LET ME COUNT THE WAYS! The Beach season is approaching. first Pink salmon, then Coho, and then Spring salmon https://youtu.be/GpMHoAHXGls Vancouver Island East Coast Beaches
Year: 2023
Beach Fishing Vancouver Island
Beach Fishing Nature is full of surprises; it provides great stories and hours of reminiscing about the day's adventures with your friends. One year, a friend of mine, Ian Forbes, and I were fishing outside a gravel spit near Qualicum Beach. A spit is a parcel of gravel exposed as dry land on a low [...]
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Creating a Bait Ball
Gil d’Oliveira Chinook attracted to our own bait ball caught with an AP Tackle Needlefish On the ocean waters of British Columbia, the salmon anglers cast lures, jigging lures or trolling their lures for their targeted salmon species. The issue is locating the salmon. They search for easy prey to increase their weight and energy [...]
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The Original CJ Special Salmon Lures are Back
Quote from Robert Van Pelt : ''The Original CJ Special Salmon lure is developed and designed by ardent angler Charlie Jones. Charlie hand tools and finishes his lures to a craftsman-like finish. Charlie's passion has been delicately furnished into every lure he makes.While testing the CJ Specials along the coastline of British Columbia, Canada, we [...]
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My Favourite Steelhead Drifting Weight
Many anglers have their favourite way to add weight to their float drifting rig. The list goes on: Split-Shot, Rubber-Core, Sinkers Sliding Sinkers, Pencil Sinkers, bell. My favourite is the hollow core coil lead weight encased in parachute cord casing. Low friction reduced the amount of weight loss to the structures in the river. Assembly [...]
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BnR Tackle- The Holey Worm
Although plastic worms are made in different lengths, colours, and shapes, one common factor unites them all. To attach a leader, they need to be threaded through their length. Anglers have the option of assembling them on-site or pre-assembling them. Anglers need a long needle and the ability to thread centred in the core of [...]
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Making The Colorado Spinner
Yakima Bait, Hildebrandt #5 Copper Colorado Blade from Yakima Bait Co. Unweighted spinning lures are so effective because of their simplicity. To complete this project, you will need four parts: swivels, split rings, spinning blades, and hooks. They are also very inexpensive, as well as easy to assemble. Pliers are much easier to use than [...]
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Revitalizing a Worn Out Spinning Lure
Lures that can withstand the rigorous use of catching salmon off the beaches of Vancouver Island are difficult to find. Repainting, buffing, and rust removal are all methods anglers use to restore their gear's top performance. Traditional painted body bell spinner showing wear In most cases, spinning lures must be removed and most parts completely [...]
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Spend Your Time Fishing, NOT Rigging!
Rigrap storage case The RIGRAP Yellow8512 is an affordable 4pk and one of the most popular sizes in RIGRAP’s tangle-free fishing rig storage solutions. The 8512 is a compact plastic device designed to store a range of rigs, incl.; live bait rigs, single or multi-hook rigs, sabiki rigs, a variety of jigs, flies & tippets, [...]
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2023 Starting Off With Twitching Jigs
The first of my Sponsor's Yakima Bait 3/8 and 1/2 ounce twitching Jig samples have arrived. The jigs will be used with the new-to-arrive Amundson Outdoors twitching spinning and baitcasting rods. Yakima Bait Kudos Bait Casting Rod Combo for Twitching Jigs Kudos Spinning Rod Combo for Twitching Jigs Last year was the year to learn [...]
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