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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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Jul 21, 2008; 12:40PM - 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 14-20, 2008
WEATHER Summer time is back with temperatures in the mid to high 90’s most of the week. On Wednesday it was reported by a friend that at his house in town his weather machines reported 100 degrees and 100% humidity! Thank goodness that most of the week has been cooler than that! In the evenings it has cooled off to the mid 80’s with a slight breeze. On Thursday we had a band of clouds move through the area and they brought some rain with them, accompanied by lightning and thunder early in the day. The rain was not heavy, here at my house it was enough to spot the car windows, but out to the north it rained pretty well, there were reports of an inch in Todo Santos and La Paz.
WATER: 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. At the end of the week the government had issued a surf warning for the Cabo area due to the large swells kicked up by Hurricane Fausto to the south. The only day of bad surface conditions was Thursday when the storms blew through, that really brought the chop up and a few people returned early or cancelled their trips entirely. On the Pacific side of the Cape the water has been 80-82 degrees and just a bit green, on the Cortez side of the Cape it has been several degrees warmer at 82-84 degrees and very clear. The area immediately south of the Cape has been a little cooler at 76-80 degrees and with a green tinge to it. It is only a 30-minute or less run to the blue, warm water.
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 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.
NOTES: Things are looking up with the arrival of the warm water and the bigger fish. We have our fingers crossed that the storms stay to the south and just bring us some clouds and a bit of rain. This weeks report was written to the music of carpenters finishing up my kitchen!
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Jul 18, 2008; 07:20PM - Baja Perfect!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 07/16/2008
REPORT #1123 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
On again, off again winds continued to be a factor this week. It was windy for a day or two and then flat calm for a few.
Offshore action included striped marlin, a few blues and even a sailfish or two. Dorado action continued to be slow, with an occasional big one showing up in the spread…some were over fifty pounds! There were plenty of football tuna with a 30 – 40 pounder just often enough to keep it interesting.
Inshore action provided the most consistent action of the week. Our clients, Tony Scoville and Steve Wherry, from Nashville, TN, sent us the following report on his trip:
“You may have heard that the wind was a serious factor in the late morning and afternoon of our first two days; nevertheless, I caught 4 roosterfish and a jack crevalle and my partners caught a roosterfish, a couple of pompano, a triggerfish and a ladyfish in those conditions.
Our last day was Baja perfect -- calm seas, no chop, and the lightest of breeze. I caught a ladyfish, 6 or 7 roosterfish -- several being real quality fish and in a heartstopping moment, barely missed a grande estimated at 40-50 lbs. During one release, my Sage rod and reel went overboard, but Lance, without hesitation, dove over the side and retrieved it before it sank too far.”
Our trip to the East Cape, it was SENSATIONAL. Accommodations at Ranch Leonero were very nice and Lance Peterson is in every respect a class act --- so professional, knowledgeable and a great person to spend time with.”
Tip: At the end of the retrieve, sweep your rod off to the side to accelerate the fly. If you have a follow, roll cast the fly right back into the water and strip abruptly.
Water temperature 73-87
Air temperature 76-99
Humidity 40%
Wind: N 11 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 6:42 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:08 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Narciso Agúndez, Governor of Baja Sur, along with other dignitaries participated in the shotgun start for the 2008 International Governor’s Cup Tournament, which was held last Saturday in Lopez Mateos. There were thirteen boats with thirty-five adults and thirty children participating.
Diana Hoyt reported that Roddy Garcia, son of Captain Sergio Garcia, was the first place winner. Details to follow soon.
Offshore fishing heated up just in time for the tournament. Tuna, wahoo and dorado all came into the area with the warmer water. Closer to shore the small yellowtail were thick.
The esteros produced plenty of small corvina from the recently completed pier for the kids with their parents helping them. There were a few grouper but far from a bonanza.
Water temperature 60 - 76
Air temperature 79 -104
Humidity 48 %
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility 5 miles
Sunrise 6:44 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:20 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
The blue water is a short boat ride of 4 miles, and the game fish are only at 6 miles. However, the 12 boat fleet is only averaging an average of 1 to 2 sailfish per boat. The yellowfin tuna did make a showing at 10 miles for a couple of days, and fly fishing client David Schack of Harbor City, CA, got to experience a bit of the action from these hard fighting fish.
David was fishing with Martin on his new boat, the 35 foot Nautilus. Martin has traded in his panga, the Isamar, and has now moved up the ladder. When the Nautilus got into position on a school of breaking tuna, David made a perfect cast, and the fly was inhaled immediately. The 'fight' elapsed a full 15 seconds. Just enough time to not only spool the 10wt outfit, but also snap the rod in half. He was a bit under gunned.
Fishing a couple of days later, David got into decent action on smaller sized jack crevalle with Martin, and then they went out for sailfish. The blue water raised 3 sails, but nothing ate the offering.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 76-91
Humidity 55%
Wind: SSW 12 knots
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:20 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:25 p.m. CDT
Cabo San Lucas
BILLFISH: This was almost a repeat of last week’s report on marlin. It was a spotty week for Striped Marlin, a few boats were able to get releases on one or two fish each, but many boats had trouble finding fish that were willing to eat. The best results were had along the color change to the south of us, and artificial lures seemed to do a bit better than the live Caballito did. I know of one boat that managed to catch a Blue Marlin that ended up weighing #350 on the API scales. The fish would have been released except that it died about 10 minutes into the fight. The fish ended up being hand lined in for the last hour as a dead weight. A few other blues were seen in the patterns in the same area, up outside the Punta Gorda area.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again there were yellowfin found, but not in large numbers and not close to home. Most of the fish were in the 25-40 pound range and bit on live bait dropped in front of the moving schools, but a few decent fish were caught with lures alongside the schools. The best colors were darker, in the black, blue and brown hues. Not many boats brought in yellowfin, as it was a long run to get where they were, but if you managed to get into them, they were good quality fish.
DORADO The dorado bite is beginning to pick up as the warm water returns to our area. Most boats were able to get a strike or two on good quality fish ranging between 15-30 pounds with a few big girls in the 40-50 pound range. Hopefully soon we will start to see more of the big ones. Best lures on the dorado have been bright colored straight runners run off of the outriggers, or a stinger lure in bright colors with a rigged bait inside, run back about 150 feet or more. This lure and position also resulted in some nice striped marlin as well.
INSHORE: Roosterfish were the inshore surface fish of the week this week with quality fish in the 20 pound class being caught with sardinas on the Cortez side of the Cape. We had a couple of fly-fishermen work inshore on Friday and they managed to release 6 of these fish on fly, and several others on conventional gear. Grouper were still biting for angler seeking good eating fish, and the tips of the rocky points in water between 250 and 300 feet deep produced some of the nice fish. Smaller live baits really helped get the quality fish here.
George & Mary Landrum
Water temperature 67 - 75
Air temperature 74 - 91
Humidity 41%
Wind: SSE 13 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 13 miles
Sunrise 6:44 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:07 p.m. MST
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Jul 18, 2008; 03:05PM - Peacock Bass Visit Waikiki
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Category: Hawaii
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Author Name: Stan Wright
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The Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel in Waikiki has a beautiful collection of waterfalls and fish ponds. Exotic tropical fish in a rainbow of colors can be seen in the clear shallow water. Here in lies the problem.... there are way to many little fish in the ponds.
The hotel, with a special permit from the state, and working closely with the Hawaii Freshwater Fishing Association..... is stocking peacock bass in their fish ponds. Peacock bass feed almost exclusively on smaller fish so they are hoping to thin out the ponds population.
HFFA club members had great fun catching the peacock bass and transporting them to the HHV fish ponds. Bass fishermen among the guests at the hotel seemed to enjoy the show. 'I didn't know they had peacock bass in Hawaii.' The peacock bass seem to be enjoying their Waikiki vacation.
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Jul 14, 2008; 05:02PM - Guided Fishing for Chinook (King) Salmon HOT NOW
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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 fishing guide Rob Vodola and his friend Rod Pelley hockey player with the New Jersey Devils and a nice fresh Kitimat River Chinook Salmon landed this year. Last year I shot a video clip of Rod landing a nice ocean Chinook. Video Clip 0003 (NHL New Jersey Devils centre Rod Pelley) Kitimat BC is Rod’s hometown and he tries to spend at least a couple of weeks here in the summer. While here Rod does his best to help raise some money for local charities. Good for you Rod and thank you.
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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 6 – July 13, 2008
(Number 79)
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: The weather remained cool all week. I don’t get to say this very often but all of the rivers are in excellent shape. The fishing has been excellent also. Fishermen have been having a ball catching both Chinook and Sockeye on the Skeena River. I have a report of the odd summer run Steelhead being caught also. The Kitimat River Chinook run remains strong and now the Pinks are showing up and are spread throughout the river. Be sure to check out the Ron Wakita detailed report below.
I hope you folks didn’t mind me sending out that mid week “New Bulletin” of the BIG fish Mr. Heinz Fuger caught on the Kitimat River. I did shoot a video of the action. For a direct link cast to: Video Clip 0007 (Ron Wakita and client Heinz with Kitimat River Chinook) New July 9/08
Speaking of video clips, I posted another one today. Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters had a plan: Let's go catch some Dungeness Crab in the Douglas Channel, cook them on the drift boat while we fish for Chinook (King) Salmon in the Kitimat River. GREAT plan, I said. I cut the video after the crab feast. We did hook into two Chinook but lost them both. We did land a Pink. Ron had gone 2 for 6 for Chinook when guiding two clients earlier in the day. For a direct link cast to: Video Clip 0003 Cooking Crab in Drift Boat New July 13/08
LIST OF “New” ITEMS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK:
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- July 7/08 one item posted on “Conservation” http://www.noelgyger.ca/conservation.htm
- July 9/08 one video clip posted on “Video Clips” http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm
- July 13/08 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.
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
Mike Herzberg
Craig Murray
Dustin Kovacvich
Chad Black
Todd Haynes
Randy Marshall
Gill McKean
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Chinook, Sockeye, Pink and Trout for river. Chinook, Coho, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Crab for ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK: ***EXCELLENT***
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 50-pound Chinook Where: Skeena River Angler: Kevin Bond
WEATHER: Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thundershower later this afternoon. Fog patches early this morning. High 15. UV index 3 or moderate. Region normal: Max. Temp. 22 degrees C. Min. Temp. 11 degrees C. Sunrise 5:16 AM Sunset 10:04 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 River is in good shape. Lower Kalum River is fishable. Most of the 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 dropping all week. Fishing for Chinook and Sockeye are excellent. I also have reports of summer-run Steelhead being caught.
KALUM RIVER: The water in the low end is fishable and I have had reports of Chinook being caught.
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.
KINCOLITH RIVER: The Chinook have started to come in with the high tides. Fishing for them is only allowed below the bridge. This is tidal water so anglers must have a salt water license even though you are fishing in the river.
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 Kitimat River Chinook this season was supposed to be an exceptional return, particularly 5 year old stocks. To date the chinook return has been exceptional but the five year old component has only started to show in any numbers in the last couple of weeks. The five year old chinook, weight by age class should be 35 to 40lbs plus. We are starting to see more and more of these on our scale and caught in our drift boats. Heinz Fuger, a client who I guided with Noel Gyger and my daughter Julie landed a chinook in the five year old weight class. See: Video Clip 0007 (Ron Wakita and client Heinz with Kitimat River Chinook) New July 9/08
Mike Herzberg drifting with his friend Jim Aruda landed a 38lb chinook. Bill Schnupps from Idaho landed two in the 35lb plus weight class. Ariel Kuppers tonight (Sat. July 12th) landed a 35lb chinook. We are also seeing and hearing reports of many others in this weight class being caught. I think that there are more big guys to come. Smart money says to get out on the Kitimat cast a line and the possibility of landing big chinook this year is good.
The pinks have also started to show in the past week in really good numbers. Our mobile tackle van has logged lots of pinks at the lower dike and the Rod and Gun side of the Haisla bridge. I witnessed twenty to thirty pinks caught under the bridge (Rod and Gun side) on Saturday night, mostly by youngsters.
A client trip worthy of noting is we had the distinct pleasure of guiding Mr. Dick Evans, C.E.O of Alcan. Mike Herzberg drifted Mr. Evans on a short evening drift July 9th. Under the pressure of a very short time constraint and guiding the boss of his real job at the highest level, Mike put Mr. Evens on to three chinook, a 15lber which they kept, a 24lb which they released and another which they lost. Well done Mike and Congratulations Mr. Evans.
Other catch results worthy of noting are the catch results of Kirk Anderson, Ed Pinette, Greg Laberge and Trevor Quarry. They are fly fishing friends from Quesnel. The group hooked forty one chinook and landed fourteen. All on fly! WOW! Exceptional numbers. As Ed said 'Our best trip ever'! Congratulations guys. Don't forget to send me those flys!
Kirk Anderson hooked 17 Chinook and landed 3 all on fly. Fished the Kitimat for two weeks.
Ed Pinette hooked 8 chinook and landed 3 on fly. Fished with Kirk July 1st to July 16th.
Greg Laberge hooked 10 chinook landed 6 fishing July 9th to July 16th.
Trevor Quarry hooked 6 landed 2 fishing with Greg and the crew the last week.
On a personal note, I had the pleasure of drifting with my fourteen year old son Corey and our fourteen year old friend from Idaho ,Alex Munio. We hooked two chinook on an evening drift on July 8th and landed a 28lb chinook. Alex landed the fish and Corey netted. The netting needs a little work but we got the fish.
July 8th Corey Wakita and Alex Munio hooked two and landed one 28lb chinook. Evening drift. Homework drift for client drift Wednesday. Right Photo: July 10th Hi Ron, here's the photo I took of Jim Aruda with his big spring this afternoon. It weighed 37-pounds. Was worth the 400-mile drive from PG yesterday. Guide Mike Herzberg
.July 12th I had the pleasure of drifting with clients, Phillip and Steve Martens on a morning drift. We hooked six chinook and landed one. 'Damn barbless hooks'. After seeing Steve and Phillip off I met up with my daughter Julie, my nephew Derek and the world renowned Mr. Noel Gyger. We met at the pull out and went out crabbing. After harvesting eleven crab, six for Noel's wife and five for our drift which we immediately went on minutes after returning from the marina. We cooked the crab on the barbecue in my drift boat while we drifted down the Kitimat fishing for chinook. Although we lost the two chinook we hooked we had a great time fishing and eating crab. Only in Kitimat!
The Kitimat is clean and full of fish and a few crab shells. Chinook fishing is great in the middle sections and pinks are starting to stack in the lower sections. Now is a good time to fish the Kitimat!
July 22nd Steve & Philllip Martens. Guide Ron. July 11th Andrea. Guide Mike
July 10th Ariel Kuppers associate guide in training. Hooked 3 Chinook landed 2 Jacks and a Pink.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL: Alain of Alain's Deep Sea Charters boated 6 ling cod, 8 snappers, 10 Rock Cod and 4 Coho for his clients.
Other boaters have similar catch results on the outer waters of the Douglas Channel. The boaters who targeted Coho are limiting out. Gas prices are definitely an issue this year which has caused most boaters to make extended trips to the outer waters. Rather than making four two day weekend trips most boaters are making two four day trips instead. They are also taking additional fishing partners to help share the catch and the increased cost of fuel. The motto for this year's salt fishery is to pool resources, extend the trips and still get out fishing in the Douglas Channel. Fishing in the Douglas Channel right now is also very good.
Tight Lines 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: Nicholas Dean Lodge July 6 to 12, 2008
Hello Anglers,
Lucky for us, the fishing and river conditions have only improved during the last few weeks on the Skeena, Kitimat and other tributary rivers. We are now in full swing of our Trophy Chinook season, and what a season it’s been so far. Dustin and Sky went on a reconnaissance “mission” to see how Spring flooding may have altered some of our favourite bars and pools, and reported incredible fishing for Chinook, with one landed around 45 lbs. Greg Buck has also done well on the Skeena with his son Josh and Mike Bartlett, who also landed a Chinook in the 45 lb range last week. By all indications, the Chinook run has been providing great fishing and will likely do so throughout July and early August. Backtrolling, plunking, and spoon fishing have been effective strategies thus far, depending on water conditions and the stretch of water fished.
Sockeye Salmon have now started migrating up the Skeena in good numbers, and have provided good fishing for those willing to target the soft, inside edges of riffles. These scrappy fighters provide great sport on both fly and light conventional tackle, and are some of the best tasting fish around. Though I haven’t heard many reports of Chum and Pink Salmon in the Kitimat, it should be anytime now...
Until next week, tight lines and screaming reels, Chad Black, Operations Manager
PS from Noel: I have just spoken with Dustin Kovacvich, owner of the lodge, and he reports excellent fishing for Chinook and Sockeye on the Skeena River.
Fishing Report and Photos from: Westcoast Fishing Adventures
Hello Noel, June started out a little slow then heated up!! We are now in July and at
one point yesterday had four Chinook on at the same time. Average size was 18 to 50 pounds we had two fifties. I have attached the photos.
Kevin Bond with his first 50-pounder
Mandi McDougal my sweetheart with her first ever Chinook salmon. Frank Imperial long time guest with Westcoast Fishing Adventures
The Ocean has been good as well with lots of Halibut and Coho salmon with the odd Chinook mixed in!
Take care Noel. Thanks Gill McKean
Fishing Report and Photos from: Nautical West Sport Fishing
Hi Noel, Well…here we are again having a great season with plenty of good size coho showing up in the Douglas Channel and outer water areas. Having these great sport fish teamed up with Chinook and the Pinks can provide for some fantastic excitement.
The low pressure over the last couple of days has provided good camouflage to sneak up on the fish - typical west coast weather! Nothing but good times! Eclipse and Money point have provided some good fishing over the last couple of weeks as well as the South Sue and Fish Trap areas. Remember long leaders for those Chinooks!
Thanks Noel, Todd Haynes - Nautical West Sport Fishing
Fishing Report and Photos from: Randy’s River Guiding
Randy reports excellent catches of Chinook on the Skeena River, mostly on conventional gear. He also reports excellent fly fishing for Sockeye.
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Central Coast/North Van Island Wilderness Rivers:
Fishing Report from: Nimmo Bay Resort
Sometimes, after a few days of fishing, there comes an urge to GOLF. Add this day on the links to your Angling Odyssey and suddenly fishing takes on a whole new meaning. Why not 'Do It All'? At Nimmo Bay, the Skies the Limit!
Craig Murray, Owner
Nimmo Bay Resort (Est. 1980)
Proud member of BC Sustainable Tourism Collective
www.sustainablebc.ca
To Fly is Human ...To Hover, Divine
Note from Noel: This year in 2007, out of 10 Heli fishing and tour resorts and lodges from around the world, Nimmo Bay Resort was voted number one by the prestigious, New York based Forbes Traveler magazine. Congratulations Craig, Deborah and staff.
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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
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GUEST FISHING PHOTOS:
*** If any of you have special fishing photos, scenic river photos, wildlife photos or articles I would love to see them.
Hi Noel, I have been an appreciative recipient of your weekly fishing report for some time now and for that I say thanks. From what I read you really appreciate a good father and child fishing story so here is a good one for you. It was with my 16 year old daughter Alicia, and her lifelong friend Tiana, and it occurred on the Lower Dyke at Kitimat on July 5th, 2008. Alicia has come fishing with me many times but only likes the trip with absolutely no want to fish. Fishing is for boys, and Tiana (whom has never fished before) agrees with her.
We fished the lower dyke all week and fishing was slow but the sun was out and the camping was excellent. Then on July 4th the fishing picked up. We had 3 on that day all in the mid 20 lb range and the early morning of the 5th I got a 21 lber. The fishing slowed and around noon I told the girls to watch my rod (we were bar fishing) as I was going to run up to the garbage can and dump our garbage and come right back.
The 10 minute round trip turned into 45 minutes as a 5th wheel got stuck coming out and after helping the fellow I finally got back to the Dyke. Upon arriving I immediately noticed my rod was not in the holder. 'This was either really good or really bad' I thought. As I popped out from behind the big stump and onto the bar the girls were frantically running and jumping with grins the size of Chicago. 'Well' I thought, 'I guess its not bad'. Then a silver slab started slapping and jumping beside them on the rocks. 22 lbs of Chinook!
Here is the interesting part. The rod started to twitch a bit just as a log floated by and they thought it was the log. They figured they better grab the rod so the log doesn't pull it in, so Tiana who had shoes on grabbed it. All of a sudden it came alive and started to sing. She new enough to set the hook and keep the tip up but somehow depressed the free-spool button on the Ambassadeur 7000 and now she had a fish, and a birds-nest that was of legendary proportions. They both held the rod and decided to walk backwards until the fish came onto the beach, but they reached the tree-line before the fish came out and could back up no further. Alicia, in her socks, ran to the waters edge and wrapped the line around her wrist and started backing up again, and the 22 lbs skidded up onto the Dyke just as I arrived!
I had purchased them both licenses in hopes of getting them involved but they just didn't want to even give it a try. Now they are self proclaimed Fish - Slaying machines and didn't want to quit but alas we had to leave an hour later for home in Prince George. I now have two fish addicts on my hands who are already planning next years trip. Don't be surprised if your weekly report grows by two more names, Alicia and Tiana to be precise.
Do they look smug or what!! Thanks again for all the great reports,
Hello Mr. Gyger, here is the Chinook that my Father René Cantin (from Québec) caught last Sunday in the Kitimat River with a blue jig! Tomy Cantin, Kitimat Resident.
Thank you everyone for sending the photos and commentary. Noel
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Jul 14, 2008; 12:10PM - 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 7-13, 2008
WEATHER We had a very pleasing change in the weather this past week. The clouds moved in, a slight breeze was with us almost every day and our nighttime lows dropped to the mid 70’s. Almost every morning we had 75 degrees on the thermometer and in the afternoons we were seeing low 90’s. The humidity was up, the cloud cover worked that out for us, but all in all the weather was about as good as you could wish for this time of year.
WATER: At the end of the week the water on both sides of the Cape was almost glassy. I golfed Sunday morning and we could see the horizon in the distance with just a light riffle on it, closer to shore it was like a mirror. Earlier in the week the wind was from the northwest but it was a light wind. With the wind letting up and the currents being light, we started to receive warmer water in our area. On the Cortez side of the Cape we had water that was in the 80-84 degree range to the north of us, closer to home it was in the high 70’s. Unfortunately the water was still slightly off color, it had a definite green tinge to it. On the Pacific side it has warmed up as well and we were marking a lot of water to the south of the San Jaime Bank in the 76-77 degree range but the water was a nice blue color. To the north of the San Jaime the water was cooler and still had a green tinge to it.
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: This was almost a repeat of last weeks report on Marlin. It was a spotty week for Striped Marlin, a few boats were able to get releases on one or two fish each, but many boats had trouble finding fish that were willing to eat. The best results were had along the color change to the south of us, and artificial lures seemed to do a bit better than the live Caballito did. I know of one boat that managed to catch a Blue Marlin the ended up weighing #350 on the API scales. The fish would have been released except that it died about 10 minutes into the fight. The fish ended up being hand lined in for the last hour as a dead weight. A few other Blues were seen in the patterns in the same area, up outside the Punta Gorda area.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again there were Yellowfin found, but not in large numbers and not close to home. Most of the fish were in the 25-40 pound range and bit on live bait dropped in front of the moving schools, but a few decent fish were caught with lures alongside the schools. The best colors were darker, in the black, blue and brown hues. Not many boats brought in Yellowfin, as it was a long run to get where they were, but if you managed to get into them, they were good quality fish.
DORADO The Dorado bite is beginning to pick up as the warm water returns to our area. Most boats were able to get a strike or two on good quality fish ranging between 15-30 pounds with a few big girls in the 40-50 pound range. Hopefully soon we will start to see more of the big ones. Best lures on the Dorado have been bright colored straight runners run off of the outriggers, or a stinger lure in bright colors with a rigged bait inside, run back about 150 feet or more. This lure and position also resulted in some nice Striped Marlin as well.
WAHOO: I did not hear of any Wahoo being caught this week, but I am sure there were a few given the warmth of the water and the areas being fished.
INSHORE: Roosterfish were the inshore surface fish of the week this week with quality fish in the 20 pound class being caught with Sardinas on the Cortez side of the Cape. We had a couple of fly-fishermen work inshore on Friday and they managed to release 6 of these fish on fly, and several others on conventional gear. Grouper were still biting for angler seeking good eating fish, and the tips of the rocky points in water between 250 and 300 feet deep produced some of the nice fish. Smaller live baits really helped get the quality fish here.
NOTES: Things are picking up and looking better every day. Fingers crossed and the creek doesn’t rise, we should see steady improvement in all the species over the next several months. Until you get a chance to get down here and fish, keep your lines tight at home and keep dreaming of the big suckers here, one of these Blue Marlin or big Tuna just might have your name in its dreams! Until next week, have a great time!
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Jul 13, 2008; 12:46PM - Boris Splits…Fish Hit!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 07/09/2008
REPORT #1122 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Boris, a tropical storm system, passed below us late in the week causing very unsettled conditions for several days. By the weekend its effects had diminished and action began to resume.
In the billfish department the big news was a definite up-turn in the blue bite, with a number of them spotted and landed. They ranged in weight from the mid 200’s to one in the high 800’s.
Football tuna seemed to be springing up everywhere from a few miles off the lighthouse and beyond. Several days there were as many as four schools showing at the same time.
While the dorado haven’t schooled up, those that are coming into the patterns are definitely ‘keepers’ with some exceeding fifty pounds.
The small roosters were still thick close to shore with just enough bigger ones to keep things interesting.
Along with the mostly small roosters, the beach action also included some ladyfish, pompano and and the occasional larger rooster or jack that turned a ‘good day’ into a ‘great day’.
Tip: When a fish comes charging your fly, instead of speeding up the retrieve, try changing the cadence of the retrieve. Many times when the fish is matching the speed of the fly slowing down the retrieve speed will cause the fish to run into the fly.
Water temperature 73-87
Air temperature 65-91
Humidity 66%
Wind: S 8 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 13 miles
Sunrise 6:39 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:09 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
Water temperatures jumped up this week offshore and inside the esteros. The estero action seemed to suffer from the sudden increase as well as the strong tides. Action was restricted to a few leopard grouper and even the spotted bay bass seemed to have lockjaw for John Hammargren and Peter Schabarum.
Their final day however they caught as many small yellows, sierra and bonito as they wanted before quitting time.
Offshore it was a different story! The Pacific erupted with small yellows, larger bonito, yellowfin tuna to twenty pounds and a good showing of dorado, all within a few miles of Cabo San Lazero. There were also some reports of wahoo and striped marlin out to the west of the Thetis Bank…just a bit too far for the local fleet to reach.
Mike Litalien, fishing on a panga, said that it was the best tuna and dorado action he had seen in some time with limits filled quickly and plenty to release.
Water temperature 60 - 76
Air temperature 69 -93
Humidity 78 %
Wind: N 3 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 7 miles
Sunrise 6:44 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:20 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
We were hit hard by a tropical storm on Sunday through Monday. I recorded 6.25 inches of rain at my house, and spread out over a 16 hour period.
Due to the large volume of dirty fresh water coming out of the rivers, this wiped out the inshore fishery. Today (Wed.), I went down to Puerto Vicente Guerrero to find clean water. We went south about 15 miles with fly fishing client, Jerry Chew of Portland, OR, and got zip.
In my Suburban, on the drive back to Zihuatanejo, we did find clean water about 12 miles north of the port, and we will be trying that on Thursday.
Sailfish are holding at 1 to 2 fish per day per boat average, and the dorado are still showing up occasionally in the count.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 73-90
Humidity 58%
Wind: Calm
Conditions: Thunderstorms
Visibility 10 miles
Sunrise 7:18 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:25 p.m. CDT
Cabo San Lucas
BILLFISH: It was a spotty week for striped marlin; a few boats were able to get releases on one or two fish each, but many boats had trouble finding fish that were willing to eat. The best results were had along the color change to the south of us, and artificial lures seemed to do a bit better than the live caballito did. There were reports of a few blue marlin being seen in the patterns up toward the Punta Gorda area, but I did not hear of any being caught by our boats in Cabo.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were yellowfin found this week but I am not telling anyone where. A few fish were up to 150 pounds and most of them were in the 30-40 pound class and they were not too far away, but last time I wrote about where they were, we had a visit from tuna seiners. Maybe it’s just bad luck, but it is enough that there are some being caught again. Not all boats were able to get into the fish, but those that were in the right place at the right time did pretty well.
DORADO The warm water on the Cortez side and south of the San Jaime Banks has brought the Dorado bite back on. I think that the storms to the south of us may have pushed up some of these fish along with the warmer water. My fingers are crossed that these nice dorado continue our way, it is a nice change of pace!
WAHOO: There were a few Wahoo in the 40-50 pound class reported being caught, but I had no luck with them myself. The warm water offshore on the Cortez side of the Cape delivered a few scattered incidental fish for lucky anglers.
INSHORE: The sierra and yellowtail bite fell off the charts with the influx of warmer water, but there were still a few being found. The good news is that the grouper are starting to bite and decent fish in the 10-20 pound class are being found over rock piles in 200-250 feet of water. Cut bait and live caballito have been working well, and a few hardy souls willing to do the work of yo-yoing at that depth have done well also.
NOTES: Best fishing this week was from pangas for the grouper, but there were good tuna caught by those anglers lucky to be in the right place at the right time. I hope that this week sees a continuation of the good fishing inshore and an increase in the offshore dorado catch as well as the appearance of more blue marlin in our area.
George & Mary Landrum
Water temperature 67 - 75
Air temperature 64 - 90
Humidity 69%
Wind: NNW 10 knots
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 13 miles
Sunrise 6:41 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:09 p.m. MST
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Jul 11, 2008; 08:44PM - Costa Rica Fishing Report - June 2008
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Category: Los Suenos Marina
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Author Name: Jerry 'bubba' Hallstrom
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June Fishing Report
It took a couple weeks for the fishing and the water to get back to almost normal after tropical Storm Alma pounded Costa Rica at the end of May.
We had more than 2 feet of rain that week and it turned the ocean a muddy brown. Sometimes when we get heavy rains followed by hot sunshine we are prone to getting an algae bloom in the water that’s called “Red Tide”.
The Red Tide started down by Dominical and within a week had moved into the Jaco area. The Red Tide is never good for fisherman…but the impact has been less than expected. Boats are still going out and guys were still catching fish.
RJ Lilley had an interesting day on the beach. He caught a 10 pound snook on a crappie jig fishing in the river mouth in Jaco. Moments later RJ had a save a drunk lady that tried to cross the river mouth not realizing it had been washed out by the rain and in now 8 feet deep with strong currents. Way to go Reggie…karma points.
Captain Kevin on the “Hoo’s your Daddy” has been banging around the inshore rocks all week and picking up good numbers. The highlight of the week was probably the 125 plus pound goliath grouper they caught on a butterfly jig. Yesterday Captain Kevin caught a nice cubera, a mackerel, a couple roosterfish and a half a dozen big jack crevelle. Today they caught a 50 plus pound Cubera and 4 Roosterfish with one of them being in the 70 pound range.
Captain Jerry on the Estrella del Mar took a group offshore because they wanted Tuna. Jerry fished out by the craters and caught 2 big Mahi Mahi in the 45 pound range, a sailfish, a striped marlin and a 50 pound yellowfin tuna. That group ate well for a few days.
Captain RJ has had a good week…on Monday he took a family out that had never fished…they ended the day with 2 big wahoo, 5 nice yellowfin tuna and a 700 plus pound black marlin…once again the area around the “26″ produces a big marlin. RJ followed that up the next day with 7 roosterfish, 6 nice tuna and a 40 pound wahoo.
The guys on the “R&J” did a 1/2 day inshore trip with some friends and caught a half dozen roosterfish not far from the marina.
Captain Brandon on the Fish Whistle has been fishing up in the gulf and having good luck on the inshore and bottom fishing. Brandon has been using butterfly jigs in 60 - 80 feet of water and has been catching some big sea bass, roosterfish, snapper and groupers.
Captain RJ on the Predator has been at the rock almost everyday the past week. They have been averaging 5 or 6 fish a day including some 35 pound wahoo, some 25 pound tuna, some 20 pound mahi mahi and a 400 plus pound black marlin. The big marlin hit a ballyhoo while trolling for wahoo. As most marlin will do he put on a good air show with some great leaps. One of the leaps was too close for comfort when mr marlin almost landed in the boat. The big fish slammed into the boat tower just a couple feet from the captain and clients. RJ said it was like being hit by another boat and they were lucky no one was hurt.
Captain Dave on the Missbehavin took a group out to the rock and caught 6 nice wahoo and several 25 pound yellowfin tuna.
July Fish Forecast --
Look for July to be similar to the end of June. Hopefully the Red Tide will clear out so things can get back to normal.
Expect the 26 rock and inshore rocks to be fished hard as guys try and put clients on some fish.
When boats go offshore the tuna bite will be good if the foreign fishing fleet will stop fishing inside the legal boundary. The big foreign owned tuna boats seem to be more aggressive than ever and I predict more “run ins” with sport fisherman in the near future.
The mahi mahi fishing should also be good around the trash/current lines and the sailfish and marlin bite should be average for this time of year.
They boats may need to run farther until the chocolate brown water disappears…look for the bite to past 30 miles.
July Fish of the Month – Yellowfin Tuna
Over the next few months there should be good numbers of Yellowfin Tuna caught on the Pacific coast. Tuna are one of the oceans most prized fish. Fishing boats from all over the come to Costa Rican waters to fish tuna…sometimes legally and sometimes illegally.
Yellowfin Tuna are caught throughout the year on the Central Pacific coast. It’s not uncommon to pick up a 100 plus pound Yellowfin when fishing for Sailfish. The big Tuna come and go all year long but June through September are normally the best months for 200 pounders.
Tuna are generally caught 10-30 miles out. Yellowfin will bite on the same lures and ballyhoo rigs that are used to catch Sailfish. Tuna are usually found feeding with Dolphins especially Spinner Dolphins. If you can find feeding dolphins you can target tuna with cedar plugs and deeper running trolling lures like the green machine. Live bait is best for the big Tuna…get in front of the feeding pack and drop your live bait down and hold on.
If you are targeting Tuna make sure you bring some wasabi paste and soy sauce with you on the boat. Few things can compare with eating fresh sashimi caught an hour ago. A couple cold beers and you’re set.
Send me your reports and photos today!!!
Good Luck and Good Fishing,
Bubba
8841-5109
2778-7217
help@costaricafishingreport.com
www.costaricafishingreport.com
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Jul 8, 2008; 10:54AM - Chinook GOOD Sockeye STARTING
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Category: Sooke Fishing BC canada
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Author Name: Noel Gyger
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The photo of the week shows Troy from Whitecourt, Alberta with a very nice Chinook (King) Salmon landed while being guided by Steelhead Heaven. It took a black Hot Shot. The same plug was put back into the water after landing this fish and instantly hooked another but eluded the angler with a run of 100 yards before the hook pulled. Photo by Tracey Hittel
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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated June 29 – July 6, 2008
(Number 78)
Dear Fishing Friends:
SUMMARY: The weather remained cool all week with quite a few rain showers. Skeena River has been dropping most of the week but is still high and borderline fishable. Lower Kalum remains high but some Chinook are being caught. Zymoetz (Copper) River is dirty. Best bet now would be the Kitimat River and Coastal Streams plus ocean and lakes. If the water remains high and fishable the Kitimat River should really turn-on. You need the high water to keep the fish moving. Be sure to check out the Ron Wakita detailed report below.
The Tyee Test Fishery shows the largest run of Chinook in the last four years. Sockeye show more than last year.
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FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:
Ron Wakita
Mike Herzberg
Craig Murray
Tracey Hittel
Randy Marshall
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:
TYPE OF FISH CAUGHT: Chinook and Trout for river. Chinook/Halibut/Bottom Fish/Crab for ocean.
Thank you for using barbless hooks.
FISHING THIS WEEK: GOOD
LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: Specie: 44-pound 8-oz-Chinook Where: Kitimat River Angler: Randy Marshall’s client Rob
WEATHER: Showers. Windy. High 16. UV index 3 or moderate. Region normal: Max. Temp. 22 degrees C. Min. Temp. 11 degrees C. Sunrise 5:08 AM Sunset 10:10 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 River is borderline fishable. Lower Kalum River is fishable. Most of the smaller coastal streams are in good shape. Kitimat River is clean. Zymoetz (Copper River) is dirty.
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 dropping most of the week but the water is still dirty. This is the time of year when the Chinook migrate up the Skeena heading to their home rivers. There are a lot of fish in the river now and when the water is clean the fishing is fabulous.
KALUM RIVER: The water in the low end (below the first canyon) is high but is fishable. Hopefully a good run of Chinook are still entering. I have a report of some good catches on the lower end.
This is a Classified River year round and can be guided from March 15 through October 15 only. The Steelhead record is 32-pounds. To see a photo of this fish cast to: http://noelgyger.ca/records/Record003.jpg The angler is Dennis Therrien.
KASIKS RIVER: It is now possible to fish for Chinook at the mouth, in the clean seam, where it joins the Skeena. Sometimes the Chinook come out of the Skeena and into the clean water in search for scent of their home river.
EXCHAMSIKS RIVER: Same as above, it is now possible to fish for Chinook in the clean seam.
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 dirty.
KINCOLITH RIVER: The Chinook have started to come in with the high tides. Fishing for them is only allowed below the bridge. This is tidal water so anglers must have a salt water license even though you are fishing in the river.
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: Big Water! Big Tides! Big Smiles! Lots of Chinook were caught this week.
Early in the week most of the chinook continued to migrate thru the Kitimat harbour fishery, thru the Kitimat tidal fishery, thru the lower Kitimat and were caught in the middle and upper holes of the Kitimat especially in the driftboats. We observed this phenomenon last year. We recorded record numbers in our Driftboat logs last year but proportionally our Salt water boat fish count and jetboat fish count were lower last year.
Our last year's log also recorded lower catches in the lower section of the Kitimat early in the chinook season. We are observing elements of the same this year.
We had a record snow pack last year which created record high river levels. Although the Kitimat River experienced record high river levels we seldom reached the conditions of non fishable. We only lost 2 days due to high, dirty water levels last year but we fish higher water levels well above the normal average. The conditions were extreme but remained fishable and very productive in the driftboats.
We evolved a Fishing technique we nicknamed 'Scar Face' which was developed by Mike Herzberg of Reliable Guide and Charters. When anglers are faced with extreme and difficult conditions we must adjust to continue to catch fish especially when there are lots of fish to be caught. We are fortunate on the Kitimat to have the Kitimat River Hatchery which continuously produces the 'lots of fish'. The big tides this week are also influencing more fish to migrate into the river. The challenge is to catch fish when the conditions are not optimal.
Mike Herzberg continues to lead the assault on this years chinook with his exceptional catch results. Mike has produced on every drift he has done this week but the highlighted drifts were July 3rd drifting with Brad Wickman and his granddaughter Shenese and her friend Shaina and landed three chinook, 26lb, 15lb. and released another one. I am always touched when the passion of fishing is shared by Grand Pa Brad grand daughter Shenese and friend Shaina. Well done! July 4th, Mike drifted Dan, Alice Dumont and they had an outstanding day. They hooked nine chinook and landed four. Dan and Alice hooked and landed a 15lb and an 18lb chinook which they kept and recorded on their license. The next two chinook landed were 30lbers which they had to release because they had already tagged out with the 15 and18lb. Such is the decision process of chinook fishing. On the Kitimat River, regulation states that anglers with a salmon stamp on their license may retain 4 chinook, 1 over 65cm. Once catching and retaining the chinook over 65cm it must be recorded on the angler's license and they can only retain 3 more chinook between 30cm and 65cms (jacks) for the remainder of that day. Since Dan and Alice kept the 15lb and the 18lb. they had to release any larger chinook for the remainder of Friday. One never knows how fishing will be day to day or minute by minute but the 'bird in hand theory' is always prevalent in the decision process of which fish to keep and record. All things considered, Dan and Alice had an outstanding day of chinook fishing on the Kitimat River and were pleased with our guiding services especially with Mike. Congratulations to Dan and Alice on the fish landed and fought and Well Done Mike!
Other associate guides of Reliable had success as well. Pat Oliver drifted with Tony Tiani and his group on Sunday and they landed a 27lber.
Terence Reynolds with Tony Tiani on June 30th and they hooked four chinook and they landed one 22lb. which a seal tried to steal right off the rope. They battled twice to keep this chinook, once on the rod and reel to land it and again with the seal to keep it. I am happy to report that the seal got a chunk of the head and Tony kept the rest. Mark Girard drifted with Kurt and Emmi from Cranbrook and they landed a 30lber. Pat Oliver drifted with Ken and Carol Litchfield on Wednesday and Carol landed a 30lb chinook on her 50th birthday. Congratulations Carol and Happy Birthday. We also provided a bottle of wine for the Birthday celebration which was also used to toast the conquest of the 30lber.
I had the pleasure of drifting with Nick and Erica Bouchard and Leanne Jenkins (friends of my daughter Julie) on a morning drift on July 1st. We hooked four chinook and landed a 32lb and a 28lb. We had a great time as we were trying to produce 'lucky fish catching song' in between fish. The song still needs work musically but we hooked four chinook.
I also drifted on Friday with Bob Cowdell and Craig Sanderson and we hooked six chinook landing two. The last two! We had some anxious moments battling chinook but we finally landed a 28 and 30lber. I also drifted with Josh, Joloene and Riley Hanna on Saturday and we hooked three chinook and landed one about 34lbs. We hooked three chinook in the morning in a major down pour of rain and the river rose and dirtied in the afternoon. The Kitimat rose to a height of 37' last night (Sat) as recorded on the Pump house scale which we log daily with our mobile tackle van. As I am writing this report on Sunday morning the river has already dropped to 36'. I am planning a drift with my sons Corey and Brandon late this afternoon when the river should be fishable. The Kitimat River will rise quickly with rain or snow melt but will drop and clean just as fast.
The lower Kitimat River holes started to produce chinook later in the week mostly on the high tides. On Wednesday July 2nd, the Pump House Pool hooked seven chinook landing three between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. The high tide on Wednesday was at 1:44p.m at a height of 19.9. The Haisla Bridge hole on Thursday hooked five chinook landing three in late afternoon with tide at 2:31p.m. The two landed were covered with sea lice and there were reports of lots of chinook surfacing as they moved thru the pool. Our mobile tackle van log has more info of chinook caught and/or lost on the high tide.
These are exceptionally high tides this week and they are definitely influencing more chinook into the Kitimat. Smart money says to fish the lower Kitimat on the incoming high tide. Courtesy Tide charts are available in our tackle store and in our mobile tackle van.
Josh, Jolene and Riley Hanna. Hooked 3 landed 35-pounder. Guide was Ron Wakita
July 3, Hooked 4 landed two. Clients:Brad Wickman (Grand Pa). Grand daughter Shenese Langlois and friend Shaina Fresersch. Guide and photo by Mike Herzberg.
The anglers are Danny and Alice Dumont, I took them on a drift down the Kitimat yesterday. We hooked nine chinook between Cablecar and the Big Spruce, landing four of them. They each kept one approx. 15 lbs., Danny released two thirty pounders. His attitude was 'keep the little guys as they are better eating, let the big boys and girls spawn'.
The fishing has started to get better as the water has come up...hopefully these next two weeks will be as insane as they were last year. Take care...Mike Herzberg
DOUGLAS CHANNEL: The Kitimat Harbour has been erratic lately but Wes Owens of Golden Adventures trolled out of M.K marina on Wed. July 2nd on his way to his crab traps located 500yards from the marina. He boated a 22lb and a 26lb chinook on route just out of the marina.
Brad Wickman boated three chinook in mid twenties yesterday July 5th in front of the river mouth.
Todd Haynes of Nautical West Adventures reports landing seven chinook out of eleven hooked and a 30lb halibut on his last trip.
Bill from Idaho and his group caught a 62lb halibut in Gilltyees on Friday July 3rd.
Sam Avila of Ocean Breeze Charters reports putting 10 halibut and 17 Coho in his client's coolers from the Mac Donald Bay area. This was on a two day charter which is the best type of trip for halibut this time of year in the Douglas.
Congratulations to all. Thank You to every one who participated in this report. Tight Lines and Big Smiles! Ron Wakita
Douglas Channel Halibut
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
What a week of Monster nookies. Attached are some of the sheets of Aluminum our clients are hooking into. As you can see the smiles tell the tale. Fish are running in small bunches and some of the pools are stacking up.
Today we had a large run of fresh Chinook take three anglers into the back of the reels and a fight of their lives. It was an incredible day as the pool was thick with rolling fish; I thought it was Coho season as the action was unbelievable.
Also the shore lunches are a nice hot treat as you can see from the smiling faces posted in this report. With a busy season starting I will make it short and look forward to more action as the peak is just around the corner, tight lines. Tracey Hittel
Fishing Report and Photos from: Randy’s River Guiding
Hi Noel, I got a last minute booking on Friday. The chap wanted to really fish the Skeena and tribs. I told him I would check out conditions and let him know if it was worth going out. I checked it out and said no way, Skeena is blown and so are most of the smaller tribs. He opted to book me for the Kitimat River. He invited a friend to come along. To make a long story short we had a pretty good day hooking about 4 nice Chinook. We got the first one a 25-lb. buck in the first pool. We landed about a 30-pounder a little later and then the big one that weighed 44-pounds 10-oz. After a few lessons in proper spoon presentation they started catching fish. I think they were thoroughly impressed with the day. Thanks. Randy Marshall
CURRENT REPORT and summary for Central Coast/North Van Island Wilderness Rivers:
Fishing Report from: Nimmo Bay Resort
Female angler gets the prize, fish goes free and the guide gets immortalized yet once again.
What better picture can there be? This mainland river is home for a while to many beautiful Coho. The only thing missing from this picture is YOU. Call Noel for a preview and an opportunity to join us at Nimmo Bay this 2008 season. We are fishing until late October.
Craig Murray, Owner
Nimmo Bay Resort (Est. 1980)
Proud member of BC Sustainable Tourism Collective
www.sustainablebc.ca
To Fly is Human ...To Hover, Divine
Note from Noel: This year in 2007, out of 10 Heli fishing and tour resorts and lodges from around the world, Nimmo Bay Resort was voted number one by the prestigious, New York based Forbes Traveler magazine. Congratulations Craig, Deborah and staff.
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.
On the left Karstan, in the middle their guide Andrew Rushton owner of Kalum River Lodge and on the right Thomas
The Chinook was caught on Tuesday, June 25, the Jack Spring on June 27. I took the photo of Karsten and he took my picture. I’ll add another one showing our “floating party”. I used a tripod to take it automatically with a timer.
Hi Noel, we had a great week with Andrew Rushton although the Skeena was not fishable most of the week. The 2 pictures show my buddy Karsten Brockmann with a 20 pound Chinook, which took a lure cast from a bank of the Kitimat. The other shows myself with a Jack Spring (very tasty!!), which couldn't resist the bait presented from a boat on the Skeena. I am sure, that this was not the last time for me to fish the Skeena, its tributaries and nearby river systems. Thanks for your help in setting up our trip. Thomas Beuhausen from Germany.
The photo is a nice Kitimat River Chinook (King) Salmon and angle guide Rob Vodola who is the Head Guide Fishmaster at Minette Bay Lodge. Photo sent to me by Dr. Howard Mills owner of the lodge.
Note from Noel: the following was sent to me by Guy Gangl who is a ten time repeat guest to Skeena River region. Talk about repeat guests…WOW, we must be doing something right. He books with Randy Marshall of Randy’s River Guiding.
Dear fishing friends around the world, once again I will be back in Terrace at the end of August. For me it is like Prime Time for all kinds of Salmon, because with a little bit of luck you can catch them all. Chinook; is not anymore the targeted specie since the season is over, so all must be catch and release but you can believe me there are still some possibilities to hook-up one of the other specie some of them are still entering the Skeena River. For Chum it’s about the same, since the Skeena system has not too many but there is still the Kitimat River.
Now for the fun part, summer-run Steelhead, Sockeye and Coho are now entering, or are already in the rivers and they are a lot of fun to catch. Last but not least I almost forgot the Pinks, with light gear and on the right spot, especially beginner to fly fishing will be thrilled. Same for spoon fishing. Ocean fishing is another option.
So if you, dear fisher friends, want to find out for yourselves what could happen by end of August and beginning September why don’t you come to Terrace and find out for yourself. You will not be disappointed, and I am sure Noel can find you the right guide for the perfect trip. And who knows maybe we will see each other on the river. Guy from Luxemburg
Thank you everyone for sending the photos and commentary. Noel
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 7, 2008; 11:43AM - Cabo Bite Report
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Category: Mexico Cabo San Lucas
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Author Name: George Landrum
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FLY HOOKER SPORTFISHING
Captain George Landrum
gmlandrum@hotmail.com
www.flyhooker.com
Cabo Fish Report
June 30-July 6, 2008
WEATHER Definitely in summer mode here as we have had our first touch of storm season. We had the cloud cover and some scattered rain from the passing of several systems well to the south of us late in the week, and it was enough for the Port Captain to close the port on Friday. He opened us up later on in the morning after it became apparent that there were no dangerous swells with the wind and rain, but it was enough to really mess up the fishing operations for the day. Our highs during the days have been in the mid to high 90’s with fairly heavy humidity, the evenings have been a bit cooler with a bit of a light breeze, bringing the temperatures down to the low 80’s.
WATER: The passing of storms to the south, along with the southeasterly winds that came with them resulted in confused seas offshore to the south. Our normal southern current flow met with the wind swells from the storm systems and the result was pretty choppy, but not dangerous, surface conditions. Water on the Sea of Cortez side of the Cape was between 79-82 degrees while on the Pacific side it dropped to 75-79 degrees. The water at the San Jaime Banks and to the north of there was off color and green, there was a plume of green tinged water flowing along the shore and to the south of the Cape, extending out about 30 miles. Due south of the San Jaime the water was a good blue color and on the Cortez side the triangle formed between the 1150, 95 Spot and the Cabrilla Seamount was blue as well. The water up to 5 miles offshore on the Cortez side was green tinged.
BAIT: Caballito were readily available early in the week at the new price of $3 per bait, later in the week they were difficult to get due to the weather conditions. I did not hear of any Mackerel or Sardinas being sold.
FISHING:
BILLFISH: It was a spotty week for Striped Marlin, a few boats were able to get releases on one or two fish each, but many boats had trouble finding fish that were willing to eat. The best results were had along the color change to the south of us, and artificial lures seemed to do a bit better than the live Caballito did. There were reports of a few Blue Marlin being seen in the patterns up toward the Punta Gorda area, but I did not hear of any being caught by our boats in Cabo.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: There were Yellowfin found this week but I am not telling anyone where. A few fish were up to 150 pounds and most of them were in the 30-40 pound class and they were not too far away, but last time I wrote about where they were we had a visit from tuna seiners. Maybe its just bad luck, but it is enough that there are some being caught again. Not all boats were able to get into the fish, but those that were in the right place at the right time did pretty well.
DORADO The warm water on the Cortez side and south of the San Jaime Banks has brought the Dorado bite back on. I think that the storms to the south of us may have pushed up some of these fish along with the warmer water. My fingers are crossed that these nice Dorado continue our way, it is a nice change of pace!
WAHOO: There were a few Wahoo in the 40-50 pound class reported being caught, but I had no luck with them myself. The warm water offshore on the Cortez side of the Cape delivered a few scattered incidental fish for lucky anglers.
INSHORE: The Sierra and Yellowtail bite fell off the charts with the influx of warmer water, but there were still a few being found. The good news is that the Grouper are starting to bite and decent fish in the 10-20 pound class are being found over rock piles in 200-250 feet of water. Cut bait and live Caballito have been working well, and a few hardy souls willing to do the work of yo-yoing at that depth have done well also.
NOTES: Best fishing this week was from Pangas for the Grouper, but there were good Tuna caught by those anglers lucky to be in the right place at the right time. I hope that this week sees a continuation of the good fishing inshore and an increase in the offshore Dorado catch as well as the appearance of more Blue Marlin in our area. Until next week, keep your lines tight and check out “Cowboy Boots and Bathing Suits” by Jerry Jeff Walker!
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Jul 3, 2008; 03:20PM - Strip and Strike!
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Category: Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports
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Author Name: Gary Graham
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Endless Season Update 07/02/2008
REPORT #1121 'Below the Border' Saltwater Fly-Fishing reports since 1996
East Cape
Bryan Bero, Palisades, CA and Kirk Kuzmanic, Poway, CA, fell into a successful routine on the second half of their trip. Their roosterfish encounters included many more hook ups and fewer refusals. They managed to sight cast and strip strike themselves right into the double digit column on both of their final days.
Other inshore action during the week included, pompano, jacks, pargo,and plenty of ladyfish in front of the hotels.
Offshore the tuna bite was by far the best bet if you managed to be there early. If not, it was trolling, trolling, trolling until the next school was found. While you were trolling, there were enough dandy dorado to make it interesting…some of them exceeded fifty pounds. Another bonus in trolling was a few striped marlin and an occasional blue dog that set the reels to howling.
Beaching it was another long, hot, dusty trail with only a handful of shots to show for it. The few roosters caught from the beach this week were hard earned.
Tip: Slow trolling a hookless sardina is a productive way to attract roosterfish within casting range. When they appear, cast directly at them and begin to retrieve the fly the second it hits the water.
Water temperature 73-87
Air temperature 66-96
Humidity 38%
Wind: ESE 10 knots
Conditions: Partly Sunny
Visibility 14 miles
Sunrise 6:38 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:09 p.m. MDT
Magdalena Bay, Baja Mexico
The esteros provided good catches of corvina on the surface, as well as leopard grouper and snapper plus the usual cabrilla bite. Outside six miles offshore the small yellows were thick in the 69 degree water.
Water temperature 60 - 66
Air temperature 70 -99
Humidity 45 %
Wind: NNW 2 knots
Conditions: Sunny
Visibility 8 miles
Sunrise 6:41 a.m. MDT
Sunset 8:20 p.m. MDT
Zihuatanejo, Mainland Mexico
There has been very few changes in the conditions or fishing for the last few weeks. The blue water is still very close to the beach, and we are averaging 1 or 2 sailfish a day per boat. The tuna and blue marlin have gone back to areas beyond the 1,000 fathom curve (32 miles), but a few nice sized dorado are showing up.
The roosterfish action is still excellent, however when I guided fly fisherman Jay Brady of San Antonio Texas, we only managed one small rooster on the fly. We fished down at Puerto Vicente Guerrero, but the previous night's rainstorm had dumped a lot of dirty water from the rivers. It had us looking for clean water, plus we had a low pressure ridge over us bringing the wind in from the South, and not the normal West wind.
Ed Kunze
Water temperature 80 - 84
Air temperature 76-93
Humidity 62%
Wind: SW 12 mi
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy
Visibility 17 miles
Sunrise 7:15 a.m. CDT
Sunset 8:25 p.m. CDT
Cabo San Lucas
BILLFISH: Once again the week started slow for billfish, as well as everything else. At the beginning of the week boats were lucky to see a few marlin, let alone catch one or two. That all changed on Friday as a concentration of fish showed up, and showed up hungry, at the temperature break on the 95 spot. The fish were in small groups of twos and threes on the surface, and live bait was the best producer. Most boats were able to get at least one release and a few scored as many as five or six fish released. Farther to the north in the Cortez the striped marlin were spotty as the water was a bit warmer than they normally like, but there were a few blue marlin bites reported. It is still a bit cool for them, but look for more action from the girls in the blue suits as the water warms to a steady 82 degrees and the skipjack tuna start to show up in numbers.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Once again Friday seemed to be the day the fish showed up as there were confirmed reports of fish in the 30-40 pound class found under porpoise between the 1150 and the Cabrilla Seamount. On Friday there were just a few boats in the fish but on Saturday the numbers increased. The fish were in the smaller black porpoise pods, which confused a lot of people, as that is not a normal occurrence. There were several fish reported in the #200 class as well. On Saturday this scene was repeated with one boat reported catching the largest yellowfin of its history, and several other boats leaving the fish because they had enough. Who knows if these fish will stay in the area for any amount of time, but it is nice to see that there are still some out there. Live bait dropped down in among the porpoise worked best.
DORADO Once again there were just a few scattered dorado reported, but look for the numbers and size of fish to increase as the water continues to warm.
WAHOO: There were a few wahoo in the 40-50 pound class reported being caught, but I had no luck with them myself. The warm water offshore on the Cortez side of the Cape delivered a few scattered incidental fish for lucky anglers.
INSHORE: There were still plenty of sierra available for anglers looking for consistent action on Pangas, as well as a fair number of small roosterfish. Most of the action took place between Chileno and San Jose. On the Pacific side of the Cape the beach area was rough and green with only scattered schools of sierra and small Yellowtails being found between the Arch and the lighthouse.
George & Mary Landrum
Water temperature 67 - 75
Air temperature 66 - 96
Humidity 34%
Wind: ESE 10 knots
Conditions: Mostly Sunny
Visibility 14 miles
Sunrise 6:38 a.m. MST
Sunset 8:09 p.m. MST
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