The Stamp River November 25th, 2007

I fished The Stamp on Sunday with "Old Trout" who happens to work with me (small world). We went over Saturday night and crashed in Port Alberni after scarfing back some pizza and a few beers. Got up at six am and were fishing by seven. We fished with Nick at West Coast River Charters and though it was cold, it did not rain or snow.

We got into about 10 or 11 fish and limited out by 1:00 pm with both of us bringing home one summer run and one 10 or 11 Lb absolutely chrome winter run each. I thought the trip two weeks ago was the best one of the year but this one trumped it. Before landing my last fish of the day I lost a monster and I was totally pumped.

Thanks to Nick for a great trip and great fish as always.

The Stamp River November 10th and 11th, 2007

I went over for two days of fishing with Nick at West Coast River Charters. Saturday was awesome, it was sunny and warm for most of the day and we had at least 20 hook-ups. I bonked one hatchery towards the end of the day and then headed in around 3:00 pm.

Sunday was great also except for the rain but hey that's what rain gear is for right? Not as many fish on Sunday but I still ended up bonking two nice hatchery fish (which are about to be marinated and cooked). I was nearly spooled on my first fish which had us chase it in the boat, put my rod in the water to get around a tree only to have it run again. This fish was by far the best fish in my last five trips with Nick and it totally made my day.

I have two more trips to The Stamp booked for Nov / Dec and I'm pretty excited to be going again. They should be great trips.