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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORT dated August 30 – September 6, 2009

                                                     (Number 139)

 

Dear Fishing Friends:

 

SUMMARY: The weather has been good all week, not too hot. All rivers are in good shape. Fishing for Sockeye, Coho, Pink and summer-run Steelhead on the Skeena River is good.  The river is very low.  Spey, single hand fly rod and conventional gear are working well. The trick is to be on the right gravel bar and fish proper techniques…and the fish are swimming by.  This is when an experienced fishing guide comes in handy. For all the fine details on the Kitimat River, coastal rivers and Douglas Channel PLUS Saturday, September 5th update on the annual Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby please check out the Ron Wakita report below.

 

LIST OF “New” ITEMS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK:

 

- One New item posted on "Conservation"      Sept 6/09

- One New item posted on "Market Place"      Sept 5/09

 

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FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:

 

Ron Wakita, Wes Owens, Dave Payjack, Arial Kuppers, Marc Girard, Mike Herzberg, Andrew Rushton, Chad Black and Randy Marshall

 

CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries: 

      

Type of fish caught:  Coho, Sockeye, Chum, Pink, Steelhead and Trout for river. Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab for ocean.     

 

Thank you for using barbless hooks!

 

FISHING THIS WEEK:

POOR	FAIR	GOOD	EXCELLENT
		☺

 

LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK:  Skeena River:  29-pound (estimate) Steelhead landed by Paul Butcher (see photo of the week).  Ocean: 100-pound Halibut landed by the Joe Sikora group fishing the west coast of BC.               

 

Weather: Cloudy with sunny periods and 40 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thundershower this afternoon. Fog dissipating this morning. High 18. UV index 3 or moderate. Sunrise 6:51 AM Sunset 8:14 PM. Today’s yearly average temperatures: Maximum 19 degrees. Minimum 9 degrees.

 

WEATHER REPORTS VIA TELEPHONE:  Terrace 250-635-4192 Kitimat 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert 250-627-1155 Smithers 250-847-1958.

 

Skeena River:  is in good shape to fish for Sockeye, Pink, Coho and summer-run “wild” Steelhead with both spin and fly rods.  More and more excited fishermen are coming here to enjoy our fabulous, world renowned Salmon and Steelhead sport fishery!  Everyone is WELCOME…

 

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Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO): http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/northcoast/webdocs/Tyee Test/QDailyIndices.htm" href="http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/northcoast/webdocs/Tyee%20Test/QDailyIndices.htm">http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/northcoast/webdocs/Tyee Test/QDailyIndices.htm" style="color: blue">Tyee Test Fishery for the Skeena River.

 

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I had the pleasure to fish with my nephew Robert Gyger and his friend Lyle Hilton on the Skeena River this week.  We caught Coho and Steelhead.  Fishing was OK but a little slow for our liking as the river was at the lowest levels we have ever seen.  Finding the channel where the fish were traveling took up a lot of our time but when we found it we were into fish about every hour.  The fish were all bright silver. I have enough material for another podcast, stay tuned for that.

 

Kalum River:  Coho (Silver) Salmon and Steelhead are entering the river now.

 

Kasiks River:  Coho (Silver) Salmon are here.  Fishing for them at the river mouth where the river meets the Skeena is a good bet now.  A few Coho will be holding a little ways up-river in deep pools and under trees.  If Coho are there you can usually see them rolling.

 

EXCHAMSIKS RIVER:  Coho (Silver) Salmon are coming now.  Fishing for them at the river mouth where the river meets the Skeena is still a good bet.  A few Coho will be holding a little ways up-river in deep pools and under trees.  If Coho are there you can usually see them rolling.

 

EXSTEW RIVER:  Coho (Silver) Salmon are coming in the low end now.  Fishing for them at the river mouth where the river meets the Skeena is still a good bet.

 

Zymoetz (Copper) River: The water is in fair shape and a good number of Steelhead are being caught using Spey, Single hand fly rods and conventional gear.

 

Fishing Report from:  Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters

 

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KITIMAT RIVER:  is producing excellent numbers of Coho this year.  Some old-timers think that this may be the result of the cut backs in Coho quotas in response to the Coho crisis back in 1997.  After the disastrous return of Coho in 1997 there were major cutbacks to all sectors to rebuild the Coho stocks.  In subsequent years the major cutbacks continued to the Sport sector and selective fisheries and Coho avoidance measures were imposed on the Commercial sector.  This may or may not be the reason for strong return but either way this is an outstanding Coho run on the Kitimat River and Douglas Channel this year.

 

The timing could not be better.  With the downturn in the economy I don't think there could be a better remedy than an outstanding Coho Derby to perk up spirits in the North West.  This week's report culminates with the 22nd annual Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby.  It has truly evolved into a regional event where anglers in our neighboring communities also look forward to participating in this event.  The really Good News is that there are lots of Coho in the Kitimat River this week and the the stock abundance of Coho for this portion of the run is better than I have seen in a long time.  The Coho numbers increased through the week in the Kitimat River.

 

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Aug 30 Marc Girard fishing with our clients Mike McIntre and his son Keengan.  I am always delighted to have father and son enlist our guide services.  Marc said that Mike and Keengan were a pleasure to fish with and they landed 5 Coho but only kept 3.  We hope we help create some memorable family moments that Mike and Keengan will always remember.  Congratulations on your catch and Thank You for enlisting our guiding services.

 

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Sept 1 Marc Girard fishing with his friends Gisele Piche and her son, Owen and daughter Carman.  They landed 2 Coho and a whole bunch of Pinks.  Marc said that, "the kids were more than happy to catch Pinks.... they hooked lots and they were able to land most of them".  Well done kids!

 

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Sept 1 Mike Herzberg fishing with his fishing partners Anter and Pete hooked these beauties on a drift down the Kitimat River.  Mike, Pete and Anter have been fishing partners for many years and have got a tonne of fish together.  The tradition continues.  Well done Guys!

 

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Sept 2 Marc Girard fishing with our clients Derek Chase and Alan Hooper.  They hooked a pile of Pinks and a few Coho but Derek managed to land this beauty.  Marc said "it was a pleasure to fish with both."  Thank You for using our guiding services and we hope we can be of service to you in the future.

 

Sept 2 Ariel Kuppers fishing Jesse Houston drifted the Kitimat River. They reported landing 11 Coho and losing another 10 Coho.  Ariel and Jesse are two very keen and enthusiastic anglers and would fish dark to dark in peak season if they could.  Well done Guys!

 

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Sept 2 Mike Herzberg fishing with his young fishing partner Lucas Arruda landed these very nice Coho drifting the Kitimat River.  Mike enjoys fishing with Lucas because Lucas has evolved into a very fine young angler as demonstrated by the pictures of the Coho he caught.  Well done Lucas.

 

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Sept 4  Athan Ivanakus and Corbin Rego, two of our Tackle store staff fished the Kitimat River and they hooked 11 Coho landing 6..  Athan and Corbin said there were lots of Coho and they were going back for more tomorrow.  Athan weighed in this beauty.  Congratulations guys!

 

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Sept 5 Mike Herzberg drifted with his fishing partner Pete Mah and landed these nice Kitimat River Coho.  Well done Peter!

 

Kitimat River Summary: The Kitimat River has plenty of Coho stocks for all the anglers participating in this year's Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby and the reports of the catch rates on the Kitimat River this week have been excellent.  This is going to be an outstanding run of Coho this year and many local anglers look forward to fishing Coho into October.

 

DOUGLAS CHANNEL: 

 

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Aug 29 and 30^th Dave Payjack fishing with our clients Barry and son Kail Ross and Lee Dowd and Blake Walker. Dave said "The 2 day fishing trip with your clients Barry, Kail, Lee and Blake was awesome, I sure do enjoy taking out such great people to share in the amazing fishing that we have to offer at this time of the year.  We were successful in catching every species that we targeted: 1 Hali 87 lb, 1 Hali 37 lb, 2 Hali in the 20 lb range.  The group also caught and kinda released a Halibut that was over 120lbs.  We also caught a nice ling cod along with a couple other cod. Later we moved on to the coho and landed 14 releasing a few of them." Wow! Congratulations guys.  Thank You for enlisting our Guide and Charter services.  We hope we can be of service to you in the future.

 

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Aug 30 morning My daughter Julie and I had the opportunity to fish for Coho in the Kitimat Harbour Fishery on Sunday morning.  I truly treasure fishing with all my kids and their friends but I especially enjoy spending some one on one time with them.  Julie is a very keen angler and a little on the competitive side.  She probably got this character trait from her Mom.  Julie and I had a wonderful morning of Coho fishing and Julie landed 4 very nice Coho.

 

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Aug 30 afternoon After having fueling up and having a very nice lunch at the "Fisherman's Pier" at MK Bay Marina, Julie and I went back out in the afternoon with Tamara Sweeny and her son Dylan.  We landed 3 Coho and two Sockeye.  We had a great time fishing with Tamara and we had fun harassing Dylan about some fish that were lost.  It was all in good fun and we had a great time.  Congratulations on your catch Dylan and Tamara. Tamara promised to share her Dill fish recipe and with her permission I hope to share it in a future report.  The Sockeye Salmon cooked with this recipe was awesome!  I have never skippered a boat that caught any Sockeye in the Kitimat Harbour and we caught two in the same day.  Wow! The one we ate tasted great!

 

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Aug 30 and 31 Sam Avila and his wife Maria fishing with their friend Murray limited out on their Halibut. They had six Halibut with two weighing 50lbs and the others all weighing around 20lbs plus an assortment of bottom fish.  They caught 8 Coho but Sam said "we stopped fishing for Coho because we don’t need to keep anymore Coho because we already have enough".... Well done!  Congratulations on the Halibut catch and I admire your Angling ethics to stop fishing for Coho because you had enough.

 

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Aug 31  Wes Owens fishing with his clients Tim Scott and Carl Scott caught their limit of Coho (8)  fishing the outer limits of the Kitimat Harbour Fishery.  They trolled around the Kitimat Harbour and also got the scenic view of Jesse Falls in the process. Well Done guys and Good Job Skipper!

 

Sept 2 Phillip Thom weighed in 13lb 14oz.Coho from the Kitimat Harbour Fishery.  Phillip said "I got out late but boated 4 Coho in half an hour".  Well done Phillip!  Good Luck in the derby.

 

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Sept 4 I had the pleasure of fishing with my daughter, Julie and Art Hackler.  We boated 7 Coho on the Friday morning bite. We also saw lots of other Coho caught in the harbour.   Many boats had their nets out scooping Coho.  It is enjoyable to watch other boaters having successful outings.  It is exciting when the "Bite is on"! 

 

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Sept 5 Out again with daughter Julie, my niece Zoey, nephew, Blaine, Art Hackler and his daughter Debbie.  We boated 10 Coho and one Chinook.  It was a great day of fishing in the Kitimat Harbour on the first day of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby.  My young niece Zoey and nephew Blaine were excited to be entered in the Derby and to be honest I think they had me a little fired up.  The enthusiasm of youth is contagious!  Blaine caught an 8lb Chinook and Zoey caught her first Coho on the Salt and I am the "Proud Uncle".  Congratulations Zoey and Blaine and the rest of the Derby team.

 

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Sept 5 Dave Payjack fishing with his clients Eleanor and Barry Nolt and their son-in-law Steve Baker.  This group boated seven Halibut on their charter.  Wow!  Their largest was 29 lbs 15.25 oz. which leads the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby as of 9:00 PM Saturday.  The others were 15 to 25lbs.  Nicely done!  Nothing huge but certainly the better eating sizes.  Good Job Skipper!

 

Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby Update:

 

The 22nd Annual Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby is an awesome event for all anglers.  Grandparents, Moms, Dads, kids, nieces, nephews, friends, neighbors, charters, clients and every other configuration of relatives, friends and fishing partners enjoy this event.

It is a wonderful event for anglers throughout the North West and as far away as Hawaii.  There are 379 adult entries and 99 kids entered into this year's Derby.  This is an increase of 223 entries from last year.  Well done Derby Committee!

 

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Our Tackle store, City Centre Hardware and Sporting Goods was honoured to be Weigh IN Central for the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby this year.  We have been involved in this Derby for 22 years and this year's derby is just as exciting as the first one.  I think that the Coho stocks in both the Douglas Channel and the Kitimat River are as good as they have ever been for this year's Derby.  The Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby is always held on the Saturday and Sunday of the Labour Day weekend.  Unfortunately this report's information will update the results up to Saturday.  Noel and I will try to post and update with the final results in the middle of next week. 

 

There is currently a tie for the largest Coho as of Saturday which was 12lbs 11ozs. (gutted and gilled) caught by Suzi Reynolds and Brenda Loggia.  These ladies are also tied for the largest Coho caught in the Ladies category.  The largest Halibut weighing 29lbs 15.25ozs caught by Barry Nolt, a client of Dave Payjack of Sea West Fishing Charters. The largest Coho caught in the Kids Category was weighed in by Bernie Kosarynski weighing 11lbs 5.5ozs.  These results may or may not stand as the winners at the weigh-in deadline on Sunday but Congratulations for leading after the first day!  Stay Tuned!

 

Thank You to everyone who contributed photos and info to this report.

 

Bright Fish and Big Smiles.  Especially you kids.

 

Good Luck to everyone in the Derby

 

Sincerely, Ron Wakita                                           

 

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Fishing Report from:  Nicholas Dean Lodge

 

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Chad Black, operations manager and pro fishing guide, said fishing has been good on some days and tough on others.  He thinks it more or less depends on whether or not you’re on the river when a pod of fish is moving by.  For example, the first two days of fishing on the Skeena for their lodge clients was tough, with a few Coho and Pinks being caught, but on Thursday the same guests landed a 23 lb and 17 lb Steelhead on the fly, along with numerous Coho.  Fishing on the Lower Skeena tribs, though a little early, has also been decent, with about 10 fish hooked on the fly per day. 

 

Attached is a photo of Jack Shannon, one of their repeat guests who landed this mid teens Steelhead last week.  Thank you for the report Chad. 

 

Fishing Report from:  Westcoast Fishing Adventures

 

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Hello All, where is the time going?  Seems like fall is fast approaching. The

fishing has been steady this last week, not red hot but steady. We are still
getting Steelhead every outing in the main stem Skeena as they make their
long journey to the upper rivers to spawn. The Coho have been coming in hot
and heavy however the water has been on the low side. We could use a little
bit but not too much!!!

Photos attached are of Peter & Mary a husband and wife fishing team. Great
people, enjoyed their company on the water, also Warren Soper an 82 year old
die hard fly fisher with a fine Coho on the Kitimat river, what a gentleman. I
look forward to seeing them all again..

Good luck and tight lines to all !!  Gill McKean

 

 Fishing Report from:  Kalum River Lodge

 

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Hi Noel, fishing for my fly fishing guests on the Skeena River has been pretty good.  We have been catching both Steelhead and Coho on the same day.  We have been catching way more Coho than Steelhead, so I expect there is a large run in the river right now.  I hope you like the pic of the big Steelhead.  It measure 41 x 23.5 inches.  NOTE:  this is the photo of week.

 

Fishing Report from:  Randy’s River Guiding

 

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Hi Noel, You may remember that Randy Marshall introduced me to you, and you asked if I could send to you a copy of the picture of the  24 lb steelhead that I caught on 7th Aug 2009. It is attached. Regards, Ron Kerr, Clovenfords, Scotland

 

Area River Records:  Chinook Salmon: Skeena River, 92.5-pounds; Kalum River, 85-pounds; Kitimat River, 74-pounds; Steelhead:  Skeena River, 45-pounds; Coho Salmon: Skeena River, 27-pounds.

 

FISHING REGULATIONS WEBSITES:

2009-2011 BC tidal waters and non-tidal (Federal) Salmon fishing information:

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Effective April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2011

 

2009-2011 Freshwater (Provincial) Fishing Regulations Synopsis:

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Effective April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2011 (Note regs good for two years)

 

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*** If any of you have special fishing photos, testimonials, scenic river photos, wildlife photos or articles I would love to see them.

 

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Hi Noel, Here are some pictures from fishing 1st week of May out on the big water near the Estevan Group (Northwest BC Coast). 2 - 100lb butts, 25 lb Cod, 14lb Winter Spring and lots of Crab and other rock fish.  9 days straight on the boat, great weather and just enough beer to last. Best regards, Joe Sikora

 

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- Chinook:  girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by 1000 (inches)

- Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)

 

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