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From the Vancouver perspective...
What started off as a slow year and then showed signs of life (April/May)..then went into the doldrums until August when it literally LIT right ON FIRE... and kept on going through until the middle of September.....it was an interesting year.
A time when THE place to be was no where else than Vancouver...August 6 to September 17...far and away this was one of the best years Vancouver had to offer up in many. 2008 goes down in my books as memorable..which is more than many can say elsewhere the coast over.
I'm thoroughly looking forward to 2009 and the return of the runs!!!
Things I did differently this year.. (even for a seasoned salt like me who puts fishing as the number 1 favorite activity when the weather is nice..)
1. Changed up my hootchies, leader lengths and got it all dialed in...even more than before. I thought I'd hit the limit on previous with my boat etc, but tuning your gear is absolutely key..and you WILL catch fish even when the "bite" is not on. Speed, tie, rigging, it all works together!!!
2. Strike while the iron is hot. Drop the girlfriend, drop the wife, take time off and fish long and fish hard. When the fish are in--they're in..get out fishing and get on it. Fish it hard.
3. Fish different area take that chance and fish different...you can't do any worse..(usually not).
4. Put out the "bonus lures"..the ones which used to catch fish years ago..I usually fish six rods. The fifth and sixth rods are the ones I fish those lures on. Those rods were fishing depths not normally fished in the local areas. They produced. Tyees. 32, 37, 33. As well as smaller standard fare. A bit surprising...but not really. Some rules apply the coast over
5. Bait. I moved away from bait a bit more this year. I used to be a bait exclusive when we got into the summer/fall. But a brave move on my part one morning showed that properly fished hardware will keep pace bait.
6. Next year...I can hardly wait. I get fired up just thinking about it.
What about you guys? Anyone else learn anything? Who is looking forward to next year?!
:cheers: :happy:
From the Vancouver perspective...
What started off as a slow year and then showed signs of life (April/May)..then went into the doldrums until August when it literally LIT right ON FIRE... and kept on going through until the middle of September.....it was an interesting year.
A time when THE place to be was no where else than Vancouver...August 6 to September 17...far and away this was one of the best years Vancouver had to offer up in many. 2008 goes down in my books as memorable..which is more than many can say elsewhere the coast over.
I'm thoroughly looking forward to 2009 and the return of the runs!!!
Things I did differently this year.. (even for a seasoned salt like me who puts fishing as the number 1 favorite activity when the weather is nice..)
1. Changed up my hootchies, leader lengths and got it all dialed in...even more than before. I thought I'd hit the limit on previous with my boat etc, but tuning your gear is absolutely key..and you WILL catch fish even when the "bite" is not on. Speed, tie, rigging, it all works together!!!
2. Strike while the iron is hot. Drop the girlfriend, drop the wife, take time off and fish long and fish hard. When the fish are in--they're in..get out fishing and get on it. Fish it hard.
3. Fish different area take that chance and fish different...you can't do any worse..(usually not).
4. Put out the "bonus lures"..the ones which used to catch fish years ago..I usually fish six rods. The fifth and sixth rods are the ones I fish those lures on. Those rods were fishing depths not normally fished in the local areas. They produced. Tyees. 32, 37, 33. As well as smaller standard fare. A bit surprising...but not really. Some rules apply the coast over
5. Bait. I moved away from bait a bit more this year. I used to be a bait exclusive when we got into the summer/fall. But a brave move on my part one morning showed that properly fished hardware will keep pace bait.
6. Next year...I can hardly wait. I get fired up just thinking about it.
What about you guys? Anyone else learn anything? Who is looking forward to next year?!
:cheers: :happy: