Author: CaptainRon

Kitimat RIVER PHOTO OF THE WEEK: July 17 I had the pleasure of drifting with my good friend, Steve Stangroom, and 2 members of Ron's Fishing Tackle Shop store staff, Damon Chimko and Mason Hinton.  I combined this driftboat trip by fishing with my very good friend and with doing a little tackle testing and sharing a little fishing experience with my store staff. Damon caught and released this very large Chinook on a bottom bouncing rig we affectionally named "Aiden's Geisha Girl".   Well done Damon!  Congratulations! Mason also landed a Chum on a Pink Hot Shot, that Steve passed off his rod to Mason. We also landed a PInk on a pink jig.  SRMD Senior MD Fishing Team! It...

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Kitimat RIVER PHOTO OF THE WEEK:   Mike Z. landed a beauty Chinook on June 18th; June 22nd  Andre Dergu june 26 Jacob Newman Beautiful Chinook caught on fly june 26 lower dike Sorry caught by Arnie Nagy on a green spin and glow 2026_june 27 Greg Laberge Chinook caught on Fly fishing with Kurt Anderson who falsely took credit for catching this Chinook. Army 68cm caught on an orange cheater lower dike june 28 Anonymous fly fisher 2026_june 28 84 cm spring caught by George Sampson at lower dyke on a orange cheater 2026_june 28 Mike Wagmann and my significant other Somkhit Songthap lower dike July 2nd Good evening Ron, Our group from PG came out for the long...

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KItimat RIVER PHOTO OF THE WEEK: June 18 Mike Zavaglia landed this beauty Bar Fishing with #2 Pearl Clown Spin n Glo on the Lower, lower dyke.  Congratulations to Mike and Thank You for sharing your picture with our Fishing Report. June 17 Ryan Yamada provided the picture of a Chinook he caught at the Lower dyke, on a Gibbs Blue scale Koho 65 spoon. Congratulations and Thank You for sharing your picture with our Fishing Report. Summary We received some exceptionally big tides this week and a rise in River water levels early in the week.  These influences caused a few Chinook to migrate into the Kitimat River. The catch rates are comparable to what we expect this time...

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