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Visiting family on the Island, I had a day to myself so headed up to Campbell River at first light then drove down the 19A highway exploring all the rivers down to Nanaimo. I made a bunch of stops so there really wasn't much fishing but I did come across some pretty amazing salmon runs! #vancouverislandfishing #vancouverislandsalmon
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Oh yeah, look at the Chinook. You can see the wake of them, hey
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Look at the Chinooks that are coming in. Holy smokes, that thing's huge
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Wow! Those are the Chinks. The big boys. Alright, we're here at the river. We're just suiting up
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And I don't know where to start. There seems to be a lot of cars here already
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And... But hey, I'm just happy to be here. Happy to explore
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Checking this out. Alright, wish us luck. We'll see you on the river
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Well, looks like we're starting shoulder to shoulder. Wasn't expecting that. But you gotta start somewhere
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I'll just start right here. I'm gonna start with my spinning setup here
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And I'm just gonna tie on a dual lock to my mainline here. See this dual lock here? I'm gonna tie that on
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And then what I'm gonna do is... If I can find my clippers
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That way I can switch out my leaders and my lures pretty quick
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So I can just snap this off, put on another swivel with a new setup real quickly
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Ok, so I'm gonna start off with a white little rooster tail. And see, there's a leader line. I'm using about 10 or 12 pound fluorocarbon
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And it connects to a swivel like that. And then I've got a bunch of these pre-tied up
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And then all I do is, if I want to switch out my lure... All I have to do is snap it on
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And now I'm fishing another setup here. So you just have to pre-tie those leaders to the setups
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Put them on your blue or your blue and white. So you just have to pre-tie those leaders to the setups
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Put them on your blue little board there. And then you're fishing
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Typically I would put a weight on here too. Put a little weight here. But because it's pretty shallow here, I'm not gonna bother putting that on there
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So we'll just give this a go. Here we go. Ok, well that's just perfect
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I just realized my spinning reel completely seals. It's an old one
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But it's actually not even working. It's not spinning. It's all tight and needs to be oiled up
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It has to be taken apart. So I'm gonna play an audible here and try a different setup with this drift rod
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This might be too deep or too shallow, but I'm gonna try it anyway. That was silly
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Anyway, I feel like an idiot now. I have to go back and get my..
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You can still run a spinner under... or a spoon under a float
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And I'm going to show that technique right now because I have no other choice
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Boy, that was stupid. I should have tested that. Alright, here we go. Let's try this out here
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I don't know how this will work. It's too slow. Wow
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Come on. There we go. Oil. That works. Alright, let's see what we got here
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Something small. He's fighting pretty hard. Okay, just a little pink
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What do we got here? White was the ticket. Okay
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It's like a... Beautiful
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Beautiful. Alright. Alright
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Alright, we're in Comox. Just at the goose bit here, the point
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Courtney's got a little bit of a problem with the camera. She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera
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She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera. She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera
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She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera. She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera
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She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera. She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera
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She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera. She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera
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She's got a little bit of a problem with the camera. Alright, Courtney's across the harbor
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These guys are... This is crazy, they're doing this in here. In the tidal sections. That's..
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That's pretty crazy. What in the... Holy moly! Oh, you won't be able to see that, but that was insane
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That guy just jumped like friggin' 40 feet in the air. Not that busy right now
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It's pretty windy outside, so prepare for some serious wind. Serious kiteboarding going on in here
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Also, shoutout to the milled coffee joint here. The coffee's awesome. The fact that they have Phil and Sebastian's for sale..
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The fact that they have Phil and Sebastian's coffee for sale... You got that right
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You got that right. You got that right
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Well, that was fun. Well, that was fun. Comox, I like you
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Very, very nice. Lots of little... Beautiful little pockets and parks. Really cool
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Lots of stuff to explore here. We'll definitely come back. We'll definitely come back
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That's all. Alright, here we are. We're on the coast. We're on the coast
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We're on the coast. We're on the coast. We're on the coast. We're on the coast
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We're on the coast. We're on the coast. We're on the coast. We're on the coast
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Alright, here we are. Shnooking things coming up right now
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Shnooks are coming up. There's a little pink that entered there
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You can see there. There he is. Oh yeah, look at the shnook
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You can see the wake of them, hey? Oh yeah. Look at the shnooks that are coming in. Holy smokes, that thing's huge. Wow
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Those are chinks. The big boys. Wow, there's a whole school of shnooks coming in
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Look at them push the pinks out, hey? The pinks just scatter. Wow
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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Eight shnook. Wow, they are just going crazy in there
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Look over there. At the wave there. Oh yeah. Are you allowed to fish this part of the water
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We're fishermen, so. Yeah. But we don't know yet. Where are you guys from
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We're from the Galatians. Yeah, I'm from Vancouver, so I'm just. I'm an angler myself, but I have no idea. Yeah
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You can see the splashes. The splashes, and you can see them coming in the pool
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It's so cool. It's so awesome. See the shnook? Yeah, that's a shnook
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You can tell by the size of the wake. Look at them all. Another school of shnook coming in
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Oh yeah. That's a big boy. Look at these fish. Unbelievable. Look how clean they are
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Wow. Look at that bag. That's a big buck. Oh, that's a big buck
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That looks like a coho. No, that's a shnook. All shnook. Wow
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Wow. These fish are just getting acclimated to the
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Fresh water. They just came in from the salt. The salt water is right there
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And they're just coming in. Wow
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Wow. I don't know if you can see this, but this is unreal
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Wow
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