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Commentary: Wind: S 13km/h Partly cloudy (+13 degrees C ) Coho fishing closed October 31st. Steelhead are in the Skeena, Kalum and Zymoetz (Copper) Rivers. Note: To review ALL PAST Tyee Test Fishery data and charts cast here: http://www.noelgyger.ca/news-bulletin.htm Note: NEW section added called Recommended Fly Fishing Gear. Note: FOR SALE ECO Tour Tenure license, see Market Place section. Note: FOR SALE Saltwater Lodge owners of this Lodge say they have over 1050 guests booked thus far for 2015 season and did over $2,000,000 in gross revenue for 2014. Certainly a real positive for any potential Buyer to have a turn-key business see Market Place section. Note: NEW section titled Guest Post and first article from Jeremy Watson titled Why Fishing is Good for Your Health, see Guest Post section.
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Recent and Today's updates below:
Recent updates: Update: NEW to the report, links to Kalum River stories and Kalum River videos, see Kalum River section. Update: NEW to the report, links to Kitimat River stories and Kitimat River videos, see Kitimat River section. Update: 2017 booking trips for Skeena River. Update: Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge sent an eight minute Video collage created with some amazing fishing pictures from 2014!, see Kitimat Lodge section for the link. Update: We would like to WELCOME Pure Fishing onboard, they are now the official, exclusive sponsor of this fishing report.
Today's updates: FOR SALE Saltwater Lodge ~ info updated May 25 and the price lowered. Certainly a real positive for any potential Buyer to have a turn-key business see Market Place section. Update: Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge sent Video link so you all can watch their "2015 Season Review", see Kitimat Lodge section just below the Skeena River section. Update: To watch a short YouTube Video "Releasing Salmon in a river" see How to Release Fish webpage: http://www.noelgyger.ca/how-to-release-fish.htm Note: scroll to the bottom of the page to find. Update: Pic and caption from Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge; family day today September 17th with my big boy, nice Lingcod and Halibut for the freezer, see Kitimat Lodge section. Update: There are "well-meaning" angler members of the (SFAC) Sport Fishing Angling Committee wishing to make changes to regulations which we all may have to fish by in the future, see News Bulletin section, just below Skeena River. Update: as of December 13th noelgyger.ca fishing video clips on YouTube have received 895,834 views, see Noel Gyger has 96 fishing video clips on YouTube section. Update: We would like to WELCOME Fish'n BC as a NEW sponsor. Update: We would like to WELCOME Best Lure co as a NEW sponsor. Update: Pic of water conditions for the Copper River, just posted. Update: Oscars Fly & Tackle Shop in Smithers, BC sent first fishing report of the year, see their section below. Update: FOR SALE or RENT Deep Creek Lodge in Terrace, BC see Market Place section. Update: Ben Reubeni of BER Float Fishing Reels sent a YouTube link re his fishing here last fall, this is an outstanding 3 minute video, see Fishing Video in our area section, just below the Skeena River section. Update: Connor Sabo Fishing Reports for Dungeness Crab, Halibut and Bottom Fish (two reports for April 15th) see his section below. Update: Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge reviews his spring Steelhead season...so far...I could only post a few of these beautiful pics, see Kitimat Lodge section below. Update: Alexandra Morton is still in the fight to save our wild Salmon, see Conservation section. Update: Water condition pic for Zymoetz (Copper) River April 28th. Update: FOR SALE Trout Creek property in Smithers, BC. "a Steelhead paradise" at your front door, see Market Place section. Update: just posted a water condition pic for the Skeena River. Update: Links to Ocean and Freshwater Regulations for 2017 effective April 1st, see Fishing Regulation section below. Update: just posted a water condition pic for the Zymoetz (Copper) River. Update: Skeena Wild Conservation Trust giving you an opportunity to win a complete trout set up from Orvis Fly Fishing and a dry pack from Simms Fishing Products is wickedly awesome!!! Enter and win, see Conservation section. Update: river condition report for the Clore and Copper River. Update: Connor Sabo Fishing Reports (two reports) one in Rupert ocean and one in Douglas Channel, see his section below. Update: Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge sent pics of his catches down the Douglas Channel, see Kitimat Lodge section below. Update: Little bit of history; I did a TV Fishing Show in 1991 with Larry Schoenborn FISHING THE WEST, see the YouTube link in the Kalum River section. Update: NEW Top Photo posted June 1, 2017. Update: The Kitsumkalum Tempo Fishing Derby is happening July 8th and 9th! Come down and buy a ticket to this great contest, you don't have to fish to win!, see links to more info above. Update: NEW section titled Guest Post and first article from Jeremy Watson titled Why Fishing is Good for Your Health, see Guest Post section. Update: Christene Sinjur sent a pic of her Chinook she landed on the Kitimat River June 4th, see Guest Photo and Captions section. Update: just posted FULL month of May 2017, to read ALL PAST Fishing Reports Cast on this link. Update: We would like to thank Christene Sinjur for giving us permission to post her pic of the Kitsumkalum Boat Launch showing river height today, June 10th, see Kalum River section. Update: Water condition pics for Skeena and Zymoetz (Copper) River just posted June 12th 3:30pm. Update: June 16-18, 2017 FREE Family Fishing Weekend Recreational Fishery, see News Bulletin section for more info. Update: Dennis Therrien, local angler, in Terrace BC offers a summery of the Skeena River Tyee Test Fishery regarding history of the Chinook and Steelhead runs, see News Bulletin section. Update: Effective immediately recreational salmon fishing in the entire Skeena River Watershed will be closed to July 14, 2017, see News Bulletin section. Update: Skeena River Tyee Test Fishery data is now being posted, see just below Skeena River section. Update: Noel Gyger gives his opinion concerning the Skeena River Salmon closure, see Skeena River section. Update: Rob Brown latest story titled "Angles", see Rob Brown - The Skeena Angler section. Update: to receive the June 29th, 2017 e-mail NEWSLETTER subscribe here. Update: Oscars, in Smithers BC posted a fishing report June 22nd for their area rivers and lake see Oscars Fly and Tackle Shop section below. Update: Watershed WATCH Salmon Society news up to June 23, see Conservation section. More updates will come in as the day moves on. Update: Stop by Skeena Waters Fly Shop for complete spey fly fishing outfits and parts On Sale and Fishing Gear Rentals, see Skeena Waters Fly Shop section below. Cast on links 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. Thank you.
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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.
Lake, Ocean & River Fishing:
Connor Sabo Fishing Reports for April 29, 2017 at 1:08pm
Well one more trip to Kincolith for the season as my friend has been
asking for a couple weeks for me to take him out for his first
Halibut Trip. It was a beautiful day and the water was nice but
ripping very hard so I had to move around until I found a nice ledge
at 200 feet and we dropped the anchor and now the waiting game
began. Some of the gear I used today was my Jet boat built by “Fish-rite” and engine made by “Yamaha”. My choice of tackle was a White Halibut drop Jig, Rod and Reel was a “Rapala RSC series rod” and a “Okuma Classic Pro reel” Also I held my Salmon Belly strips that I used for bait in my “Bait2go” bait holding system which is great for space and convenience!
Want to book an ocean trip and catch fish and crab like this? Contact me anytime.
Connor Sabo Fishing Reports for April 30, 2017 at 1:10pm I would like to introduce my friend Jordan Wesley. He is going to hop on board with me and promote the northwest and help me produce more fishing reports this year. He has lived in Terrace for 24 years and knows the area very well, Also has just recently picked up fishing with a Spey Rod and centerpin and from a few of the pictures below you can tell he’s doing a great job with it! I'm looking forward to seeing his upcoming pictures! Stay tuned it’s gonna be a good year!! You can see more of Jordan by following his Instagram @ bcsalmon365
Want to book a guided Steelhead fishing trip and catch fish like this? Contact me anytime.
Connor Sabo Fishing Reports for May 26, 2017 at 10:27am #1
Between steady road
building , the spring hunting season and numerous rivers around
here are in their flood stage means I haven’t been getting out on
the water much but I found some time this weekend to get out on the
water!
A "few" examples of beautiful colouring, many, many more to choose ~ ORDER ONLINE
Connor Sabo Fishing Reports for May 26, 2017 at 10:29am #2
The next day my friend
Mike was wanted to go out crabbing and bring his son Lucas out for
his first ever trip. With Rupert blowing gale winds I decided just
to stay close and we went to the Douglas Channel Which has always
been known for its great crabbing!
Stay tuned, more reports coming soon..
Skeena River: Skeena River is divided into four sections: Skeena 1 (non-classified) Exchamsiks River downstream to the ocean. Skeena 2 (class 2 water) Exchamsiks River upstream to 1.5 km above Kalum River. Skeena 3 (non-classified) 1.5 km above the Kalum River upstream to 1.5 km above Zymoetz River. Skeena 4 (class 2 water) 1.5 km above Zymoetz River upstream to the head-waters.
Sun Jun 25/17 6:04am Skeena River has been fishing well for spring Steelhead BUT water is too high and dirty to fish now BUT it is dropping fast. May have good conditions soon:-)
Noel Gyger opinion: The DFO “last minute” notice to close all Salmon fishing on the Skeena River from June 15 to July 14, 2017 should not have happened. We all want to conserve Salmon so I think a better option would have been a total catch and release fishery with all using the “keep-em- wet”. Catch and release worked for wild Steelhead so why not Salmon? Let me know if you agree or not?
Commentary - not current fishing report: I (Noel Gyger) have over 40 years experience fishing the Skeena River this time of year, 3rd week August. In my opinion it is absolutely "prime-time" to catch the most summer-run Steelhead and Coho. In my days of guiding we used to catch over 30 Steelhead and 15 Coho or so per day for our guests (as long as we had good water conditions). Why did we catch more Steelhead than Coho, when there are more Coho in the river, and the "theory is" the Steelhead are a Trout and are still feeding and the Coho are not, which means any bait or fly you put in front of a Steelhead they more likely to bite it. I've had many reports of good catches at China bar and a few other hot spots. One has to know where and "how to fish" these hot-spots, I highly recommend you book with a fishing guide. GOOD NEWS, check the Skeena River Tyee Test Fishery charts and you should be thrilled to see the Steelhead and Coho runs are well above the historical seasonal averages. So get out there my fishing friends and enjoy the great water and weather conditions. Send me a pic of your catch, I would love to post them in this fishing report.
Skeena River water condition as of June 12, 2017 (looking really high)
Skeena River Tyee Test Fishery for 2017:
Sockeye Charts
- Current, Average and Previous Year - Cumulative Index 1956-2016 *New Trendline* - Average Daily Index 1956-2016
Chinook Charts
- Current, Average and Previous Year - Cumulative Index 1956-2016 *New Trendline* - Average Daily Index 1956-2016
Steelhead Charts
- Current, Average and Previous Year - Cumulative Index 1956-2016 *New Trendline* - Average Daily Index 1956-2016
Coho Charts
- Current, Average and Previous Year - Cumulative Index 1956-2016 *New Trendline* - Average Daily Index 1956-2016
Pink Charts
- Current, Average and Previous Year - Cumulative Index 1956-2016 *New Trendline* - Average Daily Index 1956-2016
Chum Charts
- Current, Average and Previous Year - Cumulative Index 1956-2016 *New Trendline* - Average Daily Index 1956-2016
Cast here to view 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Tyee Test Fishery numbers.
FISHING VIDEO from our area:
Sun Jun 25/17 6:03am Hi Noel, This is the video Italo of Canadian Sportfishing shot of my reel when we were in BC last fall. Feel free to share this link: http://berfloatreels.com/river-passion-jordan-feliz/ or Italo Labignan YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ItaloLabignan there are more viewing options using Italo's channel :-) The title is "The River - The Passion -YouTube 4K" Enjoy !!
Sincerely, Ben Reubeni BER Float Reels 905.660.4144 Please take a minute to view our new web site www.berfloatreels.com
Hi Ben, I am honoured to share this beautiful 3 min Steelhead and Coho fishing clip of your fabulous fishing reels. I see Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge doing an excellent job with the net:-) Oh did I say the music is outstanding? Well done my friend!
News Bulletin: Sat Jun 3/17 6:00am There are "well-meaning" angler members of (SFAC) Sport Fishing Angling Committee wishing to make changes to regulations which we all may have to fish by in the future. My strongest suggestion is that you read what they are up too: Cast on this link: SFAC-2016-proposed-changes to learn more...
For PAST years of the Tyee Test Fishery numbers cast on this link. For PAST years DFO Salmon and Steelhead predictions cast on this link.
How to Fish: The Ultimate GuideDo you love being out on or near the water, but didn’t grow up learning how to fish? Then this guide is for you! We will go over the basics of where to start, what gear to buy, how to put all the gear together to be able to catch something, and a variety of other questions you might have along the way. When we are done, you will have the information to go out and start fishing on your own.
We would like to thank Jacky Miller for giving us permission to link to her blog: "How to Fish: The Ultimate Guide". It will be very, very useful to all our reads. To read all the good info cast on this link: https://www.jenreviews.com/how-to-fish/ Enjoy!!
Guest Post:
Sun Jun 25/17 6:03am by Jeremy Watson
Why Fishing is Good for Your Health
Its summer and it’s a Saturday. Do you have any plans? If you don’t yet, I suggest you go fishing. Make sure to bring friends and family with you so you can enjoy their company. You can choose to go out in the ocean in your boat to go fishing or perhaps drive your truck to the river to fly fishing. Either way, you’ll be having loads of fun. Make sure to stock your cooler with some drinks and food for barbecuing, and you will be all set for fishing for eight hours. There are many health benefits to fishing this special guide trips. Some of the health benefits are fishing will help you stay fit, it is fun, it will keep you stress-free, you can socialize with family and friends, and it will improve your dexterity and concentration.
Fishing will help you stay fit When you go fishing, you will be utilizing your main muscle groups, your heart, and lungs. They will be getting a good work out. Fishing is good for your health because you will be exercising when you are trekking to and from the car. This exercise will provide you with lower aerobic activity. Your forearms, wrists, and fingers are also going to be getting some exercise. Make sure to choose the perfect fishing reel when you go fishing, so you do not hurt your arms. If you go fishing, you will not need to go to the gym.
Fishing is fun read more... Fishing will keep you stress-free read more... You can socialize with family and friends read more... Fishing will improve your dexterity and concentration read more...
To read more... cast on this PDF link:
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/Why-Fishing-is-Good-for-Your-Health-jun-6_2017.PDF
Guest Photo and Captions:
Sun Jun 25/17 6:39am
Christene Sinjur with about a 15-pound Chinook landed on the Kitimat River June 4th. It was caught in the lower Dyke section.
Hi Noel, Just had an amazing trip exploring the Morice, Bulkley, Lower Skeena, and Nass Watersheds. Lots of intense bushwhacking but I was rewarded with a bunch of Coho and my fair share of big summer-run Steelies.
Here are a couple pics from a Nass Trib....hope you enjoy! Cheers, Hedin Nelson-Chorney
Skeena River stories:
Skeena River - Four Seasons of Angling Paradise - by Noel Gyger http://www.noelgyger.ca/articles/skeena-river-four-seasons-of-angling-paradise.doc
Golden Opportunities From Skeena Country - by John Beath http://www.noelgyger.ca/articles/skeena-country.doc
Cast here to read more stories on more rivers
Skeena River videos:
Skeena River Sockeye Fly Fishing-1 Cast here to watch the video
Skeena River Sockeye Fly Fishing-2 Cast here to watch the video
Cast here to watch more videos of local rivers and oceans - Salmon and Steelhead
Skeena Water heights below:
Cast on link for current Skeena River water heights https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/report/real_time_e.html?stn=08EF001
Skeena Waters Fly Shop Addicted to Fly Fishing
Skeena Waters Fly Shop is a modern dedicated fly-fishing shop in Terrace, British Columbia. The many sport-fishing anglers will find all what they need to make successful their fishing adventure on the various waters of the Skeena river region and beyond. Shop at our store with confidence and expert advise. We offer best in class products from level entry to the high end fishing brands that will satisfy all needs not matter if you are a novice or a professional anglers needs. We are proud to carry some of the most innovative and finest brands in the fly fishing market like Hardy, Guideline, Fishpond, Redington, Hodgman, Columbia Sport Wear, RIO, Airflo, Echo and many others.
4717 Lakelse #118, Terrace BC. Phone 250-635-0100 Website: https://www.skeenawatersflyshop.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flyaddicted/?pnref=story
Fly Shop Specials: Posted: June 24 2017 New Arrivals:
Fishing Gear Rentals For more information call us 250-635-0100
Posted: June 24 2017
Posted: June 6 2017
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Posted: May 31 2017
New Tying Material
Posted: May 10, 2017 Fishpond bags keep dry and secure your gear on your boat, rafter or pontoon. At our local fly shop now.
Posted: May 10, 2017 Chinook Season is here, gear up with our selection of rods, reels, lines, hooks and many more items. ECHO KING Rod
Cast on this link https://vimeo.com/187381817 to learn more AND watch the VIMEO Video.
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Updates: February 2, 2017
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Pure Fishing:
Updates:
Sun Sep 20/15 5:06am
Penn Fishing Reels are "well known" for their ocean reels but Pure Fishing would like you to know they also have some fantastic freshwater (river-lake-stream) reels. Check them out on their website Penn Fishing Reels. Thank You!
Bait-2-Go 
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Kitimat Lodge
Sun Jun 25/17 5:55am
Tracey Hittel has been fishing the Douglas Channel and catches have been very good for all the bottom fish including Halibut plus some Chinook; which are heading to the Kitimat River. He send 8 pics so I posted a couple here.
The 2017 Spring Steelhead Challenge
Back again for the Steelhead challenge, it's been a really good week many bites, great catches; a really nice grab in this pic (below left)
Another week and Mr Kim from South Korea landed this pair of male Steelhead on his Spey rod. First Steelhead trip for Kim and 38 inch length on these beautiful creatures, very healthy and all catch and release (upper right)
Master rod builder and Spey Caster, Hiroshi landed and had many bites this spring and using his O-Rex, 7wt rod was put to the test fishing for wild ocean running Steelhead, minutes from the ocean (top left)
James and Gerry Fisher slamming some local
Steelhead. No words can say the serenity of this fishery (top
right)
Pic and caption from Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge; OOPS is about all we can say about this pic :-) Tried to get the perfect "Keep'em Wet" shot! Next time :-) This feisty Steelhead was landed this week (first week April 2017).
Pic and caption from Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge; "family day today September 17th with my big boy, nice Lingcod and Halibut for the freezer".
Coastal coho fishing. Pic and caption from Tracey Hittel of Kitimat Lodge; “William from Indiana posing with one of many nice Coho”.
REVIEW 2015 Was a Stellar Year for Fishing
Hello Friends, we at Kitimat Lodge thought it was an incredible year here, but this Video shows you just how fabulous it really was! https://vimeo.com/151589262
Since 1999, Kitimat Lodge has been providing Guided Fishing along the rivers and tributaries near Terrace Bay and Kitimat, BC, Canada.
Check out more than a decade of Steelhead Fishing Photo Galleries on our website!
Tight Lines, Tracey Hittel
2015 Seasons Greetings Kitimat Lodge
A Warm Fire And A Hot Steelhead!
Check out these pictures of a happy 75 year old Gert! Travelling from Denmark was worth the trip as he connected with this Skeena Steelhead.
https://plus.google.com/+Kitimatlodge
https://www.linkedin.com/company/steelhead-fishing-in-british-columbia
Hot Steelhead Flyfishing on the Skeena River, deep in the foothills of the mountains along the North Coast of British Columbia.
Tight Lines,
Tracey John Hittel Kitimat Lodge and Steelhead Heaven Kitimat, BC Canada
250-632-6677 Lodge
250-632-5666 Fx. 250 632-9880 hm. 250 639-4277 cell.
Kitimat Lodge fishing report October Steelhead Fishing 2015
October Produces Some Of The Best Catches!
Check out the great photos we just added to the site!
Steelhead Dreaming - Fly Fishing The Skeena
First -
we would
like to share this fantastic image! Click on the link for the
larger large size! Gord McKean.
http://kitimatlodge.com/pro-angling-guide-gord-mckean-with-skeena-river-chinook/
Skeena Chinook fishing season closes August 6th, triggering the start of the elusive Skeena River Summer Run Steelhead.
Second
- some great photos of a great fly fishing adventure!
Chum Salmon on the fly are in large numbers and a fight like no other, peel line, skin knuckles and nice smiles for these two gentlemen from Austria.
http://kitimatlodge.com/chum-salmon-on-the-fly-july-27-fishing-report/
Third - if you haven't seen these Heli-Fishing Trip Photos...
The Black family booked a chopper, Skeena and saltwater tour while at the Kitimat Lodge this week. The wives pictured with a pair of Skeena Chinook and young Jamieson with a Dungeness Crab. http://kitimatlodge.com/skeena-and-saltwater-heli-fishing-tour/
Be sure to check out the outstanding action photo of Jamie Black from Copper Line Excavating releasing a monster Chinook!
Guided Fishing Trips in British Columbia, Canada
B.C. Guided Fishing Trips, River Fly Fishing and Ocean Charter Fishing.
Kitimat Lodge is quietly nestled among the cliffs of the Kitimat River Valley - strategically located near the Kitimat River and quick access to the Douglas Channel.
All suites are fully equipped with wireless Internet and flat screen televisions, including full kitchenette with fridge, stove and coffee maker.
Guided Fishing Trips in Kitimat, BC, Canada
Call or Contact Us today to Check Availability - Phone: 250 632-6677
The Seasons:
SPRING STEELHEAD Spring Steelhead begins this late March for 6 weeks. If the run of Steelhead was like last year our guests are going to hit pay dirt.
CHINOOK SALMON Starting in May, thru to August, Chinook Salmon we target either by Jetboats or spacious driftboats, on the rivers, or 30ft Aluminum, twin Volvo Diesel, ocean vessel. All our boat are fully equipped with top of the line gear.
COHO SALMON Late July to late September all 5 species of Salmon are in full charge from the ocean to the rivers. We intercept these Salmon either in the Saltwater or small coastal micro streams, using like tackle or fly.
HALIBUT and CRAB May to November is best for Halibut and Dungeness Crab. For 2014 the size limit for Halibut has increased, retaining a 70lb fish, up from the 60lb fish in 2013
SUMMER - FALL STEELHEAD The lower 100 miles of the Skeena and its tributaries are a Steelheaders dream, miles of fly water to chase the elusive steelhead. With our access to Classified waters in Skeena country, this allows us flexibility and tranquility for our customers.
BOOK SOON for 2017 - don't be disappointed:
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Kalum River: Sun Jun 25/17 5:53am Water is high and but fishable. Sometimes, the best fishing is in high water, just fish the slow moving water on the corners. Chinook are coming in now. Good chance to catch both Steelhead and Chinook on the same day. WOW it does not get any better than that! BUT we need good water conditions. Check out this story I wrote, many years ago now but still relevant: May 2nd on the Kalum – by Noel Gyger Guiding started April 1st. This is classified water and the guiding is limited. If you need a guide to show you how and where just contact me anytime. Note: NEW reg this year: Bait ban Jan 1 - June 15.
River height at the Kitsumkalum Boat Launch as of June 10th. The actual river is very, very high but some would say still borderline fishable. Well, some would. And thank you Christene Sinjur for giving us permission to post her pic.
We called this boat our "Super Boat" it was a 19 foot fibreglass drift boat with wooden frame completely covered in plastic. We had a propane heater, kept us toasty warm and we kept Steelheading all winter no matter what the weather. Sorry this pic does not show much of it. I thought I had better pics, I searched my files today but could not find them. The angler above is Terry Munday; I think the temperature outside was -12C. I took this pic from the Podcast:
http://www.noelgyger.ca/Podcast/podcast0006.mov The Podcast was all about the members of the Kalum Drifting Club and all the fun we had :-) To watch ALL the Podcasts cast on this link: http://www.noelgyger.ca/podcast.htm Note: in those days we didn't take many pics using the current "Keep `em Wet, but we did care and tried to keep the Steelhead out of the water for no more than a couple of seconds if at all. Long live our wild Steelhead...
In May of 1991 I did a TV fishing show on the Kalum River with Larry Schoenborn FISHING THE WEST fame! Wow, that was 26 years ago and my beard is not full gray and look at those neoprene waders:-) Our plan was to catch both Chinook and Steelhead on the same day and I must say "we did it" !
Here is the You Tube video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdeEtWMi5Bs&feature=youtu.be
Kalum River stories:
Sweetheart Steelheading on the Kalum River - by Noel Gyger http://www.noelgyger.ca/articles/sweetheart-steelheading-on-the-kalum-river.doc
North Country Spring Time Steelhead - by Dave Vedder http://www.noelgyger.ca/articles/Articles-3--Vedder-2-Northcounty-Spring-Time-Steelhead-long.doc
Big River Mixed Bag - West Coast Bounty - by Italo Labignan http://www.noelgyger.ca/articles/Articles-7-BIG-RIVER-MIXED-BAG-by-Italo-Labignan.doc
May 2nd on the Kalum – by Noel Gyger
North Country Spring Time Steelhead (Short) – by Dave Vedder
20- Pound Steelhead – Making the Dream Come True – by Dave Vedder
For more stories cast here: http://www.noelgyger.ca/info-articles.htm
Kalum River videos:
This is how it looks when you are trying to drink your coffee and you are blasting up the lower Kalum River at 48 MPH.
TITLE of this video: Rocket Boat Steelheading - play time 5:48 minutes.
TO WATCH VIDEO cast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QPTv4kOZd8
VIDEO INFO:
I had
the pleasure of fishing with Calvin Higano, Ron Wakita and Glen
Kilcup on the Kalum River on Tuesday morning, April 20, 2010 for
about four hours. Glen invited us on this trip with his Jet boat
crack of dawn. We hooked 4 Steelhead and landed 2 plus a bunch of
Trout. We landed one Steelhead using a silver BC Steel spoon
with 3 OTT Gamagatsu
http://rapala.ca
Siwash hook rigged up on a 7' Trophy XL rod
http://redlsports.com
and an Abu Cardinal 704
http://www.purefishing.com
Spinning reel spooled up with 30lb Tuff line Duracast
http://www.tuf-line.com
This rod and reel Combo handled this Kalum River Steelhead very
nicely and was caught and released using Gibbs Catch and Release
Net
http://www.gibbsfishing.com
The Gibbs C & R Net has a very soft mesh which
allows anglers to net Steelhead and release them unharmed back into
the river. Calvin landed the other Steelhead using a Sage
2106 rod and a Shimano Calcutta 250TE reel
http://fish.shimano.com
Calvin was the "Hot Rod" on this trip! Calvin landed one and had
another 2 Steelhead on which released themselves (AKA
long-line-release) after a bit of a tussle. Calvin is a very gifted
angler who has brought some very effective Steelheading techniques
to the North West. One of his techniques Calvin calls "Dredging" and
another would be the method which he cures his bait. Calvin uses
Pautzkse's Pink Fire Cure on both his Chinook roe and on his
Prawn bait. As most Steelheaders already know the quality of the
bait is critical to Angler success. A huge THANK YOU to Glen
for an awesome morning fishing trip on the Kalum!
More videos below:
Kalum River Coho Cast here to watch the video
Cast on link below to watch more videos: http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/video-clips-web.htm
Kalum River Podcasts:
Dustin Kovacvich & Noel Gyger "test fish" for Kalum River Chinook http://www.noelgyger.ca/Podcast/podcast0016.mp4
Please note: it may take awhile for the podcasts to load.
Cast on the link below to watch more podcasts: http://www.noelgyger.ca/podcast.htm
Zymoetz (Copper) River: Thu Jun 15/17 6:21am River was high and dirty BUT dropping and cleaning now. Regulation: No Fishing upstream of the sign at the transmission line crossing (downstream of Zymoetz Canyon) Jan 1 - June 15. Steelhead fishing below this closure is still permitted. Just need to find some open water and give it a shot. Need a guide for 2016 in either the Class one or Class two sections contact me anytime...
Pic near highway 16 bridge taken June 12th, very high not clean but cleaning up now.
Copper River stories:
Copper River Steelhead - by Jim & Carolyn Z. Shelton http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/copper-river-steelhead-nov-29_2014.doc
For more stories cast here: http://www.noelgyger.ca/info-articles.htm
Copper River videos:
http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Steelhead-0010.wmv http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Steelhead-0011.wmv http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Steelhead-0012.wmv http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Steelhead-0013.wmv http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Steelhead-0014.wmv http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Steelhead-0015.wmv http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Steelhead-0016.wmv
Watch more videos here: http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/video-clips-web.htm Enjoy!! Sample Zymoetz (Copper) River heights below:
Cast on link for current Zymoetz (Copper) River water heights:
https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/report/real_time_e.html?stn=08EF005
Kitimat River & Douglas Channel:
Sun Jun 25/17 5:52am Kitimat River Chinook are coming now! Fishing is Trout is good also. Douglas Channel; if the winds are light get out in the bay for Winter Chinook and drop your Crab traps.
Kitimat River stories:
12 Seasons of Kitimat River - by Noel Gyger http://www.noelgyger.ca/articles/kitimat-river-nov-29_2014.doc
For more stories cast here: http://www.noelgyger.ca/info-articles.htm
Kitimat River videos:
http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Jerry%20and%20Kevin%20Kitimat%20drift.wmv http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Coho-0001.wmv http://www.noelgyger.ca/video-clips/Coho-0006.wmv
Sample Kitimat River waters heights below:
Cast on links for current Kitimat River water heights:
https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/report/real_time_e.html?stn=08FF001
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. 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. 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. If you need info to book a pro fishing guide please contact me anytime. Prince Rupert Ocean Fishing: Salmon and Halibut fishing out of the port of Prince Rupert has been simply outstanding. One charter guide reports landing over 20 Chinook but of course his clients kept only their legal limit, plus they kept their limit on Dungeness Crab. If you would like to book an ocean trip just contact me anytime and I will do my best to get it all set up for you.
Fish from this Grady White for ALL the bottom fish plus ALL the Salmon, Dungeness Crab and Alaskan King Crab...with a captain who has over 40 years experience. If you are interested to book a charter please contact me anytime for ALL the details.
Terrace BC Canada:
Skeena Salmon Lodge Guiding
Flyfishing in Canada Welcome to the Skeena Salmon Lodge Guiding! Our unique Lodge sits right on the banks of the salmon-rich Skeena River, surrounded by snow-covered peaks and pristine nature. In the north-western part of British Columbia, where you find Canada at its most beautiful, where lakes and rivers dazzle with their purity, and wilderness can be truly experienced, you will find some of the world’s best salmon river; among them, the Skeena River, possibly Canada’s best know salmon river. Join us and experience outstanding fishing while enjoying comfort of the highest standard in the primal wilderness of Canada. Thank you and tight lines, Willi Schmidt
Please visit our website for more info: http://www.canada-flyfishing.com/en
Skeena Salmon Lodge Chinook Report
Looking back, the Skeena Salmon Lodge Guide Team has prepared a write up on this seasons Chinook fishing. Beginning in early June, large, bright King salmon were being caught on a variety of rivers using various techniques. These early fish are generally some of the most aggressive and hardest fighting fish in the river! On smaller rivers like the Kitimat, Kiteen or Kincolith, anglers can target and catch Chinook on a variety of gear techniques as well as swinging flies with both single and double handed rods. Some of the smaller rivers like the Kincolith and Kitimat can have good numbers of Chinook in them starting in the first week of June! This year the Kitimat Kings showed up and immediately the fishing was on fire! Many fishing days had multiple hook ups and our guides were able to
get clients into fish using both fly
rods and gear rods.
using one of several gear fishing methods, a mainstem
Skeena Chinook will still attack flies and once hooked, you will
have to use every possible trick to successfully play and land
one of these monsters. While most days still gave clients the chance to fight multiple fish, a heat wave caused both the fish and fisherman to become lazy. Moving into the middle of July, the heat wave began to break and the fishing began to pick up! Around this time, the largest of the Skeena Kings begin to enter the river and it is not unheard of to hook fish thirty, fourty or fifty pounds and sometimes even bigger! Sometimes, with these fish, they can fight so hard and well that you have to chase them in the boat! Racing after an angry and strong Skeena Chinook with both reel and engine roaring desperately trying to catch the fish before your reel is empty, not many things can compare to fighting these fish. For booking or more information please contact Willi Schmidt at willi.schmidt@canada.flyfishing.com and with the end of chinook season marks the beginnings of the steelhead and coho runs...
All Northwest BC river height info:
Water is important for a number of natural resource industries and water data is not always either shared or accessible. This portal is like a clearing house for water data from a variety of sources.
One feature of the portal that may interest you is the real time and historic stream flow information for some of the rivers we fish and report on.
Cast on this link to enter the portal: http://waterportal.geoweb.bcogc.ca/
News Bulletin:
Sun Jun 25/17
5:54am
Category(s):
RECREATIONAL -
Salmon
Subject:
FN0547-RECREATIONAL - Salmon -
Skeena River - Region 6 - Salmon Close Time Effective Immediately
Effective immediately recreational salmon fishing in
the entire Skeena River
Fisheries & Oceans Operations
Center - FN0547
Cast on this
link to view on DFO website:
http://notices.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fns-sap/index-eng.cfm?pg=view_notice&DOC_ID=197473&ID=all
Sun Jun 25/17
5:53am
Dennis Therrien, local angler,
in Terrace BC offers a summery of the
Skeena River Tyee Test Fishery regarding history of the
Chinook and Steelhead runs:
The Chinook daily numbers on
June 12 for 2010 – 2016 was: 3.18, 4.23, 1.34, 1.21, 1.19, 2.21 &
0.61. According to the Tyee Test Fishery Chinook has been trending
down for years, which can be seen on this chart.
http://www.noelgyger.ca/H2O/Non-Tidal/TyeeTestFishery/Charts/SkeenaChinookYears.pdf
On a brighter note, Steelhead
are doing well and have been trending up since 1956.
http://www.noelgyger.ca/.../SkeenaSummerSteelheadYears.pdf
Fri Jun 23/17
5:52am
British Columbia's Family Fishing Weekend is a
celebration of the great
tradition of sport fishing. On June 16, 17 and 18, 2017, the
public can go
fishing at no cost in many of BC’s lakes and rivers. The Government
of Canada
is also providing an opportunity to fish at no cost (these dates
only) in all tidal waters; for these dates a Tidal Water Sports
Fishing licence is NOT
required to fish in BC tidal waters except for species and area
restrictions as
specified. This is applicable to both adults and juveniles
(children aged
15 and under), as well as to Canadian residents and non-residents.
Cast on this link to read more detail:
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/ffw-wpf/index-eng.html
Recent Top Photos:
June 1 to June 15, 2017.
Fishing in the rivers has been slow due
to the dirty water. Tracey Hittel of
Kitimat Lodge
has been fishing lots in the Douglas Channel and doing very well for
all the Bottom fish including Halibut, Shrimp and Prawns. PLUS
catching some nice Chinook, here is one of his guests with a beauty.
If you are interested in hiring a
fishing guide for river or ocean and want to learn how, where and when to
catch these fish, please
contact me
anytime and I will help make the arrangements for a
trip of a lifetime!
May 15
to June 1, 2017.
Mandi Buck at it
again (2nd time in a row)…showing us how to do the “keep`em-wet” catch and
release technique. Well done Mandi. If you are interested in hiring a
fishing guide for river or ocean and want to learn how, where and when to
catch these fish, please
contact me
anytime and I will help make the arrangements
for a trip of a lifetime!
May 1 to May 15, 2017.
Mandi Buck at it
again…showing us how to do the “keep`em-wet” catch and
release technique. Well done Mandi. If you are interested in hiring a
fishing guide for river or ocean and want to learn how, where and when to
catch these fish, please
contact me
anytime and I will help make the arrangements for a
trip of a lifetime!
April 18 to May 1, 2017.
Tracey Hittel of
Kitimat Lodge helps his guest get a very quick pic of his
Steelhead landed last week.
If you are interested in hiring a
fishing guide for river or ocean and want to learn how, where and when to
catch these fish, please
contact me
anytime and I will help make the arrangements for a
trip of a lifetime!
April 1 to April 18, 2017.
"Teach em young", that is what we love to do:-) And
thank you again to Mandi Buck for showing this young person
the proper Keep'em Wet technique. Well done Mandi.
If you are interested in hiring a
fishing guide for river or ocean and want to learn how, where and when to
catch these fish, please
contact me
anytime and I will help make the arrangements for a
trip of a lifetime!
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
5.
British Columbia Salmon Charter and Fishing
Guides
6.
Chinook King Salmon Guide Services
7.
Noel Gyger Guided Fishing Adventures
Sun Jun 25/17
6:09am
The Bulkley Valley is rich with small lakes that make for great
fishing. You just have to grab your rod and go exploring!
Helen Lake is located near the summit of Hungry Hill by Houston.
It is stocked yearly with approximately 2000 cutthroat trout or
rainbow trout and makes for the perfect little fishing lake. It
has a small rec site with 4 campsites and also has a small
boat-launch. To access the campsite drive from Smithers out
towards Houston. Once you have passed Hungry Hill Summit you
will turn left onto Summit Lake Road. Drive about 4 km and then
turn down Hidden Lake FSR. The rec site will be on your left
shortly after. Try casting out small spinners or Kamlooper
spoons, or dragging a leech pattern fly.
Check out
http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/fidq/downloadBathymetricMap.do?filename=00075401.pdf
for a depth map of Helen Lake
SALTWATER
The weather cooperated over the past weekend and many anglers got
out on the water with hopes of putting a few chinook in the box.
Unfortunately the fishing on the coast has been hit and miss
with many anglers reporting only a few fish being caught. There
have been a few reports of anglers limiting out but the majority
have seen only a couple salmon boated despite their best effort.
We are hoping to see some more fish moving south over the next
couple of weeks and the weather should be getting consistently
better which should mean better fishing. Over the past week we
have seen fish taken on a variety of different things including
cut plugs, spoons and flasher/hoochie combo. When fishing for
chinook I generally run a spoon, an anchovy and a cut plug or
whole herring in a helmet. I find that this covers most of the
options that the chinook are feeding on. if I get a couple of
hits on a specific lure/bait then I will switch out one of the
other rods and run two of the same thing. I never run everything
the same as things are constantly changing and and you never
want to limit yourself that much. The idea is to give yourself
the best opportunity for a strike. Over this past weekend, the
AP Tackleworks anchovy or herring spoons were producing well.
The Luhr Jensen Coyote spoons in the 4.0 and 5.0 sizes produced
some nice fish. The Cop Car and Live Image colors are a good
choice.
When running a spoon or bait, I always go with a dummy flasher run
18 inches off the downrigger ball. This gives you the all
important flash but once you hook a fish, you are only fighting
the fish and not the flasher.
Ground fishing was good this past weekend as we saw the wind calm
down
on
Friday
afternoon. This made it possible to get out to the prime fishing
grounds and we saw a few nice halibut brought in. Oscars has
some really effective halibut and cod/rockfish jigs so speak
with the folks down there before heading out to the ocean and
they can sort you out with the right gear to land those big
fish.
When targeting halibut, look for those underwater plateaus at
around 180-250 feet deep.
The crabbing on the coast remains good but we are going to be
seeing alot more traffic over the next couple of weeks which
will make those crag harder to get. Look for bays and inlets
that are free of other traps and also have a sandy bottom.
The prawning is still good and should steadily get better through
the summer.
Head down to Oscars and talk to the crew if your planning on
heading to the coast. They have all the gear to get you on the
water and make your trip successful.
Saltwater Report brought to you by Lee Mac.
Saltwater Report brought to you by Lee Mac.
Closed until July 14 before being reassessed. Thanks DFO.
Closed until July 14 before being reassessed. Thanks DFO.
Closed until July 14 before being reassessed. Thanks DFO.
KITIMAT
The river is just coming into shape after some rains, and with
the forecast calling for good weather, now is the time to fish!
Chinook are in the system and quite a few are being caught,
both on gear and on flies.
Never fished this river? No problem, book a guide! Try Tracey
John Hittel of Kitimat Lodge at kitmatlodge.com,
250-632-6677. Or Ron Wakita from Reliable Guide and
Charters at reliableguideandcharters.com.
Also, check out Ron Wakita’s live fishing report on his website
http://reliableguideandcharters.com/live-fishing-report-kitimat-river-douglas-channel-and-prince-rupert-june-19-to-june-25/
and even sign up to receive his fishing report emails and you
are entered to win a free drift boat trip!
SKEENA
Closed until July 14 before being reassessed. Thanks DFO.
View
Website: https://oscarssports.com/
WE SPEAK
FISH. LAKE FISHING. RIVER FISHING. OCEAN FISHING
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
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
Conservation:
Sun Jun 25/17
5:50am
Contests are fun.
An opportunity to win a
complete trout set up from
Orvis Fly Fishing and a dry pack from
Simms Fishing Products is wickedly awesome!!! Enter and
win.
Sun Jun 25/17
5:49am
Alexandra Morton reports:
Hello, A quick blog to let
you know on this day when thousands of scientists are
becoming activists around the world, that I am still here,
still fighting for wild salmon.
Opposition to my work
escalates as we move closer to the truth and I have learned
to work quietly.
However, here is a brief
update and thanks to all of you, alex
Sun Jun 25/17
5:48am
Cast on this link to read a summary of NEWS items up to
June 23, 2017
Fri
Dec 23/16
6:29am
Salmon Strongholds: Skeena River
The Skeena is a globally important wild salmon stronghold
and Canada’s second largest wild salmon river. Home to some
of the largest Chinook and steelhead ever recorded, the
river’s combined tribal, recreational, and commercial
fishing economy is worth $110 million a year. The river and
its salmon form the cultural and social bedrock of the
place, where fishing is a near-universal way of life and
First Nations have been celebrating and eating salmon for
5,000 years. More…
Cast here to watch 2:43
minute YouTube video.
Thu
Oct 20/16
6:29am
Study confirms Salmon major
part of First Nations culture during last Ice Age.
11,800 years ago
The Ice age First Nations in
the interior of Alaska relied more heavily on salmon and
freshwater fish in their diets than previously thought,
according to a new study from the University of Alaska
Fairbanks.
Cast on this link
to read the full story.
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:
Sun Jun 25/17
5:47am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-june-21_2017.pdf
Angles
Wed Jun 21/17
5:47am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-june-14_2017.pdf
Biking
Jun 14/17
5:47am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-june-7_2017.pdf
Loose lips
Wed Jun 7/17
5:47am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-may-31_2017.pdf
Jack
Wed May 31/17
5:47am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-may-24_2017.pdf
Pasture Run 2
Wed May 24/17
5:47am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-may-17_2017.pdf
Pasture Run
Wed May 17/17
6:07am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-may-10_2017.pdf
Syd's brain
Wed May 10/17
6:07am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-may-3_2017.pdf
Vulnerable steelhead
Thu May 4/17
6:07am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-april-27_2017.pdf
A fracking disaster
Thu Apr 27/17
6:07am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-apr-19_2017.pdf
Fishing with ghosts
Wed Apr 19/17
6:28am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-apr-12_2017.pdf
Salmon woes
Wed Apr 12/17
6:28am
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-apr-5_2017.pdf
Climate change
Wed Apr 5/17
6:28am
Poachers5
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/rob-brown-mar-29_2017.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
NEW FaceBook page link here:
https://www.facebook.com/SSBCmain
Sat
Dec 31/16
6:20am
Noel Gyger has
96 fishing video clips on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/noelgyger?feature=watch
Total
Uploaded Views as of December 13, 2016 were:
895,834
BIG PARTY
when we hit one million views !!
PLUS Noel has another 50 or so
posted on his webpage:
http://www.noelgyger.ca/images/video-clips-web.htm
Kind of like:
Fishing videos
until you drop!
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Current
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Only
one top (front page) spot available. EXCLUSIVE
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Pure Fishing
To have your Ad posted in the
Current Fishing Report in another
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maximum size should be 450 x 400 pixels and can be made up with your
Logo, two pics and text.
Contact Noel Gyger for more info.
Your Ad will be created by a professional
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Highway webcam:
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
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Fishing
Regulations:
2017
BC Tidal and non tidal waters
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/index-eng.html
Effective April 1, 2017
2017
BC Freshwater
(Provincial) Fishing Regulations Synopsis:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/fish/regulations/#Synopsis
Effective April 1, 2017
Market Place:
For Sale Smithers, BC
Trout Creek property
Sun Jun 25/17 5:46am
Premier non-guided fishing/all season
recreation homestead/lodge, footsteps from the world famous
Steelhead Bulkley River.
Phenomenal 118 acre private
recreational paradise, with the famous Toboggan Creek and Trout
Creek Canyon, waterfall and Bulkley River access. This custom
designed home, features a new chef’s kitchen - 4 bedrooms, 2 full
baths with vaulted ceiling living area, spectacular mountain views
in all directions. Balcony, decks and new hot tub. A large vegetable
garden serves up delicious produce on this total organic paradise. 7
km of forest and meadow trails allow for all season recreation.
Artesian spring fed water, wildlife and just 15 minutes from
Smithers downtown. New custom built double garage and
guest/caretaker apartment.
ONLY
$849,000
Contact: Thomas and Lorna Butz - email:
cango12@bulkley.net - 250-847-5882, Box 783 Smithers, BC V0J
2N0 cell # 778-210-0036
For Sale or Rent Terrace, BC
Deep Creek Lodge
Sun Jun 25/17 5:44am
Lies on 10acres property, 500 meter
from the Kitsumkalum River surrounded by pristine forests and the
extraordinary Coastal Mountains of Northern British Columbia. It is
conveniently located just 15 minutes outside the City of Terrace BC
in a quite and exclusive location fully immersed in the nature.
Located strategically
in the heart of the best Steelhead and Salmon fishery of the world,
the lodge has been in the last 17 years one of the favorite vacation
spot for anglers coming from all over the world to experience their
lifetime fishing trip.
.
The lodge is modern frame built
lodge can comfortably accommodate 8 - 10 people and it is perfectly
structured to host angler, skiers and any tourist visiting the area.
This scenic property can be used in its current state as fully
operational year-round for fishing, skiing, nature wondering or
anything else you can imagine!
If you’d like to arrange a viewing of the lodge or to get more
details please contact:
Noel Gyger via e-mail:
noel@noelgyger.ca
For Sale
SOLD Telkwa, BC
Bulkley Riverfront Home
Updated Bulkley
Riverfront home in Telkwa features 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a
huge sundeck. Basement has been redone with concrete in-floor heat,
large master bedroom, and a very modern bathroom. The bathroom has
heated concrete floors, an open-room shower, and a beautiful
pedestal bathtub. Main floor has original hardwood flooring,
freestanding wood stove, and a large sunroom. Great river and Hudson
Bay Mountain view, large treed lot and riverside firepit.
Great Steelhead fishing 40ft from the backdoor or
long run 250 yards down, good spot to
keep a jet or drift boat. Best
time for Steelhead Aug 15 and it is fishable until Dec 31. Also
there is Coho, Chinook, Pinks and Trout. Could be yours for $339,000
Contact Noel Gyger
noel@noelgyger.ca for more info
For Sale West Coast
of Vancouver Islands, BC
Rogers Fishing Lodge
Sun Jun 25/17 5:43am
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 1200
guests a year. They also enjoy one of the longest seasons on the
coast running from May 1 to September 30.
This will be their 33rd year in the
Sport Fishing business and 25th year in Esperenza Inlet.
Rodgers has shown a remarkable rate of growth over the past 4 years.
Their gross revenue has more than doubled since 2010. 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.
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, but
feel now is the time to turn the reins over to someone younger who
shares the same passion for the outdoors and who is looking for a
wonderful rewarding lifestyle.
Asking price $999,000
Please
contact Noel Gyger if you are interested.
. For Sale
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.
We
would like to thank ALL our sponsors. Without them the website and this fishing
report would NOT be possible.
Current
sponsors are:
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Kitimat Lodge
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Skeena Salmon Lodge
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Happy Hooker Fishing Charters |
Scotty
| Islander
Reels |
Pure Fishing |
Oscar's
Source for Sports |
It is NEVER too late to book a guided river or ocean fishing trip
RIVER FISHING
Lots of lodge or day bookings still available on classified or
non-classified waters. Guiding fly or spin fishermen with
raft, drift-boat or jet-boat.
Contact Noel to book NOW!
OCEAN FISHING
Chinook Salmon, Bottom Fish and Crab in Prince Rupert or Kitimat
Douglas Channel has started. To book warm, covered charter
boat please
Contact Noel Gyger anytime.
E-mail:
noel@noelgyger.ca
NOW
BOOKING for 2017:
Let me know if I can be of service to book you with
the "best"
fishing guide and/or fishing lodges for both river and ocean. There
are NO extra charges to book through me, just a lot of free
information and advice from a person with
years and years of fishing
and fish guiding experience. It
is like hiring two guides for the price of one.
I will promptly answer your questions and concerns.
Contact Noel Gyger to book NOW
I hope this
fishing report, "meets with your entire satisfaction".
Your
Feedback to
noel@noelgyger.ca is always welcome
"You meet
the nicest people on the river banks"
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