Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING Reportsfor Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat Andprince Rupert

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Noel Gyger - WEEKLY FISHING REPORTSfor Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat andPrince Rupert

April11to April 18,2010

Number 165

Dear Fishing Friends:

SUMMARY: Weather has been good all week. The air is fresh with the smell of spring. Earlier in the week, the air temperatures were lower than average. This caused water levels to fall to extreme lows, which is not good for fishing but by Thursday the water was on the rise again. Just what we needed. Fishing for Steelhead,Cutthroat Trout, Bull Troutand Dolly Varden Char isfairusing both fly, spinand conventional gear.The Chinook (King) Salmon will be here any day now. I have caught them as early as April 20 on the KalumRiver. The SkeenaRiver was on the rise by mid week and fishing for Steelhead and Trout is fair.I have reports of Chinook landed at China Bar! The lower end of the Zymoetz (Copper) River is fishing fair for Steelhead and Trout. The KalumRiver is fishing fair for Steelhead.The water has been dropping and cleaning due to the cooler weather mid week. On Thursday the water was very, very low and tea coloured. Check below for more details on the KalumRiver.The KitimatRiver was low mid week but is now on the rise bringing in some fresh Steelhead and scattering the Trout. Check out the Ron Wakita report below. Chinook fishing in the KitimatHarbour is poor right now and is weather dependent. Crab (Dungeness and King)fishing is excellent. Ocean Chinook and Halibutfishing in Prince Rupert is good. Check out the Jeff Carlson report below.The Smithers anglers areanxiously awaiting the arrival of the BulkleyRiver summer-run Steelhead. Jason Mundayin Terracereports fair Steelhead fishing.Trout and Dolly fishing is excellent also. Check out Jason's report below.

April 14, 2010 One "New" clip posted on Video Clips

Welcome to Noel Gyger's video clips! Today's show is actually a slide show of some of the BEST fishing photos from 2009. All photos shown were aPhoto of the Week. The slide show starts off with Steelhead, then Chinook (King) Salmon and ends with Coho (Silver) Salmon. Hope you enjoy the show. Click here for a direct link to the video. It is also listed on the Video webpage. Title: 2009 BEST photos and listed in category 2010 Steelhead Clips. Clip #0078. Plays for 5:10 minutes.

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With the participation of some of the Best Dealers (Tackle Shops) in the Northwest I have distributed DVD players and Video clips featuring the Best Fishing in the Northwest highlighting several of the Best Guides and Charters in the Northwest using a variety of the Best Fishing Products on the Market today.The dealers that have the DVD players are: Home Hardware in Kitimat, J&E Tackle and Hunting Shop in Prince Rupert, Oscars Source for Sports in Smithers and Fish Tales Tackle Shop in Terrace. Please visit these shops to watch the shows.

LIST OF “New” ITEMS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK:

- One New item posted on "Conservation" April 16/10

- One New video clip posted on "Video Clips" April 14/10

Many people book three trips per year to our area; one trip in the spring (March-April-May), one trip in the summer (June-July-August) and one trip in the fall (September-October-November). They love having the same guide but fishing for different fish in different areas.

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FISHING GUIDE REPORTS FOR THIS WEEK ARE FROM:

Ron Wakita,Ariel Kuppers, Todd Haynes,Gill McKean andJeff Carlson

CURRENT REPORT and summary for Skeena and Tributaries:

Type of fish caught: Chinook, Steelhead, Trout and Dolly Varden Char for river. Salmon, Halibut, Bottom Fish and Dungeness and King Crab for ocean.

Thank you for using barbless hooks! (This is a BC fishing regulation)

FISHING THIS WEEK:FAIR

LARGEST FISH OF THE WEEK: River:estimate 14-poundKalum River Steelhead.Ocean:estimate 50-pound Halibut from Prince Rupert.

Weather:Cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers. High 13.Sunrise 6:25 AM Sunset8:42 PM. Today’s yearly average temperatures: Maximum13 degrees. Minimum2 degrees.

WEATHER REPORTS VIA TELEPHONE: Terrace 250-635-4192 Kitimat 250-632-7864 Prince Rupert 250-627-1155 Smithers 250-847-1958.

SkeenaRiver:More and more anglers are fishing the mainstem SkeenaRiver for Steelhead, Chinook (King) Salmonand Trout.Chinook were caught atPolymar Bar (lower Skeena)this week. The wateris on the rise but still fishable.

SkeenaRiver height:

Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO): Tyee Test Fishery for the SkeenaRiver.

KalumRiver: More anglers are heading out to try their luck fishing for Trout and Steelhead. Fishing has been reported as fair to good. The water is coming up slowly.

Apr 9-10-11-12 Hello Noel, A friend and I were recently in Terrace fishing the lower Kalum. The fishing was a little slow but the weather was awesome. We did manage to land a few nice chromers as well as some feisty trout. We tried many techniques from flies to float fishing pink worms and found our best luck was back trolling hot shots. Most of our hits were at the tail end of pools and beside log jams. In total we landedsix Steelheadin the ten pound range and lost many others. They're sure good at spitting hooks. All in all it was an awesome trip. Until next time, tight lines and sharp hooks. Sincerely, Steven Coffey

Apr 15 I fished with Ron Wakita and Calvin Nigano for about four hours. Calvin owns Nikka Fishing & Marine in Richmond, BC. My plan was to cover about 20 pools or more with my jet-boat...but...I was very surprised when I got to the put-in. The water had dropped about eight inches since my last time out. I was expecting it to be up at least a foot. This meant I could only get tothree pools. The water was also extremely clean, kind of a tea colour not the usual glacial green. Anyway, we fished as best we could. Calvin was the hot rod landing one Steelhead and big Bull Trout float fishing his favouriteLoomis rod and Shimano Calcutta reel.I made a video clip of Calvin's 1st Kalum River Steelhead and Bull Trout. I will post the Steelhead one next week. Stay tuned.

Apr. 17 Calvin Nigano did a "walk and wade" to three pools. He reports hooking about four Steelhead and landed one that weighed around 14-pounds.

Zymoetz (COPPER) RIVER:Steelhead fishing is reported as fair. The upper section is closed as of December 31 but the lower section below the first canyon will stay open for Steelheaders to enjoy.

Fishing Report from:Gill McKean of Westcoast Fishing Adventures, TerraceBC

Guests Billy & Jamie from the UK

Hello Noel, fishing has been a little upand a little down. We just finished up with a large group from the UK, great guys, all spey casters with various “skill” levels. The guides worked hard with the water we had and had success. Someone in the group hooked multiple steelhead on the fly every day. There seemed to be incredible numbers of Dollies everywhere we went. Never had such trout action! The Chinook are on the move. We spent a few days on the lower Skeena hooking a couple of steelhead & “dollies”. We saw Chinook rolling but no hook ups, just a matter of time. The weather has warmed up a little and looks as though we are going to get some run-off. This should get the rest of the steelhead on the move as well as bring the Chinook in!!
Still have some dates open for the up coming Chinook season. Prime time last two weeks in June through July and August.

Please contact Noel to book your preferred dates. Thank you.

Hope your well. Tight lines to all !!! Sincerely, Gill McKean
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Fishing Report from:Todd Haynes of Nautical West Sport Fishing, KitimatBC

Douglas Channel Halibut

Summary:

Fishing conditions continue to be very good for Trout and Steelhead fishing on most local rivers. Weather over the past week has been very warm with temperatures reaching the upper teens for most of the week. River heights have been stable and flowing low and clear. Trout numbers are very good in the Kitimat and Lakelse rivers with more Steelhead entering the systems daily. Ocean fishing is fair to good for bottom fishing.

Report for April 11 - 17:

FRESHWATER FISHING is the most popular at this time of year for Trout and Steelhead fishermen. Weather conditions over the past week were exceptionally good along the north coast. All the local rivers have been busy with fishers on the hunt for fresh run BC Steelhead and Trout. The KalumRiver continues to fish well now with fresh run fish being caught on both the upper and lower sections. LakelseRiver reports are great for Trout and a few numbers of Steelhead showing. Lakelse is extremely popular for fly-fishers in early spring. The mainstream Skeena is in great condition and early spring Chinook fishing is now underway. KitimatRiver fishing has seen plenty of fishers over the past week with a fair number of Steelhead and Trout being caught throughout the river system. The low and clear water conditions has most fishers anticipating the rain forecast for the coming week. OCEAN FISHING conditions are fair now. Bottom fishing for Halibut, Cod, Crab, Shrimp and Prawns are the main target species. The first weeks of May should see some good catches of spring Chinooks arriving in the KitimatHarbour. * REMINDER NOTICE to out of town boaters coming to Kitimat this year. The Moon Bay Marina is being closed this April 1st, 2010. For more information, please follow the link provided here:

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Fishing Report from: Ron Wakita of Reliable Guide and Charters, KitimatBC

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KITIMATRIVER:

The KitimatRiver continued to be exceptionally low and clean during the early partof thisweekSteelheading on theKitimat was at best very spotty and she was very difficult to drift with our Drift boats.The KitimatRiver was so low that you could almost wadeacross the river in "Gum boots".TheSteelhead fishing was very tough but there wereSteelhead caught throughout the Kitimat but the low water conditionsdefinitely had a negative effect on the fishing results.The lower Kitimat had better results especially on the tide.

April 11 James Wright landed a 13lb Bright Steelhead in the LowerKitimatRiver. James was Float fishing with Roe.

April 12 James Wright landeda Steelhead at the Kitimat River Hatchery run. Congratulations James.

April 12 Derek Downey landed a Steelhead in the upper Kitimat. Derek was Fly fishing and was pretty excited given the low water conditions.

April 17 A group from Valmont led by WayneVan Velzen and his son Eric landed a Steelheadabove the Powerlines and lost another 2 Steelhead.

April 17 I had the pleasure of fishing with my son Brandon and very good friend Doug Rumley. Also in the group was Athan, a summer student who worked in our tackle shop last summer. We did a short drift onthe Kitimat on Saturday with the welcomed rise in the river level with pretty good results. We hooked 3 Steelhead and landed one....the last one! Doug Rumley landed this beauty. Well done Doug!

Summary Trout fishing continued to be very good on the KitimatRiver even though the river was so low. The Trout were in the deeper pools and for the anglers who found them, the Trout fishing was outstanding. The trick was to find them. Ariel Kuppers, Justin Lowes, Trent Vines and their group of fishing partners have fine tuned the art of Trout fishing on the Kitimat. They are catching 20 to 30 Trout on their outings. They catch and release all the Trout back into the KitimatRiver.

The KitimatRiver rose 12" on Friday due to some hot weather we received and then continued to rise on Saturdaydue tosome rain.The forecast is for more rain which would improve fishing conditions andentice morefresh Steelhead into the KitimatRiver.I plan to drift tomorrow with very positive expectations. Stay tuned.

DOUGLAS CHANNEL:

We have received many reports of boaterscatching bottomfish, Prawnsand Crab on theDouglas Channel. We have not received any photos of these bottomfish to share in this report this week.Anglers who wish to submit photos to this fishing report please email them to me at lease submit these photos with the names of the participants and the details of your trip.

Saltwater anglers usually fillet out their catch to utilize the carcasses for Crab bait. Sometimes digital cameras are not readily available. Please be reminded to use the camera on your cell to capture the moment.

I look forward to receiving photos of yourcatch to share with many other interested anglers. I think we are indeed fortunate to live in an area where we have such awesome fishingalmost in our front yard. To be able to do this in the pristine and stock abundant waters of the Douglas Channel leaves me feeling truly blessed. It would be wonderful to share the stories ofyour catch with other anglers in the vast reaches of the internet.

Calvin's Steelhead Bull Trout - aka - Dolly Varden

Captain Noel - engine starts – sit down

Apr 22Special Report: I had the pleasure of fishing with my very good friends Noel Gyger and Calvin Higano on the KalumRiver. Although the river was very low as are most of the rivers in the Northwest, Calvin landed a very nice Steelhead and a Huge Dolly Varden. It was a pleasure for Noel and I to share the experience of fishing in the North West with Calvin who resides in the Lower Mainland. A Big Thank You to Noel for sharing his infinite knowledge of the Kalum and for taking us out in his jet-boat. It was a great morning of fishing!