Prince Rupert

Today and tomorrow I had the opportunity to head to Prince Rupert, BC. It was about a 7 hour drive with a mixed bag of weather, a bit of sun and a lot of rain. We checked in to a B&B and got an early night to make sure we got up in time to get out for some fishing. 

The weather started cloudy and a bit of rain but bybthe time we reached the fishing grounds the weather began to improve and by mid morning we had sun shine. A few humpback whales graced us with their oresence and to top it all off the water was calm and the fish were biting. It took all of 4 minutes before we were into our first coho of the day. One of many dime bright fish brought up from the depths. We fished water from 75 ft deep to nearly 500 ft deep with our bait averaging about 60 feet down. After filling our quota of salmon, all coho and one chinook, we took off to fish 200+ feet of water for halibut. It didnt take long there either and we hooked into a few and my first ever halibut. One keeper and the rest were let go. Jigging for them was fun but tiring. 

Crab traps on the way back gave us our limits of dungeness crab and we are back at it tomorrow for more salmon, halibut and maybe some ling cod.

West Coast day off

Well since my kids and I had the day off due to the current teachers strike, we decided to head to belcarra for a few hours. We took the crab traps and let them soak for a few hours and fished while we were waiting too.

There were a few other people fishing and crabbing too. One little boy caught a nice big flounder about 10 inches long, maybe more. Boy was he excited! Another couple of kids caught a bunch of herring just under the dock. As for us, we caught a couple small greenling and a small flounder. Enough to keep my kids occupied and happy. As for the crabs, my eldest daughter and I were having a little derby to see who caught the most. Usually she catches more but not this time. I brought in a grand total of 9 crabs (one of which was of legal size) and she brought in 6 crabs and a starfish. A couple of her crabs were within millimeters of being legal size.

A good day out, lots of beautiful sun and a tasty treat to take home in the end.