Montaigut Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 For all of you avid salmon fans out there this is probably one of the very best spots on earth. You will find them all: chinook, coho, pink, sockeye and chum. My son and I are regular visitors. Here are a few pics of our latest trip. First day; off bright and early. First catch: David's spring, 18 lb. Fishing, cigars and nothing else in the world that matters. Talk about disconnecting... First day catch in... David enjoying a nice smoke. A regular visitor, along with whales and orca. Can't wait to get back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanceSchmerr Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 It is a spectacular place. I cruised in and through Haidi Gwaii in 2004 onboard the HMCS Oriole, Canada's Navy Tall Ship. A fantastic experience! We never caught any salmon though, mainly Lingcod and a massive Starfish that crawled into our Crab Trap haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechenman Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Thanks for sharing the pics...amazing...love the shot of the eagle as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Thanks for sharing - beautiful and alluring, and quite the fish also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#2 man Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Thanks for posting those great pictures !! ........Brings back great memories fishing Salmon on lake Michigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoyopr Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Great photos, and it is a great area with some excellent fishing, also there can be some big Halibut taken up the BC coast as well as in Alaska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Great stuff All I want to do right now is go fishing for a few days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laficion Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Great photos Dan, the beauty of that spot make it a perfect place to disconnect. Thanks for sharing the experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac77 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Great photos, and it is a great area with some excellent fishing, also there can be some big Halibut taken up the BC coast as well as in Alaska. Indeed you are correct. I have been going up to Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) for 4 years now. Amazing plance amazing fishing. Here is one I caught last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 fantastic. and not conducive to spending the day working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 i see one rod and reel combo. was that typical of the gear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac77 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 i see one rod and reel combo. was that typical of the gear? Gear is a good long salmon rod with Islander mooching reel (which are things of beauty http://www.islander.com/main.php) spooled up with 20 - 25 lb test depending upon your preferance. Fished using either weighted line or from a downrigger. We usually had one or two on the rigger and one or two weighted lines on the larger boats and on smaller boats one rigger and two weighted lines. Mostly going for Springs (chinook Salmon) and coho but you get all types up there including some nice halibut I got a nice one a couple of years ago and here is the pic. Along with a few more from the area. halibut.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac77 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 not sure if I loaded the pics correctly buzz back if you can not view them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoyopr Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Nice photo of the Halibut and great weather as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac77 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Would be very cool to get a group of FOH members out there on a trip sometime. Here are some more pics that I tried to post earlier but for some reason did not go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac77 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 mmmmm I must be doing something wrong.. ooops I just realized that the file sizes are too big. Will try and reduce and post later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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