6) OUT OF AREA CONTRIBUTORS
March 31st, 2008
Updated March 1st, 2009….
NORTH TO HAIDA TERRITORY
As many of you may know, I have an affinity for the North Coast Haida Native American artwork…….so when I got this fishing report from Markus, who was up fishing the amazing Queen Charlottes for steelhead……I thought I should share right away!
His fish was taken on the largest tributary river in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 55-60 km in length, it is located on Graham Island, the northernmost and largest of the archipelago, and runs in a twisting course generally northwards.
….from the angler…..”Just returned from the Charlotte’s after a 4 day trip. Had a great time but fished just one afternoon on a local river. Water was low and cold but did manage to get this one on the fly - an orange GP variation - size 6. The guide I was with (wasn’t guiding me) didn’t get anything. The weather was fabulous - clear and relatively warm and very little breeze. Also spent a day at another river with minimal effort directed at resident dollies with no success - Nonetheless, had a great time.”
Since this was a hub for the Haida people, originally, to my understanding, this Queen Charlotte name translated to Haida Gwaii or “the islands of the people” and are rich with Haida history and culture. I, for one, would love to go.
Thanks for the great photo spread made available to us from Markus up north.
H3llcat
FISHING FOR SHEEPSHEAD
When Sal passed along some very cool pictures of some friends of his fishing in Florida for the Sheepshead species………I thought the fish looked so cool that I would feature them here on Allaroundangler.com. I also did a little web search for some specifics:
…from Wikipedia…
Although Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, was named after the fish, they are very much a southern species. Today their range extends from the Mid-Atlantic to Texas. During the winters, many anglers in these states will head to the end of pier to fish for sheepshead. As sheepshead are crustacean and bivalve feeders, favorite baits include shrimp, sand fleas (molecrabs), and clams. Sheepshead have a knack for stealing bait, so a very small hook is necessary. Locating sheepshead in a boat is not very difficult: look for rocky bottoms or places with obstruction.
Caught in Tampa Bay, Florida
….from the angler, Gordo…”I managed to get down to Tampa Bay and fish in the wind and sun. When we got blown off the bay we managed to huddle down next to some pilings and pick up a few sheepshead. Beats the heck out of the snow and cold in the North Country!”
….courtesy Sal Monid……
This is a little late, but I fished a SUBA bass tournament on the 11th and it was right as a nice cold front stomed through dropping the surface water into the Mid 60’s. This was actually good for the bite.
We caught a lot of fish and finished in 3rd place with a nice 17 lb sack of 5 fish. My partner Duane aka “Long Hair” caught a 4 lb 13 oz fish to get us the 2nd Big Fish award too. My best fish was a bit over 3 lbs. Caught a lot of 3 lb fish. The team that finished in 1st had over 21 lbs and two fish over 5 lbs!
Oh, check out this bass I caught with my 5 inch swimbait. Crazy little guy! What was he thinking? Love the Bass! Anyway, talk to you guys soon…
A nice 3 lber
Long Hair’s 4 lb 13 oz bass
Crazy Bass!
Our clubs President/2008 Angler of the Year, Jerry White with his two 5lbers.
Our $50 for 2nd Big Fish….got nothing for 3rd place…wah! (only 8 boat tourney….lol.)
What is up everyone? I hit my local reservior, Quail Creek, today with Jack Daddy. It’s getting cold down here finally and the bass are slowing down. The water has dropped to 60 degrees, so the most active fish now in this lake are the trout. But we were after our beautiful green friends. Anyway, we only caught 3 today, but all were quality fish. The biggest was the first fish I caught today, a nice 19 inch/4 lb largemouth. I got another that was about 16 inches and Jack Daddy got one that was about 17 inches. We also both accidently caught one trout each. It was the first time I’ve caught a trout on a football jig/hula grub. Only took a couple pics to share.
Updated October 11th……
Sal’s Pal, Mark……fishing in Canada where Mark resides..
“Oh Canada…”
Big Blue On Bunker…Ahoy…Bluefish!
Cheers…and thanks to these “Pals of Sals”….which is what we should change the name of this page to….:-)
From Tom Horning….Rogue River, Oregon Area…
High Chris, Dave H. AKA Salmonid told me about your website and suggested I send you
some photos from the Rogue River.
I’m basically a fly fishing trout angler who occasionally goes for Steelhead. I’ve fly fished the Rogue three years now for summer Steelhead with a friend from Trout Unlimited.
My first year was in September, second year in August, and last fall in October. All the months produced.
The steelhead aren’t giants in the summer but they sure are active and we’ve always landed 3 to 5 steelhead a day or more per person. It sure is exciting to have a six lb. steelhead, summersault four times across your bow in two seconds before you can even react.
In addition to the steelhead there are plenty of fat half-pounders to keep things from getting boring and an occasional beauty of a sea run cutthroat that fight as hard as a much larger steelhead. They are deep bodied fish and it’s a surprise to see a 17″ cutthroat go deep into your backing. I’ve heard it said that the Rogue has some of the hardest fighting sea run cutts.
It’s a fabulous river system that is too large for me to know very well yet or all the different runs and species that make it great. Winter Steelhead, Chinook, Coho, etc.; a big river that carves through two Mountain ranges.
The Rogue is experiencing all the challenges our other rivers are hit with; dams, water withdrawls, habitat damage, invasive exotic plants, and in places, an alarming amount of shoreline development. We need to take care of it and all our other great rivers. Love it or lose it.
I upped my donation to The Nature Conservancy after fishing the Rogue. A river that fishes as good now as it did for Zane Grey – that’s something to hang on to.
-Rogue River Tom
Wow, a Zane Grey comment? Impressive! Tom I attended school in Ashland and spent a lot of time on the Rogue in orange torpedos with the white water cowboys. I haven’t fished it much but know the guy who owns the Trophy Waters fly shop down there who has been on us to fish.
Between myself and Meskel we cover a lot of water on the fly but have yet to hit the Rogue. I would love to fish with you guys at some point for halfs or steel or trout or cuts or…. you get the idea.
Welcome to the site and look forward to wetting a line with you.
Nook
Comment by Nookslayer — March 31, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
I am in Medford for a day but no time to go explore the river. At least I get to look at the pics. Thanks Tom. Sal
Comment by SalMonid — March 31, 2008 @ 6:59 pm
Hey fellas, just got my copy of ‘Drift’ (Confluence films, the Drake Magazine), and I’m hyped on doing some steelhead fishing in OR with some buddies. I figured I’d try picking the collective mind of ‘Team Salmon’ for some info. You guys have any suggestions on cabins to rent, months to come, rivers to fish? I know a little broad, but I’ve got no data. I’ll I know is that after watching John and Amy Hazel from Maupin hooking Deschutes steel I’ve got the itch. Hopefully you can help. In other news from the Great White North, I had a fantastic season on the Chequamegon Bay. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s located in NE Wisconsin and it’s the best smallmouth fishery I’ve ever fished. This is due mostly to it’s management; minimum take size is 20″! If you’re ever up that way, I’ve got a little cabin about 30 miles away on the Brule river and you’re welcome. Here’s a pic of a 21″ I got in May on a black sencko fly (http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w298/neckyeskia/mattbass.jpg), the replica hangs over my fireplace.
Thanks for the help, my regards to Pablo,
Matt B.
(Mpls, MN)
Comment by Matt B — January 8, 2009 @ 8:26 am