BC and AB Aug 7-25, 2008

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BC and AB Aug 7-25, 2008

Postby Ken » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:10 am

I took a trip to British Columbia and Alberta, Canada between August 8th to August 25th, 2008. The bulk of this trip consisted of a 14-day road trip fishing BC. In total, we drove over 5700km from Coquitlam, to Terrace, Tumbling Ridge, Cache Creek, Hope, Chilliwack, Fernie, Red Deer, Drumheller and Calgary. Although the fishing was less spectacular than expected, it was still very good. The company was A+ and the scenery was astounding. I also spent a few days with a couple of friends in Calgary at the end of my trip.

To make a really long story very short (and I am actually in the process of writing the long story), I’ll just show you some pictures of the fish caught.

My first chum salmon from the Kitimat River at about 15lbs. (Day 3)

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My first salmon on the fly rod from the Kitimat River at about 20lbs. (Day 4)

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My first pink salmon from the Skeena River at 5lbs (Day 4)

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My first dolly varden from an unnamed river at 11in (Day 5)

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A beautiful coho salmon from the Skeena River at 6lbs (Day 6)

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A sea run bull trout from the Skeena River at 15in (Day 6)

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An arctic grayling from an unnamed river at 12in (Day 7)

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A decent-sized best bull trout from the same unnamed river at 14in (Day 7)

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A small mountain whitefish from the same unnamed river at 7in to complete the trifecta (Day 7)

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A nice rainbow trout from Thompson River at 18in (Day 8)

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A northern pikeminnow from the mouth of the Fraser River at 12in (Day 10)

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A white sturgeon from the Fraser River at 59in fork length (Day 11)

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My first westslope cutthroat trout from an unnamed river at 14in (Day 13)

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My personal best westslope cutthroat trout from the same unnamed river at 15in (Day 13)

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Postby Ken » Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:28 am

Please excuse the poor photo quality. Most of these pictures were taken in a speeding car at 100km/h. There were not a lot of areas to stop and take pictures safely.

Caribou region

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Fraser Lake

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Kitimat River

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Kermode Bear statue

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BC lava fields

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Seven Sisters near Smithers

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The Rockies near Chetwynd

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Fossilized dinosaur footprints in Tumbling Ridge

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Cache Creek deserts and farmlands

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Thompson River at dusk

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Cache Creek area mountains

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Salmon statue on a bridge crossing the Fraser River

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Western slopes of Rockies

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The prairie in Alberta

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The badlands in Drumheller

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Red Deer river at dusk

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Standing under the pines halfway up a mountain trail in Banff

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Mountains and a river backwater in Banff

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Postby Stan Wright » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:43 pm

Your right about the beautiful country.... nice mix bag of fish too.
Say, shouldn't you be studing or in school or something?
LOL :lol:
Stan
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Postby Ken » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:08 pm

School...hmm...yeah...back to school and work :(

I wish I can make a living traveling and fishing :lol:


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