Remote access by Jet Boat or Heli, catch and release only, lots of big Trout! the upper Pitt is a fly fisher’s dream and the season is just about to start any day now. Silversides knows fly fishing! Let our pride driven passion go to work for you. How we get there: If your in [...]
British Columbia Fishing
Big Game fishing in Vancouver
Monster Sturgeon fishing – Legends are made here! Current Sturgeon report for mid May ~ the Fraser river is in good shape right now and we are experiencing good fishing over the past few days. The best area for fishing is in the Mission area(1 hour from Vancouver), this is our hometurf so you’ll be [...]
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Famed British Columbia Duck Dies From Swallowing a Hook
There may not have been a more famous duck in all of Nanaimo, British Columbia as Bucky. Bucky was a wild duck that was abandoned and rescued by the Hinksman family, and became a mainstay in the town. Taking walks down to the Colliery Dam or Westwood Lake. His likeness even adorns a mural in the town’s Gyro [...]
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Octopus Eats Seagull in Victoria, British Columbia
I’ve had plenty of seagulls come down at pieces of squid while fishing, but this seagull got a bit more than it bargained for when it dove down at an octopus in Victoria, British Columbia, OutdoorLife.com has a photo gallery of some awesome images of a seagull getting devoured by the octopus near Ogden Point. [...]
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Fraser River guided Sturgeon Fishing British Columbia
Monster Sturgeon fishing – Legends are made here! We must give most of the credit to our prehistoric friends the Fraser river White Sturgeon, but putting in years of fishing and feeding behaviour study must offer us some credentials? Welcome to the world of Big Game freshwater fishing, on one of the worlds great rivers: [...]
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Vancouver and Fraser river valley fly fishing report
Great Fly Fishing opportunities abound! Spring is here and that means some great fly fishing opportunities! Local rivers have really good fishing for big Bull trout, Cutthroat trout and Dolly Varden. Wilderness lakes have some great fly fishing for Rainbow trout up in the coast range complete with stellar scenery and tranquility. Silversides knows fly [...]
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Salmon Tournament Shut Down in Canada Over Fisheries Management Debate
For the past 25 years, the Juan de Fuca Invitational Salmon Championship has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for protection of fish habitat and for salmon enhancement projects. But it’s been cancelled this year, and the sport fishing community is blaming the Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “You only have to look as far as DFO’s own planning [...]
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Japanese Fishing Vessel Floating Toward British Columbia Thanks to Tsunami
We have told you that debris from last year's Japanese tsunami is slowly making it's way to the Pacific Coast, and we have a confirmed sighting.A thought-to-be empty fishing vessel has been spotted floating within 150 nautical miles of the British Columbia shore. According to the New York Times, "How quickly the boat reaches shore [...]
Canadian Develops New Eco-Friendly Seal Repellent for Salmon Fishing
In Courtenay, British Columbia, Ron McDonough has developed what he calls the Ocra-Stra, which when played mimics the sound of a pod of killer whales on the hunt. He hopes to use it to scare off seals during salmon season. The theory behind it is based on the duck call, but instead of attracting it [...]
