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08-21-2015, 07:57 PM
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Campbell River charter reccomendation???
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Heading out to the island on short notice and I'd like a reccomendation for a trusted fishing charter. I'm flying into Comox and would be happy fishing either there or Campbell River. I like posting pics so if I get anything worthwhile I'll share the experience best I can.
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08-21-2015, 08:09 PM
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Campbell river fishing
Last year i fished with these two outfits. Both were excellent and we caught lots.
Campbellriverfishing.ca
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Absolutesportfishing.ca
Gongshow.
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08-21-2015, 09:49 PM
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08-21-2015, 09:49 PM
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April's point aswell on Quadra island just across from painters lodge
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08-21-2015, 10:05 PM
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Just got our limit with Murphy's sport fishing.
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08-22-2015, 05:47 AM
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http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...Campbell+River
A quick search turned up a few recent threads asking the same question.
Also, I didn't know that Murphy Sport Fishing was now working out of Campbell River. I've fished next to them on the west coast and they are great.
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08-22-2015, 07:48 AM
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Sorry to derail, what kind of a limit will you get at Cambell River? All pinks and chum or is there a bunch of springs and coho coming thru? I take this is in the salt?
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08-22-2015, 08:47 AM
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Went recently with costal wilderness adventures, was an excellent guy. New equipment, very nice boat and very personable.
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08-22-2015, 10:32 PM
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Sea J charters has always been my first pick. carl lives to fish and will always put you on the best odds possible and uses nothing but the best gear around. if thats too pricey go to painters lodge or april point and just hang out and ask the guests about the guides they used as some are good and some are not so much (trust me i worked on the docks for 2 years)
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08-29-2015, 05:49 PM
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X2 for Coastal Wilderness Adventures, Curtis and Gene were excellent!
Same as you we went on short notice, we just got back a week ago.
Everything was booked up but they had a cancellation, that was the only way we got in.
We caught our limit of chinooks on our 8hr charter.
Good luck, we sure had some!
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08-29-2015, 09:50 PM
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We finally got rain out here the springs r heading into the rivers now
Lots of pinks in Campbell river
Lots of springs being caught in the salt up and down island
Coho r starting to move to
This rain should clean some of the pinks out of the salt so u can down to the springs
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08-30-2015, 09:43 PM
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Just curious as to how the fishing is in that area around Thanksgiving?
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08-30-2015, 09:51 PM
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Just curious as to how the fishing is in that area around Thanksgiving?
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R u looking at ocean or fresh
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08-31-2015, 04:21 PM
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Ocean is what we're leaning towards but I'm easy. Only be out for a few days so we just figured an ocean charter would be quickest and easiest?
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08-31-2015, 05:05 PM
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When we were there I was told a lot of the fresh water fishing was shut down due to the hot, dry conditions
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08-31-2015, 07:41 PM
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Freshwater open
Campbell river. And quinsam
Ocean fishing October 12th. Will be some coho still in the chuck
Freshwater. U will be catching coho mostly with odd pink around
Springs r coming in right now be good for a couple more weeks for them
Every year is diffrent
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08-31-2015, 08:14 PM
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Thanks for the info
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08-31-2015, 11:43 PM
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Thanks for the info
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Your welcome
U can ways give me a shout when u get out here
I can take u river fishing or at least I'll know whats
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09-01-2015, 12:02 AM
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Coastal Island fishing adventures!
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09-01-2015, 10:09 AM
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Your welcome
U can ways give me a shout when u get out here
I can take u river fishing or at least I'll know whats
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Thanks fishman, I appreciate the help
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09-01-2015, 01:24 PM
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Gary knows how to catch fish, his gear is top notch and his Grady is one of the nicest boats in the Campbell River area.
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09-01-2015, 01:27 PM
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Thanks for the info
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09-01-2015, 02:14 PM
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09-01-2015, 02:41 PM
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Painters lodge. Try and get Max as your guide
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09-01-2015, 04:55 PM
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Gary knows how to catch fish, his gear is top notch and his Grady is one of the nicest boats in the Campbell River area.
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Yup fantastic guide! We slayed all day on his boat and caught some monster sockeye.
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09-01-2015, 07:44 PM
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09-01-2015, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Z7fulldraw
Painters lodge. Try and get Max as your guide
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Painters is a cheap way to get on the water in Campbell River and they do have the odd guide that is not bad. When the fishing is good you will get fish but when the fishing is slow it pays to hire an experienced guide and most that have been around and know what they are doing won't work for Painters.
A lot of the guides at Painters are students that were taught how to guide at the beginning of the season and have no prior experience fishing or running a boat.
Like I said there are exceptions to the rule and the odd good guide does find himself back working for Painters, but they are usually not there long.
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09-02-2015, 12:42 AM
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Thanks anyways
I was a little too short notice to book with any of the reccomended guides. So the wife took the reigns and booked some whale watching and bears.
The bear tour was really good. Always wanted to see that in person, since I'd seen bears fishing salmon choked rivers on nature shows as a child.
A two hour boat ride from Campbell River to some remote river at the mainland is where the Bears were at. The wife and I had pre-tour safety meeting between us prior to bear viewing and decided the best strategy would be to never stray too far from those less fit than us should things go sideways. Fortunately all went well and she got hundreds of great pics and video. Notice the fish tail sticking out of the sows mouth.
The orca were uber impressive and I could watch for hours. I'll be back.
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09-02-2015, 08:58 AM
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What outfit did you go on your tour with?
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09-02-2015, 11:10 AM
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Quote:
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What outfit did you go on your tour with?
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http://campbellriverwhalewatching.com
They had seemed to have a good sense of getting close enough to get photos but not so close to place people in danger or disturb wildlife too much.
Never tried any other outfits so I can't compare. A faster super zoom would have been nice but we got our pics with a Nikkor 18-200mm 1:3.5-5.6
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