PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Kitimat River Aug 25 I had the pleasure of drifting with one of my favorite fishing partners, Rebecca (the Pretty Lucky High Five Girl) and Mason Scrivens (newest member of Ron’s Fishing Tackle Shop’s Team) We hooked 4 Coho landed 3. I was multi-tasking on this drift by fishing with Rebecca, staff training on the river with Mason and doing a pre-client drift prior to upcoming client trips. Mission accomplished!
It is always fun to fish with Rebecca, Mason learned how to Hot Shot and jig for Coho and we located a couple sweet spots for Coho. Good times were had by all and proof is in the pictures!
KITIMAT RIVER
Aug 28 Ron out on a half day drift with Denice Lalonde hooked 6 landed 2 Coho. Congratulations Denise!
Well done! It was fun fishing with you. Thank You for using our Guide Services.
Anyone wishing to Book a Driftboat Trip of a Lifetime please call Ron 250 632 1275 or email wakita@telus.net.
Aug 28 Excellent example of Water Safety on the Kitimat River,
Everyone has Lifejackets on and safety in numbers. Well done Gentlemen!
Aug 27 Half day drift with Captian Ron, Angela Cripps, and Brian Ballard hooked 4 Coho landed one and a few pinks.
Aug 27 Rebecca, Corey, Mathias, and Desiree Guide in training.
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Aug 25 I had the pleasure of drifting with one of my favorite fishing partners, Rebecca (the Pretty Lucky High Five Girl) and Mason Scrivens (newest member of Ron’s Fishing Tackle Shop’s Team) We hooked 4 Coho landed 3. I was multi-tasking on this drift by fishing with Rebecca, staff training on the river with Mason and doing a pre-client drift prior to upcoming client trips. Mission accomplished!
It is always fun to fish with Rebecca, Mason learned how to Hot Shot and jig for Coho and we located a couple sweet spots for Coho. Good times were had by all and proof is in the pictures!
Aug 24 I had the pleasure of fishing with Lance Yearly. We hooked a bunch of Coho and kept 4. Lance kept 2 Coho and I got to keep 2. We has a few mishaps but loosing Coho is reality of Coho fishing.
We don’t land all the fish we hook so we should celebrate the ones we do.
Congratulations Lance. Thank You for allowing me a . Great couple netting my fish!
Aug 24 Corey Wakita, Pro Guide for Reliable Guide and Charters fishing with Carl and Jack on a half day Drift landed this beauty above Hirsch on a silver blue hot shot. Congratulations everyone! Great Job Corey.
Aug 23 I was fishing with my very good friend Captain Ron from Hawaii , a good friend of a friend, Sarah and her son, Ollie. We hooked 4 Coho landed 2 during our drift.
Aug 21 Brandon Paul fishing with son J J . Well done Guys!
Aug 21 Brandon Paul, Pro Guide for Reliable Guide and Charters fishing with our client, Terilyn and Melvin Gilchrist boated this beauty.
Well done Everyone! Congratulations everyone.
SUMMARY
The Kitimat River was exceptionally low and clean and we needed a little rain but in Kitimat One has to be careful what we wish for.
We received not just a little rain and went from exceptionally low river conditions towards what may end up with river levels high and dirty.
At the time of writing this report, the Kitimat River came up and was unfishable today. Aug 30th. It has dropped and cleaned by tommorow will be fishable if it doesn’t rain anymore..
The upside to the high water is that it will bring more Coho into the Kitimat River and we have good forecasts for this weekend during the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce Derby.
Anyone wishing to enter, Tickets are available at Ron’s Fishing Tackle Shop. Please enter the Draw for a FREE DRIFTBOAT TRIP in collaboration with Kitimat Search and Rescue River Safety Initiative, REMEMBER ,N.I.C.K CAMPAIGN.
Good Luck Fishing and Please Stay Safe.
Ron
Please include Name and Phone Number on the Contract when you email me the picture of your signed Contract.
SALMON QUOTAS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE KITIMAT RIVER
Please note: The Kitimat River is open for Bait including Roe Sept 1st 12:01am
| Kitimat River (including tributaries) | All | May 15 to Aug 31 | Bait ban. | |
| on west bank between signs at Kitimat hatchery outfall. | All | Apr 1 to Mar 31 | No fishing for salmon. | |
| downstream of Highway # 37 bridge. | Chinook | Apr 1 to Jul 31 | 1 per day, 80 cm or less. | |
| Aug 1 to Dec 31 | No fishing for chinook. | |||
| Coho | Apr 1 to Oct 31 | 4 per day, only 2 over 50 cm. | ||
| Nov 1 to Dec 31 | No fishing for coho. | |||
| Chum | Apr 1 to Aug 31 | 2 per day. | ||
| Pink | Apr 1 to Aug 31 | 2 per day. | ||
| upstream of Highway # 37 bridge. | All | Apr 1 to Mar 31 | No fishing for Salmon.
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Total Salmon Daily Quota is 4 Per Day with each Daily Species Quota applying.
Total Possesion is 8 salmon Fresn and Salt combined.
DOUGLAS CHANNEL
Aug 27 Todd Haynes Nautical West Sportfishing provide these pictures and comment,” Limited out with some fabulous big halibut and girls caught all the beauty coho” Well done everyone!.
Anyone wishing to Book a Salt Charter of a Lifetime, please call Ron 250 632 1275 or email at wakita@telus.net.
August 26 John Blue Heron Charters Kyle Rib Chris and Chad eight coho salmon before the arrival of the killer whales great day on the water with a lot of laughs and fish action.
Anyone wishing to Book a Salt Charter of a Lifetime, please call Ron 250 632 1275 or email at wakita@telus.net.
SUMMARY
Halibut has been exceptional this year and Halibut quotas have recently been increased on Aug 20th. Please see Public Notice in our entire Report on our website.
The Douglas Channel is producing Coho from one end of the Channel to the other.. The Coho runis are just in time for the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce’s 35th Anniversary Derby! Ticket are available Ron’s Fishing Tackle Shop. Please enter the Draw for a FREE DRIFTBOAT TRIP in collaboration with Kitimat Search and Rescue River Safety Initiative, REMEMBER ,N.I.C.K CAMPAIGN.
Good Luck Fishing and Please Stay Safe.
Ron
LINK TO DOUGLAS CHANNEL TIDAL WATER REGULATIONS AREA 6
BC tidal areas 6 and 106 – Kitimat, Kemano Bay: Recreational fishing limits, openings and closures | Pacific Region | Fisheries and Oceans Canada (dfo-mpo.gc.ca)
NEW HALIBUT QUOTAS
Category(s): RECREATIONAL – Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) Fishery Notice – Fisheries and Oceans Canada Subject: FN0919-Recreational – Fin Fish (Other than Salmon) – Halibut – In-season Update on Daily Limit This Fishery Notice supersedes FN0251 to announce an increase to daily limit for halibut measuring under 90 cm in length. The updated Fishery Notice reads as follows: For 2022, the recreational Halibut fishery allocation is 1,011,750 pounds. The recreational Halibut fishery is actively managed to stay within sector’s allocation and fishers should watch for subsequent Fishery Notices to announce potential in-season changes. The following measures are in effect coast-wide as noted below: Open time:Effective at 00:01 hours February 1, 2022, fishing for Halibut was opened coast-wide until further notice (See 2022 Fishery Notice FN0067 and FN0251). Effective 00:01 hours on August 20, 2022 until 23:59 hours on December 31, 2022:The daily and possession limit for Halibut is EITHER of: —one (1) Halibut measuring 90 cm to 133 cm in length (69 cm to 102 cm head-off), OR —three (3) Halibut, each measuring under 90 cm in length (69 cm head-off). No person shall retain a Halibut greater than 133 cm head-on length (102 cm head-off). Head-off measurements are made from the base of the pectoral fin at its most forward point to the extreme end of the middle of the tail.Annual Limit:No person shall catch and retain more than ten (10) Halibut in the aggregate from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023. Licensing: The 2022/23 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence and Conditions of Licence will be in effect from April 1, 2022 until March 31, 2023. All Halibut retained by the licence holder between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023 shall be immediately recorded on the 2022/2023 Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence, or, if mobile access is immediately available, the licence holder may record catch in the National Recreational Licensing System. The area from which each Halibut is caught and its head-on length shall immediately be recorded. The exceptions to these openings are:Areas 121: No person shall fish for or retain Halibut, rockfish and lingcod in Area 121 outside the 12 nautical mile limit seaward of a line that begins at 48 degrees 34.000 minutes and 125 degrees 17.386 minutes W and continues south easterly at a bearing of 116 degrees True to a point at 48 degrees 28.327 minutes and 125 degrees 01.687 minutes W. Areas 121: Closed to all finfish, year round in the waters of Swiftsure Bank. Those portions of Subareas 121-1 and 121-2 inside a line that begins at 48 degrees 34.000 minutes N and 125 degrees 06.000 minutes W, then true east to 48 degrees 34.000 minutes N and 124 degrees 54.200 minutes W, then southeasterly to the International Boundary, outer perimeter at 48 degrees 29.618 minutes N and 124 degrees 43.553 minutes W, then westerly following the International Boundary perimeter to 48 degrees 29.605 minutes N and 124 degrees 56.190 minutes W, then northwesterly to the beginning point. Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) and Glass Sponge Reef (GSR) closures remain in effect – refer to the following web pages for descriptions:1)RCAs- http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/restricted-restreint-eng.html#rca2)GSRs- http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/restricted-restreint-eng.html#sponge Variation Orders: 2022-RFQ-352 is in effect. Anglers are reminded of the mandatory condition of licence for the release of rockfish; all anglers in vessels shall immediately return all rockfish that are not being retained to the water and to a similar depth from which they were caught by use of an inverted weighted barbless hook or other purpose-built descender device. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Greg Hornby (Regional Manager Recreational Fisheries) – Greg.Hornby@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Fisheries and Oceans Canada Operations Center – FN0919Sent August 19, 2022 at 10:11Visit us on the Web at http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca If you would like to unsubscribe, please submit your request at: http://www-ops2.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?pg=manage_subscription If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail to: DFO.PACOpsCentre-CentredesOpsPAC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
PRINCE RUPERT
Aug 24 Greg Wolak of Peaceful Seas Charters, provided this picture and comment, “trying to stick to 3 unders to save the big ones for next year.”Well done everyone. Great Job Skipper!
Anyone wishing to Book a Salt Charter of a Lifetime, please call Ron 250 632 1275 or email at wakita@telus.net.
