dobee Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 (edited) Hey Everyone, I got out to the Bronte Area last night and managed to get one fish in on a 3/4 oz Glow in the dark "Little Cleo" Weighed in at 21 lbs 6ozs On my Berkley Digi Scale. Saw 6 fish hooked in and 3 brought in. See you guys out there... dobee Edited August 18, 2007 by dobee
mikeymikey Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 (edited) Man... that must felt real good I remember you've been talking about pier fishing sometime ago... Yes, Last night was very chill night. Have you baught yourself a new gear for pier fishing? So there are a lot of fishermen out there at the pier now? or just on cold nights? Do you guys think Medium Action rod is good enough? I've been using Shimano Convergence 9' MediumPower SlowAction and feel little too soft for these big powerful fish. I am thinking of a MediumHeavy,,, what do you guys use and what do you recommend? Edited August 18, 2007 by mikeymikey
Canuck2fan Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 Nice Fish!!! Just about the same time as last year too. Good to know!!!
Tybo Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 Very nice. What a sweet fish from shore. Hey Mikey Mikey, is that your foot in your Avatar, and if so, what happend to it?
jediangler Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 Great fish. Good to know they are in the area. Thanks for the heads up.
huntervasili Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 guess that means I might havew to go out for em somethime soon... Nice fish and thanks for the report
Burtess Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 See you guys out there...dobee Nice fish.... you are going to see a lot of guys out there now..... Burt
Greencoachdog Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 What?... no Milt???... Beauty fish eh!!!
fatherof3 Posted August 18, 2007 Report Posted August 18, 2007 nice fish,good to see it is that time of year
FishFinder Posted August 19, 2007 Report Posted August 19, 2007 Nice fish.... you are going to see a lot of guys out there now..... Burt thats for sure
fishindevil Posted August 19, 2007 Report Posted August 19, 2007 Nice fish, !!!!!!!!!!! and really dark to ,they will be waiting to run the creeks & rivers real soon......cheers
addict Posted August 19, 2007 Report Posted August 19, 2007 nice to know that they are close enough to get from shore.should be stagging real good in a week or so thanks for the report
mikeymikey Posted August 19, 2007 Report Posted August 19, 2007 Is that a normal skin color ? seem dark for this early, no? What should be the minimum fish net handle when netting fish from pier? 96" ? Mine is only 48" long and it seems to be too short. For those who have made your own longer handle bar, what material did you use ? Would be nice if it can be removable for travel purpose. & or to fit in a smaller vehicle.
mikeymikey Posted August 19, 2007 Report Posted August 19, 2007 Very nice. What a sweet fish from shore. Hey Mikey Mikey, is that your foot in your Avatar, and if so, what happend to it? Yes that is my foot and nothing really wrong with it... other than my pinkie toe laying on side.
ilario Posted August 19, 2007 Report Posted August 19, 2007 Is that a normal skin color ? seem dark for this early, no? What should be the minimum fish net handle when netting fish from pier? 96" ? Mine is only 48" long and it seems to be too short. For those who have made your own longer handle bar, what material did you use ? Would be nice if it can be removable for travel purpose. & or to fit in a smaller vehicle. actually, it;s not that dark... i think its the pic, but they do tend to get bronze-coloured right about now
tonyb Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 Nice fish! I'll remember to pack the shoulderpads next time out I wish they would pave along the front (lake side) of the rockpile on the east pier to create more space for anglers.
Canuck2fan Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 Is that a normal skin color ? seem dark for this early, no? What should be the minimum fish net handle when netting fish from pier? 96" ? Mine is only 48" long and it seems to be too short. For those who have made your own longer handle bar, what material did you use ? Would be nice if it can be removable for travel purpose. & or to fit in a smaller vehicle. I made mine but going to the Restore in town and finding a length of cold rolled tubing that would go over the outside of the top handle. Drilled a hole and put a long bolt with a wing nut into the top handle. I then drilled a couple of holes for the inside handle with the press in button to fit into. I screwed up though and the cold rolled was a bit too heavy so the inside handle broke when I was pulling up a big bow hen. So I then looked around for something to go inside that was a little heavier. I lucked out and found a shower curtain rod would go. So I drilled a hole for the press in button and now I have a 13ft net. Two 5ft pieces that come apart and store inside one another and the original 4 ft section with the net that I leave a foot of inside the cold rolled tubing so it won't break there hopefully.... Landed about 20 heavy fish with this setup so far.
Pigeontroller Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 Nice Chinook! Seems early for Pier fishin!
mikeymikey Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 I made mine but going to the Restore in town and finding a length of cold rolled tubing that would go over the outside of the top handle. Drilled a hole and put a long bolt with a wing nut into the top handle. I then drilled a couple of holes for the inside handle with the press in button to fit into. I screwed up though and the cold rolled was a bit too heavy so the inside handle broke when I was pulling up a big bow hen. So I then looked around for something to go inside that was a little heavier. I lucked out and found a shower curtain rod would go. So I drilled a hole for the press in button and now I have a 13ft net. Two 5ft pieces that come apart and store inside one another and the original 4 ft section with the net that I leave a foot of inside the cold rolled tubing so it won't break there hopefully.... Landed about 20 heavy fish with this setup so far. Would love to see some detailed pictures of it...
mikeymikey Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 Are salmons sensitive to line color ? Like Green color of PowerPro ? Or should I use Crystal from FireLine if I want to use braided line? Than again... Fireline Crystal is only up to 20lb test.
salmon Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 (edited) I use 40 lb braided line with 3 ft flouro leader and have no problems. I use a 10 1/2 ft St. Croix and a 250 Calcutta. 20 lb Crystal should be fine. I had the Stren super Braid and the dye from the line was all over my hands. Never had the problem with power pro or Suffix SPB Jose Edited August 21, 2007 by salmon
camillj Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 Is that a normal skin color ? seem dark for this early, no? What should be the minimum fish net handle when netting fish from pier? 96" ? Mine is only 48" long and it seems to be too short. For those who have made your own longer handle bar, what material did you use ? Would be nice if it can be removable for travel purpose. & or to fit in a smaller vehicle. Mine was a really simple solution ... I got an extensible paint roller handle from home depot for about 15$ ... then drilled a hole through it and the original handle (about a foot up the shaft) and viola ... a 8' extensible handle for my net which can be removed or just twisted down to 4'.. fits right in my trunk
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