Thought I would put a little west coast report together from my first summer out in B.C. It’s amazing how few people take advantage of the great fishing. I am assuming that for many targeting for fish such as pink salmon, dogfish (shark), rockfish, lingcod and sole out here could be possibly equated to fishing for fresh water drum and suckers in Ontario. At any rate I will continue to target these species next summer and enjoy what a great meal they make. Normally we would take some sole as our choice of dinner. It was not uncommon to have 20-30 fish days in a couple hours of fishing within rowing distance from land.
Some days were dogfish after dogfish. So easy to catch and often times great fights. Visually spectacular when they come up schooled together.
When it wasn’t dogfish it was sole, it was no easy task getting these guys up as the sharks frenzied when you were pulling up these tasty critters. At times you were left with remnants of a sole.
The lingcod and rockfish are beautiful fish. There are restrictions on retention for lingcod. As well, there are no-fishing zones for rockfish to protect the species. We caught a couple over the size restriction.
As an added bonus the sea cucumber, and the great scenery here.
Unfortunately, no ice-fishing this winter on the Ottawa or Nation River.
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