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04-09-2021, 09:30 AM
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Member
City: Sunshine Coast BC Can.
Vessel Name: Eliza James
Vessel Model: 1978 CHB
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 11
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Seems like a interesting place, I've been up to Langara fishing a couple of times but I hear that the fishing is pretty good around Kitimat too?
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04-09-2021, 09:34 AM
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Member
City: Sunshine Coast BC Can.
Vessel Name: Eliza James
Vessel Model: 1978 CHB
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 11
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I plan to cruise over to Campbell River to do some fishing this year if all goes well with the boat?
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04-09-2021, 09:38 AM
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Member
City: Sunshine Coast BC Can.
Vessel Name: Eliza James
Vessel Model: 1978 CHB
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 11
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Looking forward to a party that's for sure!
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04-09-2021, 09:39 AM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly
Seems like a interesting place, I've been up to Langara fishing a couple of times but I hear that the fishing is pretty good around Kitimat too?
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I'm not into fishing, but lots of people are. Mere shadow of it's former self limping along due to the hatchery, but still good compared to most areas.
The valley got pretty much logged out in a few decades, so there were no fully mature spruce flats to control the river. It's been meandering around the valley floor ever since, chewing its way through new ground and depositing sediment into whatever old spawning channels remain.
The whole Douglas Channel system is huge though, with lots of other salmon rivers and streams, some of which are in pristine untouched valleys.
I'll know everything is back to normal when the oolichan come back to the Kitimat River. The valley floor is starting to bounce back...lots of grizzly bears again!
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04-09-2021, 10:19 AM
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Member
City: Sunshine Coast BC Can.
Vessel Name: Eliza James
Vessel Model: 1978 CHB
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 11
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Murray how many days do you think it would it take to get from Gibsons to Kitimat in an old trawler like mine at 7 knots?
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04-09-2021, 10:50 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Saltspring Island
Vessel Name: Retreat
Vessel Model: C&L 44
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,583
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly
Murray how many days do you think it would it take to get from Gibsons to Kitimat in an old trawler like mine at 7 knots?
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in 2019 I helped a friend move a 37' boat from Saltspring Island to Kitimat. Being a delivery trip, some extra days were allowed for bad weather. We had good weather, so were able to do a little exploring, including a side trip to the Fjordland area, but our budget days proved just right.
14 days all in.
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04-09-2021, 12:53 PM
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Member
City: Sunshine Coast BC Can.
Vessel Name: Eliza James
Vessel Model: 1978 CHB
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 11
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Originally Posted by Conrad
There are a number of us here - slowly taking over!
Hopefully see you out on the water sometime!
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Conrad, I have a son with 2 kids in the Cowichan Valley 20 min. from Duncan so we plan to be over on your side quite a bit.
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04-09-2021, 01:03 PM
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Guru
City: Powell River, BC
Vessel Name: Northern Spy
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 26
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly
I plan to cruise over to Campbell River to do some fishing this year if all goes well with the boat?
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And the DFO...
Another non-retention salmon year from April 1st to early Summer, at least.
Welcome!
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04-09-2021, 01:17 PM
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Guru
City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 5,946
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly
Murray how many days do you think it would it take to get from Gibsons to Kitimat in an old trawler like mine at 7 knots?
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We've only been as far south as Calvert Island just north of Cape Caution, so looks like koliver has the answer for you.
All depends on weather and your running vs exploration/anchoring times.
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04-09-2021, 01:23 PM
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Guru
City: Nanaimo
Vessel Name: former owner of "Pilitak"
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 37
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 1,665
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Hi Chilly,
Welcome to the forum from across the Salish Sea. The places to go and explore on the BC coast that are within the capabilities of your boat, once you are properly prepared, are practically endless. Enjoy all that your boat and the area has to offer.
Who knows, we may even allow our American friends to come back too.  Just kidding Tom (ASD).
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Nanaimo, BC
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04-09-2021, 05:25 PM
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Guru
City: Inside Passage Summer/Columbia River Winter
Vessel Name: Alaskan Sea-Duction
Vessel Model: 1988 M/Y Camargue YachtFisher
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 8,040
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Quote:
Originally Posted by firehoser75
Hi Chilly,
Welcome to the forum from across the Salish Sea. The places to go and explore on the BC coast that are within the capabilities of your boat, once you are properly prepared, are practically endless. Enjoy all that your boat and the area has to offer.
Who knows, we may even allow our American friends to come back too. Just kidding Tom (ASD). |
That would be awesome!
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04-09-2021, 06:39 PM
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Guru
City: Nanaimo
Vessel Name: former owner of "Pilitak"
Vessel Model: Nordic Tug 37
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 1,665
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You bet it would Tom, and not just so that our American friends can again start to enjoy all the area has to offer. It would also mean that most of this mess (Covid) is behind us, and that, my friend would be a very good thing
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Nanaimo, BC
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04-09-2021, 10:31 PM
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Guru
City: Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island
Vessel Name: Capricorn
Vessel Model: Mariner 30 - Sedan Cruiser 1969
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 2,019
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I thought I saw something here about you living in Alberta, maybe another thread. But I'll throw this out there.
There are two marinas in Comox, public (larger) and private (smaller). You would be surprised at how many in these two marinas are from Alberta. They fly out from horsey land, arrive in Vancouver, jump on Harbour Air and land literally at the private marina where my boat is. When you step off the aircraft, you are about 40 yards away from my boat.
Many like it in Comox (and Campbell River) as you are on a jumping off point for all the best boating in BC - Desolation, Broughtons and points north. Fishing is pretty good close to my marina as between the two marinas is the put in area for trailered boats, most of them fishing addicted. I do know later in the fall last year, I could here guys talk about the fish they caught, I think they are mooching. I heard one women advise a party just going out to fish, they were catching salmon at around the 160 foot mark.
In fact, in this very put in area, in early November the marina was visited by three teen Orcas in the late evening. So I was walking on the jetty about twenty feet away from these three Orcas. Some feel they were coming in looking for a tasty seal snack.
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04-16-2021, 12:34 PM
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Member
City: Ladysmith
Vessel Name: Journey
Vessel Model: Litton Trawler
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 7
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Welcome aboard! I'm in the same area these are great waters to cruise for sure.
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04-16-2021, 12:36 PM
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Senior Member
City: Terrace, BC
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 182
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly
Hi Everyone,
Excited to be on the beautiful BC Coast with my new (new to me) 1978 CHB trawler.
Been enjoying and learning from so many excellent posts.
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Hello and welcome, from the North Coast of BC ! (boat moors in Port Edward during the summer months).
If you decide to venture further north, do keep us posted.
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04-16-2021, 12:40 PM
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Member
City: Ladysmith
Vessel Name: Journey
Vessel Model: Litton Trawler
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PNW Drifter
Hello and welcome, from the North Coast of BC ! (boat moors in Port Edward during the summer months).
If you decide to venture further north, do keep us posted.
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For sure, we have not ventured that far north ... yet ... retirement is just two and half years away so we have plans to cruise!
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04-16-2021, 01:19 PM
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Member
City: Ladysmith BC
Vessel Name: Moma's Mink III
Vessel Model: 37 Hershine
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 9
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Hey Chilly welcome aboard... From Ladysmith.... Always ficxing something on my trawler. Have a 1980 Hirshine 37.... Cheers!
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04-16-2021, 02:06 PM
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Member
City: SALT SPRING ISLAND
Vessel Name: Commitment
Vessel Model: Palmer Sedan Cruiser
Join Date: Sep 2020
Posts: 12
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Welcome from Salt Spring Island!
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04-16-2021, 02:07 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Qualicum Beach
Join Date: Nov 2020
Posts: 28
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Well aboard from Vancouver Island
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04-16-2021, 02:21 PM
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Senior Member
City: Palo Alto
Vessel Name: Ann-Elyse II
Vessel Model: North Pacific 45
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 472
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly
Hi Everyone,
Excited to be on the beautiful BC Coast with my new (new to me) 1978 CHB trawler.
Been enjoying and learning from so many excellent posts.
Cheers Chilly |
Congrats on your new boat and on being able to use it in BC. It doesn't get any better than that! I bought my first trawler at the end of 2017 and went right up to BC. I spent the entirety of each boating season up there. My daughters started telling people that I lived in Vancouver. I miss it so much!
Cheers!
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