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| Not all animals with the word fish in their names count as fish. |
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From Jan 01, 1999 To Sep 22, 2025
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Aug 18, 2008; 11:13AM - 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
August 11-17, 2008
WEATHER We continue our warm weather pattern this week and it will probably be this way for the next 6-7 weeks as well. By warm weather pattern I mean our daytime highs in the mid to high 90’s and our nighttime lows in the mid 80’s with the humidity in the 70% range. It does feel cooler when we get a breeze and that has happened after 10 AM this week, the wind picks up just a bit from the southwest and seems to cool things down a bit. We had partly cloudy skies this week with mostly sunny by the end of the week.
WATER: The surface conditions remained almost the same as last week since there were no storms that came near us. Almost flat seas on the Cortez side of the Cape with water temps in the 80-84 degree range. On the Pacific there were some small swells at 3-5 feet but with no chop on them and surface temps at 81-85 degrees. There were no temperature breaks this week, everything flowed smoothly with only slow, even changes. The water was blue everywhere you went!
BAIT: Caballito were the bait of the week with a few Mullet in the mix. The price on these larger baits was $3 per bait. For inshore fishing Sardinas were available at $25 a scoop from the bait boats around the Palmilla area.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: The full moon this week slowed the Marlin bite on the bigger fish like the Blues and the Blacks, but there was still fair action on the Striped Marlin. For boats fishing outside the 1,000-fathom curve a few Blue Marlin were found, most of them at the southern edge around the knuckle and the doughnut. Striped Marlin were found closer to shore on the Cortez side off of Punta Colorado to Gray Rock from 1 to 5 miles out as well as off the rocky points on the Pacific side of the Cape. Lures were the name of the game as few of the larger fish fell for slow trolled Bonita or Skipjack, and the Striped Marlin did not seem to have much desire for Caballito. Lures trolled just a bit on the speedy side of normal worked better, Striped Marlin bit at 8-9 knots while the Blues bit at 10 to 12 knots. I did not hear of any Black Marlin this week but that does not mean none were caught.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Boats we had booked this week brought in Yellowfin Tuna to 130 pounds and I heard of larger fish caught as well. Multiple hookups were not uncommon for boats that were on the fish first thing in the morning and the larger fish, in almost every instance were caught on live bait. The first fish were caught on lures but once the first hookup occurred, a live bait pitched back into the pattern and free-spooled for about 30 seconds got hit fairly quickly. For boats coming up on a school that had already been worked by a couple of other boats, finding the direction the fish were traveling and dropping down a live bait to 100 feet and waiting for the fish worked fairly well. Based on reports for both Captains and anglers this technique worked about 50% of the time. The fish were pretty evenly scattered between due south at the 1,000-fathom line to west of the Golden Gate Banks. The key was to find the right pod of Porpoise. There were decent fish caught and the average was around 30 pounds.
DORADO The Dorado catch still has not really gotten into high gear, and it may end up being on of our off years based on past history. Normally this time of year we have boats coming in flying full outriggers of yellow flags, but for some reason it seem slower this year than last. My fingers are crossed that it is just a late season for these great fish and they will show in numbers sometime in the next two weeks.
WAHOO: We just had the full moon and that normally means a good Wahoo bite. Well, it has not happened offshore yet but the boats working the rocky points up on the Sea of Cortez have been getting some daily shots at fish to 40 pounds and there has been a few incidental fish offshore to 60 pounds, but with no concentration in numbers or in one particular area.
INSHORE: While there have been Grouper and Snapper available to the inshore Panga fishermen, with the calm seas most of the Pangas have been heading offshore for Tuna and Dorado.
NOTES: My golf game has not gotten any better but the kitchen is just about finished. I need to get out on the water more since that looks like the only way to stay cool without having the A.C. running 24/7 at the house. With the fishing on the up-swing and some decent Tuna out there as well as the chance at a nice size Blue Marlin, about a week straight should get my mind in the right frame of reference. I can’t eat golf balls! Until next week, listen to a little Roy Orbison and relax!
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Aug 15, 2008; 06:43PM - Weather is Hot, Hot, Hot!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 08/13/2008
REPORT #1127 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Some things are predicable about August at East Cape: blazing Baja sun and flat, calm seas which provide perfect conditions for spotting fish on the surface. You might see a tail jutting toward the sky…a tell-tale “V”…as a big fish swims just below the surface or you might see the froth and scales left by a frightened school of baitfish being chased by predators.
This week offered these perfect conditions for finding fish. Unfortunately, the action was scarce. A few billfish were sighted here and there but there was little, if any, concentration. Easy to spot but tough to find, the porpoise were not much help either. The tuna that were caught were barely bite sized.
This seems to be a case of “you should be careful what you wish for!” All spring and summer the BIG dorado have been caught one or two at a time, and many anglers whined about there not being any school fish. Well, the dorado caught lately qualify as ‘schoolies’, but some of them would barely qualify as bite sized for the few smaller blues being caught.
Even the larger roosters seemed to take the week off; inshore most of the roosters caught were under ten pounds with an occasional ‘Bubba class’ sighted but seldom hooked.
However, the margaritas were frothy, the cerveza icy enough to take the edge off of the hot…hot...hot weather.
Tip: When the dorado charge the boat shorten your cast and aim directly at the feeding fish, strip a couple of times and if you don’t get a take, pick up the fly and recast back to the same area.
Water temperature 76-86
Air temperature 76-95
Humidity 83%
Wind: SSE 10 to 13 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:54 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:53 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
While it’s too early to declare that the offshore fall season has begun, the action has been great for dorado, tuna, yellowtail and wahoo. The commercial fishermen continue to report marlin sightings, but few have taken the time to focus on them.
Enrique Soto, Puerto San Carlos, reported that yellowtail action at the Entrada has been productive chasing the bird schools. In the esteros, there were a few small snook caught near Devil’s Curve.
Up above Lopez Mateos, the grouper and pargo provided the best action near Boca Santo Domingo.
Water temperature 60 - 76
Air temperature 74 -97
Humidity 93 %
Wind: WNW 9 to 12 knots
Conditions: Mostly Clear
Visibility 6 miles
Sunrise 7:00 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:02 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The 82ş blue water is just a couple of miles off the beach. Fishing has been very good for sailfish, but poor for marlin, tuna, and dorado. Most boats are averaging 2 to 3 sailfish a day each. Early in the week, Martin, on the Nautilus released 4 sails.
The roosterfish action is holding up well, as there have been no hard rains this week, and none in the forecast. Heavy rain creates a lot of runoff out of the silt laden rivers, discoloring the inshore waters. Jack crevalle action has also been good.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 76-90
Humidity 89%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:29 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:13 p.m. CDT
Cabo San Lucas
BILLFISH: There was very little change in the billfish action this week with the action being pretty evenly spread between the Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin and Sailfish. The Striped Marlin are a bit of a surprise since the water is this warm, but they are nice to see. Most of the Blue Marlin have been smaller fish in the 120 to 200 pound class, but they will still kick the butt of any Striped Marlin. A few nicer fish in the 300 pound class were caught this week as well. The bite on all the billfish was pretty evenly mixed between lures and live bait. There were plenty of small Bonita just off the beach to fill the tuna tubes with if you were targeting the Blue Marlin and the Caballito worked on the Striped Marlin. Most of the Sailfish were taken with small lures, but the occasional fish fell for strip bait dropped back or smaller live bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We finally had some Tuna show up but they have been quite a distance away. The calm water allowed boats to go out roaming and searching and a few of them did manage to find some decent fish between 32 and 40 miles off the Cape. The area outside the San Jaime had fish ranging in the 150-200 pound class early in the week for boats that had the time to find the Porpoise, but the fish were moving fast. Smaller fish were found a bit closer to home but still at least 30 miles out, and they ranged in size from 35 to 80 pounds. It seemed that the fish were slowly working their way south as the bite continued over several days. By the end of the week the fish had worked themselves out of our range. The larger fish in every instance were taken on live bait, and deep dropped bait caught the larger of those.
DORADO: I have been surprised that the Dorado catch has been as slow as it has been. I guess that we need at least a month of the warm water to really bring them into our area, and it would help if we had floating debris for them to hide under. The fish that have been caught have averaged 12 pounds with an occasional fish to 35 pounds. Most boats have been lucky to get one or two fish; a few have caught three or more. Most of the action on Dorado has been on the Pacific side of the cape.
INSHORE: There was almost no change in the inshore action this week compared to last week. With the calm water this week most of the Pangas were working just off the beach for Sailfish and Striped Marlin as well as Dorado. Those boats working the beach did fair on Roosterfish on the Cortez side.
George & Mary Landrum
Water temperature 67 - 75
Air temperature 78 - 98
Humidity 84%
Wind: WNW at 8mph
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:56 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:53 p.m. MST
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Aug 11, 2008; 01:29PM - 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
August 4-10, 2008
WEATHER Can you say hot? That is what we have been saying all this week as we are having our nights down in the low 80’s but our daytimes reaching 100 degrees. And of course the humidity is up there as well. This means that sweat is the word of the day. This happens every year and will continue for the next several months, but in reality it is good for you. It opens up your pores and cleanses your skin. If you live with it long enough you have to believe it! We did have a couple of days with some clouds and a sprinkle or two, but overall, it was hot and humid.
WATER: The water was almost like glass this week and the boats could go anywhere they had the fuel to get to. The calm surface meant cruising for long distances was possible and quite a few boats went out searching for something different. On the Pacific side the water temperatures were in the mid to high 80’s inside the 1,000 fathom line while outside the line they dropped to the low 80’s. On the Cortez side the water was in the mid 80’s almost everywhere you went.
BAIT: Caballito were the bait of the week with a few Mullet in the mix. The price on these larger baits was $3 per bait. For inshore fishing Sardinas were available at $25 a scoop from the bait boats around the Palmilla area.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: There was very little change in the billfish action this week with the action being pretty evenly spread between the Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin and Sailfish. The Striped Marlin are a bit of a surprise since the water is this warm, but they are nice to see. Most of the Blue Marlin have been smaller fish in the 120 to 200 pound class, but they will still kick the butt of any Striped Marlin. A few nicer fish in the 300 pound class were caught this week as well. The bite on all the billfish was pretty evenly mixed between lures and live bait. There were plenty of small Bonita just off the beach to fill the tuna tubes with if you were targeting the Blue Marlin and the Caballito worked on the Striped Marlin. Most of the Sailfish were taken with small lures, but the occasional fish fell for strip bait dropped back or smaller live bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: We finally had some Tuna show up but they have been quite a distance away. The calm water allowed boats to go out roaming and searching and a few of them did manage to find some decent fish between 32 and 40 miles off the Cape. The area outside the San Jaime had fish ranging in the 150-200 pound class early in the week for boats that had the time to find the Porpoise, but the fish were moving fast. Smaller fish were found a bit closer to home but still at least 30 miles out, and they ranged in size from 35 to 80 pounds. It seemed that the fish were slowly working their way south as the bite continued over several days. By the end of the week the fish had worked themselves out of our range. The larger fish in every instance were taken on live bait, and deep dropped bait caught the larger of those.
DORADO I have been surprised that the Dorado catch has been as slow as it has been. I guess that we need at least a month of the warm water to really bring them into our area, and it would help if we had floating debris for them to hide under. The fish that have been caught have averaged 12 pounds with an occasional fish to 35 pounds. Most boats have been lucky to get one or two fish; a few have caught three or more. Most of the action on Dorado has been on the Pacific side of the cape.
WAHOO: I did hear of a few nice Wahoo being caught, but they were incidental catches, not a targeted catch. The points and ledges have been the best producers historically and that seems to be where the fish that have been caught have been found.
INSHORE: There was almost no change in the inshore action this week compared to last week. With the calm water this week most of the Pangas were working just off the beach for Sailfish and Striped Marlin as well as Dorado. Those boats working the beach did fair on Roosterfish on the Cortez side.
NOTES: I think I am going to quit golfing, just when I think I have it figured out it falls apart. Since shooting the 92 last week I have not broken 100! I should just get out on the ocean more often. Our kitchen is finally finished and it looks great. We are taking off this afternoon for a jeep trip up into the mountains, the rain this last week should have made it very nice up there! The fishing continues to pick up and my fingers are crossed that it will continue to do so. Until next week, listen to some Jerry Jeff Walker and keep your lines tight!
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Aug 8, 2008; 09:43AM - Blues Hide…Roosters Frolic
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 08/06/2008
REPORT #1126 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Fifty-six boats and 255 anglers competed in the Bisbee’s 9th Annual East Cape Offshore Tournament last week. All that effort for the three days resulted in 114 billfish…one black, 20 striped, 67 blue marlin and 18 sailfish. There were two qualifying blues in the Billfish Category, one weighing 306 pounds and one weighing 360 pounds. No qualifying tuna were caught, and in the Dorado Category three dorado over forty-five pounds were weighed in.
While the big boys searched for the big blues, the big roosters were putting on a show inshore! Closer to the beach, the smaller roosters whipped the water to a froth, reminding one of a poorly poured Pacifico. Over the rocks the pargo snapped and the ladyfish took flight to throw the hook.
Small football tuna were scattered. Just the right size for light tackle or a fly rod.
Tip: When sight casting for roosters and a fish follows don’t accelerate the fly. Try to let the fish have look by maintaining or slightly slowing the retrieve.
Water temperature 76-86
Air temperature 79-91
Humidity 82%
Wind: SE 6 to 8 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 9 miles
Sunrise 6:51 a.m. MDT
Sunset 7:59 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Wind caused unsettled weather making things ‘grumpy’ on the outside but the few anglers that made the trip were not disappointed. There were plenty of tuna and dorado and for the fortunate, a few wahoo and marlin.
The firecracker yellows are at the Entrada and also are found within six miles of the Boca de Soledad.
There’s still a fair pargo bite up above Lopez Mateos, mixed in with a few groupers to twenty pounds. There are some smaller sierra at the Bocas.
Water temperature 60 - 76
Air temperature 77 -90
Humidity 85 %
Wind: WNW 13 to 17 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:57 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:08 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
With the 80ş blue water just a mile off the beach, the fleet is not going much more than 6 or 8 miles for a 2 to 3 sailfish per day average, per boat. The occasional floating log is still producing large dorado, but to find the log is mostly a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
Martin, on the Nautilius, did very well early in the week with 6 large roosters (35 to 45 pounds), 8 jack crevalle, and 4 very large sierra (about 4 feet long each). He took them off trolled live bait and casting surface poppers up at Buena Vista Beach.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 75-88
Humidity 65%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility 11 miles
Sunrise 7:27 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:18 p.m. CDT
Cabo San Lucas
BILLFISH: Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin and Sailfish have all been giving our anglers a good time this week, and the boats did not have to go very far to get into some action. The bite as been within a 100 degree arc from the arch, from off of Gray Rock to the lighthouse on the Pacific side at a distance of between 3 and 15 miles. Most of the Blue Marlin have been picked up farther out while the Striped Marlin have been closer to shore. The Sailfish have been closer in on average as well. There have been a lot more fish seen than have been hooked up however, as most of the Striped Marlin showed a definite “not interested attitude. While slow trolling live bait was a great way to get hooked up to the Sailfish and Striped Marlin, most of the Blues seemed to be more interested in lures, perhaps the higher speed got them excited. For the Striped Marlin and Sailfish, Caballito worked fairly well, but it seemed that better results were had by slow trolling small 15” Bonita. There were plenty of these baits to be had close to the beach and you could fill your tubes pretty quickly using small feathers and hootchies.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This was another week where I did not hear of or see any boats bring in any decent sized Tuna. A few small football fish were caught and I did hear of a couple of fish in the 30-40 pound class but there was no consistent action on Tuna this week.
DORADO The warm water has started to set off the Dorado bite and almost every boat was able to get at least one of these great fish, and a few boats were able to get four of five. Most of the fish averaged 15 pounds with a few in the 10-pound range and a few in the 30-pound range. Slow trolled live bait worked well on the larger fish and the smaller ones fell for fast moving lures. Most of the action took place within 5 miles of the beach on the Pacific side of the Cape.
INSHORE: There was almost no change in the inshore action this week compared to last week. With the calm water this week most of the Pangas were working just off the beach for Sailfish and Striped Marlin as well as Dorado. Those boats working the beach did fair on Roosterfish on the Cortez side.
George & Mary Landrum
Water temperature 67 - 75
Air temperature 76 - 99
Humidity 66%
Wind: WNW at 8mph
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 11 miles
Sunrise 6:53 a.m. MST
Sunset 7:58 p.m. MST
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Aug 5, 2008; 11:40AM - Guiding Sport Fishing Skeena River 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 Nelson Furtado with an estimated 55-pound plus Chinook (King) Salmon landed on the Skeena River last week. The young fellow Josh Buck netted the fish for him. Photo by Greg Buck.
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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 July 27 – August 3, 2008
(Number 82)
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: The weather was good all week. All rivers are in very good shape. Skeena River has been dropping and is in perfect shape…very, very clean. Not only are the guides catching some very BIG Chinook (King) Salmon they are starting to catch more and more summer-run Steelhead, especially in the lower section. The Sockeye fishing is excellent and the Pinks are starting to show up. The Kitimat River Chinook fishing is over as of July 31. Now is the time for Chum and Pink…and the Coho are coming in. Be sure to check out the Ron Wakita detailed report and photos below. Also, check my report of a days fishing on the Skeena River with photo and video mayhem! I managed to shoot three video clips but only had time to edit and post one.
GOOD NEWS – DFO raised its estimate for the size of the Skeena River Sockeye run from 1.2 million to 2.8 million.
GOOD NEWS – Skeena River Coho are expected to be larger then first predicted and the following changes to regulations should be noted:
Effective July 23 to August 31 the following waters are open for coho angling with daily limits of 4 coho of which 2 may be over 50cm.
- Skeena Mainstem downstream of the CNR Bridge at Terrace
For all the details cast to:
http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/xnet/content/fns/index.cfm?pg=view_notice&lang=en&DOC_ID=110914&ID=recreational
BAD NEWS – the commercial fishing fleet will start up at the mouth of the Skeena River (area 4) and will intercept Steelhead as they seine and gill net for Sockeye. The selective gill net fishery is restricted to ˝ length of normal and can set for only 20 minutes. As of July 29 commercial fishing is half way over – 2 more weeks to go.
LIST OF “New” ITEMS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK:
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- July 24/08 one item posted on “Conservation” http://www.noelgyger.ca/conservation.htm
- July 30/08 one item posted on “News Bulletin” http://www.noelgyger.ca/news-bulletin.htm
- August 2/08 one video clip posted on “Video Clips” http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm
NOW BOOKING FOR 2008 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.
Don’t be disappointed - BOOK your preferred dates for fall Steelhead and Coho now.
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.
FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:
Ron Wakita
Randy Marshall
Gill McKean
Craig Murray
Todd Haynes
Tracey Hittel
Andrew Rushton
PLUS – Guest photos, reports and testimonials.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Chinook, Sockeye, Chum, Pink, Steelhead and Trout for river. Chinook, Coho, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab for ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK: EXCELLENT***
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 55-pound Chinook Where: Skeena River Angler: Nelson Furtado
WEATHER: A mix of sun and cloud. High 24. UV index 6 or high. Region normal: Max. Temp. 23 degrees C. Min. Temp. 11 degrees C. Sunrise 5:50 AM Sunset 9:31 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, lower Kalum, Kitimat and smaller coastal streams are 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: The water heights have been up and down but stayed in fishable condition. Fishing for Chinook and Sockeye are excellent. I also have numerous reports of summer-run Steelhead being caught.
I went fishing on the Skeena with my friends, Robby, Jason and Kevin. We stayed out for only three hours and we all landed a Chinook. Fishing was absolutely fabulous. I managed to take some photos and shoot three video clips. Cast here http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm
to view one of the clips (Chinook Video Clip #0008). I had time to edit only one video.
KALUM RIVER: The water in the low end is fishable and I have had reports of Chinook being caught. Angling pressure on this river is low as most of the boats are fishing on the mainstream Skeena River. The water is very clean.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
KASIKS RIVER: It is now possible to fish for Chinook at the mouth, in the clean seam, where it joins the Skeena. Sometimes the Chinook come out of the Skeena and into the clean water in search for scent of their home river.
EXCHAMSIKS RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
EXSTEW RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
Note: the above three rivers are closed to angling for Chinook except at the very low end. Please check 2007 – 2009 BC Freshwater Salmon Supplement (fancy name for regulations) at: www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish for details.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: The water is clean and fishing at the mouth is excellent. Fishing for Chinook closed upstream of Highway 16 bridge on July 23rd.
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:
Multi Level Care Fishing Trip These are the names of the group from left to right:
Front Row: Ron Wakita, Marc Girard. Second Row: Emil Langegger, Ed Trach, Walter Schmidt, Marjorie Mott, Gert Crockart, Manuel Cabral Jenny Tashco. Third Row: O.B, Louie Malo, Myrna Cromack, Dianne Plante, Mary Hampton, Paul Dodd, Bonnie Girard. Volunteers not in photo: Al Smith, Dianne Reid
'Where are all the Chum?' This was the question that was asked many times by anglers fishing the lower Kitimat but now it is being asked by anglers fishing the middle and upper sections of the Kitimat. At first, it was thought that the lots of Chum were not holding in the lower Kitimat and were moving through the lower section into the middle and upper sections of the Kitimat. Our guide boats were able to find five or six holes in the middle sections with good concentrations of Chum and Pinks for our clients this week but there but normally there should twenty different spots with really good numbers. The fish are with out question migrating up river without holding in the lower holes. What seems to be the issue now is 'How many Chum and Pinks are moving through'.
Early in the week the quirky trend continued with of most of the fish moving through the lower Kitimat on the tides. I witnessed prime examples of this on Monday morning while I was working in our Mobile Tackle Van. Under the Haisla bridge on the Radley Park side I watched twenty pinks hooked with a dozen landed on the Radley side and ten hooked and six landed on the Rod and Gun (R&G) side between 9:30 and 10:30. There were also three Chum and one small Chinook landed on the Radley side and one Chum landed on the R&G side. After 10:30 both sides of the river went dead. The fish moved through on the high tide which was 10:40 that morning and then there was nothing. The Hatchery island and the gravel bar below the Hatchery displayed signs of the same trend as well.
Smart money still says 'Fish the lower holes on the incoming high tide', although the latter part of this week the lower holes were holding more fish (see below for a link to the tide charts) The fish holding during the latter part of this week is probably due to the dramatic drop in river water levels.
The brighter stats to date is the increasing number of Coho that have been caught in the river to date. Between our Store Derby Log, our Mobile Tackle Van Log and our Guide logs we have logged over twenty Coho. The norm would be five to ten logged in July. This may be signs of better things to come.
July 31. Clients: Zdenek Smola, Ales Sloupensky, Jiri Vrbka. Jiri Vrbka Jr., Miroslav Lorenc
Hook and landed 2 chinook 28lbs and 15lbs. Hooked 19 chum landed 12. Hooked 6 pinks landed 4. Hooked 3 Coho landed 2. Guides Ron Wakita, Pat Oliver
August 1. Clients Dana Svendson and Jim Mackow. Hooked seven Chum landed four.
Hooked one chinook. Hooked and four pinks and Jim lost lots more :)
August 2. Czech Guys. Hooked over fifty pinks twelve on fly. Hooked twenty chum six on fly
lost one chinook.
Anglers are reminded that Chinook on the Kitimat closed for retention on July 31st.
We had an outstanding Chinook season in our drifts boats. Mike Herzberg, as he usually does had some amazing fish counts. I would like to extend my Thanks and Appreciation to Mike, Marc, Pat, Terence, Areil and Eric for the their hard work and efforts to produce some outstanding memories for our clients. I would like to extend the same appreciation to Todd, Wes, Alain, Sam and John who skipper the Salt water charter boats and Mal and Andi who skipper the jet boats and entire Reliable Guide and Charter Team as well as the all staff in our Tackle Store.
Most importantly I would like to Thank our valued clients and customers who have make the Fishing Industry viable and enjoyable to be involved in.
I would also like to acknowledge Mr. Noel Gyger's efforts in producing this Fishing Report. This report can help anglers book trips on almost every river in the Northwest, Salt water trips out of Prince Rupert and Kitimat or simply fish from shore. I am proud to be associated with Noel and help contribute to Noel's Report which will help enhance the Fishing experience in the Northwest for so many anglers. Noel possesses a quiet almost humble disposition and he his true passion towards fishing that is seldom displayed openly unless you listen to him tell a fish story, watch him hook a fish or watch him eat crab. (crap:))
DOUGLAS CHANNEL: Halibut and bottom fishing continues to be the glowing light in the Douglas particularly the outer waters with Coho catches also being really good at times.
Sam Avila of Ocean Breeze Charters reports five halibut on his last trip and a full limit of rock cod, snapper and grey cod. Sam also boated 20 Coho and 5 chinook.
Todd of Nautical West is on the water at the time of writing this report but will have some impressive catch results to share when he returns Sunday evening.
John Eckstein of Blue Heron Charters reports chartering Verl, Lawrence, and Jerry out for a second day of halibut fishing today and Verl (the gentleman with the blond hair) landed a big 92 pound halibut. Laurence landed a smaller 10 pound chicken. Jerry caught some cod. They were very pleased with this second day after their first day ended with the 50 and 20 pound catch (both caught by Lawrence). The 50 actually turned out to be a 60 once we measured it. A good day all around.
Halibut fishing in closer halibut spots such as Fish Trap and Money Point are showing good catch numbers. As the Chum, Chinook and Pinks starts to spawn and their carcasses wash out of the river mouths the halibut holes even closer to the Kitimat harbour will improve as well.
The Kitimat Harbour Coho fishery should start to heat up especially with the Kitimat River being so low right now. As the boaters who participated in this fishery two and three years will tell you that when this fishery gets hot it can be 'outstanding'. Where else can a boater leave the marina and drop the lines and catch Coho almost right of the dock. It is an outstanding fishery and at times almost a 'freak of nature'.
Stay tuned because when it happens my plan is to be in the thick of the bite, take my lap top and write this report in between landing fish.
Tight Lines! Big Smiles! Ron Wakita
Cast to this link for Kitimat tide tables http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/cgi-bin/tide-shc.cgi?queryType=showRegion&language=english®ion=1
Fishing Report and Photos from: Steelhead Heaven
July 31 2008
Skeena River Report BC
The Biologists were wrong! 1.2 Million Sockeye, and still running, arrives unpredicted, with Chinooks in large numbers and I mean large, Steelhead very promising for the 2008 summer run. How we wonder as Mother Nature turns our predictions into rainbows. The Skeena DFO have some of the best in the field monitoring the cycles of our fishery and scratching their heads as another tidal wave of Salmon enter Skeena country.
Today we fished for thousands of Sockeye on the fly as other guests watched in amazement as Chinook Salmon of 50lbs or better break the surface of the water, with a pull like a CN locomotive tailing 100 cars of coal destined for Prince Rupert. This is a small fish, as local tackle shops display pics of 65-73lb Salmon and not just one! As we pulled off the river, I chatted with two fellas from Oregon who had a slab 60lbs, the second fish of the day well over 60, tipping the scales at 72lbs. For strangers as we were, we all had the same desire, and a high five was in order as we parted our ways for the evening.
Attached are some of our clients fishing the Skeena region, the mountain views in the background and a tight line say it all, as the past week has been incredible and water levels are prime. Tony Clements fished a Grand Slam with all 5 Salmon Species landed as well Steelhead on the fly, ya Tony!
Guests arriving this week are from Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Alberta, BC, Ontario, Switzerland, wow what a week! Photos and report from Tracey Hittel
Fishing Report and Photos from: Westcoast Fishing Adventures
Hello Noel here are some photos of the week from the Skeena River. It has been incredible fishing for a year when DFO forecasted doom and gloom? I have also been spending a lot of time on the ocean, it has been excellent fishing the Halibut and the Salmon bite is red hot! We have been having a blast catching Coho buck tailing just behind the boat on the fly rods. This is the most sporting way to catch such an acrobatic silver animal!
Sockeye fishing on the Skeena has been the best we have seen in years and the summer run Steelhead are starting to show up in great numbers as well.
That’s all for now ! Tight Lines. Gill McKean
Fishing Report and Photos from: Kalum River Lodge
Steve landed this huge Chinook while spey fly fishing on the Skeena River. The fish was estimated to weigh 42-pounds and on the fly rod it was quite a tussle. Photo sent to my by Andrews Rushton.
Fishing Report and Photos from: Randy’s River Guiding
Randy reports absolutely fantastic fishing on the mainstream Skeena River. One can catch just about all of the five Salmon species PLUS chrome silver summer-run Steelhead.
Fishing Report and Photos from: Nautical West Sport Fishing
Fishing Report for July 20 – 26
Hi Noel, We have been very busy out on the Ocean this week and have had great success with the Halibut fishery. This week we saw a good number of halibut - this trip we hooked & boated 12 Halibut and released a half dozen more. We had very good catches of coho @ the south end of Gil Island with some fish in the mid teens sizes. Best baits have been anchovy as always with small spoons and green glow hootchies for the coho. Chinook have tapered off a bit but I do expect to see some fish caught in August on the outside waters. The river has seen some good number of Pinks and Chum arriving which will provide some excitement for fly fishing. Thanks Noel. Report and photo by Todd Haynes
FISHING REGULATION WEBSITES:
2007-2009 BC tidal waters and freshwater Salmon fishing information:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Effective April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009
2008-2009 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish
Effective April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
NOTE: For In-season Regulation Changes posted on the web check the above URL’s
GUEST FISHING PHOTOS:
*** If any of you have special fishing photos, testimonials, scenic river photos, wildlife photos or articles I would love to see them.
Testimonial: 'Skeena Chinook Fishing - July 25 and 27th. Noel, Just got back from 2 great days of fishing with Guide Cam from Nicholas Dean Lodge. The 3 of us landed 6 very large and dime bright Chinooks ranging from 35 to 20 pounds. The last one was the most beautiful bright chrome chinook that I have ever witnessed. Cam had to work the holes and runs fairly hard the second day but the fish finally came up river in a thick wave and every one with a line in the water for a good 45 minutes had more on than they could handle. There were also several on that we did not see, the trick was to get the line re-rigged and baited as fast as you can say 'FISH ON!' Needless to say we had a blast! Chad and Dustin were most hospitable and saw to it that our fish were vacuum packed, labeled and ready for the freezer before we could finish our stories from the day around the cleaning station. Thanks and best regards, Cam Bateman'
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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Aug 4, 2008; 10:53AM - 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
July 28-August 3, 2008
WEATHER There was no change in our weather this week, still 90 degrees or more in the daytime and in the mid 80’s at night. We had some rain on Saturday night-Sunday morning as a nice section of clouds moved over us coming in from the south. We had around ˝ inch of rain with thunder and lightning around 2 am. The rest of the week was partly cloudy to sunny with no real weather in the area. We just went through the new moon phase.
WATER: Surface conditions this week were great on both sides of the Cape. On the Pacific side the swells were at 2-5 feet with light winds in the morning at 5 knots and picking up later in the afternoon to 10 knots most days. Surface temperature began the week on the Pacific side at a warm 83-85 degrees but at the end of the week it had cooled to 82-80 degrees, probably due to the cloud cover later in the week. On the Cortez side the swells were at 1-3 feet with almost no wind effect early in the morning early in the week. Later in the week the wind did pick up a bit from the north and there were a couple of choppy afternoons, but nothing uncomfortable. The surface temperature early in the week was a warm 86-88 degrees but at the end of the week had cooled to 84-82 degrees.
BAIT: Caballito were the bait of the week with a few Mullet in the mix. The price on these larger baits was $3 per bait. For inshore fishing Sardinas were available at $25 a scoop from the bait boats around the Palmilla area.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin and Sailfish have all been giving our anglers a good time this week, and the boats did not have to go very far to get into some action. The bite as been within a 100 degree arc from the arch, from off of Gray Rock to the lighthouse on the Pacific side at a distance of between 3 and 15 miles. Most of the Blue Marlin have been picked up farther out while the Striped Marlin have been closer to shore. The Sailfish have been closer in on average as well. There have been a lot more fish seen than have been hooked up however, as most of the Striped Marlin showed a definite “not interested attitude. While slow trolling live bait was a great way to get hooked up to the Sailfish and Striped Marlin, most of the Blues seemed to be more interested in lures, perhaps the higher speed got them excited. For the Striped Marlin and Sailfish, Caballito worked fairly well, but it seemed that better results were had by slow trolling small 15” Bonita. There were plenty of these baits to be had close to the beach and you could fill your tubes pretty quickly using small feathers and hootchies.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: This was another week where I did not hear of or see any boats bring in any decent sized Tuna. A few small football fish were caught and I did hear of a couple of fish in the 30-40 pound class but there was no consistent action on Tuna this week.
DORADO The warm water has started to set off the Dorado bite and almost every boat was able to get at least one of these great fish, and a few boats were able to get four of five. Most of the fish averaged 15 pounds with a few in the 10-pound range and a few in the 30-pound range. Slow trolled live bait worked well on the larger fish and the smaller ones fell for fast moving lures. Most of the action took place within 5 miles of the beach on the Pacific side of the Cape.
WAHOO: I heard of a few Wahoo bites this week but did not hear of any being brought in. The new moon may have had a strong effect on the Wahoo bite.
INSHORE: There was almost no change in the inshore action this week compared to last week. With the calm water this week most of the Pangas were working just off the beach for Sailfish and Striped Marlin as well as Dorado. Those boats working the beach did fair on Roosterfish on the Cortez side.
NOTES: I shot my best golf game ever this week, a 92! . My granite guy promised our new counters will be here this coming Tuesday, yay!! My buddy Tony Nungary has his boat “Tony’s Machine” up and running and is now booking charters. If you want to fish with a two-time Bisbee winner, who is really on top of his game, give us a call and we will see if we can set you up! He did very well this past week, fishing four days and releasing several Blues, Stripes and Sailfish as well as getting some nice Dorado for the table. Until next week, tight lines!
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Aug 1, 2008; 04:49PM - Wanted: Blues!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 07/31/2008
REPORT #1125 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Bisbee's East Cape Offshore Tournament kicked off yesterday with 56 boats seeking the $310,000 prize. John Martin, fishing aboard the Wildcatte,r qualified with a 360.0 lb. blue marlin. Jeff Marek fishing aboard the New Venture, weighed in a 47.2 lb.dorado, the heaviest dorado so far.
This reflects the way the week has been; a few larger dorado and a few billfish…all relatively tight to the beach.
Football sized tuna can be found up north at Cerralvo or down south at Cabo Pulmo, but better quality tuna are being found farther offshore under the porpoise.
Roosterfish continue to provide the best action inshore with a few jack crevalle mixed in. Also a few pompano can be found at the lighthouse at the color line.
Beach action included smaller roosters with ladyfish and small schools of pompano seen swimming tight to the beach. If you are lucky enough to see the schools, break out the smallest beige, “Crazy Charlie” you have. Try to cast in front and beyond the school, let the fly sink before retrieving slowly.
Tip: When teasing roosters, use the smallest hook you can find to troll the live sardina. ‘Gamakatsu live bait light with ring #1’ works well to prevent hooking the rooster.
Water temperature 76-86
Air temperature 77-98
Humidity 81%
Wind: NNE 7 to 10 knots
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:48 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:02 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Last week’s “Governors Tournament” was held in Puerto San Carlos and the winners were;
1st Robert Hoyt 30.2 lb Dorado
2nd Marcos Simental 28.2 lb. Dorado
3rd Jose Mendivil 27.8 lb. Dorado
4th Sergio Garcia 26.0 lb. Dorado
5th Ruben Ruiz Ortiz 25.8 lb. Yellowtail
Obviously the offshore action continued to be great with large dorado and at least one quality yellowtail. Also reports of marlin but only one caught along with a 40lb wahoo Inside the Esteros, action was a bit slower with only a few grouper, pargo and corvina being reported.
Water temperature 60 - 76
Air temperature 70 -95
Humidity 50 %
Wind: WNW 16 to 22 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 3 miles
Sunrise 6:54 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:12 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The sailfish action has really been on the upswing. Talking to Martin on the Nautilus (Martin no longer owns the Isamar, and has bought a 35 foot twin diesel cruiser), he told me 'mucho pesca'…which translates to 'a lot of fish'. I feel this is just a part of our annual July mini-migration, coming a couple of weeks later than usual.
The 82ş blue water is a short boat ride to the 5 mile mark, with each boat raising between 7 to 12 sailfish a day, and catching between 3 and 4 fish a day (average).
On the down side, the 5 inches of rain we got in the last 24 hour period has blown out the inshore fishery for the roosters. The 24 hour period is also a bit misleading, because almost all of the rain came in three different 1 hour bursts. Intense rain like this really gets the rivers flowing, distributing discolored water all up and down the coast. Our monthly total now stands at 15.5 inches, so it has been tough finding decent rooster action all month.
Just before the rains hit, we were getting some action on small roosters in the Saladita area, and lots of large jack crevalle in the Troncones area.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 85-110
Humidity 85%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 11 miles
Sunrise 7:25 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:21 p.m. CDT
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Jul 28, 2008; 01:13PM - 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
July 21-27, 2008
WEATHER Hot and humid, that pretty much describes this last week’s weather. We had nighttime lows in the low 80’s and daytime highs reaching 100 degrees The humidity has been up there as well, sort of feels like I am living in southern Oklahoma lately. We had some cloud cover for the weekend as a little front blew over the top of us from the mainland. That dropped some rain up in the mountains but few of us on the coast got any rain, at least not enough to talk about.
WATER: This past week was almost a repeat of last week’s water conditions with the exception that everything warmed up several degrees. Most of the week the water on both sides of the Cape was beautiful, blue and almost glassy. At the start of the week the swells on the Pacific side were in the 3-5 foot range and on the Cortez side they were about the same On the Pacific side of the Cape the water has warmed up to 83-84 degrees, on the Cortez side of the Cape it has been several degrees warmer at 85-87 degrees and very clear. The area immediately south of the Cape has been 82-83 degrees.
BAIT: Caballito were the bait of the week with a few Mullet in the mix. The price on these larger baits was $3 per bait. For inshore fishing Sardinas were available at $25 a scoop from the bait boats around the Palmilla area.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: Well, for those of you who are interested in Blue Marlin, the water has reached the perfect temperature and the girls have shown up to party! Almost every day one of the boats has gotten into some decent blues and the favorite area has been between 150 and 210 degrees off of the arch out along the 1,000-fathom line. The best results so far have been on darker colored larger lures, greens and blacks along with a lot of purple have been working well. Just think of Bonita and Skipjack, that gives you the idea! There have been a few large fish reported but most of the blues so far have been between 150 and 300 pounds, only a few fish over that mark have been reported so far.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were a few scattered schools found this past week, but they were the exception. Unfortunately there have been few tuna underneath the porpoise that have been through our area, and the porpoise that have been through here have been very boats shy. Hmm, wonder if that has anything to do with Purse Seiners? Seems to me that since the U.S. decided to eliminate the “Dolphin Safe” label and requirements the porpoise have been worked hard and all the fish have been scooped up. Sigh. Of course, there is probably no correlation between the two facts.
DORADO The Dorado I heard of and saw this week were not large ones, but there were more of them showing up than last week. Not to say that you can go out and fill a cooler with fillets, but at least you can take some out for dinner! Most of these fish have been hooked on smaller lures and a few have been fooled by dropped back baits. An average per boat this week was probably in the one fish per boat rate, a few boats caught more than one, but many of them caught none.
WAHOO: The full moon is past and the Wahoo count is down to where I can count the ones reported to me on one hand. Most of those fish were incidental fish caught while fishing for Blue Marlin and they hit large dork colored lures pulled close to the boat.
INSHORE: With the calm water this week most of the Pangas were working just off the beach for Sailfish and Striped Marlin as well as Dorado. Those boats working the beach did fair on Roosterfish on the Cortez side, the swells were still a bit large for close to the beach fishing on the Pacific past the lighthouse.
NOTES: I was hoping the music for this week was going to be the stone guys installing the granite countertop in the kitchen, but I guess we are on Mexican time here, I heard no noise down there today, sigh. Anyway, the warming water has brought the big fish in our area and we are just eager as all get out to hook up something over 500 pounds. Until next week, tight lines!
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Jul 28, 2008; 11:43AM - Spey Fly Fishing Steelhead - Skeena River and tribs STARTING
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Category: Canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows pro angling guide Gordon (splash) McKean of Westcoast Fishing Adventures, holding up a “monster” Skeena River summer-run Steelhead caught while fly fishing. This fish took him into his backing twice and nearly got away. He caught this fish while guiding after his clients told him there were no fish in the run and he should show them how it is done! Well…I think they will listen to their guide next time. This is a fish of a lifetime!
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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated July 20 – July 27, 2008
(Number 81)
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: The weather was good all week. All rivers are in good shape. Skeena River has been dropping and is in perfect shape. Not only are the guides catching some very big Chinook (King) Salmon they are starting to catch more and more summer-run Steelhead, especially in the lower section. The Steelhead photos are starting to come in…please see below. The Sockeye fishing has started to pick up. The Kitimat River Chinook run remains fair to strong and fish are spread throughout the river but mostly in the upper reaches now. Pink and Chum are showing up also. Be sure to check out the Ron Wakita detailed report and photos below.
Since last Sunday, July 20 the Skeena river came up 6-10 inches, peaked on July 22 and dropped until July 27…but with all this up and down the water remained fishable.
Early Word on the Skeena – by Jeff Bright www.jeffbright.com
The Tyee Test Fishery at the mouth of the Skeena is showing very encouraging steelhead numbers. Since the test fishery opened early this month, reports have levels up 101% over the average index since 2000. If the trend continues it looks like we could see a major rebound for the Skeena system this summer, fall and early winter.
HOWEVER, accompanying the elevated steelhead returns is also a sockeye boom — currently projected at 3 million. This means the commercial fleet will be eager to ramp up harvest and, depending on how the fishery is managed, there is a very real danger that a significant percentage of the steelhead may end up as bycatch and not make it upriver.
To follow the season as it unfolds, and learn how to add your voice to the conservation cause, I highly suggest reading the daily installments at the North Coast Steelhead Alliance's Skeena Fisheries Blog. The link is http://www.skeenafisheriesblog.blogspot.com Check it out and lend your support. If enough of us make enough noise, we CAN influence how the net fishery is managed.
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Don’t be disappointed - BOOK your preferred dates for fall Steelhead and Coho now.
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.
FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:
Ron Wakita
Randy Marshall
Gill McKean
PLUS – Guest photos and reports
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Chinook, Sockeye, Chum, Pink, Steelhead and Trout for river. Chinook, Coho, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab for ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK: **EXCELLENT**
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 67-pound Chinook Where: Skeena River Angler: Bill R. Schnupp
WEATHER: Cloudy with sunny periods. 30 percent chance of showers early this morning. Windy. High 17. UV index 5 or moderate. Region normal: Max. Temp. 23 degrees C. Min. Temp. 11 degrees C. Sunrise 5:38 AM Sunset 9:44 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, lower Kalum, Kitimat and smaller coastal streams are 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: The water heights have been up and down but stayed in fishable condition. Fishing for Chinook and Sockeye are excellent. I also have reports of summer-run Steelhead being caught.
The photo above is my good friend Cosmo Zavaglia and a couple of nice chrome Chinook Salmon he caught on July 21 and 22. He was up on a fishing holiday with his brother Robert. They had a great trip landing numerous Chinook.
KALUM RIVER: The water in the low end is fishable and I have had reports of Chinook being caught. Angling pressure on this river is low as most of the boats are fishing on the mainstream Skeena River.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
KASIKS RIVER: It is now possible to fish for Chinook at the mouth, in the clean seam, where it joins the Skeena. Sometimes the Chinook come out of the Skeena and into the clean water in search for scent of their home river.
EXCHAMSIKS RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
EXSTEW RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
Note: the above three rivers are closed to angling for Chinook except at the very low end. Please check 2007 – 2009 BC Freshwater Salmon Supplement (fancy name for regulations) at: www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish for details.
ZYMOETZ (COPPER) RIVER: The water is clean and fishing at the mouth is excellent. Fishing for Chinook closes upstream of Highway 16 bridge on July 23rd.
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: The quirky trend on the Kitimat River of the Chinook migrating through the lower Kitimat continues. The Pink and Chum are also showing signs of following the same trend. Our Mobile Tackle Van has logged Pinks caught at the lower dike on the morning incoming tide in pretty good numbers and then the bite goes off and the fish have moved through. It is the same situation for chum on the gravel bar below the Kitimat Hatchery and the Island across from the Hatchery. As the river height dropped towards the end of the week more fish seemed to hold in the lower holes and Sport anglers were able to catch more fish mostly Chum and Pinks. There were also the odd Chinook caught during the morning and evening high tides on the lower Kitimat.
July20. Richard, Anne and Alison Peard. Landed Coho, released Chum, lost two chinook, lost Pink. Had four species of salmon on.
I had the pleasure of taking the Multi Level Care patients fishing again this year. With the help of Marc and Bonnie Girard, O.B. Luey, Dianne, Al Smith, Paul, Mirna, Dianne and Mary Hampton we hope we help create an enjoyable fishing trip for the Multi Level Care patients. As always, Marc Girard and I brought our drift boats to increase our ability to catch fish for this special group. We lost a chinook and were only able to catch two pinks. Sometimes it is not only the end result of the catch that is important but the fun and enjoyment of the just getting out fishing that should be the focus. Mother Nature provided an excellent sunny day and I pulled my crab traps minutes before the fishing trip to provide additional culinary delight. The smiling faces of these folks shows how much they enjoy our fishing trips as much or more than most groups we take out. We all had a Great time and the 'Chicken Lady' Mary came through again with some K.F.C. It truly was a special day for a special group!
Associate Guide Pat Oliver and his wife Lorri fishing with Associate Guide Marc Girard and his wife Bonnie caught a 26lb chinook on an evening drift Thursday evening.
July 26. Hooked three chinook landed a 27lb lost two others. Ron on a personal afternoon drift with fishing partners Jennifer, Natilie and Natilie's son Adan
Although there are still some bright Chinook caught as demonstrated by Mike Herzberg's catch, some Chinook are starting to turn to spawning colours. We are still catching Chinook in our drift boats and anglers fishing the middle and upper sections are also still catching chinook.
Bill R. Schnupp fishing the Skeena with his son Bill junior landed this beauty which weighed 67lbs while fishing on the Skeena. Bill junior landed a 35lb chinook as well. The North West is a good area to be fishing right now.
Sport Anglers are reminded that Chinook retention on the Kitimat closes on July 31st. Any anglers that have not satisfied their desire of catching Chinook on the Kitimat should get out and get them now! Good luck to all.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL: Fishing for Pinks at the Alcan boat launch casting from shore has become a more popular fishery. Pink Jigs, Pink Crocs and pink flies have become the most popular lures for catching Pinks. It didn't seem to matter what colour you use as long as it is 'pink'. Anglers are reminded that Tidal water licenses are required with a salmon stamp and the daily quota for pinks in tidal waters is four. The last two hours of the rising tide is the most productive time to fish.
The outer waters of the Douglas Channel is producing really good numbers of halibut. Todd Haynes of Nautical West Fishing Adventures brought in twelve halibut with the largest 50lbs. Todd reports catching 6 halibut at 'Fish Trap' and had to catch and release a bunch of halibut because his clients had already limited out. 'Gotta Love when that happens'. Todd says, 'Halibut fishing has been the best fishery this year'.
Sam Avila of Ocean Breeze Charters also reports pretty good numbers of halibut. Sam and his client’s boated five halibut with the largest being 90lbs. Sam also notes that his clients had their full limit of Rod Cod and Snappers.
Congratulations to Todd and Sam for creating awesome fishing experiences for their clients.
May you all be blessed with Bright Fish! Tight lines! and Smiling Faces!
Ron Wakita
Cast to this link for Kitimat tide tables http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/cgi-bin/tide-shc.cgi?queryType=showRegion&language=english®ion=1
Fishing Report and Photos from: Westcoast Fishing Adventures
Blinding, bright, summer-run Steelhead landed and released on the Skeena River using dry fly technique. Angler is Aaron Vanpykstra from Vancouver, BC. This kind of fishing will change your life profoundly and for a long time.
July 26/08 Hey there Noel, the Kitimat River is still producing some very fine Chinook (King) Salmon and Pinks and Chum as well.
The fishing on the Skeena River has been “off the charts” with huge Chinook, Steelhead, Sockeye and Pinks. And the water is in perfect condition. What more can you ask for? Both the fly and spin guests are in paradise. It just doesn’t get any better than this!
I have also spent a few days on the ocean out of the port of Prince Rupert and we had double-header Coho action! We caught so many Halibut that we got tired.
I think that about sums it up. What a season this is turning out to be. Tight lines. Gill McKean
Fishing Report and Photos from: Randy’s River Guiding
Randy Marshall reports excellent Chinook (King) Salmon fishing in the Skeena River Class 2 section. The best bites seem to be early morning until noon. His biggest fish this year was one estimated to weigh over 70-pounds. Water has been up and down a little bit but staying in shape. As long as we don’t get any extreme hot weather the good conditions should hold until the closure on August 7th.
FISHING REGULATION WEBSITES:
2007-2009 BC tidal waters and freshwater Salmon fishing information:
www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish
Effective April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2009
2008-2009 Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish
Effective April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
NOTE: For In-season Regulation Changes posted on the web check the above URL’s
GUEST FISHING PHOTOS:
*** If any of you have special fishing photos, scenic river photos, wildlife photos or articles I would love to see them.
Good day Mr. Gyger: Just to let you know, my fishing trip to the Skeena River, was a complete success. My brothers and I had a blast. We pulled in a few fish. All steelhead were released, of course. Please find attached pictures of some of our catch. Skeena river July 14th thru July 18th, 2008. Thanks for all your support, and information. Stephen Frandsen
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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Jul 25, 2008; 05:41AM - Yellowfin Dominate…
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 07/23/2008
REPORT #1124 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Yellowfin tuna action dominated the offshore scene this week with the best action being outside of the Cabo Pulmo Marine Park. Unfortunately the temptation was too great and some of the boats strayed into the park, much to the concern of the Park Inspector.
The number of blues increased again from last week along with a few sailfish and stripers.
The Dorado Shootout attracted nearly 400 anglers, but they had a tough time coming up with qualifying fish. The winning fish weighed in at an impressive 64 lbs. netting a brand new panga AND $43,000 for the father and son team. The names of the winners will be announced soon.
Inshore the roosters continue to be the crowd pleaser. While many were on the small side there were enough weighing in the double digit range to make things interesting.
Heavy rain early in the week left the beach all stirred up, making it tough to find the fish in the dirty water. As the week progressed, the water cleared up and small roosters, along with an occasional ‘bubba class’ fish, showed up. Ladyfish and pompano were also among the players.
Tip: Always use fluorocarbon leader material (16 lb. test) for more takes, unless you are in large fish, then go to 20 lb.
Water temperature 73-87
Air temperature 73-97
Humidity 81%
Wind: SSW 5 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:47 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:05 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Unsettled conditions offshore kept most of the boats inside the bay this week. Estero action included leopard grouper, pargo, cabrilla and a few halibut.
On the surface it was sierra and corvina slashing on the sardina.
Water temperature 60 - 76
Air temperature 75 -98
Humidity 78 %
Wind: N 6 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:51 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:16 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
There has been a decent change in the action this last few days. Coming out of the full moon phase has seen the average per boat for sailfish jump up to 2 or 3 fish per day, with a few dorado still hitting the decks.
The blue water is at 2 miles off the beach, and most of the boats are working the 6 to 7 mile areas. There are few people here sport fishing, and we are only putting an average of about 15 total boats a day on the water.
Action for roosterfish has been slow down South, but tomorrow (Friday), I am making the run to the North. There are reports of decent roosterfish action and excellent jack crevalle action.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 75-97
Humidity 87%
Wind: WSW 1 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 7:23 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:23 p.m. CDT
Cabo San Lucas
BILLFISH: The water warms up and the big girls start to show up! There were lots of reports of Blue Marlin showing up in the lure patterns this week and a few nice ones were caught and released. Unfortunately a few were brought in as well, mostly by the smaller boats whose crews wanted the fish. The largest Blue I heard of here in Cabo this week was a fish of approximately #400, released after a 90-minute fight. This fish was caught outside of the Gorda Banks early in the week. Most of the fish were in the #150-#200 range and the catch was scattered, mostly off on the 1,000 fathom curve, but a few were caught inside. I did not hear of any Black Marlin yet, but I am sure that with the water as it is, there must have been at least a few. The Striped Marlin bite is still fairly steady with about 50% of the boats getting bit by the little guys, and a few of them are catching two or more per day. Most of the action on these fish has been in front of the Cape in the cooler water.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were days when the fish bit and days they could not be found this week. When they were found most of them were footballs in the 10-20 pound class and the bite was good. If you were in the fish you were getting 12-20 fish per trip. Keeping the suspense up were fish occasionally reaching #50 in the same schools. The larger fish were caught on live bait dropped down in front of the moving schools with the boat pulling away at least 100 feet from where the bait was dropped. Just sitting there after dropping the bait did not work; you had to pull away. The fish were scattered across our area with some schools on the Pacific side and some on the Cortez side, but almost all of them were between 12 and 26 miles out.
DORADO If there was any floating debris found this week the boat that was on the find first did well on Dorado to #30. There were only two instances of this that I heard of, but both times the first boat limited out. Later boats were able to pick up a fish or two, but most of the Dorado found were scattered fish. With the warmer water on the Cortez side of the Cape that is where the majority of the Dorado were found as well.
WAHOO: There were some decent Wahoo caught this week up off of Punta Gorda as well as offshore in the current lines. The full moon we had mid-week seems to have gotten them hungry! Dark colored lures run close to the transom did well as did rigged dead bait run as far as 300 feet behind the boat. Naturally, if you were targeting these fish you had a small wire bite leader in front of the bait or lure, but most of these fish were caught as incidental fish, there fore many more were lost than ended up in fish boxes.
INSHORE: Roosterfish, Amberjack, the occasional pile of Grouper as well as some very nice Pargo made up the majority of the inshore catch this week. With the water being as nice as it was, many of the Pangas were fishing offshore, looking for Tuna, Dorado and Marlin. Quite a few of them got into these fish as well. Having the water like it was made for a decent mix of fish for the Pangas, and these fishermen were probably the most successful this week.
George & Mary Landrum
Water temperature 67 - 75
Air temperature 73 - 97
Humidity 73%
Wind: SSE 13 knots
Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Visibility 4 miles
Sunrise 6:47 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:05 p.m. MST
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