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British Columbia Spearfishing Trip
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Back to Tyler's post about dolphins, I have been lucky enough to snorkel with a pod of approximately 400, scubadive with a pod of 30 (with fresh orange baby under Mama's pec fin), and snorkel with 2 Grey Whales. Also have seen many T Orcas and Pods, but never been in the water with them. Octopus 2 metres wide, and of course giant Wolf Eels! All near that area.
Peace,
Erik Y.
Peace,
Erik Y.
wolf eels are wonderful critters, remind me of grumpy old men 
get may Dogfish in that Area Erik? only dove Tofino and Nanaimo on the island, and never saw any....
get may Dogfish in that Area Erik? only dove Tofino and Nanaimo on the island, and never saw any....
May I book just for the bear watching ?roflErik said:
a 5 + a vest may do the work. is tempting to have some COLD WATER dives next summer
Pocoshower said:May I book just for the bear watching ?rofl
a 5 + a vest may do the work. is tempting to have some COLD WATER dives next summer
I'll be sporting the new Elios Camo 7mm and will be just fine
A 3mm or 5mm suit with a 5mm vest and hood would do you just fine. Plus my wife's spicy Indonesian food will help :inlove
Peace,
Erik Y.
They have commercial fishing just down the inlet from where I live, for Dogfish. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I thought the Salmon looked kind of odd, and then I realized what it was.Amphibious said:
I see Dogfish frequently, however it is time of the year which is most important. They come to the shallows and inlets in mass quantity around the time of all the other activity associated with the change of season, ie. halibut spawning, algae blooms, jellyfish blooms, salmon migration. So, May-August is the time to expect to run into schools of them or lone individuals. Also the time for Ratfish, part of the shark family, or more specifically chimeras.
After some experiences in the Caribbean years ago, I realized I really enjoyed shark as food. Since then I was curious about Dogfish and have done a fair amount of looking into their edibility. You will find you get mixed statements from people, some saying they are great and some saying absolutely aweful, nothing in between. Why? Because the people that are saying aweful most likely ate dogfish as a curiosity and no experience or knowledge of what is entailed in eating it.
Dogfish release uric acid into its tissue almost immediately after death significantly more so than most common fish we catch due to a high concentration of uric acid in their blood. Therefore the meat is immediately contaminated if you do not handle it properly. After killing the hapless creature, you have to immediately cut the tail off and let the blood drain from the animal, then put it on ice, preferably, or in a dark and cool environment, which impedes further uric contamination. Until it is prepared it must be kept cold.
Following those procedures, it is supposedly good eating, and I suspect awesome from my experiences with reef shark.
have lost a few fish to them in the rupert area, so was curious. They are not legal to be taken on the spear in BC, IIRC. I used to eat the odd shark when I lived overseas (we fished for them a lot) but they only seemed to taste good in the winter. we processed them just like you list above.
PocoShower, if you want to see some bears by all means come along. There is no way I'm driving all the way down there without adding some coastal bear pics to my collection. I like to "watch" from 50yrds and in, better pictures that way but yeah, feel free to come along
PocoShower, if you want to see some bears by all means come along. There is no way I'm driving all the way down there without adding some coastal bear pics to my collection. I like to "watch" from 50yrds and in, better pictures that way
but yeah, feel free to come along
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efattah said:
well, that depends, if you hand over the fluid goggles nice and slow no one gets hurt..... :t
The plan is to camp at Telegraph Cove. A cook on a boat I was on last year has a small campground and offered. I will be verifying it and throwing numbers/prices around soon. Standby amigos.
Any other reasonable options are welcome, such as sharing cabins if it's cheap.
Erik Y.
Any other reasonable options are welcome, such as sharing cabins if it's cheap.
Erik Y.
right on, I'll just be comming off a fixed income then, so can swing this trip, but anything that can help the buget will be greatly appreciated.
I will see if my will power will hold and I can save some moose steaks for at least one meal
I will see if my will power will hold and I can save some moose steaks for at least one meal