[Britguy]

Well hit the river today
Hooked this nice hatch doe
on a spinner

seen this earlier in the day
Half a wild fish

 

[11th Warrior]

Beauty catch Britguy!!

The other fish looks like a doggy bag from a bear (claw marks on the back?)

 

[JDOG]

Saw a bear on sunday around mid river so it's quite possible that thats what happened :-\ nice fish your making me jealous

 

[kingpin]

more likely an eagle i would think

 

[hotrod]

more likely an eagle i would think

An eagle certainly may have been eating it but for sure did not catch it and kill it. It's too big! Pretty bizarre. Nice pics Britguy!



Hotrod

 

[Fishaholic]

more likely an eagle i would think

Too many claw stratches for that me thinks. Not all the bears in the Lml and (most) the Isle sleep through the winter....especailly with the spring like conditions of late.

 

[STLHDR]

more likely an eagle i would think

An eagle certainly may have been eating it but for sure did not catch it and kill it. It's too big! Pretty bizarre. Nice pics Britguy!



Hotrod

Eagles are fairly strong, its also hard to judge the size of that fish without a reference of some sort. Maybe it was a wild that has been caught so many times it was completely exhausted and a muskrat got it?

 

[Krypto-Limitkiller-Sanderson]

Probably an eagle. I took a quick stroll by the river today and saw a steely in less than 2' of water sitting in the tail out, plain as day. Easy meal for an eagle.

Oh ya, yours is a beauty as well. Shes got a little weight to her.

 

[11th Warrior]

more likely an eagle i would think

Too many claw stratches for that me thinks. Not all the bears in the Lml and (most) the Isle sleep through the winter....especailly with the spring like conditions of late.

I drove up to Campbell River today and saw a bear walking parallel with the highway about 200yds off the road in a field, so they're awake.

 

[hotrod]

Of course I could be wrong..................................the more I think about The more I want to take my foot out of my mouth!



Hotrod

 

[JetBoat Jim]

seal

 

[professori]

Beautiful fish Britguy. Put away the fly rod today,eh?

 

[Britguy]

no bears in the canal area

It was mid river
no where near the canal

And yeh Profesorri decided to give the drift rod a go again as i have a new rod and wanted to see how it handled a good size steelie (not expecting to get one that day)
and it stood up to the challenge well
Fish took me for a few good runs before i could see if it was a hatch or not
I did weigh it when i got home(minus the guts and eggs)
anyone want to guess the weight ???(minus the guts and eggs)

 

[Kristopher]

Beauty fish!!!
It's been almost a week since I've been out and I'm going crazy. Can't wait for the weekend. eace:

 

[Britguy]

Ok no one wanted to guess the weight
well it was (minus guts and eggs) just over 11lbs