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| Around 10% of the world's total fish species can be found just within the Great Barrier Reef. |
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| Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body. |
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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
| Though their names may suggest otherwise, cuttlefish, starfish, and jellyfish aren’t actually fish. Generally-speaking, fishes must have skulls, gills, and fins. Surprisingly, though, not all fishes have proper spines. |
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| In three decades, the world's oceans will contain more discarded plastic than fish when measured by weight, researchers say. |
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| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Just how man species of fish are there? |
| As of 2020, there were 34,000 known fish species around world. That’s more than the number of species in all other vertebrates: birds, reptiles, mammals, and amphibians combined. |
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| Taste Buds ? Catfish have a more refined sense of flavor than humans. Our 10,000 taste buds may seem like a lot, but catfish can have as many as 175,000. This helps them find the exact location of their next meal. |
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| My brother has 2 German Shepherds named Rolex and Timex. You guessed it they are Watch Dogs. |
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Oct 30, 2008; 03:54AM - Orlando Bass Fishing
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Category: Florida
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Author Name: Capt Tim Fey
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The first half of October has already seen some very good bass fishing action with some good catches. Most of our time has been spent on Butler Chain this month along with some scouting of other local lakes. For the most part bass have been tighter to cover on Butler Chain. We have caught a lot of bass working grass beds and docks with some bass coming from submerged structure in deeper waters.
One bait that has once again become hot for us has been the Steel Shad. This bait has once again become a bass catching machine. This bait we have been working more around waters with deep drop offs and we have been catching the bass that are cruising back and forth from deep holes to shallow waters chasing bait fish. The Steel Shad has been a perfect match when it comes to the bait fish in size and color, with the silver one really catching some good numbers.
There has been scattered schooling action out on several lakes on Butler Chain, with Lake Tibet and Lake Sheen being the top producers for us, with Steel Shads and 1 ounce spinner baits catching quality and numbers from these schools.
Spent a few day out on a private body of water with Franky V and Eric, the guys fished half a day in the morning and we broke for lunch and returned to fish until 7pm. Open water areas had seen schooling action pretty much all day long with steel shad catching some good numbers. Franky was slow rolling a spinner bait over a brush pile and managed a few good keepers off of it. Shoreline and dock areas had seen some slower action, but a few good bass fell to the old trick worm. Water temperatures and air temperatures have finally come down to very comfortable levels, and this has triggered some very good bass fishing action and finally some good top water action. Average catches have been running between 20 and 30 bass a day now, with artificial baits doing most of the catching.
In my spare time after trips, I have started pouring my own soft plastics, and they have been producing not only good numbers, but some size as well, so look for my new store front on the web site, should be launched by January 1st.
Capt Tim Fey
Bassfishingfl.com
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Oct 27, 2008; 10:51AM - 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
October 20-26, 2008
WEATHER: Once again we had great weather here in Cabo. Our morning lows were in the high 70’s and the daytime highs in the low 90’s, just a bit warmer than last week but very nice overall. We had mostly sunny skies this week with no rain and light winds.
WATER: Both the Pacific side and the Cortez side of the Cape had slight swells at 1-3 feet on the average for most days, with the winds light and variable at 5-10 knots. There were a few times during the later part of the week on the Cortez side when the winds picked u from the north strong enough to kick the swells up to 4-6 feet with a very short distance between them, making it very uncomfortable for the boats fishing live bait on the outer Gorda Banks and northward, but these winds were short lived and within three hours the seas had calmed down.
BAIT: Due to the Bisbee Black and Blue Tournament there was a light demand for the normal Caballito and Mackerel, but they were available at the usual $3 per bait. Sardinas were in great demand in order to catch the small Yellowfin Tuna and Bonita used for live bait on the big fish, and the price went up accordingly. We spent $100 per day for three scoops or Sardinas each day, and on the first two days almost ˝ of them were dead when delivered, sigh. Anyway, you could get bait here at the marina but it was pricey, a lot of the charter boats picked up 10 baits before leaving and caught anything else they needed while out on the charter.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Striped Marlin were there in abundance if you were fishing either on the Golden Gate Bank or just to the inside of there. We had groups this week that were doing double-digit fish every day, between 12 and 15 Striped Marlin releases per day, and a few that were in the two or three per day range. If you were in the right place at the right time with the right equipment the fishing was outstanding. Live bait was the key for the large numbers, and finding the bait balls was the most important thing of all. As far as the Blue Marlin and Black Marlin were concerned, the catch numbers from the Bisbee tournament speak for them selves. 141 boats, fishing three days makes for 423 fishing days. Catching two fish over 300 pounds means one decent fish per 212 days effort. This year you may as well have gone to Florida looking for big blue and Black Marlin, the results were dismal, unless of course you were the boat that was across the board in the jackpots and caught a 313 pound Marlin on the last day. In that case you were not complaining about taking home a check for over 2 million dollars. Sigh.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were more Yellowfin caught for bait for the Bisbee tournament than between all the charter boats combined. Having 60 boats all tossing out cut Sardinas and live chum in a very small area tended to concentrate the bait and the Tuna. Yellowfin to 15 pounds were caught in decent numbers every morning right in the middle of the bait along the drop-off. Farther offshore there were fish showing amongst the Dolphin, and they were ranging in size from 20 to 120 pounds. Smaller lures than most of the boats were pulling, I mean lures from 6 to 10 inches in length and in darker colors resulted in decent numbers, but live bait dropped in front of the moving schools resulted in the larger fish.
DORADO: There were plenty of Dorado out there this week and most of them were pretty close to home. The area between the Cape and Los Arcos on the Pacific side put out the largest numbers of fish, but the average size was down a bit from last week, with 10 pounds being the average size. There were still many fish in the 25-35 pound class, but there were very large numbers of smaller fish as well. That bodes well for the next month as these fish can gain as much as 5 pounds per month in weight.
WAHOO: The waning moon resulted in fewer Wahoo bites than last week, but there were still a few decent fish caught as incidentals during the tournament. I saw several fish in the 60-pound class being brought in from tournament boats. Most of these fish were caught while fishing offshore and were not in any concentrations.
INSHORE: There were some small Roosterfish to 15 pounds with the average around 8 pounds caught this week. Live Mackerel were the main bait used and most of the fish came from fairly close to home, between the Hacienda Hotel and the Chileno Bay. Most of the Pangas were concentrated on the Dorado bite instead of the traditional inshore species.
NOTES: The Black and Blue Tournament this week was a big disappointment with only two qualifying fish weighed. I heard a lot of comments that the lack of success combined with the tight economy might mean a definite drop in the number of participants next year. We’ll have to wait and see what happens with the economy.
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Oct 23, 2008; 08:09PM - North Winds…Already
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 10/22/2008
REPORT #1137 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Still unsettled, conditions have been frustrating. One day the dorado turn on, then the next day it’s the tuna. In both cases it is mostly small fish with an occasional larger one showing up, (dorado to 50 and rumors of tuna to 150). The most consistent bite has been the Humbolt squid.
Meanwhile the billfish action is scattered with some boats running as far as 40 miles to find them.
Along the shore, it’s jacks, roosterfish and some early sierra as the North winds begin to cool the water.
There was a report of a 650 pound black marlin caught 3 miles off the beach near Rancho Leonero.
Water temperature 76-82
Air temperature 74-92
Humidity 81%
Wind: NNW 8 to 11 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. MDT
Sunset 6:46 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The wahoo, dorado and tuna action was WFO! Quality sized fish and only a few miles above Cabo San Lazaro. But the marlin seemed to have been scattered by Norbert’s wind. Finally, a few were found late this week.
With light pressure, the Esteros produced a few mangrove snapper, grouper and cabrilla. There were also a few sierra on the surface along with a few smaller corvina.
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 78 - 85
Air temperature 73 -94
Humidity 95 %
Wind: WNW 10 to 14 knots
Conditions: Mostly Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:26 a.m. MDT
Sunset 6:59 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The full moon, and last week's hard rain, slowed the fishing down this week. The blue water had moved out to the 20 mile mark, and the inshore water was discolored by the heavy runoff out of the rivers.
This next week looks very promising. The rain season is all but over, and we are getting out of the moon phase. There was not much action this week, with the boats averaging less than a sailfish a day each. A few dorado showed in the counts, and this could develop into a decent bite as the current lines become more defined.
A few small roosters were reported, but finding a decent stretch of clean water made for a lot of fishing, and very little catching.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77-87
Humidity 83%
Wind: SSW 5 knots
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:40 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:24 p.m. CDT
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Oct 23, 2008; 07:23AM - Georgia Bull Redfish in October
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Category: Saltwater
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Author Name: Capt. Richie Lott
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Capt. Richie Lott
October 22, 2008
St. Simons Island - Saltwater Fishing Report
The Bull Redfish bite near shore off the GA coast has been simply incredible. After last years hero or zero season, we started the first week of October with an amazing 71 fish as of yesterday, landed and released.
The Reds have been ranging from 20 pounds to over 40 pounds, with 30-32 being the average.
These Spawning females come to the same places each year to spawn like clockwork and we are extremely fortunate to have this fishery. There are not very many places in the world that offer this type of fishing with reds in this size range and best if all, the bite is dependable.
If you have never caught a Bull Redfish, NOW is the time to fish for them on the GA coast. The bigger fish have been down in my neck of the woods. St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island, just off the beaches in very particular areas. These spots are traditional guide spots for Reds and are somwehat secluded/not fished areas where we're catching the fish over 35 pounds. The key to finding these fish is finding bait. No Secrets, that's the key. Period.
As far as finding new spots where there is likely to be Reds without hunting bait schools, the best thing you can do is seek breaking water on a sandbar with deep water nearby and fish the breakers and on the ledge where the breakers drop off into the channel next to them. If there are baitfish around, there should be Bull Reds.
It's a fun game and the fish make some great photos. Pretty much anything will work for bait, but it needs to be fresh. It's hard to beat a fresh menhaden, live or dead fished right on the bottom...! See photos and video of these fish @ www.charterfish.com.
Happy Fishing!
Target Species: Bull Redfish
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Oct 20, 2008; 11:01AM - 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
October 13-19, 2008
WEATHER: The week started with morning temperatures in the mid 70’s and ended with the temps in the high 70’s, a slight warming over the course of the week. Daytimes saw a slightly larger change with daytime temps up to the high 90’s, but with low humidity compared to last month. We had mostly sunny skies this week with no rain at all.
WATER: The water on both sides of the cape was a little bumpy at the start of the week but by this weekend things had gotten really nice. On the Pacific side we had a slight swell at 2-4 feet and a slight chop early in the mornings and late in the afternoons while on the Cortez side the water remained almost flat with swells at 1-3 feet and spaced far apart. Once you got north past the Punta Gorda, Los Frailles area the wind kicked in a bit and there was some chop on the water, but close to home it was like a lake. Water temperatures on the Cortez side were in the 86-87 degree range almost everywhere and on the Pacific side the water was a fairly even 85 degrees except for just below and to the west of the San Jaime Bank where it dropped to 82 degrees.
BAIT: Caballito and Mullet were available at the normal $3 each but on a few days they were a bit harder to get. Boats going up the Pacific side were stopping at the Golden Gate Bank to make bait as there were some small, scattered schools of Mackerel down deep.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There were still plenty of Striped Marlin at the Golden Gate Bank but as the days went along the bite dropped off. Early in the week boats were releasing five or six fish on a geed day but by the end of the week a two fish day was a good one. The fish were still there, you could see them on the depth sounder and on the surface, but they were not biting as well. Farther to the north at the Finger Bank, the same situation was occurring, but there the difference was in the baits available. At the Finger Bank the Marlin were feeding on Sardinas, and would often just ignore a Mackerel or Caballito because they were so focused on the small fish. On the big fish front, there were quite a few medium sized Blue and Black marlin released, with the majority of them being Blue Marlin in the 200-250 pound class. The Los Cabos Billfish Tournament, held over three days, had only one qualifying marlin caught, a #415 Black that ended up taking all the jackpots for the three days as well as the big fish prize, a nice total of over $500,000 u.s. Saturday was the first day of the two-day little Bisbee tournament, with only 20 something boats entered? With the #415 Black being caught on the Outer Gorda Bank on live bait, every boat in this tournament was there fishing the same way. There were two fish weighed in on Saturday, the largest was a #385 Black. The other fish did not quite make the grade, weighing in at a short #295, five pounds shy. The winning fish on Sunday was a #514 Black ,same area, same method.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This was almost a repeat of last weeks results with most of the fish caught being found to the south of the San Jaime Banks among Porpoise pods. The first boats on the fish did well with catches ranging from 6 to 10 fish with an average weight of 20 pounds, the larger fish going 30 pounds. If you were the third or fourth boat on the scene you might get one or two fish, if you were later than that you were out of luck. There was one very nice fish caught this week during the Los Cabos Tournament, a Yellowfin weighing in at 181 pounds, but I could not get the information on where or how it was caught.
DORADO: The number of Dorado being caught this week fluctuated day to day, but overall the numbers are down a little bit unless you went far up the Pacific side. The passing of Hurricane Norbert did was quite a bit of debris into the water, but the inshore current changed and at a movement of 2 knots, pushed the debris to the north and out to the west. Locally the best bite has been on the Pacific side from 2 to 4 miles off the beach. Finding feeding Frigate birds in that area was a sure indicator of Dorado and slow trolling live baits under the birds, or pulling lures in the area usually resulted in hooking up, with the fish averaging 12 pounds. I did hookup one nice Dorado this week, in the 50-pound class, but it got away after charging the boat like a Marlin. The largest Dorado caught during the Los Cabos Tournament was 57 pounds.
WAHOO: I heard good things this week about Wahoo up around the Punta Gorda and Inman Banks, with quite a few of the local Pangas getting one or two fish in the 40 pound class each day. They were getting good results on swimming plugs like Rapallas and Marauders, and there were a few large fish hooked up as well. The largest Wahoo brought in during the Los Cabos Tournament weighed in at 44 pounds.
INSHORE: Almost every Panga captain I talked to this week was working off the beach for Dorado and Striped Marlin. Only one went and fished the beach and he told me that the Roosterfish bite was off, releasing only three small fish outside of the Westin Hotel on the Cortez side.
NOTES: This is the Bisbee Black and Blue Tournament week so there will be a lot of pressure on the fish, and if this last weeks results are any indicator, you will probably be able to walk from boat to boat on the Outer Gorda Bank. My golf game is not improving, so after having been semi-retired for the past year and driving my wife nuts, I am ready to get back to full time work. If anyone out there has a full time Captain position that needs filled (preferably here in Cabo or San Jose) drop me an e-mail with a phone number and I’ll give you a call. Until next week, tight lines!
Just heard the biggest fish came in late at over 800#'s
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Oct 20, 2008; 10:54AM - Steelhead GUIDING Terrace BC Canada
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows Kirk Vensel of Calgary, Alberta with a Big Northern Coho (Silver) Salmon landed while being guided by Andrew Rushton of Kalum River Lodge. Photo by Andrew Rushton
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Noel Gyger – Guided Fishing Adventures and Weekly Fishing Report
4012 Best Street, Terrace BC 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 October 12 – October 19, 2008
(Number 93)
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: The weather has been about normal all week for this time of year. When it did rain most of it stayed in the mountain tops as snow. Just about all of the rivers are in good fishable shape for both Steelhead and Coho. We had a good bump of high water at the beginning of the week and this brought in some fresh Coho and Steelhead. The big Skeena River is a bit slow for “summer-run” Steelhead as most of the runs are now into their home tributary rivers. The fall and winter runs are still coming in. Coho fishing on the main stem remains pretty good at times. The Kalum is consistent for Steelhead fishing. Coho fishing is average so far for this year. The big northerns are coming in now. The Kalum River closed to guiding on October 15. The Kasiks and Exchamsiks and Exstew are fishing fair for Coho. The Zymoetz (Copper) River has been fishing well. The Kitimat River Coho fishing is peaking. Many of the fish in all of the rivers are in their spawning colours now. Coho closes to angling on October 31. Please check out the Ron Wakita detailed report below.
Randy Marshall had a good scrap on his hands with this wild Steelhead on the Kalum River on October 17, 2008. Cast here for a direct link to the Video Clip 0055 Randy Marshall - Tail Walking Steelhead New Oct 17/08. See below re Kalum River for a little more detail about our day.
LIST OF “New” ITEMS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK:
- one New item posted on 'Quality Waters Strategy' October 18/08
- one New video clip posted on 'Video Clips' October 17/08
- one New item posted on 'Special Guided Fishing Trips' October 16/08
- one New item posted on 'Conservation' October 13/08
NOW BOOKING FOR 2008 and 2009 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. Cast here http://noelgyger.ca/special-guided.htm to read more of what I have to offer.
Many people book three trips per year to our area; one trip in the spring (March-April-May), one trip in the summer (June-July-August) and one trip in the fall (September-October-November). They love having the same guide but fishing for different fish in different areas.
Be sure to check out my website at www.noelgyger.ca for news bulletins, mid week fishing updates, conservation, my history, quality waters strategy, special guided fishing trips, video clips, scenic river photos, wildlife photos and others, comments from past guests, informational articles, archived fishing reports from 1996 through 2002 and a sportfishing market place. I hope it meets with your entire satisfaction.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Steelhead, Coho and Trout for river. Coho, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab for ocean.
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FISHING THIS WEEK: GOOD***
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 20-pound Steelhead. Angler: Jake Bippart. Where: Skeena tributary.
WEATHER: Periods of rain except rain heavy at times near Stewart. Amount 25 mm near Stewart. Becoming windy. High 7. Region normal: Max. Temp. 9 degrees C. Min. Temp. 3 degrees C. Sunrise 8:11 AM Sunset 6:27 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: Skeena is in good shape. The Zymoetz (Copper) River is in good shape. The Kalum, Kitimat and smaller coastal streams are also in good shape.
CURRENT WATER HEIGHTS FOR:
SKEENA RIVER:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08EF001
KITIMAT RIVER:
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/waterweb/fullgraph.asp?stnid=08FF002
SKEENA RIVER: is normal height and in good shape. The water has been steadily dropping since Tuesday. Fishing for Steelhead remains only “fair” as most of the summer-run fish have already gone through. The fall Steelhead will be coming next with most of them heading for the Kalum River. Coho fishing can still be very good in the lower river. The big Northerns are coming in now. Coho fishing up river will be slower as most of the fish are already in their tributary rivers.
KALUM RIVER: The water is normal height and in good shape. Good numbers of Steelhead and Coho (Silver) Salmon are coming in now. The larger fish are coming in now. We locals call these fish “Northerns”. A Coho weighing over 20-pounds is not uncommon. Fishing for Coho closes October 31.
I fished with Randy Marshall of Randy’s River Guiding on October 17th. We landed five Steelhead and four Coho (Silver) Salmon. Randy landed four Steelhead and I landed only one. I didn’t land any Coho. I didn’t fish too hard but there is no way in this world that I could ever out-fish Randy no matter how hard I tried. He is not only a good friend and an extraordinary fishing guide he is one of the best fisherman I have ever known. Book his guiding services and judge for yourself.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
KASIKS RIVER: Lots of Coho are in now although it is difficult to judge the size of the run. Most of the fish are high up in the system now. Water heights have been good just about all week.
EXCHAMSIKS RIVER: Lots of Coho are in now but most are a long way up river. They like to gather in the big pools higher up and finding those pools takes a lot of work and a lot of running around in a jet boat. Sometimes, depending on how much rain we get, they move even higher up river to where jet boats cannot go.
EXSTEW RIVER: The water is normal height but a little clouded up at times. Sometimes this is a big advantage as the Coho do not spook when the water is this way.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: When the water is in shape lots of Steelhead are being caught with both the fly and spin rod.
KINCOLITH RIVER: Coho should be coming in on high tides and should be dispersed throughout the whole river. With each high water the fish move further up the river.
ISHKHEENICKH RIVER: This is a fantastic river for Coho this time of year. The water needs to be rising and falling to keep the fish moving up river.
MEZIADIN RIVER: Both Steelhead and Coho can be hooked on the same day plus numerous local trout and Dolly Varden char. To clarify: Fishing for Steelhead and Salmon are only allowed at the very low end of the river below the boundary sign (you are actually fishing the clean seam of the Meziadin River in the Nass River). Trout fishing is available throughout the whole river and lake. Please check the fishing regulations.
The fall colours in the Nass and trib region are absolutely beautiful this time of year. Cast to http://www.noelgyger.ca/for-sale-videos-dvd-photos.htm view some of the scenic photos.
In addition to scenic photos cast to http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm to watch a few video clips from the beautiful Nass River system.
CRANBERRY RIVER: Both Steelhead and Coho can be hooked on the same day. Access to this river is not very good.
ECSTALL RIVER: Coho should be coming in now with the higher tides.
AREA RIVER RECORDS: Chinook Salmon: Skeena River, 92.5-pounds; Kalum River, 85-pounds; Kitimat River, 74-pounds; Steelhead: Skeena River, 45-pounds; Coho Salmon: Skeena River, 27-pounds.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Northern Coastal Rivers:
Fishing Report from: Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters
KITIMAT RIVER: We have reached the last stages of our Coho season and the majority of the Kitimat Coho are now in their spawning colours. We have received reports of a few brighter Coho so it is still possible to catch some silver fish. The upper stretch of the Kitimat River from the 18 mile bridge to Sawmill seems to have the largest numbers of Coho 'stacked up'. The 18 mile rock, the Air Park and the upper Sawmill have been the better holes to fish this past week.
We have also received reports of a bunch of trout in the Powerlines hole. The Kitimat River has pretty good stocks of Dolly Varden Char and Hatchery enhanced stocks of Sea Run Cutthroat trout. Trout fishing on the Kitimat River will continue from now until spring only limited by river and weather conditions.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL: During every trip to the marina I notice more and more empty slips. The boats that are left are usually anglers who plan to fish through the winter.
We have received reports of winter Springs further down the Douglas but have not heard of any in the Kitimat Harbour yet. It is a great fishery when the fish are in but it is one of most difficult fisheries to predict timing. It just happens when it happens. The winter Chinook are following feed and when the feed arrives in the harbour so will the feeder Chinook. When the Chinook are in it can be a very exciting fishery. Stay tuned. Tight Lines. Ron Wakita
Fishing Report from: Steelhead Heaven
October 17, 2008 Skeena Steelhead Report
With our season winding down and the chance of snow predicted we are tying up the loose ends and putting the boats in storage for next season. We had an excellent October season on Upper Kalum which produced some chrome Steelhead and Coho, as well fish in the 20lb range. Attached are pics of our guests with some of the many Steelhead we landed on the fly.
Bookings for 2009 Salmon and Steelhead are coming in each day so we look forward to our repeat Steelheaders in the spring as well new guests for the 09 fishery. Tracey John Hittel, Kitimat BC Canada
Fishing Report from: Westcoast Fishing Adventures
Hey Noel just returned from up north! The fishing was better than I have ever had it. We landed a couple 20-pound “plus” Steelhead and averaged seven to eight Steelhead per day as well as Rainbow Trout and the odd Coho it was a real Westcoast Fishing Adventure. We fished on three separate water sheds in five days. I think I heard the one guest complain of a sore arm from catching too many fish. This is not a fish tale it really happened!
We are not just a one river show. I like to show my guests our beautiful country. Variety is the “spice of life” and catching 20-pound Steelhead is the “icing on the cake”!
Also fished the Skeena tribs for a few days and got the boys in some Northern Coho on the fly.
Tight Lines. Gill McKean
CATCH & RELEASE FORMULA:
- Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by 1000 (inches)
- Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)
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Oct 18, 2008; 11:35AM - The Curse of the Camera
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 10/15/2008
REPORT #1136 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Whew….according to this morning’s weather the coast is clear for the first time in several months.
Several folks arriving in the past few days provided the following road report:
“The road just north of Loreto is fine. There were crews cleaning much of the mud that was on the road. We left Loreto at 5:40AM Tuesday and made it to Los Barriles around 11:30AM. The road was passable all the way down. There was some water on the roadway in a couple of spots but no problems. According to the government the road from La Paz to Ciudad Constitución has 11 damaged areas, from Ciudad Insurgentes to Loreto.”
Before Norbert, Jim Sammons owner of La Jolla Kayaks, arrived with his kayak armada and a camera crew to record their exploits on the kayaks. Jim, reported Jeff Schweitzer hooked an estimated 250lb. blue marlin and fought it for over five hours before he released it.
And then the wind blew keeping them off the water for four days. They finally did get back out and managed to score with a few nice catches including a dog toothed snapper, amberjack and a 25 lb. roosterfish.
Hmmm…maybe anothercase of “The Curse of the Camera!”
Water temperature 76-87
Air temperature 72-91
Humidity 93%
Wind: NNW 11 to 15 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 7:17 a.m. MDT
Sunset 6:52 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
We had some roof damage on the cabins at Whales Tale that have already been repaired and we are good to go.
Offshore fishing has picked up where it left off with wahoo pouncing of the jigs up above Cabo Lazzaro toward the Thetis Bank. The commercial shark fishermen are reporting plenty of marlin sightings in the same area. Tuna in the thirty-five pound class are being found under numerous bird schools.
Our anglers ignored the Esteros this week opting to take advantage of the offshore action.
Be sure to read Pat McDonell's Blog on his recent trip to Magdalena Bay
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 73 -94
Humidity 95 %
Wind: WNW 11 to 15 knots
Conditions: Mostly Clear
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 7:26 a.m. MDT
Sunset 6:59 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
On Saturday of this last week we had 6 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. The wake of a storm generally helps the blue water fishing, but we are also up against a full moon this week. This last couple of weeks had been very good in the blue water.
Today's results were a bit of a mixed bag. Some boats got fish, and others did not. The pattern seems to be those boats that went looking for the blue water found game fish, and those boats that stayed with last week's pattern did not. The storm, and the huge influx of fresh water coming out of the rivers, pushed the blue water out to the 24 mile mark.
And there is a definite line of demarcation between the clear water and the deep cobalt blue water. Mike Buckley on the panga, Huntress ,was telling me today they got 3 sails and a nice 20 pound dorado. Their sails came at 17, 20 and 22 miles. The dorado hit right after they crossed into the blue water.
The inshore is now starting to clear up again, but I expect it to be another few days before the roosters turn on.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 77-87
Humidity 83%
Wind: SSW 5 knots
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:40 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:24 p.m. CDT
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Oct 13, 2008; 12:03PM - 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
October 6-12, 2008
WEATHER: This was an interesting week on the weather front as we had a scare from Hurricane Norbert and were keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Odile. Norbert ended up passing well to the north, bringing only several days of cloudy skies, gusty winds and a little bit of rain. Oh, and some big swells! Odile looks as if she is going to dissipate well to the south and west of us and should not effect us in any way. As expected, although several days early, the temperature dropped and the humidity dropped as well. This morning on the way to the golf course we had a reading of 74 degrees, at least 10 degrees less than anytime in the past four months! The skies were sunny and the weather perfect.
WATER: The end of the week saw the Port Captain close the port for Friday and Saturday due to the effects of Hurricane Norbert. Prior to that the Pacific side was seeing small swells at 3-5 feet with winds from the northwest at 5-10 knots, the Cortez side had swells at 1-3 feet with slight winds, variable in direction and speed. Hurricane Norbert pushed the swells to 10-12 feet for Friday, and winds gusted to 30 knots on Friday and Saturday. The Port Captain opened the port at 7:00 am Sunday. Water temperatures on the Cortez side of the Cape were in the 86 degree range on average, and on the Pacific side out to the San Jaime and the Golden Gate Banks it averaged 85 degrees with a 2 degree drop outside, to the west and to the north, of those banks.
BAIT: Caballito and Mullet were available at the normal $3 each but on a few days they were a bit harder to get. Boats going up the Pacific side were stopping at the Golden Gate Bank to make bait as there were some small, scattered schools of Mackerel down deep.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The beginning of the week saw a continuation of the hot Striped Marlin bite we had been having at the Golden Gate and the Finger Banks. As I write this we are waiting to see if the storm conditions caused the fish to move off as we have several boats out fishing today. Our fingers are crossed that the port being closed for several days, and the lack of rain in our immediate area will have given the fish a break and they will be ready to eat when our clients get to the grounds. There were a few more Blue Marlin caught early in the week before the weather moved in, but none of them were large ones according to what I heard, most of them were in the 200-250 pound class. Almost all the action on billfish this week occurred on the Pacific side with the exception of a few Blue Marlin up around the Punta Gorda area.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Early in the week reports were coming in about a few nice schools of Yellowfin Tuna to 50 pounds outside of the San Jaime Banks, and to the south of the Banks. There were a few fish caught by the first boats on the scene at the Golden Gate Bank as well. We will have to wait and see if these fish remain in the area after having the fishing shut down for several days.
DORADO: Once again there were still some decent Dorado to be found with the average size a bit smaller than expected at 12 pounds, but the number of fish was down as well. Most boats were happy to get three to five fish per trip; the exceptional catch may have been 10 fish if the anglers were lucky enough to get into a school of fish. There is a decent chance that the rains from Hurricane Norbert, as it passed across land to the north, may have washed out a lot of debris from the arroyos and we may have some decent concentrations of Dorado under this floating debris in the coming week. The California current should bring this debris into our area in three or four days.
WAHOO: My fingers are crossed that the full moon will bring on the Wahoo bite, but for right now it is wait and see. Hurricane Norbert may have had an effect on these sensitive fish.
INSHORE: Early in the week the inshore action was decent with small Roosterfish to 15 pounds and an occasional 40-50 pound fish being caught on the Cortez side of the Cape. Bottom fishing was poor so most of the Pangas were working several miles off of the beach for Dorado and Marlin.
NOTES: It looks like the beginning of a decent fall fishery here in Cabo, as long as the rough weather stays away! The water temperatures are perfect, the water is blue and the fish are out there. With the drop in our air temperatures and the humidity things are downright decent in town and on the water! Until next week, Tight Lines!
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Oct 12, 2008; 04:26PM - Here Comes Norbert…There Goes Norbert
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 10/08/2008
REPORT #1135 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Sunday AM report The center of the storm has moved into the Sea of Cortez and left Los Barriles with little to show for it; no rain, no wind to speak off, and a power outage that lasted several hours depending on what part of town you are in
The 14th storm of the season, Norbert, is weakening a little but is still considered a major hurricane. It is predicted to make landfall somewhere in the vicinity of Magdalena Bay midday on Saturday. The storm is expected to pass by out to the west of East Cape, but most of the boats at the hotels have been pulled. Apparently, Odile, another tropical storm is making its way up the Mexican coast as well.
Billfishing was an “iffy” proposition again this week with only a few sails and even fewer stripers. There were a couple of blues reported. Last weekend’s La Paz Gold Cup attracted 71 boats for the two day event with only two fish being caught; only one fish qualified at 214 pounds winning all the marbles.
The dorado and tuna action from the preceding week evaporated this week. A few lucky anglers landed a few here and there.
The best action for the week was inshore from La Ribera to Punta Colorada for rooster fish, pompano, bonito and lady fish.
The roosters were still small, but ladyfish and a few small jacks could also be found with the sardina and mullet. We found our best action near the rocks on both sides of Punta Colorada Hotel.
Water temperature 76-87
Air temperature 75-91
Humidity 73%
Wind: S 7 to 9 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 15 miles
Sunrise 7:14 a.m. MDT
Sunset 6:59 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Sunday AM Update: PUERTO SAN CARLOS, MEXICO -- Hurricane Norbert swept across Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula on Saturday, tearing off roofs and forcing hundreds of people to flee flooded homes. It hit land near Puerto Chale on Baja's southwest coast as a Category 2 hurricane, but weakened to Category 1 after emerging over the Gulf of California, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. Norbert was expected to reach mainland Mexico before dawn today.
Everyone is preparing for the storm, Norbert, which is expected to come ashore somewhere near here. Offshore fishing remained good preceding the storm with wahoo, yellowfin tuna and still a few small yellowtail. More yachts are arriving each day and they reported marlin from the ridge on down to the Entrada.
With little pressure on the Estero action, the catch has included corvine and small sierra in the open water. Near the mangroves there were leopard grouper and a few small snook along with some mangrove snapper.
Bob Hoyt
Water temperature 78 - 84
Air temperature 75 -95
Humidity 73 %
Wind: WNW 6 to 8 knots
Conditions: Mostly Clear
Visibility 14 miles
Sunrise 7:23 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:06 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
With the blue water only 8 miles off the beach, the fishing is continuing its trend from last week, and actually improving on it. Martin on the Nautilus told me 'mucha pesca' Which translates to good fishing.
The yellowfin tuna are still too far out for the sport fishing fleet, but the commercial pangeros are getting them around the 45 mile mark. Plus, a few blue marlin are showing again in the counts this week. Dorado are being taken, but not as many as we thought would develop after the rains from a couple of weeks ago.
Yesterday (Wednesday) Jason Baig, of Wichita KS, fished with Captain Margarito on the Gaby. They were back at the dock by noon with 8 sailfish raised and 4 released. Margarito fished the area between 10 to 12 miles out.
There is also excellent action on the roosterfish all up and down the coast
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 74-90
Humidity 93%
Wind: SSW 5 knots
Conditions: Cloudy
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 7:36 a.m. CDT
Sunset 7:29 p.m. CDT
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Oct 6, 2008; 03:39PM - 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
September 29-October 5, 2008
WEATHER: It seems to be cooling a little bit every day, maybe a degree less in the morning every other day. As of this morning our low was 80 degrees, down from 84 last week. This week was mostly sunny with lows of 80 degrees and daytime highs of right around 96-97 degrees.
WATER: Surface conditions on both sides of the Cape remained the same as last week. The water everywhere was almost glassy on a few days with the Pacific side having small swells at 1-3 feet with gentle winds from the northwest. On the Cortez side it was just flat with a bit of wind ripple. Water temperatures on the Cortez side up around Punta Gorda were in the 87-88-degree range while just off the arch and on the Pacific side of the cape the water was a little cooler at 85-86 degrees. Outside of the San Jaime Bank the water dropped to 83-84 degrees. It was blue water everywhere you went.
BAIT: Caballito and Mullet were available at the normal $3 each but on a few days they were a bit harder to get. Boats going up the Pacific side were stopping at the Golden Gate Bank to make bait as there were some small, scattered schools of Mackerel down deep.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: One of our clients this week ended up fighting a Blue Marlin for 4 ˝ hours before getting the tail-wrapped fish to the boat. It came in on a short rigger lure and the guys dropped a live bait back to it, thinking it was a Striped Marlin. The battle took place on a fairly light bait rod and since the fish died, they took it to the weigh station. It was a nice Blue of 376 pounds! There were a few others caught this week as well, but the big noise around the docks has been the influx of Striped Marlin. Last week it was looking real good but you had to go 50 miles for double digits, this week the Golden Gate Bank started to turn on and the run was much shorter. Boats working the Pacific side between the lighthouse and the inside of the Golden Gate were hooking two or three fish per trip while trolling and casting to tailing fish or fish raised on the lures. Boats working the Golden Gate were dropping bait deep and drifting across the high spot or running to birds dropping down on fish. The problem with running to the birds was the large numbers of whales and dolphin. The Gate was producing double digit catches with one boat getting a three-day total of 33 Striped Marlin as well as several sailfish. The Finger Bank really started popping this week as well, but the fish were not right at the finger, instead the concentration seemed to be five or six miles to the north, just around the flats at the wrist. Talk about double digit fishing, one of the fleet boats reported releasing 45 Striped Marlin in one day! I hope it keeps up for a while.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were some Tuna out there but they were scattered. Most of the action on larger fish switched directions with the area around the Cabrillo Seamount on the Cortez side producing fish in the 50-60 pound class for a few boats that checked the area out. The Pacific side outside of the San Jaime Bank still produced fish in the 15-40 pound class under pods of dolphin. In both areas live bait produced the larger fish with small dark colored lures working on the smaller fish. When the fish became shy and the bite slowed, switching out to small pink hootchies tied directly to the line, let out 150-200 feet and jigged with sharp pulses while slow trolling worked.
DORADO: There are still decent numbers of Dorado out there but it was not the fish of the week this week, instead the title went to Striped Marlin. The bite slowed on Dorado and the size seems to have dropped a bit as well with the average fish coming in at 12 pounds. There are still fish of 30 and 40 pounds being caught, but not in the numbers of the last few weeks. Another possible reason for the lower catches might be the Marlin action, with most boats concentrating on these fish. There was decent action on the Cortez side for Dorado as well with good reports coming from boats working the Punta Gorda area, fish averaging 15 pounds with four or five fish per trip.
WAHOO: I heard of one or two incidental fish being caught this week, but with the full moon coming on the 14th the bite right around then should be better.
INSHORE: Roosterfish action was still to be had if you were in the right place, at the right time, with the right bait. This week that meant the beach off of La Laguna on the Cortez side, right at the start of the drop off of high tide, and using live mullet. A few boats reported fish to 60 pounds with a lot of medium 20-35 pound fish as well. The best report I heard from one boat was 11 releases in a trip. Other inshore action was sparse as most of the Pangas worked off the beach for Dorado and Striped Marlin.
NOTES: I found a new best place to go for shrimp tacos, only 15 pesos each, but if I tell everybody it will get ruined, but if you ask me politely I’ll tell you. I am going on a two night trip up the Cortez at the start of the week, snorkeling and diving, but I will be listening on the radio to boats fishing in the area and will let you know what I hear next week. Until then, tight lines!
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