22 - Wednesday, August 21, 1985 - North Shore News

FISHING POLE
Island angling excellent

BOY, I THINK we had an invasion from the
Lower Mainland this weekend!

But with angling excellent
on all Island fronts we ex-
pected the rush. Chinook are
showing better this week in
the Alberni Canal with Kjell
Lindstrom hitting a four-
ty-nine pounder on Tomic
Plug. Should be red hot by
Salmon Festival Derby time
Labour Day weekend. For
your information, Island
Tackle has derby tickets in

, ; matter of fact we have ‘had inor 23: jor 845 ee
Nanaimo. ae, NOt affect the serious sports any mainland winners. MON Minor as major ats pm REG. SALE &
The huge derby festivities angler. : The small line I close with TUES Minor 330am Major 940 am ' t 299 ;

start Friday, August 30 with Incidentally, there is @ «pimit Your Kill!” is so Mifor350pm Major 1005 pm single — 2 pe. 369
a fireworks demonstration large run of summer-run important. When we have Next week Port Alberni full —- 2 pc, 44 359
an mi itary ‘ i? ay G en Steelhead in the Stamp. 4 such an abundance of salm- Salmon Festival events: / - 7
tommenee of Mar ras aoe meh pretty, goon on it’s too easy to cheat. “Limit Your Kill!?? Don’t queen — 2 pc. AST
North Vancouver PKib A ifield PeoPle who abuse the limits _ kill your limit! -_ i
Ipper erriile’c or any part of the resource ‘king — 3 pe.

dominated the two day Silva

Bay derby held this -

weekend. Joe McDonald
grabbed the prize for the
largest Coho with a7 pound,
7 ounce beauty. While Scott
McDonald took second
Jargest Chinook at 12 pound
5 ounce.

Third largest Chinook fell
to Peter Haddarson and to
complete the mainland
sweep Gary Strongran of
Pitt Meadows walked away
with the hardware for the
largest. Chinbook at 15
pounds. The derby’s salmon
barbeque and dance raised a
goodly amount of dollars for
the Nanaimo River Hatch-

ery...

Last week I mentioned the
changes in the fishing status
of the Capilano and this
week changes for the Stamp
River at Alberni, The mouth
of the Stamp will be closed
to angling August 21.

This’ closure: will take in’

the’ area ‘to Polly Point
which means no angling in

By GEORGE NGSKY

Port Alberni Harbor proper.
At the same time the river
one kilometre upstream and
one kilometre downstream
of Stamp Falls will close.
These actions are im-
plemented to insure enough
Chinook reach the Robert-
son Creek Hatchery and will

remarked of the. enjoyable
time spent with Allan
Newton and party of six
Friday. They caught thirteen
Coho and Chinook. The big
thing was the pure en-
thusiasm shown by all.

We are meeting a lot of
fine people on these over the
water charters. At this time
the floor. of our weighing
room is knee-deep in salmon.

The 24 pounder on
number one scale is dwarfed
by young Ben Striloff’s 34

pounder 13 ouncer. Yester-.

day six-year-old Darren
Work proudly had his pic-

ture taken with the 26.

pounder he caught one hour
before. Oh... it’s certainly a

tough life in God’s country! .

The excellent salmon angl-
ing in Georgia Strait isnot
only a tribute to Mother

Nature but also to the Salm- |

onid Enhancement Program.
I bring this up because we
are probably going to have
to fight for the S.E.P. pro-

jects as we have been hearing’

Your PFD.
Is Your Lire.

Your Personal Floatation Device (PFD) is your life.
‘80% of boating deaths are caused by failure to wear a PFD.

Rit

The Canadian Red Cross

Society

rumors of cutbacks. Certain-
ly these programs are one
thing at least that gov-
ernment can be proud of.

If you're planning a trip
to the Island call me for a
report on fishing or tune in-
to my fishing-outdoor con-
dition report at 6:40 a.m.;
7:40 a.m.; 12:40 p.m.; and
4:40 p.m. on Radio CKEG
AM 1350 on your dial. We
also have outdoor-fishing
trivia with many prizes. As a

are thieves and they are
stealing from you and I.

Protect what we have by
abiding by the regulations
(with liberal limits) and
reporting any violation you
see. To report phone, free of
charge Zenith 2235. I’m sure
you would phone the police
if you saw someone breaking
into your neighbors house.

Keep the calls coming, I
sure enjoy trading those true
piscatoral stories. -

The tides for the week:

WED Hi 1015 am 12 ft Lo 340 pm
7.4ft Hild pm 14,2 ft -
THURS Lo Sum 4.2 fi . HE 1150 am
12 ft
Lo 425 pm 9 ft Hi 1020 pm 14 ft.
FRI Lo6am 3.2 ft Hi 130 pm.11.8
Lo 540 10,2 ft Hi 11 am 13.5 it

SAT Lo 7am 2.9 ft Hi 310 pm 12.4 ,

t
- Lo 7iS pm 11.7 ft.
. SUN Hi 12 am 13 ft. Lo 805 am 2.5

ft .
* Hi 430 pm 13.2 ft Lo 908 pm -
11.8 ft

8 ft.
MON. Hi 1 am 12.2 fe Lo 910 am
2.2 ft .

Hi 520 pm 13.9. ft Lo 1030 pm
11.2 ft ;

TUES Hi 215 am 11.9 ft Lo 10am
2ft

Hi 6pm 14.5 ft Lo 1105 pm 10.8
ft

Rite Times
WED Major 405 am Minor 10)5
am
Major 430 pm = Minor 1045 pin
THURS Major 505 am) Minor 1115
kam
Major $30 pms minor 1145 pm
FRI Minor 1245 am Major 600 am
Minor 12)0 pm = Major 630 pm
SAT Major 655 am = Minor 105 pm
Major 725 pm
SUN Minor 140.am == Major 750 am
Minor 200 pm = Major 820 pm

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