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Lingcod will be open until the end of September and there will be local “niche” fisheries for coho near river mouths, with anglers often casting from the adjacent beaches. As with sockeye, the more gear you can fish, the better, with teaser flashers added to cannonballs for added attraction. Basic pink gear will catch chums, but generally locals in the know will use longer leaders than for sockeye and often rig a small Spin-n-Glo in front of the hoochie. These fish are great scrappers when caught on rod and reel, with peak season generally around Thanksgiving. Even well into October, most chum salmon caught above Seymour Narrows are silver bright. After mid-September the focus will shift into the lower straits as anglers and guides start to target chum salmon, quite often with large coho mixed in the catch. Fish early and late in the day for the best success the change of light seems to reliably provoke the best bites of the day by these large non-feeding fish.

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The waterfront Chinook fishery, especially in the Tyee Pool and the adjacent shoreline, will be in full swing until September 15.

Scale your lure to the bait size for the species you are after. Coho are often found in the same areas, albeit usually in shallower water, gorging on the young- of-the-year herring.

Just find the bait, usually larger herring, and success will follow. All the usual locations along the drop offs at the south end of Quadra Island from the Cape Mudge lighthouse around to Fransisco Point will hold feeder fish. Certified Tidal Angling Guide Campbell River Fishing Report Click Here For Area 13 Current Regulations September 2020 The first half of September will see a continuation of the summer Chinook fisheries, both for feeder Chinook and maturing fish as they migrate through the lower straits or when fishing along the Campbell River waterfront. Jermey has been guiding since the 1970’s, based in his hometown of Campbell River and with extensive experience elsewhere, especially in Kyuquot on northwest Vancouver Island. We will rib and clean up this fillet after we cut the next fillet.This operation has been in the sports fishing business for over 40 years. There it is, the first fillet, off the bone. At the tail of the fish, run your blade out along the backbone, and then angle slightly upward, through the skin.Ĩ. Notice the angle of the blade, angled slightly towards the backbone… you want to use the backbone as a guide… you don’t want to go too deep and dig into the backbone, and you don’t want to go too shallow and leave some meat on the backbone… it’s a delicate balance, one that takes practice.ħ. Again, you want the blade to pass just along the anal fin, and right along the backbone also, leaving as much meat as possible on your fillet. Notice how close the blade is to the dorsal fin… you want to pass just above it, leaving the most meat possible on your fillet.Ħ. At first, you’ll be cutting through the rib bones, so the first part might take a little effort… this is why you want a nice sharp knife! Continue to hold the belly meat up so it doesn’t get accidently cut by the blade, and work the blade along the backbone, back towards the tail. In the other axis, the tip of your blade should be angled a little towards the cutting board, as shown… you do this so your cut comes closer to the dorsal fin, you don’t want to leave a thick strip of meat on the carcass above the backbone… you want that meat to end up on your fillet!ĥ. You want to use the backbone as your guide. Then, while holding the belly flap up with one hand, start cutting towards the tail, with the blade parallel to the backbone, or angled just slightly towards the backbone, so it rides against it. While holding the knife against the backbone, turn it 90° so the cutting edge faces the tail and the blade is parallel to the backbone.

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Once you’ve cut down to the backbone, make sure you cut and free the lower (belly) section also.Ĥ. Cut all the way down to the backbone, but don’t cut through the backboneģ. Make this cut straight down, perpendicular to the backbone, or just a little slanted, as shown below.Ģ. Make the first cut just behind the gillplate, in the first soft section of tissue.

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