chinook Campbell River waters
May 26th, 2007 by Fishing admin
For the past few weeks we have sat on the bank and watched the wind more than we care to admit. Let’s hope the weather patterns give us more time on the water.
May is traditionally a hot month for both fresh and saltwater. We normally have good migrations of chinook going through our waters for the next two months until mid-July. Before you go on the waters check the spot closures for release of chinook between Kitty Coleman to Little River and Lower Lambert Channel.
The chinook showed up in good numbers about 10 days ago. Limits of nice fish weighing up to 25 pounds were reported from Campbell River waters. Kitty Coleman has been loaded with small larval herring on the surface for several days. The waters off Cape Lazo and the Bell Buoy will hold fish at this time of the year. Good catches have been taken off Flora Islets and Tribune Bay.
Fishing is typically done with downriggers and depths of up to 300 feet. I am not a real fan of very deep downrigger fishing, largely because the possibility of tangling lines is a real problem. We have a lot of high and low tides for the next few weeks, so my sugestion is that you should only fish with one very deep line and fish your second line at a much shallower depth.
We all have favourite flashers, hoochies, spoons, plugs and other means of seducing a chinook salmon to bite our lures. After an experience I had last week while fishing halibut I am coming around to the importance of scents on lures, etc. The scent business has taken off and many guides and charter operators use it on a regular basis. They are in the business of catching fish for their customers so you might want to investigate some popular scents at your tackle store. Berkley has long been a leader in the development of scented artificial baits and there is a long record of their success in both salt and freshwater.
Added to the scent theme is another new product that is not a scent, but a spray-on liquid that accentuates the flash of your lure or bait. It has become very popular in the guiding community. The directions on the bottle say to spray it on worms, shrimp, and other natural bait and lures. It seems it doesn’t work on artificial flies. A friend from the Interior asked me to pick up a bottle for him to try this summer. If you plan to buy a bottle, it is pricy at $23. Assuming the wind is going to slow down for the next few weeks, you may want to try some new options.
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