been thawed and re-frozen several times, making them mushy and unsuitable for bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There was still scattered action on the smaller tuna close to the beach by pangas using Sardinas, but the quality fish were coming off of the area between the 1150 and the Cabrilla sea mount. Finding the right porpoise was the key, and not all the boats that found them were able to catch fish. The fish were shy and the best results were had by boats that had, and used kites to fly the bait well away from the boat. Fish to 80 pounds were caught this way. Also, there were some fish reported from the outer Gorda Banks on the same method.
DORADO: Same as last week. There were a few Dorado caught this week, almost all of them on the Cortez side of the cape. Small ones were found close to the beach, little guys of around 8 pounds. Offshore a bit farther were larger fish averaging 15 pounds. There were not a lot of them, but enough that you had a decent chance of getting one for dinner.
WAHOO: There were a few more Wahoo caught this week and a lot more strikes as we just eased past the full moon. No real numbers on these fish but they were nice as a surprise package when fishing.
INSHORE: The inshore fishery this week has been scattered as there have been some decent Yellowtail on the Pacific side for those who are willing to take the e-ticket ride to the fishing grounds, or going to the beach around the El-Tule area for some Sierra and small Roosterfish if the winds were not too strong. The bite on Yellowfin close to the beach that we experienced last week tapered off and was a hit-or-miss proposition.
FISH RECIPE: My recipe has been taking too much space so if you want to see it, check out my wordpress blog a little later in the week, or subscribe to the blog and you will receive an email as soon as I post it.
NOTES: Once again I was a bit late with the fish report, but hey, I got to go fishing so aren't you happy for me? I am out again tomorrow, leaving my lovely wife to deal with all the domestic stuff, like posting this report! Not written to any music this week except for the sound of the golf announcers on the television downstairs, if I had listened to some I think it would have been to Pink Floyd, from any album they ever did! Until next week, tight lines!
I will be posting more to my blog now, please go to http://captgeo.wordpress.com/ and subscribe, you will be sent a notice every time I post a new article. Please feel free to send suggestions or if you have any ideas for articles. Thanks George
Gordo Banks Pangas
San Jose del Cabo
May 20, 2011
Anglers –
The season’s first southern hemisphere swell arrived early in the week and waves
ranging up to ten feet high were keeping crowds of surfers happy. This swell had
been anticipated and surfers were arriving from across the globe. Ocean
conditions became stirred up closer to shore, high surf conditions made it too
dangerous for cast netters to net sardinas, the last few days there have not
been live sardinas available. There has been a mix of live moonfish, caballito
or mullet, as well as fresh dead ballyhoo or brined sardinas. Local water
temperatures ranged from 72 to 77 degrees, warmer areas being found in the
direction of the Gordo Banks to Los Frailes.
This recent full moon period saw the all around fishing action slow down,
several coinciding factors, including high swells, no live sardinas and
unpredictable winds swirling from all directions. This time period always seem
to produce rapidly changing weather patterns from day to day and anglers find
that the action can vary accordingly, both favorably and negatively..
Striped marlin action has been the most consistent bite for offshore charters.
The marlin are being found throughout the region, seem to be more concentrated
from Chileno to the Gordo Banks, weeks past most marlin were found 15 or more
miles from shore, recently they are being encountered with several miles of
shore. Action became more scattered in recent days and winds created choppy
conditions the later part of the week. The billfish were striking on trolled
lures, live baits and rigged ballyhoo, crews were crisscrossing areas where free
jumpers and feeders were spotted. Most of these stripers have ranged from 80 to
120 pounds.
Dorado counts are slowly increasing, mainly found in ones and twos, though there
were several reports of anglers finding larger sized schools, so that is
encouraging. Late spring to early summer as a rule is the time of year when we
see the largest sized dorado on the local fishing grounds. Often not in huge
numbers, but most all of the fish encountered are larger sized, then as the
summer progresses we see increasing numbers of schoolie sized dorado.
Yellowfin tunaare now schooling over various high spots, stirred up conditions
and lack of live sardinas in recent days halted this action, but should rebound
as the swells and winds reside again. Yellow fin ranging in size from ten to two
hundred pounds were reported this past week. Trolling larger baifish,
particularly bolito, accounted for majority of the biggest tuna. Most of the
yellowfin being landed by sport fishing charters were in the 10 to 50 pound
range. They were also found traveling with porpoise further offshore, it was
matter of being in the right place with the correct offering.
During this same time frame in 2010 we had great wahoo action develop along the
coastal stretches from Cabo San Luis towards Los Frailes, so far we have only
had a taste of these fish becoming active. We will keep our fingers crossed that
last year’s history repeats itself. With all of the baitfish now schooling
offshore on the various banks we do have high expectations for coming weeks.
Inshore there were reports of larger sized roosterfish up to 40 pounds caught
and released while trolling larger live baits (mullet, caballito or moonfish)
along the beaches north of La Playita. We have also noticed increased numbers of
mullet moving in. Some dogtooth action was also encountered north of Punta
Gorda, though this time the fish won and the anglers lost the battles due to cut
off lines on nearby reefs. A handful of amberjack were also found closer to
shore on larger live bait trolled on the surface, exciting way to fish for these
jacks, a couple of specimens recently topped fifty pounds.
There was not much bottom action found this last week, even though most charters
were targeting surface species, the anglers that did try the bottom action
reported limited success for various pargos, cabrilla and amberjack. We did see
a few nice grouper brought in by the La Playita commercial panga fleet, so maybe
we will see more opportunities as the weather stabilizes. This is also time we
start to see more pompano in the area, they sure are fun sport and great eating.
The combined panga fleets launching out of La Playita/Puerto Los Cabos sent out
approximately 57 charters for the week with anglers reporting a fish count of:21
striped marlin, 2 sailfish, 8 hammerhead shark, 45 yellowfin tuna, 29 dorado, 8
cabrilla, 39 various pargo species, 24 jack crevalle, 6 yellowtail, 16
amberjack, 48 roosterfish, 6 pompano, 18 sierra and 3 wahoo.
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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May 22, 2011; 06:41PM - Summertime fish
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: vseasport
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No footballs, no dinks. This spring has been all
about quality not quantity.
Last week tuna fishing just started to get in gear
when the winds came up and made it impossible
for boats to travel outside to the tuna grounds.
Yesterday the wind subsided and the tuna fishing
picked up right where it had left off. Most fish have
been between 30 and 100 pounds. Normally spring
brings smaller football sized tuna and the larger
fish start to show as summer approaches. Not this
year! It has been straight summertime sized fish.
Something odd, is that the tuna are traveling with
bottlenosed and not the white sided dolphin. As the
sea temp warms, Spotted and Spinner dolphin
should show and that is when it really goes ballistic.
Large schools of summertime sized dorado have
also shown up under patches of sargasso grass and
are cooperating with anglers. None of those little
spring time schoolies, these fish are bending rods
and anglers are getting their moneys worth.
Billfish are also in the game. Huge schools of
greenback mackerel have shown up near Punta
Pescadero and the striped marlin are on the attack.
For photos and a complete report check out my
blog.
Mark Rayor
www.thejenwren.com
www.vistaseasport.com
markrayor.blogspot.com
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May 18, 2011; 09:38PM - Worlds Best Fishing and Special Rates for 2011
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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http://www.noelgyger.ca
Weekly Fishing Reports (Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Meziadin North)
Noel Gyger
May 8 to May 15, 2011
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: Weather was good all week. Not too hot but the rivers are on the rise.
The Skeena River is a dark brown colour and too dirty to fish. Even though the water is dirty the Chinook (King) Salmon will be migrating up river to spawn in the native waters.
The Kalum River is in good shape both upper and lower. The river is high but very clean. This is a good time to try your luck for both Steelhead and Chinook on the same day. Reg: The upper section closes for Chinook on May 25.
The Zymoetz (Copper) River is a little high and borderline fishable. You still have a chance to catch a Steelhead on the lower end. Chinook may be in the river also. The upper section is closed for fishing January 1 to June 15. The Lakelse River is in good shape and fishing for Steelhead and Trout is fair.
The Kitimat River is still producing Steelhead and the Chinook are showing up. There are still plenty of Trout to keep anglers attentive and now we have the anticipation of more Chinook.
The Douglas Channel will start to produce the large Chinook that are prized by so many sport anglers. While in the pursuit of the 'King of Salmon', we are able to dine on Crab and Prawns. Many boaters are venturing out further for Halibut and bottom fish.
Prince Rupert has been fishing very well for bottom fish. The bottom fishing was excellent with light winds and sunshine most of the day. The ice is coming off some of the lakes around the Smithers area. Great fishing at the mouth of the Fulton River where it dumps into the Babine Lake.
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River Reports
Skeena River is a dark brown colour and too dirty to fish. Even though the water is dirty the Chinook (King) Salmon will still be migrating up river to spawn in their native waters. Tip: You may want to try and fish in the clean water of the tributary rivers where they join up with the Skeena. Example: Try fishing the mouths of the Exchamsiks and Kasiks Rivers.
Check out the Skeena Tyee Test Fishery Chart for Chinook here:
http://www.noelgyger.ca/H2O/Non-Tidal/TyeeTestFishery/Charts/SkeenaChinookDays.pdf
Kalum River is in good shape both upper and lower. The river is high but very clean. This is a good time to try your luck for both Steelhead and Chinook on the same day. There is plenty of water for the jet boats to get around. How to: Try using spoons the next time out. Some of the best spoons are made by Gibbs. Some of the best rods are GLoomis. Shimano makes excellent spin reels. Tuf-line makes excellent braided line. Duracast line is coated and slides effortlessly through the guides and won’t wrap on the tip. I have reports of Chinook being landed now. Steelhead and Chinook on the same day…WOW. Tip: If the Chinook are in a pool you should see them rolling. Try casting spoons. They love spoons and by using Tuf-line you have a better chance of landing them. Info: Check out an article I wrote about catching both Steelhead and Chinook on the same day. Cast to the link to read http://www.noelgyger.ca/articles/Articles-May-2nd-on-the-Kalum-by-Noel.doc
Lakelse River The water is on the rise but in good shape. Fishing for Steelhead throughout the whole river is fair. Most Steelhead are in their spawning mode now. Chinook will be coming in the lower end. Where: The bridge on the lower end is a popular spot to fish for Chinook. Camping: There is a rough forestry campsite close to the bridge. Tip: Fishing off of the bridge with a marabou jig is the most popular method, so is a Hot-shot or Kwikfish plug. Reg: Fly fishing only between Lakelse Lake and CNR Bridge, Mar 1-May 31. I have reports that fly fishing for Cutthroat, Dolly and Rainbows in the upper end is very good right now. Steelhead should not be targeted.
Gitnadoix River This beautiful Skeena tributary usually has a very good run of spring Steelhead. This river is located in a Provincial Park. It is a very rough, rocky river in the lower end and jet boating can be dangerous. Please be careful! Regs: Class 1 water all year. Steelhead Stamp mandatory April 1-May 31. Fish guiding on this river in this park is limited, for details, advice and suggestions please contact me noel@noelgyger.ca . Tip: Fly fishermen please wade safely by using a wading staff. Trophy XL makes a nice one in 7 sections. Easily folds up and stores in a pouch on the waist.
Zymoetz (Copper) River is a little high and borderline fishable. You still have a chance to catch a Steelhead on the lower end. Chinook may be in the river also. The upper section is closed for fishing January 1 to June 15. Reminder: No fishing above the sign at the transmission line crossing (below) Zymoetz Canyon Jan 1 – June 15. You can still fish below the sign all winter and spring. Fly fishing is the choice of many on this river. Wading with quality Simms waders and accessories is the way to go. A friend of mine is very happy with his new Islander fly reel. Trophy XL fly rod, Cortland Line and Maxima Tippet completes his set.
Zymagotitz (Zymacord) River The water is in poor shape due to melting snow. Fishing for Cutthroat Trout and Dolly Varden Char is poor. This river has some big Bull Trout and a fair run of spring Steelhead. Tip: The best way to practice catch and release and do the least amount of harm to the fish is to use a small hook. Size 1 or 2 Gamakatsu is a good choice. Big hooks harm fish. This is common knowledge so why is the use of small hooks NOT in the regulations? Gear suggestion: Kamloops Dragon fly rod, 10’ Kamloops fly reel, AFTMA #8line. Backing Dragon Fly “Bright Orange” 30lb, 150 yard spool. Fly line SA Sharkskin Steelhead WF-8-F.
Kitimat River will continue to produce some bright Steelhead, some not so bright and everything in between. More Chinook will be caught as we progress into the latter part of May and into June. It is an exciting time of year to be fishing the Kitimat River. You never know what is on the line when the rod goes off, when the float dunks or your fly line rips through your trigger finger. As always, you set the hook and react to whatever comes up splashing. It could be a Trout, Steelhead or Chinook. On the moment of truth when you know how big the fish is, it is a precious moment in an angler's life. The bigger the better. Regs: This river has a power boat ban. The drift boats love to “pull plugs”. The most popular plugs are the Hot-Shot and Kwikfish made by Luhr Jensen. Reminder: Bait ban, Sept 1-Dec 31. Regs: Hatchery Steelhead daily quota = 1; hatchery Steelhead monthly quota = 10. All wild Steelhead are catch and release.
Exstew River This river does not have a Steelhead run. It is closed for Chinook (King) Salmon above the highway 16 Bridge. Tip: Below the highway bridge can be a good spot to fish for Chinook when conditions are right. That is when the Exstew River is cleaner than the mainstem Skeena. This is the time of year when the Chinook start migrating up the Skeena River.
Kasiks River This river does not have a Steelhead run. It is closed for Chinook (King) Salmon above the highway 16 Bridge. Tip: Below the highway bridge can be a good spot to fish for Chinook when conditions are right. That is when the Kasiks River is cleaner than the mainstem Skeena. This is the time of year when the Chinook start migrating up the Skeena River.
Exchamsiks River This river does not have a Steelhead run. It is closed for Chinook (King) Salmon above the highway 16 Bridge. Tip: Below the highway bridge can be a good spot to fish for Chinook when conditions are right. That is when the Exchamsiks River is cleaner than the mainstem Skeena. This is the time of year when the Chinook start migrating up the Skeena River.
Fulton River I hear that the mouth of this river which flows into Babine Lake is now on fire! Lake Trout, Trophy Rainbow Trout and Bull Trout are being landed by anglers at the mouth, just below the mouth of the Fulton River.
Douglas Channel will start to produce the large Chinook that are prized by so many Sport Anglers. While in the pursuit of the 'King of Salmon', we are able to dine on Crab and Prawns. We are truly blessed to live and fish in an area that some are now referring to 'The Playground of the North West'. Tip: Use the Ace Line Hauler to pull your traps. Reg: When travelling with Crab you must leave the shell on. Note: Chinook (King) Salmon fishing won't start until mid May although there is always feeder Chinook wandering around the outer waters of the Douglas in search of baitfish.
Prince Rupert has been fishing very well for bottom fish. When trolling for Chinook try a SplitKing Lure. Jeff Carlson of BC Style Fishing Charters reports good success with this lure.
Lakes – Smithers The ice is off of Lake Kathlyn, Ross Lake and Tyee Lake. It should not be much longer for the big lakes to be ice free! We can't wait to hit Rainbow Alley! The Trout fishing was unbelievable last year. Report from Steve Hidber of Oscar’s Source for Adventure
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Fishing Guide and Tackle Shop Reports
Summary for Skeena and Tributaries
Fishing This Week
FAIR
Type of Fish Caught
River: Chinook, Steelhead, Cutthroat Trout and Dolly Varden Char.
Ocean: All five species of Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness and King Crab for ocean.
Largest Fish of the Week
River: 25-pound Chinook – Kitimat River Ocean: 50-pound Halibut - Rupert
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Guided Fishing Season…and more
MARCH Guiding starts on the Kalum River March 15 for 'wild' Steelhead on a private (take-out is on private property) five mile drift that has 27 pools, most of which are excellent for the fly and spin rods. Drift-boats or rafts are used on the upper five miles and guiding the lower five miles is with jet-boats. Jet boats are also used on the upper end if there is enough water. There is no hatchery Steelhead in the whole Skeena system. These wild fish have been holding there all winter. This river also has a winter and spring run of Steelhead.
APRIL Same as above but add the Kitimat River and Skeena River PLUS remote coastal streams such as the Kwinamass River. Also, Chinook salmon start coming into the Kalum River in early April making it possible to catch both Steelhead and Chinook on the same day. This is an exhilarating experience!
MAY The Chinook (King) salmon are throughout the Skeena River and Kalum River. Depending on the size of the run and river conditions, angling for these 'monsters' can be fantastic! Steelhead is still plentiful. Both Chinook and Steelhead can be caught on the same day with 'expert' guidance of Terrace or Kitimat BC river fishing guides and ocean charter guides.
JUNE The spring snow 'run-off' is at its maximum making it difficult to angle due to the possible poor water conditions, usually high and dirty. However, the Kitimat River, not being part of the Skeena drainage system, can be fishable for Chinook (King) with some excellent results. Even a few late “spring run” Steelhead may be taken. Usually, by the middle of June, we can fish the Kitimat River with a very good success rate. Kincolith River Chinook fishing can be fabulous; the fish come in with the tides. Other isolated coastal wilderness rivers can produce the same result. Our fishing guides know where to take you. OCEAN FISHING IS PRIME IN JUNE! Don’t forget the Dungeness Crab and Prawns!
JULY This is “prime time” for “giant” guided Chinook Salmon on the Skeena River, Kalum River and Kitimat River. Be ready for a “good scrap!” Chum salmon in the Kitimat River and Sockeye and Pinks on the Skeena River. Also, it is quite possible to hook a “screaming hot” Steelhead on the Skeena River while fly fishing for Sockeye or Pinks.
AUGUST Chinook (King) salmon fishing continues, but mainly catch and release. Fresh Coho (Silver), Sockeye and Pink salmon are throughout the Skeena River and fresh Coho and Chum are entering the Kitimat River. Gleaming silver 'summer-run' Steelhead are in the Skeena River. These fish are fresh and full of energy and it is common to hook Steelhead that weigh in the 20 - 30 pound range. This is “prime time” for fishing Chinook on the Ecstall River. This river is truly a remote “5 star” river. This is the ultimate guided fishing experience and it books up very quickly. Fresh summer-run Steelhead is starting to enter the Copper River, try and catch one of these on a skating dry fly. It is a life altering experience!! Silver fresh Coho are starting to enter their home river at the end of the month.
SEPTEMBER 'Summer-run', Steelhead fishing is very strong. The main runs of 'northern' Coho (Silver) salmon are now entering the rivers and can give you quite a 'tackle straining' experience. Nothing but fresh fish is the norm for this month. The Coho (Silver) salmon can weigh up to 25 pounds, but average 12 pounds. This month is also very special because guided fly fishing begins for both Steelhead and Coho. Trout and Dolly Varden are also plentiful at this time. Ask about “fabulous” Steelhead fishing in remote camps on the Nass River and Bell Irving River.
OCTOBER This is 'prime time' for the Steelhead in Copper River and 'blow-out' Coho (Silver) Salmon fishing on the Skeena River tributaries such as the Kasiks River and Exchamsiks River. Steelhead is also available in the Cranberry River, Meziadin River and Bell Irving River. The record Coho (27-pounds) was landed at this time on the Kasiks River “the most beautiful river in the world”. Outstanding guided Coho fishing can also be had on the Kitimat River and Ishkheenickh River.
NOVEMBER Guided fishing is available on the Kalum River until October 15. If the Zymoetz (Copper) River is clear it is 'prime time' for Steelhead on the (dry or wet) fly. Coho (Silver) salmon are still available for the first week in November on the Skeena tributaries but most fish are dark. These would be “incidental” catches as they cannot be the target fish. Coho fishing usually closes on October 31.
DECEMBER through MARCH is for Steelhead and Trout
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RIVER FISHING Lots of lodge or day bookings still available on classified or non-classified waters. Guiding fly or spin fishermen with raft, drift-boat or jet-boat. Contact Noel to book NOW! noel@noelgyger.ca
OCEAN FISHING Chinook Salmon, Bottom Fish and Crab in Prince Rupert or Kitimat Douglas Channel has started. To book warm, covered charter boat please contact Noel Gyger anytime. Phone: 250-635-2568 E-mail: noel@noelgyger.ca
NOW BOOKING for 2011: Let me know if I can be of service to book you with the 'best' fishing guide and/or fishing lodges for both river and ocean. There are NO extra charges to book through me, just a lot of free information and advice from a person with years and years of fishing and fish guiding experience. It is like hiring two guides for the price of one. I will promptly answer your questions and concerns. Contact Noel Gyger to book NOW noel@noelgyger.ca
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