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Just got back from 5 days in Port Hardy. The fishing was very good. We fished a total of 30 hours, without downriggers. WE used a variety of methods including the flyrods to land 4 beautiful springs in the 16-30 lb. range, 10-12 wild cohos, 4 hatchery coho, approx. 20 pinks, two huge lings and too many juvenile coho in the 10-15" range. There seems to be way more of these little guys than normal in the area. We had to pull up and relocate several times as you just could not keep them off your gear, no matter what you were using.
All the wild coho are still under protection measures in the area, so all were released including one hog that was a solid 15-16lbs. The fly fishing for the pinks on the open ocean was a lot of fun and over one two hr. period we caught 8 fish. Funny thing was, I caught them all on the small bead-head fly I use for coho. One male was 9 -10 lb. beauty.
Not a lot of boats in the area, and did not see a lot of BIG fish caught, although everyone caught fish.
The tri colour flasher and Christmas tree hootchie seemed to work well, but overall, most fish were caught on small cut plug. When we fished a whole herring, regardless of size, we seemed to catch a lot of small dogfish.
Anyway, a good trip and perfect weather!....Now I gotta work for two days before climbing on the bike and head up to Kelowna for a week........Life is tough!.........Ortho 8)
All the wild coho are still under protection measures in the area, so all were released including one hog that was a solid 15-16lbs. The fly fishing for the pinks on the open ocean was a lot of fun and over one two hr. period we caught 8 fish. Funny thing was, I caught them all on the small bead-head fly I use for coho. One male was 9 -10 lb. beauty.
Not a lot of boats in the area, and did not see a lot of BIG fish caught, although everyone caught fish.
The tri colour flasher and Christmas tree hootchie seemed to work well, but overall, most fish were caught on small cut plug. When we fished a whole herring, regardless of size, we seemed to catch a lot of small dogfish.
Anyway, a good trip and perfect weather!....Now I gotta work for two days before climbing on the bike and head up to Kelowna for a week........Life is tough!.........Ortho 8)