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August 22nd Report Posted 22 Aug 2009 IN: General BY QCL
 The weekend trip started off with a bang on Friday with 3 nice heavy Tyees coming to the dock on the first night. Although Chinook fishing has been challenging lately, the rewards are definitely there. Longtime Driftwood angler Stan Saibil boated a beautiful 35 pounder while Jonathan Wyman arrived with a nice 38. And Odd Edstrand landed a deep-sided Tyee weighing in at 39 pounds to claim top honours so far! While fishing with QCL guide Kevin Clough, Conrad Huber chose to release a good fish today at Green Point, which taped out to 32 pounds. A new run of Chinooks are showing up these days and many of them are being taken on cut plugs fished fairly deep, 45-55 feet in 90 feet of water. Coho are spread out and are being picked up all over the grounds. Watching for bird action and bait balls is giving anglers their best chance at excellent Coho action, especially in the offshore waters traditionally used for Halibut fishing. Out on the Halibut grounds, guide Jeff Smirfitt hauled a 93 lb. "barn door" into the boat for guest Emile Sabol Jr.. The weather forecast for the upcoming week is calling for southeasterlies and grey skies so we'll be checking out the action at Cape Edenshaw for sure! The tides are moderating now and swings will range from 4 to 9 feet by mid week. |
