Any fisherman out there?

[JDC222]

I am about 43 seconds, house to boat launch. I fish year’round, Coho, Chinook mostly. Spot prawns (you call them shrimp) are plentiful, as are Dungeness Crab.

I bought the house on Bowen Island in 2019, when CoVid scared everybody away...19 min ferry from West Vancouver, runs every hour.

Definitely living the dream.

Awesome Dave! Did you guys sell the house in town and move completely out of the city?

No, we still have a house in W Van…I’m trying to convince the wife to move to Pender Harbour. I’d like 15-20 acres, so I don’t have to see any neighbours


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[JDC222]

I do not fish as much as I use to. I did a bunch of it in Maryland, Louisiana and Georgia. I typically have used lures for my type of fishing. Not much of a fly fisherman I am afraid.

I’d love to learn how to fly fish…float around in a belly-boat…it looks peaceful.

[unsub073]

I've posted this before, but my wife is a marine biologist, and you can see some of the fish/sharks/rays that she has worked up. Most of the water scenery pictures are probably within a 1/2 hour of our house and of our boat.

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[toxicavenger]

I do not fish as much as I use to. I did a bunch of it in Maryland, Louisiana and Georgia. I typically have used lures for my type of fishing. Not much of a fly fisherman I am afraid.

I’d love to learn how to fly fish…float around in a belly-boat…it looks peaceful.

Fly fishing on a fast river is a full time job.

[JDC222]

I do not fish as much as I use to. I did a bunch of it in Maryland, Louisiana and Georgia. I typically have used lures for my type of fishing. Not much of a fly fisherman I am afraid.

I’d love to learn how to fly fish…float around in a belly-boat…it looks peaceful.

Fly fishing on a fast river is a full time job.

Hard to drink beer AND fish, in a fast running river!

[BacoNoir]

I do not fish as much as I use to. I did a bunch of it in Maryland, Louisiana and Georgia. I typically have used lures for my type of fishing. Not much of a fly fisherman I am afraid.

I’d love to learn how to fly fish…float around in a belly-boat…it looks peaceful.

Fly fishing on a fast river is a full time job.

Yes it is. I prefer high mountain lakes and smaller streams. Less people, more quiet, and the fish generally aren’t as skittish.

[sierra11b]

His personal best 2lber on top water (more of a floating jerk bait) called the OSP bent minnow. Caught 4 on it this morning in the lake i've never caught fish on using a top water method (having tried many times). Apparently this lure is quite the rage in Australia and Japan, and starting to get a cult following here. Would be great for stripper in its larger sizes:



That personal best lasted about an hour when he caught what we're calling a 3lber on no other than a 5" weightless watermelon senko rigged on a weedless offset wide gap hook. He was soooo excited!

New Stradic 3000 HG with 8lb super sniper fluorocarbon, Gloomis 802S JWR rod. Such a sweet setup for senkos.

[Chocodove]

His personal best 2lber on top water (more of a floating jerk bait) called the OSP bent minnow. Caught 4 on it this morning in the lake i've never caught fish on using a top water method (having tried many times). Apparently this lure is quite the rage in Australia and Japan, and starting to get a cult following here. Would be great for stripper in its larger sizes:



That personal best lasted about an hour when he caught what we're calling a 3lber on no other than a 5" weightless watermelon senko rigged on a weedless offset wide gap hook. He was soooo excited!

New Stradic 3000 HG with 8lb super sniper fluorocarbon, Gloomis 802S JWR rod. Such a sweet setup for senkos.

Very nice!

[JDC222]

Now…

[sierra11b]

^^^ My version of paradise!

[toxicavenger]

His personal best 2lber on top water (more of a floating jerk bait) called the OSP bent minnow. Caught 4 on it this morning in the lake i've never caught fish on using a top water method (having tried many times). Apparently this lure is quite the rage in Australia and Japan, and starting to get a cult following here. Would be great for stripper in its larger sizes:



That personal best lasted about an hour when he caught what we're calling a 3lber on no other than a 5" weightless watermelon senko rigged on a weedless offset wide gap hook. He was soooo excited!

New Stradic 3000 HG with 8lb super sniper fluorocarbon, Gloomis 802S JWR rod. Such a sweet setup for senkos.

Damn he is crushing it!

[toxicavenger]

I do not fish as much as I use to. I did a bunch of it in Maryland, Louisiana and Georgia. I typically have used lures for my type of fishing. Not much of a fly fisherman I am afraid.

I’d love to learn how to fly fish…float around in a belly-boat…it looks peaceful.

Fly fishing on a fast river is a full time job.

Yes it is. I prefer high mountain lakes and smaller streams. Less people, more quiet, and the fish generally aren’t as skittish.

Same!

[toxicavenger]

move to Pender Harbour. I’d like 15-20 acres, so I don’t have to see any neighbours

I heard Pender is amazing. Where is the area you are staying now on the water? It looks beautiful.

I've posted this before, but my wife is a marine biologist, and you can see some of the fish/sharks/rays that she has worked up. Most of the water scenery pictures are probably within a 1/2 hour of our house and of our boat.

That is way cool Chris. Looks like a beautiful area.

[JDC222]

move to Pender Harbour. I’d like 15-20 acres, so I don’t have to see any neighbours

I heard Pender is amazing. Where is the area you are staying now on the water? It looks beautiful.

My place is on Bowen Island. It's a 20 min ferry (every hour) from West Vancouver. My house is on the west side of the Island, boat launch (rocks) is a minute away, so many places to fish!

[gwells]

this popped up for me today and it seems appropriate on this thread.

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[toxicavenger]

I heard Pender is amazing. Where is the area you are staying now on the water? It looks beautiful.

My place is on Bowen Island. It's a 20 min ferry (every hour) from West Vancouver. My house is on the west side of the Island, boat launch (rocks) is a minute away, so many places to fish!

That sounds awesome! Congrats Dave. Carrying that "shaft" all them years paid off.

[Ryeguy]

this popped up for me today and it seems appropriate on this thread.

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I’ve heard of that before, especially with the tuna fishermen around me. They use the drone for spotting fish. Tuna will swim near the surface and can be seen using spotting planes, and now drones.

I’ve also heard of guys using drones to drop bait near the lounging tuna so the boat doesn’t spook them.

Years ago, my neighbor welded up a 4’ slingshot and used surgical tubing to launch bait.

[Chocodove]

this popped up for me today and it seems appropriate on this thread.

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I’ve heard of that before, especially with the tuna fishermen around me. They use the drone for spotting fish. Tuna will swim near the surface and can be seen using spotting planes, and now drones.

I’ve also heard of guys using drones to drop bait near the lounging tuna so the boat doesn’t spook them.

Years ago, my neighbor welded up a 4’ slingshot and used surgical tubing to launch bait.

Drones are big for dropping bait for shark fishing off the NI beaches. I think they’ve been banned for this purpose in some places.

[JDC222]

I heard Pender is amazing. Where is the area you are staying now on the water? It looks beautiful.

My place is on Bowen Island. It's a 20 min ferry (every hour) from West Vancouver. My house is on the west side of the Island, boat launch (rocks) is a minute away, so many places to fish!

That sounds awesome! Congrats Dave. Carrying that "shaft" all them years paid off.

I am still "carrying the shaft" Terry...lol Not retired yet

[toxicavenger]

I heard Pender is amazing. Where is the area you are staying now on the water? It looks beautiful.

My place is on Bowen Island. It's a 20 min ferry (every hour) from West Vancouver. My house is on the west side of the Island, boat launch (rocks) is a minute away, so many places to fish!

That sounds awesome! Congrats Dave. Carrying that "shaft" all them years paid off.

I am still "carrying the shaft" Terry...lol Not retired yet

Sweet! You were a amazing displayer of the shaft!

In all honesty you and the band put on an amazing performance!

[JDC222]

I heard Pender is amazing. Where is the area you are staying now on the water? It looks beautiful.

My place is on Bowen Island. It's a 20 min ferry (every hour) from West Vancouver. My house is on the west side of the Island, boat launch (rocks) is a minute away, so many places to fish!

That sounds awesome! Congrats Dave. Carrying that "shaft" all them years paid off.

I am still "carrying the shaft" Terry...lol Not retired yet

Sweet! You were a amazing displayer of the shaft!

In all honesty you and the band put on an amazing performance!

Thanks Terry! We’ll be in France, June 1-14 on a tour for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, at Juno Beach…meet you there?

[sierra11b]

I heard Pender is amazing. Where is the area you are staying now on the water? It looks beautiful.

My place is on Bowen Island. It's a 20 min ferry (every hour) from West Vancouver. My house is on the west side of the Island, boat launch (rocks) is a minute away, so many places to fish!

That sounds awesome! Congrats Dave. Carrying that "shaft" all them years paid off.

I am still "carrying the shaft" Terry...lol Not retired yet

Sweet! You were a amazing displayer of the shaft!

In all honesty you and the band put on an amazing performance!

Thanks Terry! We’ll be in France, June 1-14 on a tour for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, at Juno Beach…meet you there?

Woah that's awesome!

I did the commemorative Operation Market Garden jump back in '01 (pre-9/11) as a chosen member of 325th glider regiment out of C47s, and then met up with my unit to have two months of Fallschirmjäger fun throughout Germany and Holland, exchanging tactics, RTC350-1-2 with my then CAG platoon sergeant, and overall unit exchange for German sports badge and Schützenschnur.

We toured the entire area of Operation Market Garden with the German Para's and had way much fun doing so. Needless to say, the women in Holland still like a AA and Screaming Eagle shoulder patch.

Best months of my life!

At any rate, going to get back on the water next weekend... Too much baseball stuff happening, including a pushed back opening day and hit-a-thon

[Ryeguy]

We toured the entire area of Operation Market Garden with the German Para's and had way much fun doing so. Needless to say, the women in Holland still like a AA and Screaming Eagle shoulder patch.

I always thought it was funny when people said “AA” stood for “Athletic Alcoholics”.

[martyloveswatches]

[sierra11b]

Good eats!