Chum Salmon Season here on my island has arrived
Submitted by Reaper on Sat, 2011-10-15 07:43
And by God they have come in Droves when they got the itch to travel up the river they came in wave after wave hundreds of them :) and still going strong pit stop to make a report before heading back out for more fun and freezer filling
just look at the Teeth man they will make mince meat outta your hand in a second and these buggers dont stop fighting till you are clubbing them :)
small fish fight like big fish the bigger ones fight like huge fish
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deepwater
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they are some good size
they are some good size salmon there reaper ,do you catch and release alought of these as well they look like alought of great fun that size ???
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Wow they're a great size! I
Wow they're a great size!
I had some smoked salmon at the boat show yesterday, it was very tasty and pretty much you just have to buy salmon here ;(
Reaper
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Yes catch and release after quota is caught
your allowed a total of 4 Salmon each day but only 2 of each type so you can have 2 Chinooks and 2 Chum or 2 Coho and 2 Chum or whatever combo you make
and yes we have a blast catching then releasing after we have caught the fish we will take home the water is nice and cold this time of the year so you can bleed the fish then leave it in the water while you keep fishing this in turn wont make the fish go into rigger till you gut it :)
and thats too bad till cause we dont ever have to pay for any of it we make smoked candied jerky you name it weve done it right now the priceest fish is the Chinook at 22.00 a pound i brought a 20lb one home the other day a 400+ dollar fish
Oh and most important those are the SMALL ones :P
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Nice fish!I didn't realise
Nice fish!
I didn't realise those salmon had teeth like that, interesting.
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Teeth
they only get those teeth when they come to spawn they use them for fighting and they are razor sharp
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Great fish Reaper,
Great fish Reaper, interesting how the teeth are for shagging & shit kicking
Very cool
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Beautiful Chum there Reaper.
Beautiful Chum there Reaper. I was just over in Vancouver island about a month ago and I was lucky enough to see the Chinook coming up the Big Qualicum river and into the hatchery. Saw some absoultly mamoth fish there. Fancinating. Are the Chinook still comming up the rivers or have they finished up now?
Did you get these in the river or in the sea before they head up?
I must say I'm hooked on Pacific Salmon now. Keen to get back over there in the next few years to get amoungst it again
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Those are caught in the River but you can catch them in ocean as well and they can be alot of fun as well in this river you can Catch and keep Chum Springs Coho
Chum and Coho fight the best tho tooth and nail till the end Coho fly out of the water and dance in the air Chum shake spin jump whatever to get rid of that hook :)
but you come see me in October of any year and ill show you some wicked and i mean Wicked fishing all we use is 10.5 foot rod pice of lead for weight leader hook and a piece of wool to catch them i play with lots of fish every day then arm gets sore and time to go home :)
i caught my two go home fish within 20 minutes this morning so i got to stay and play for another 2 hrs just catch and release :)
i live on Vancouver island and wasnt far from where you was
The Chinook Runs are all but done for the Year but you will still have the late comers till the end of November
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Yeah, I saw on your profile
Yeah, I saw on your profile that you're in Comox. Unfortunatly, we where running shy of time and just drove trough Comox without much exploring. :(
Sounds like I came home too early
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Too Bad
serious you come see me when you come out again ill make sure you catch more Salmon than your arms can handle ill post some pics of todays catch later on these for Chum was huge Slabs
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