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[m_van]

Update:

Salmon are still being caught daily and I will extend my offer for another week.

Resident Brook Trout and Brown Trout season closes on Friday, September 30th. I have some openings tomorrow and Friday, please get in touch asap if you are interested.

I think this is a very generous offer to someone who is a rookie trying to learn the ins and outs of Salmon fishing.
About giving up a favourite spot... not so much... there are other fishermen out there who fish the very same spot.
About learning salmon fishing... It is a great experience that one gets to learn from a pro.
For the price he is charging... it is much less than to ask the salesmen that tell you to buy spoons, roes, lines, leaders, hooks, floats, etc, etc....and lose much of them because of lousy advices from the salesmen and not catch any salmon.

[salmotrutta]

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[TRINIBOY]

I took salmotrutta up on his guiding service and was really surprised, the pool which he indicated held a number of chinooks and a couple of browns mixed in.

Salmotrutta knew what he was talking about and in no time I was hooked into one really nice female chinook which I managed to land.

Hooked into an additional 9 after that but no luck in landing them but not complaining because landed the female which was my fist salmon for the season..

He was also very kind in supplying me with a container full of cured eggs which in itself was worth the fee…

P.S. it’s seems like this spot is common knowledge for a number of fishing people so it’s not a unknown honey hole…

[NADO]

nice looks very silver!

[salmotrutta]

Thanks for the pic M!

No worries about people who don't already know that spot finding it out - obviously no one can track it from that pic, even with Google Earth.

NADO - that fish had loose eggs - so believe it or not it was less silver than most of the salmon landed there.

I am happy to say that every group/individual that took me up on my offer showed respect, intelligence and courtesy in the water. The majority of the outings resulted in good numbers of fish being landed. As the number of fresh salmon dwindled there were days with good hookups but none landed - that's how it goes sometimes!

[salmotrutta]

More pics:

43" male landed in and amongst many a beaver dam - yeeeeeeehaw!


16" steelhead


Female Chinook



One jack and two hens.


Recent loose Chinook. Got one with skein in her 10 minutes later though.


The one with skein.


And yes, many were released too!

[salmotrutta]

Resident trout action was fun too! No monsters, but we only had a few hours and I wanted to make sure everyone got at least 1 brown and 1 brookie. We caught several, and discovered that these brooks are home to a colourful resident 'bow population too! All 'bows were released - but some brookies and browns were kept for the dinner table.

(Slide knife alongside belly from neck to cloaca, insert knife from top of neck down to belly, yank on head to remove head/all innards. Takes about 20 seconds. Rinse thoroughly and fry! The bones are a perfect source of calcium and the meat is deelish!)




Some of those browns held eggs, which was amazing considering the biggest were around 12" that day. The brookie at the top was a fantastic male that was just taking on its spawning colours and kype - breathtaking!

[salmotrutta]

That's all she wrote folks.

To those I took out - you got my # and email - anytime you want to fish - y'all know the drill.

[salmotrutta]

Nice Report(s)!
I knew your adventures would work out well. (I was the second post ...lol)

Great to share with others and teach them some skills, respect for the sport ... and most importantly:

GOOD TIME for ALL!

Thanks

My goal was to pass on the spirit of sharing with these expeditions.

Blair you obviously love to share your fishing passion/knowledge! I look forward to fishing with you some day soon.

[Mykester]

great report. one thing though, why would someone keep such a black fish? lol

[salmotrutta]

great report. one thing though, why would someone keep such a black fish? lol

It wasn't black at first, but it turned remarkably black in a short period of time after being landed. I kept it for the roe.

[troutddicted]

Resident trout action was fun too! No monsters, but we only had a few hours and I wanted to make sure everyone got at least 1 brown and 1 brookie. We caught several, and discovered that these brooks are home to a colourful resident 'bow population too! All 'bows were released - but some brookies and browns were kept for the dinner table.

(Slide knife alongside belly from neck to cloaca, insert knife from top of neck down to belly, yank on head to remove head/all innards. Takes about 20 seconds. Rinse thoroughly and fry! The bones are a perfect source of calcium and the meat is deelish!)




Some of those browns held eggs, which was amazing considering the biggest were around 12" that day. The brookie at the top was a fantastic male that was just taking on its spawning colours and kype - breathtaking!

Careful that the heron doesn't eat your catch... what do we go there, 4 inchers to 8 inchers?

[troutchaser]

slaughter

[salmotrutta]

slaughter

A slaughter is what occurred to the Atlantic Salmon in Lake Ontario during the 19th century. This was a few guys, accessing a private section of a remote creek that is never fished, and keeping enough to each enjoy a tasty lunch. I fish there a couple of times per year. Sometimes I keep a few, some days I don't.

The trout were at least 8 inches, more like 8 to 12 inches. 4 inch trout are not able to spawn - these ones had eggs and sperm. You can see the sperm on its anal fin.


Kept a few female salmon for roe and gave the meat to friends because I don't eat them - perfectly legal.

[getin]

No matter what you do, you get criticized! Funny is pretty much everybody kills a few fish a year for eggs or meat! Like I was on an eastern trib and one of the "I own the river" guys was picking on everybody, on "snagging". I did not see him land a fish hooked in the mouth and he kept releasing them (Salmons) , holding his head up and saying that "see guys, you gotta break the line when it is snagged". Interesting enough, once he hooked a ranibow, in the back fin, he immediately tok it behind the bushes, unhooked and kept it and when I asked why did you keep this (while preaching everybody otherwise), he replied: it was hooked in the mouth, my line was WRAPPEd around it! Sometimes good English is all you need to justify everything!

Anyways, Salmontrouta is doing great and does act legally, far better that a lot of those preachers I have seen

[NADO]

No reason for cormorants to be protected

[Float down]

Aren't brook trout closed?!