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Top Photo: Posted December 1, 2013. Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge about to release a beautiful, bright Kalum River Steelhead landed November 29th. Note: Kalum River is now closed to guiding until April 1, 2014 BUT guiding is still available on the Zymoetz (Copper) River. We still have a few rod days available so if you are interested please contact me anytime. We have ocean fishing for Salmon, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab available too. Cast on photo to view in larger size

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River, Ocean and Lake Reports

(Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii - Queen Charlotte Islands)

Last update was Friday, December 6, 2013 at 6:30am

Sunrise 8:40am Sunset 4:10am

BOOKING NOW for:

- 2014 Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands for river and ocean

- 2014 Skeena River summer-run Steelhead and Salmon

- 2014 Kitimat River for Coho (Silver) Salmon

- 2014 Multi Rivers for spring Steelhead

- 2014 Multi Rivers for spring Chinook

- 2014 Kwinamass River for Steelhead (April &May) only

- 2013 Zymoetz (Copper) River class 1 and 2 sections (HOT right now!)

- 2014 Nass and Coastal Rivers

- 2013 Douglas Channel ocean fishing for Salmon and Bottom fish

- 2013 Prince Rupert ocean fishing for Salmon and Bottom fish

Need info to book "any" guided fishing trip now and for 2013 or 2014 contact me anytime

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Commentary:  Wind: N 29km/h Clear (-11 degrees C) Steelhead and Trout are the target fish now...BUT I must say WELCOME to the finest winter Steelheading in the world! Note: Jamie Hunt of the Great Pacific Salmon Lodge reports for Prince Rupert, see Prince Rupert Ocean Fishing section. Note: Avid Sportfishing ...sign up to receive their E-newsletters and email notifications on last minute deals, see Haida Gwaii - Queen Charlotte Islands section. Note: FOR SALE 10.55 acres Skeena River frontage, see Market Place section. Note: FOR SALE stunning walk-on waterfront acreage with custom log home, see Market Place section. Note: We are pleased to WELCOME Catchercraft Boats on board, see more info below Skeena River. Note: NEW section added called Recommended Fly Fishing Gear. Note: FOR SALE ECO Tour Tenure license, see Market Place section.  Note: We welcome Hawkair onboard as a sponsor. Note: FOR SALE West Coast floating Fishing Lodge entertaining over 1000 guests per year, see Market Place section or contact Noel Gyger for more info.

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Latest updates below:

Update: Hawkair has special fares available to fishermen, PLUS sign-up for their e-mail NEWSLETTER, see their Ad below. Update: NEW Product Profile: Islander Reels www.islander.com. Update: Video clip from 2009, see Vintage Video Clips section. Update: Past fishing reports, this one from first week November 1996, see History section. Update: stats for this website as of Nov 7th, see above for new numbers. Update: 2013 Skeena Tyee Test Fishery data and 2013 Salmon forecast moved to: http://www.noelgyger.ca/news-bulletin.htm. Update: Gibbs-Delta has several 10’ Trade Show Display Booths for sale, see Market Place section. Update: Avid Sportfishing sent pic and reminder to book early for next season, see Haida Gwaii - Queen Charlotte Islands section; they are already 50% booked. Buy NOW and save with Hawkair...Use promo code WINTERSALE for winter savings of 15%! Book by December 4, 2013 for travel by February 28, 2014. Update: NEW Top Photo posted December 1st. Update: A message for the government agencies dealing with salmon farms, see Conservation section. Update: Full month of November 2013 is now posted. Update: Total uploaded views of Noel Gyger videos on YouTube as of December 2, 2013 were 790,897. Update: NEW Product Profile Gibbs/Delta, see Product Profile section. Update: Rob Brown latest story titled "A Grizzly Enterprise", see Rob Brown - The Skeena Angler section. Update: for Skeena River, Kalum River and Zymoetz (Copper) River. Update: Rogers Fishing Lodge FOR SALE see Market Place section. More updates will come in as the day moves on Cast on link to send me your fishing report or feedback. Or phone 250-635-2568, if I am not available leave your report on my answering machine. 

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How to read this webpage: Scroll down to read ALL the Current updates in Red highlighted in Yellow  The most up-to-date reports are DATE STAMPED (Example: Tue July 11/11) So when you scroll through the report look for these markers.

Fri Dec 6/13 6:24am

Skeena River

Water is low and in good shape. Most all of the summer run Steelhead have gone through the Terrace area and are way up in their trib rivers by now. Trout fishing is the only option now.

Skeena Water heights below:

Cast on link for current Skeena River water heights

http://www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/graph/graph_e.html?stn=08EF001

2013 Salmon Fishing Outlook:

Can be seen here:

http://www.noelgyger.ca/news-bulletin.htm

Skeena River Tyee Test Fishery for:

2011, 2012 and 2013 can be seen here:

http://www.noelgyger.ca/news-bulletin.htm

Catchercraft Boats

NOW taking orders for pontoon boat or raft deliveries to the Skeena area later this year!

Go to www.catchercraft.com to see a full line-up of specialized pontoon boats and rafts for fishing the wild rivers of northern British Columbia

Kitimat Lodge

Tracey Hittel, owner Kitimat Lodge WELCOMES ALL to the 2014 season. The fishing guides and staff look forward to seeing you soon and getting you into the BIG ones...

Tracey John Hittel
Kitimat BC Canada
250 632-9880 hm.
250 639-4277 cell.

www.steelheadheaven.ca
www.kitimatlodge.com

tjhittel@telus.net

Skype Address: kitimat_lodge

Fri Dec 6/13 6:30am

Kalum River:

is in very good shape, both upper and lower. Steelhead fishing is fantastic. Please don't harass the spawning Coho. One can fish for Steelhead all winter here. Reg: Coho closed Oct 31st. Tip: Gibbs #45 Lure works pretty good to catch Steelhead. Water is dropping so be careful if you take your jet boat.  Might be time for the raft or drift-boat. Check out this article I wrote; a few years ago but still relevant today:

Drifting in Paradise - The upper Kalum River - by Noel Gyger
http://www.sportfishingbc.com/articles/freshwater_fishing/kalum.htm

Lakelse River:

Fri Nov 15/13 5:01am

The fishing at Herman's is slow because the water is low. The upper river is full of spawning Coho. Anglers now are fishing for Steelhead, resident Cutthroat and Dolly's. When the water is high, the fishing is best. Tip: Fly-fishing egg pattern flies work the best, also, the brighter the egg fly the better. Tip: Float fishing corkies (painted cork balls in various sizes) and a little bit of white wool works well. The bright red or orange ones are favored.

Zymoetz (Copper) River:

Fri Dec 6/13 6:24am

The water is low and clean. The Steelhead have a chance to react when a fly comes drifting by. Dry fly works pretty good too. Tip: Float fishing the Pink Worm works very well in this river. This is the time of year...before it gets too cold. Need a guide for this just contact me anytime...we still have a few rod-days available.

Sample Zymoetz (Copper) River heights below:

Cast on link for current Zymoetz (Copper) River water heights:

http://www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/graph/graph_e.html?stn=08EF005

Kitimat River:

Thu Nov 14/13 5:01am

Trout fishing is very good right now. Reg: Coho closed on Oct 31st.

Sample Kitimat River waters heights below:

Cast on link for current Kitimat River water heights: http://www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/graph/graph_e.html?stn=08FF001

Douglas Channel:

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Cast on link for 2013-15 Tidal and Freshwater Guide online and more…

Was a GREAT DAY ocean fishing for my guests from Grande prairie and Medicine Hat and Calgary. Rivers going out can always count on some ocean for backup. Keep fishing I always say...See you soon...

Tracey John Hittel
Kitimat BC Canada
250 632-9880 hm.
250 639-4277 cell.

www.steelheadheaven.ca
www.kitimatlodge.com

tjhittel@telus.net

Skype Address: kitimat_lodge
 

Recommended Fly Fishing Gear:

Courtesy Chad Black Nicholas Dean Outdoors

In the low water conditions of early April, we generally used light sink tips to cover the shallow riffles and tailouts where Steelhead were holding.  Type 3 and Type 6 tips were generally all that was needed for most conditions.  With the higher flows of late Spring, and in particular on the tributary rivers, we've also been using Rio's MOW tips in a variety of weights and lengths to get the fly down to the fish.  The Heavy MOW tips, made of T-14 material, have been particularly useful, in lengths of 5, 7.5, 10 and 12.5 ft.

As with March, best colours have been pink, black, blue and orange.  When fishing the Skeena and its tribs, larger flies from 2.5" to 4" in length have been most productive.  Smaller flies in a variety of weights in the 1" to 2.5" range have worked the best on coastal rivers. 

When targeting Steelhead, we've been using rods in the 12.5' to 13.5' ft range, for a 7 or 8 weight line on the larger rivers. Our personal favourites for this fishing include the 7126 Sage TCX and the 8139 Loomis Dredger.  When targeting Chinook specifically, we've been using heavier 9 and 10 weight rods in the 13' to 15' range.  Single hand rods and switch rods have gotten the nod on the coastal rivers.  In particular, I had a chance to fish a 8116 Sage One rod and can confirm that it's a very good rod that's ideally suited to the coast!

Rods, Reels, Lines: For Steelhead - Spey rods in the 12' to 14' range, with a Skagit head to match.  A 7126 TCX paired with a 500 grain Skagit Flight and Loomis  8139 Dredger with a 525 grain Skagit are excellent choices.  A good quality disc or cork drag reel (e.g. Islander and Ross) with a minimum of 150 yards of 30 lb backing.  For Spring Chinook Salmon, same as above, except with heavier gear - 9 weight minimum, 10 weight better.

Sink Tips and Tippet: A 15' Type III and 15' Type VI for most shallow water applications, and a variety of MOW tips - medium (T-11) and heavy (T-14) for deeper and/or heavier water.  Always 15 lb Maxima Ultragreen for Steelhead.  Increase tippet to 20 lb Maxima Ultragreen if targeting Spring Chinook.

Flies: Idylwilde String Leech, Bunny Tube, Marabou Tube and Popsickle, in shrimp pink, cerise, black, blue and orange.  

If you need info to book a pro fishing guide please contact me anytime.

Prince Rupert Ocean Fishing:

Great Pacific Salmon Lodge

How do you possibly put into words the level of Salmon action around Great Pacific Salmon Lodge these days?
Let the facts speak for them self's.

70 Salmon caught and released or long lined released
Only kept the bleeders

Left the dock at 7 am
Fishing 20 minutes from the Lodge

Limits on Salmon by noon.

Hali/Ground fishing
-25 pound Yellow Eye
-70 Pound Ling (released)
-10 Additional Lings
-15 Additional Yellow Eyes
-18 Halis to the boat looking for a MONSTER. Largest released was 85#'s

Back at the Lodge by 3 PM.
Blue Sky, warm and Calm waters all day.
Simple report.

AND... This is only the beginning of August. I cant wait for this part of the season to REALLY kick in.
Reports from all over the area are showing massive amounts of Salmon around right now. Limits for those that want them in under a hour or 2.
Pod of 60 Killer whales seen heading north
Breaching whales

Prince Rupert is truly THE Sportsman's paradise.

Skeena & Northwest Rivers:

Grizzly King Fishing

Where the dream awakes...&...The Fishing Begins...

Let us take you on guided fishing tours on the world famous Skeena River, the Kitimat River, and other really good Steelhead & Salmon rivers.

Website: www.grizzlykingfishing.com

                                     E-mail: info@grizzlykingfishing.com

Update:

Mon Sep 30/13 5:01am

Hi Noel, last day for the three guys from Italy. The biggest Steelhead of the day caught by Enrico, with a 8wt Meiser spey rod, well done Enrico.

SPECIAL  for 2013:

- Day trip bookings.

- Contact us now, to get a "serious" discount on early booking for 5 day salmon fishing and 6 nights of accommodation.

Best regards,

David Wulms

www.grizzlykingfishing.com

info@grizzlykingfishing.com

Webflyz

Custom made flies by Cory Koenig of Webflyz BC http://www.webflyz.com

PLACE YOUR ORDER off the website or phone 250-877-2021

This fly is the "orange n blue intruder"

Guest Reports and Photos:

Thu Oct 31/13 5:01am

Hi Noel, this is Sherry Lynn and I had the pleasure to introduce her to coho river fishing. We were fishing early October. You can see from her smile that she loves it. Cheers, Joe Vidal

History:   

1996 November 10

NORTHWEST B.C. WEEKLY FISHING REPORTS

Fishing Report For November 3 - 10, 1996

The photo of the week shows my fishing buddy, Bruce Knudson, with the biggest Steelhead that he has ever landed. He estimated this big buck to weigh around 24-pounds! I agreed with him! This fish was landed with a size two Gamakatsu barbless hook and 14-pound test leader.

Dear Fishing Friends:

I'm gathering information on the Heinz Wichmann world record 92.5-pound Chinook Salmon that he landed on the Skeena river, way back when. As soon as I get it together I'll send it off to you.

Type of fish caught: Steelhead

Fishing this week: POOR_____ FAIR_____GOOD____EXCELLENT__*__

Largest caught this week: 24-pound Steelhead Where: Kalum river

Name of Angler: Bruce Knudson

Weather...has been excellent all week with lots of sun, a few clouds and just the odd rain shower except near the end of the week it started to rain and snow. Air temperatures have been normal. (Low +1 High +7 degrees Celsius)

Water conditions...on all rivers is excellent. With normal temperatures, most of the rain stays in the mountains as snow.

Kitimat River...Not much activity in this river anymore, just spawning Coho

Kalum River...Nov. 3/96 My two friends and I fished the upper Kalum river today with a drift boat. The fishing for Steelhead was fantastic! We hooked at least 12 Steelhead and landed nine. Actually we landed eight, the ninth fish was a smolt about 12 inches in length. We also landed one Coho (fairly bright), two Dolly's, two Cutthroat's and one Whitefish. We landed one double header Steelhead in the upper 16K pool. We were float fishing very small egg bags on size two barbless Gamagatsu hooks with 12-pound test Fenwick Riverline leaders. The largest fish was an incredible 24-pound "bright" buck. See... the photo of the week!

...Nov. 7/96 My son-in-law, Dennis, and I drifted the upper Kalum and had a great day fishing! We hooked 15 fish (13 Steelhead and two Coho)! All fish were released. The drift is five miles long and we were hooking them from the first pool to the last. By the way, there are 27 pools to fish in one day, unfortunately, with the shorter days we can only fish 18 to 20 pools. The weather turned bad around noon when it started to rain mixed with snow. I've talked to my jet-boat buddies who fished the lower river and I get the same report, LOTS OF STEELHEAD AROUND!

Lakelse River...The upper river is full of spawning Coho. Anglers now are fishing for Steelhead, resident Cutthroat and Dolly's. When the water is high, the fishing is best. Fly-fishing egg pattern flies work the best, also, the brighter the egg fly the better. Float fishing corkies (painted cork balls in various sizes) and a little bit of white wool works well. The bright red or orange ones are favored.

Copper (Zymoetz) River...Nov. 4/96 A good run of Steelhead is in the river and the water is in excellent shape. This is the river for the fly-rod. The water is clean and the Steelhead have a chance to react when a fly comes drifting by. Float fishing the Pink Worm works very well in this river.

Tips...For true "catch and release" one should use small barbless hooks. Big hooks with barbs can do a lot of damage.

River Records... For Chinook Salmon: Skeena River, 92.5-pounds; Kalum River, 85-pounds; Kitimat River ,74-pounds; Steelhead: Skeena River, 45-pounds; Coho Salmon: Skeena River, 27-pounds

Catch & Release formula...Chinook: girth squared x length x 1.54 divided by 1000. Steelhead: girth squared x length x 1.33 divided by 1000 (inches)

To receive my WEEKLY FISHING REPORTS and PHOTOS via e-mail please send your name and e-mail address to: Noel Gyger

Yours sincerely,

Noel Gyger

For ALL PAST reports cast here:  http://www.noelgyger.ca/past-fishing-reports.htm

Vintage Video Clips:

Kalum River Steelhead - 2009

Cast on this link to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkmi-m8UVEU

It runs for 2 minutes 28 seconds.

To watch more video clips cast on this link:

http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm

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I book guided fishing trips for whom I think are the very best fishing guides in British Columbia. I know all of them very well. They do a fabulous job and pride themselves on service and professionalism.

IF YOU ARE EVER INTERESTED TO BOOK A TRIP WITH ONE OF THEM PLEASE CONTACT ME ANYTIME. My contact info is: Phone 250-635-2568 E-mail: noel@noelgyger.ca  

Hope to hear from you soon. Take care. Best regards,  Noel Gyger

List of Noel Gyger FaceBook pages:

 1. Noel Gyger Home Family and Friends Page

 2. Skeena River Guided Spey Fly Fishing

 3. BC Steelhead Fishing Guides

 4. BC Heli Fishing

 5. British Columbia Salmon Charter and Fishing Guides

 6. Chinook King Salmon Guide Services

 7. Noel Gyger Guided Fishing Adventures

 8. Terrace BC Fishing Guides 

Guest Reports and Photos - 2012 Season Review:

Guest reports and photos are posted here:

http://www.noelgyger.ca/archived-fishing-reports/february-1-28_2013.pdf

Past Top Photos:

November 23 to December 1, 2013. Dennis Therrien about to release a beautiful, bright Kalum River Steelhead landed this month. Note: the use of the cradle net. Kalum River is now closed to guiding until April 1, 2014 BUT guiding is still available on the Zymoetz (Copper) River. We still have a few rod days available so if you are interested please contact me anytime. We have ocean fishing for Salmon, Bottom Fish and Dungeness Crab available too. Cast on photo to view in larger size

Order Now:   "THE SALMON RECIPES  Stories of our Endangered North Coast Cuisine"  Order the book online www.saveourskeenassalmon.org it is 19.99 (24.49 with tax and shipping included). Thank you.

Luanne Roth, Marine Director Prince Rupert Environmental Society 250 627 4201

www.GreatPacificSalmonLodge.com

NOTICE:

Great Pacific Salmon Lodge is trying to fill a few holes in the schedule.
Rates as low as $1,500/ person.
Call Jamie for all the information
403-813-2704

Steve Hidber - Oscars Source for Sports, Smithers BC

 Alex, Jim, Steve

Oscar's Adventure Travel

www.oscarsadventuretravel.com

jim@oscarsadventuretravel.com

and

Oscar's Source For Adventure

www.oscarssports.com

info@oscarssports.com

1222 Main Street

Box 550

Smithers BC

V0J 2N0

Phone:(250)877-1994

Fax:(250)847-3396

We are looking forward seeing you in the Tackle Store!

Home Hardware and Sporting Goods

"Kitimat's Largest Tackle Shop"

380 City Centre

Kitimat BC

Tel: 250-632-3522   Fax: 250-632-3528   Cell: 250-632-1275

E-mail: wakita@telus.net

They also operate a Fishing Guide and Charter Boat: Reliable Guide and Charters

Contact Noel Gyger to book a guided fishing trip both river and ocean

Product Profile:

Gibbs-Delta  www.gibbsfishing.com

  Gibbs | Catching, not just fishing

Welcome to Gibbs/Nortac, makers of Quality Fishing Tackle

Established in 1908 by Rufus Gibbs, they are Canada’s largest manufacturer of fishing lures, landing nets, sinkers and accessories for both saltwater and freshwater use. They currently manufacture over 7000 different products at their plant in British Columbia.

Dodgers Dimple Dodger; Herring Dodger

Flashers Farr Better Flasher; Highlighner Flasher; Skipper Flasher; Sockeye Flasher

Jigging Lures Cod jig; Depth Charge; FloorWalker; Minnow; Mudraker

Lake Trolls BMW; Cowichan; Jumbo Willow Leaf; Lake Special; Willow Leaf

Nets Landing Many Nets including the famous “catch & release net"

Spinners Sil-Vex; Wedding Band; Willow Leaf Spoon

Trolling Lures Clendon Stewart; FST; Gator; Gypsy Spoon; Hockey Stick; Ruby Lake; Stewart Spoon; Super Diamond Spoon; Wonder Spoon

Wobblers Croc; Ironhead; Kit_A_Mat; Koho; One eyed Wiggler; Ruby Eyed Wiggler; Ruby Set; Toronto Wobbler

Note: the above tackle are all "trade marked" "TM"

These fine products are available at the Best Dealers in the Northwest, City Centre Hardware and Sporting Goods in Kitimat,  J and E's Tackle in Prince Rupert, Oscars Source for Sports in Smithers and Fish Tales in Terrace, BC

Weather Reports telephone numbers: Terrace: 250-635-4192 Kitimat: 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert: 250-627-1155 Smithers: 250-847-1958.

Tide Charts – for  BC Coast: http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca/eng/find/region/1

Fight for Halibut – Take Action Now! http://fightforhalibut.wordpress.com

Rob Brown - The Skeena Angler:

We are honoured to have Rob contributing to the Fishing Report. Rob also contributes a weekly column to our local Terrace Standard Newspaper: http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/terracestandard

Rob Brown blog: http://web.me.com/skeenaangler/Skeena_Angler/Blog/Blog.html

Rob Brown Welcome: http://web.me.com/skeenaangler/Skeena_Angler/Welcome.html

Cast on PDF link to read article:

Fri Dec 6/13 6:22am

December 4, 2013

A Grizzly Enterprise

http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-dec-4_2013.pdf

Mon Dec 2/13 6:22am

November 27, 2013

Grizzly tales

http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-nov-27_2013.pdf

(SSBC) The Steelhead Society of BC:

     http://www.steelheadsociety.org

Here is the last News Letter that was sent out to paid up SSBC members via E-mail and is a brief synopsis of what SSBC has been up to since the last newsletter in January:

     http://www.steelheadsociety.org/sites/default/files/June_2013.pdf

News updates:

Sun Sep 8/13 5:01am

Package Your Fish Properly for Transport

British Columbia Tidal Waters Sport Fish Packaging Guidelines:

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/publications/pdfs/package-emballez-eng.pdf

Sun Aug 25/13 5:01am

Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Sportfishing for Sockeye on the entire Skeena Rivers system remains closed until further notice.

Wed Jul 17/13 5:01am

Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0578-RECREATIONAL- Salmon- Region 6- Corrections to the 2013-2015 

BC Freshwater Salmon Supplement

Please note the following corrections to the 2013-2015 BC Freshwater Salmon 

Supplement.

Region 6

Bulkley River – Date change

Effective immediately until December 31, 2013, there is no fishing for Chinook 

salmon in all tributaries to the Bulkley River other than the Suskwa River.

Kasiks River – Change to waters described in the Coho closure

There is no fishing for coho in that portion of the Kasiks River upstream of 

boundary signs located below the upper pool.

Variation Order No: VO 2013–319 

Sun Mar 10/13 5:06am

Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

 Subject: FN0103-RECREATIONAL - Eulachon  - All Freshwater in BC - Gear restriction

 Cast here to read notice

Wed May 2/12 5:00pm

Tyee Test Fishery for 2011

Sun April 8/12 5:00pm 

Northwest BC man pleads guilty to illegal guiding

Sun April 8/12 5:00pm

Safety and survival on water

Wed 4/13 6:32am

Noel Gyger has 96 fishing video clips on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=noelgyger 

Total Uploaded Views as of December 2, 2013 were: 790,897

PLUS Noel has another 50 or so posted on his webpage:

http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips-web.htm

Kind of like: Fishing videos until you drop!

Advertise:

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It is a "good" idea to advertise online because Canadians spend more time on their computers than watching television.  They spend 18.1 hours per week online compared with 16.9 hours watching television. Click here to read the survey

My GOAL is to increase TOURISM

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Your Ad will be created by a professional graphic artist (see example above) for no extra charge. You will be sent multiple variations to choose from. Your final choice and edits will be to your entire satisfaction before posting, guaranteed.

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http://images.drivebc.ca/bchighwaycam/pub/html/www/111.html to view road conditions.  This one is near Terrace BC and is located at the junction of Highway 16 and Highway 37, looking east on Highway 16.  The image will update every 15 to 30 minutes

Fishing Regulations:

2013-2015 BC tidal waters and fresh-water (Federal) Salmon fishing information (including recent updates):

http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/index-eng.htm

Effective April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2015

Shellfish Contamination Closures:

www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/PSP

On-line tidal waters fishing licenses:

www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/recfish

2013-2015 Freshwater (Provincial) Fishing Regulations Synopsis:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/#Synopsis

Effective April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2015

Check for In-season Regulations Changes at:

www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/#Inseason

Buy your fishing license online at:

www.fishing.gov.bc.ca

Market Place:

For Sale

Rodgers Fishing Lodge is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island about 90 miles due west of Campbell River in Esperanza Inlet. Rodgers is one of the busiest fishing lodges on the B.C. coast, entertaining over 1000 guests a year. They also enjoy one of the longest seasons on the coast, operating 19 weeks in 2013.

This will be their 31st year in the Sport Fishing business and their 20th year in Esperanza Inlet. Rodgers has shown a remarkable rate of growth over the past 3 years due mainly to an aggressive, innovative and successful marketing programme. Their gross revenue has more than doubled since 2010 and 2014 looks to be another banner year with over 550 guests already booked.

The Lodge has a location second to none as it is ideally situated to take advantage of some of the most outstanding fishing opportunities on the BC coast for Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Tuna. The addition of Tuna fishing this year will add a new dimension to the business and will add increased revenue to the months of August and September. The Tuna fishery is going to be a huge breakthrough in the future for West Coast fishing lodges. Rodgers Lodge is perfectly positioned to take advantage of it. Historically, the Tuna in their migration pattern will follow the warm water temperatures that occur along the Continental Shelf. In Rodgers Lodge’s location the Continental Shelf is just 12 to 15 miles offshore as opposed to 50 miles offshore for places like Tofino and Bamfield.

Black Bear and Bald Eagles are regularly seen by the lodge. They have the largest colonies of Sea Otters on the coast and the Gray, Orca and Humpback Whales pass by on their way to and from the Bering Sea.

The owners love the business and wish that they were 30 years younger. However, they feel that it is now time to turn the reins over to someone who shares the same passion for the outdoors and who is looking for a wonderful rewarding lifestyle.

Asking price $1,199,000

Please contact Noel Gyger if you are interested.

Hello; Just a quick note to let you know that Gibbs-Delta has several 10’ Trade Show Display Booths for sale.

There are a few different styles (pop up and foldex).

All come with cases, some have lights.

$250 each

Feel free to pass this on to anyone you know that might be looking for a display booth.

Thanks…Rob Alcock 604-940-3474

Gibbs-Delta

ECO Tour Tenure license for sale:

It ranges from the Bulkley bridge just above the Suskwa down stream to Hazleton.  Then down stream through Terrace to the salt water. Takes in the Bulkley down stream to Hazleton, Skeena, Zymoetz, Kalum, Lakelse, Kasiks, Exstew, Khyex. The Seven sisters hiking trails, Pretty much everything downstream of Hazleton. Great rafting, jet boat rivers, Bird and wildlife viewing, scenery. Contact Noel Gyger if you are interested.

Bed and Breakfast:

Terrace

Accommodation

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