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Chinook Salmon Run Expected to Set Records
While the Canadian Fisheries authority is planning for catches like last year, it's hard to plan for more because the Catch per unit effort is already close to limits. There isn't much more to keep, when it comes to Chinook. Although anticipated retained catches may not vary much this summer, we anticipate that our encounters will rise substantially.
The ocean abundance is of mixed stocks from Canada to the Southern US, all feeding off our west coast. There are some particular runs that are expected to be massive. The Klamath is expecting fifteen times the run of 2006, for a run size of over 1.6 million Chinook. Over 800,000 Chinook are heading to the Sacramento, while the Columbia is in the top end of it's ten year average. All of these combined with our Canadian Stocks means a heck of a lot of fish in our home waters of Kyuquot this summer.
How to Lure In Lunker Lings
Ling Cod are at the top of the food chain in the waters around Vancouver Island. They eat anything smaller than themselves and it can vary from smaller family members to Salmon and everything in between.
We have had a lot of practice catching Lings over the past 16 years and you could say we have the technique dialed in. We start with a 11oz jig that is white with a blue back. It is important that you first attach your lure to monofilament line and never go directly to the braided line with the jig. I can't explain why, but your bites will be cut in half if you tie straight to the braid.
The deeper the water the easier they are to catch. Lings live on every hump on the coast and the better they can see the harder they are to catch. I like water that is at least 140 feet deep with 200-300 being the best.
Live bait in shallow water is hard to beat and on the tide change they will attack any bait dropped in front of them. Generally the first three jigs are the best, as
Ling Cod are very aggressive and a lure that has been down for awhile is a little less attractive.
Keeping the lure vertical is also important. It is better to reel up and re-drop once your line angle is greater than 30 degrees. Remember that the technique is called jigging for a reason, The more you work your lure the more success you will have.
This Year's Bottom Fish Regulations
Like last year, generous limits of all species remain. We have been listening to you and we know how much you love your "white fish"!
The Ling Cod daily retention is 3 per day, with a maximum of 6 in possession. We fillet the lings and leave the tail on at least one side, so it is easily identifiable when you get home
The Halibut daily limit is like last year of 1 per day with a maximum possession of 2. There is a new limit on the size of the 2nd fish.
One fish can be of any size and the other fish must be under 83cm. This means one big one and one under about 15 pounds. The Rockfish daily limit is 3 (2 of which may be yellow eye), with a maximum posession of 6
Hello Friends and Fellow Anglers,
In this issue we share with you some of things that we track and find interesting, as well as a few tips and tricks.
Year after year Kyuquot continues to spoil us with nature's best. We are heading up to the lodge over the Easter Holidays to start work on the "Wish List". We look forward to you enjoying our improvements.
Remaining dates are going fast for Kyuquot 2012 and for those who are already booked, we will see you soon.
Warm Regards to Everyone,
David Murphy and Marilyn Scanlan
Oceans Favourable for Salmon Again
While a number of factors play keys to the success and health of salmon runs, it is well known now that the oceans play the biggest roll. Predicting this has become a fine art by scientists. Ocean upwellings bring nutrient rich waters to the surface. The summer winds from the North blow the cooler Northern waters to the south and the longer it blows the greater the upwelling. The Salmon's favourite foods thrive in these cooler water conditions and the El Nina Ocean current, which is also cool makes their food source very abundant.'
We are still in what is predicted to be the trending end of a cool water regime, so the "ocean grocery store" has plenty for the salmon to thrive on. These upwellings happen in a number of places in the ocean, and one of them is just offshore of Kyuquot. This explains the abundance of all kinds of marine sea life from Salmon to Whales in our area.
Last Year's Catches Highest Per Guest!
We had the highest over all catch per guest of any previous year in our 19 year history in the area. On average between the lodge and ship, our guests went home with 13 fish from the Pacific Ocean, per person. This includes Chinook, Halibut, Ling Cod, Rockfish, and Coho. Last year's limits were 4 Chinook, 2 Halibut, 6 Ling Cod and 5 Rockfish.
The average Chinook catch was 3.8 per person (a couple of folks didn't limit out!). The average Halibut catch was 2 (limits).
The catch chart to the right is "clickable" and will bring you to the full page version with all the details.
Last year's Lodge online photo album is organized by date, so you can see what was caught on each of the trips.
Catch records are done on a daily basis and entered into log books, which are collected on a regular basis by Department of Fisheries. We also collected heads from all of the hatchery clipped Chinook. These heads have coded wire tags inside, which are read by DFO. This provides DFO with valuable information about stock composition, distribution and abundance of the varying runs of Chinook, which make up a mixed stock fishery on the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
The Secrets Salmon Carry
A coded-wire tag is a 1mm piece of wire that is laser etched with a unique number. Tags are injected into the nose cartilage of juvenile salmon prior to ocean migration.
Annually, Canada and the United States tag over 50 million juvenile salmon. Fisheries and Oceans Canada applies 5.5 million tags, using about 5.5 kilometres of wire. The information recovered from these tags helps in a number of ways:
abundance, distribution and survival
trends for planning next year's fishing season
run timing in salt and freshwater areas
Coded-wire tag information from adipose fin-clipped Coho and Chinook is critically important. It is the only effective tool used for coast wide stock assessment of Coho and Chinook from California to Alaska, even with the advancement of new technologies.
In 2011 our guests contributed to this program by allowing us to submit heads from their salmon, that had the adipose fin removed. Over 900 heads were submitted for sampling and the results on where these fish are from is very interesting.
When a wire cannot be detected a very expensive DNA analysis can be performed but this is generally not the case unless a fishing area needs more data on what can be told with coded wire tags.
Click on the document image link on the right to see the full size report of the findings.
Cooking Your Favorite White Fish
Friends frequently ask what is the "best" way to cook Halibut and Ling Cod? We eat white fish twice a week at home and it really doesn't matter how we cook it. It's how to prep it, that does.
The regulations require that the skin be left on all fish for transportation. The skin can be the "culprit" when it comes to fish not tasting as good as it should.
These simple steps will ensure your catch tastes fantastic each time, even when approaching a year in the freezer! Click on the image on the right and a new window will open with our cooking tips.
Enjoy!
Kyuquot 2012
Salmon Regulations & Available Dates
Over 80% of the dates are already booked!
Once again we are going to enjoy generous limits of 4 Salmon per day, with a total of 8 in possession. Half of that can be Chinook and the other half hatchery marked Coho or Chum Salmon.
Prime dates are available on some of the best tides of the summer and a few weekends are still left. Click on either of the documents to view the full size version, or give us a quick call any time, day or night!
We have also learned that Alaskan Airlines is now operating some new non stop flights cross continental USA at some incredible prices. We have heard from guests they have been as low as $379 round trip as Alaskan tries to get into this market. Why Alaskan? Well they connect from Seattle to Vancouver Island landing in Victoria which is very convenient. Locations include Philadelphia and Kansas.
Keep in Touch....
Thank you for your ongoing interest in Murphy Sportfishing. Give us a call anytime to chat or say hello.
Your Friends at Murphys, David and Marilyn.
David 250.720.7748 murphysportfishing@shaw.ca
Marilyn 250.913.2770 marilyn@murphysportfishing.com
Office 877 218 6600 murphy@island.net
Murphy Sportfishing 250.723.8022 1.877.218.6600 murphy@island.net www.murphysportfishing.com
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