Sockeye Salmon Fishing

[Calicanuck]

I have to admit... this living on the coast now is pretty sweet. It's 30 min to the ferry, 2 hour ferry ride and an hour drive to Port Alberni... the so called Salmon Capital of the World. Went out for our First time last month for the rumors of an epic Sockeye run. A forecast 1.3 million returning fish that didn't care to enter the warm river. They were just piling up in the inlet and waiting to be caught. I was reading about guys limiting out in an hour for a few weeks so thought it was time to get in on the action. Well the First day we got out late but still managed 11... one short of our limit. Then it happened the first rains of the summer for the next two days and the salmon fishing slowed down for us as they started to move into the rivers. Caught 4 the next two days and still lost a whole bunch, but they weren't as crazy after the rain. Had a great time anyways and came home with a cooler full of salmon. I've been eating like a king, bbq salmon every night, haha.

The Pink run is supposed to be epic... so hopefully we get some more cool weather and rain so they can open up the Fraser in September and we can all get out on some Humpies! This is all totally new to me, loving every bit.

Here's a video from our last day... the only nice sunny day, was beautiful out there. I have some footage from the first day I'll have to put together, but was a mess we started to find our grove and figure it out the last day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGZTkBKaQbE
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[wiperhunter2]

I've been wondering where you went, then I noticed you were posting on the Saltwater boards. Is this a permanent move to the coast or are you just there for the time being?
Sounds like a great first trip, nice looking Salmon. What kind of reel is that you are using, it looks like a heavy duty fly reel[:/]?
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[Calicanuck]

[quote wiperhunter2]I've been wondering where you went, then I noticed you were posting on the Saltwater boards. Is this a permanent move to the coast or are you just there for the time being?
Sounds like a great first trip, nice looking Salmon. What kind of reel is that you are using, it looks like a heavy duty fly reel[:/]?[/quote]

This is hopefully a permanent move. We bought a house in the Vancouver, Canada area and I have a new job. We are about 10 minutes from the Salt and 30 minutes to the Ferry which takes us across to Vancouver Island one of the greatest drive to Salmon Fishing destinations there is. So I'm pretty excited being here. So I'm pretty much just back to being a Canuck again. I'll be posting from time to time if you guys don't mind.

Tight lines!
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[wiperhunter2]

Congratulations on the new job, we will look forward to reading and seeing more of your fishing exploits.
I've been to the Vancouver, nice area. I bet there are not many walleye & perch lakes there[].
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