July 18th, 2007
This makes me laugh if only because it has happened to me several times in Barkley Sound and on the banks off of Ucluelet. A couple of years ago I was fishing with Murphy’s Sportfishing out of Ucluelet with my Dad and a buddy (another salmonboats.ca owner). My Dad and I got into a double [...]
July 11th, 2007
We’re experienced Salmon fishermen and we love fishing the west coast of Vancouver Island. A few years ago we started looking around for a boat that we could take to Bamfield, Ucluelet, Tofino, Tahsis, etc. and we couldn’t find what we were looking for. There were lots of professional guides and charter services to choose [...]
July 8th, 2007
Another great use for the Uni knot is for snelling a hook. You can either trim the tag end of the knot or keep it long and then tie on another hook further down the line. Very easy to tie and significantly easier than many of the other hook snelling techniques that I’ve tried previously. [...]
July 7th, 2007
Every year I sit down at the beginning of the season and try to remember how to tie my salmon fishing knots. Practice makes perfect and I’m not sure that there is anything in Salmon fishing more important than good knots. Over the years I’ve lost my fair share of fish and gear to bad [...]
July 5th, 2007
Let’s face it: dedicated fishing boats are expensive and fairly specialized pieces of machinery. Unless you fish fairly frequently, boat ownership may not make sense for you. This is especially true if you want to fish on the west side of Vancouver Island where the conditions require larger, better equipped, and more expensive boats. Let’s [...]