Visiting Fisher to Gladstone from B.C Canada

[canadianfisher]

Greetings,
So happy to have found this website...what a great resource. I am in the Gladstone region for close to a month (mid dec-mid jan) and am looking to share a charter boat / guide boat / hire and more importantly some local knowledge on what is the best fishing to do during that time frame. I like it all fly, fresh, salt, gear, worms, deep sea...what ever is the best ticket! So if have any hints or would like to share a trip or have any organized outings where you would welcome a couple of fellow anglers.....please let me know.
Thanks so much,
Marilyn
Vancouver, BC
Canada

[rtranter]

Hi Marilyn,
Not from that area, but welcome aboard, realy hope you enjoy your stay in Aus, even if it is in Queensland
No realy it's ment to be good fishing up there,(according to the Queenslanders anyway I've even heard good reports from normal people down here in (Gods Own Country) NSW.
Hope you get a ride with some members up there, I'm sure the offers will be coming thick and fast as soon as they read your thread.
Best of luck and again welcome to Aus. Enjoy the Experience
Rob

[canadianfisher]

Thank you for the Warm welcome! Looking forward to being there.
Marilyn

[Rainbowrunner]

gdday marilyn

Im from gladstone originally

look for charters to swains reef, guides on Lake Awoonga for barramundi, other than that you would need a small to decent boat to fish gladstone harbour, facing island and southend in the harbour are accessable by ferry and good fishing there too.

cheers

[blaze]

Hi Marilyn
here is a link to a guide on Awoonga, He is an Ausfish member also, comes highly recomended, He will certainly put you on some fish if any one can.
http://www.fishawoonga.com.au/
There is also a lot of members around Gladsone, keep posting and asking and the helps and tips will come
cheers
blaze

[Stubbie_Holder]

We live in Gladstone and fish the reef regularly (or as the weather gods allow) pm me for contact and maybe you can join us for a trip while you are here.

[rtranter]

We live in Gladstone and fish the reef regularly (or as the weather gods allow) pm me for contact and maybe you can join us for a trip while you are here.

With a boat like that can I pm you when ever I'm in the area , I'll even bring a stubby or two for your holder
Seriously
Nice boat
Rob

[theVan]

WELCOME canadianfisher!

I am in Brisbane ,but I am sure the good folk up around Gladstone will help you out.

You have got to get out to the reef and give the bottom bashing a go. I recently had visitors over from Calgary and they had never fished anything like our reefs.

The comment about Awoonga is also a great one , to give you a taste of both.

Good luck and tight lines!

Shane

[theVan]

PS.... I second the motion that your boat is a pearla' Stubby Holder!

[canadianfisher]

Thank you for the invite.....well..i also have a boat here in B.C. 26' pursuit...will post a pic later...maybe i could reciprocate...i will be in touch directly...thanks for all the hospitatlity...looking forward to meeting those in the gladstone area....and learning more from all of you!!
Marilyn
Vancouver Island
Canada

[CQ_Fisher]

put up a post when you get here. We are trying to arrange regular get togethers for the Gladstone and surrounding area ausfish members, we'd be happy to look after you

Cheers
JD

[canadianfisher]

Thank you so much!
Will post again as time approaches being there. Looking so much to meeting fellow anglers there...sounds like you have quite the fishing community.....I am from a small town called Port Alberni where Salmon and Halibut fishing is very popular...most every driveway has a boat in it (lol)....thinking i will feel at home in Gladstone
Thanks again for the welcome, advice and opportunities.....
Marilyn

[Chimo]

Hi Marilyn

You guys better head up to Kitimat and take in the air there by Alcan before you head to Gladstone. .

By doing that you will really will feel at home in Gladstone and the air will seem very similar.

BinLaw spent 30 years or so in Kitimat and apart from the air sure enjoyed fishing the channel.

If you get down to the Gold Coast area please give a yell.

Cheers

Chimo

PS Nice rig the pursuit, you would would have a problem tho getting the truck past if you keep the pursuit in the driveway

[NEWBY]

Hi Guys, welcome to OZ when ya get here anyway.
I am in Gladstone and fish often. Dont listed to JD (CQ_nomad) He will promise you the earth and give you a bloody road map insted. The king of empty promises eh JD. (sorry mate, couldnt miss another oportunity to pull the pi55 out of you)
I will be happy to take you out in my little tub for a reef fish too when you are here. Good time of the year. Hot and humid and the water is full of stingers. And still, we love it.
A couple of questions. 1) What brings you to Gladstone? 2) You refer to "WE" how many of you are coming? I am guessing hubby and wife?
PM me if you want and we can keep in touch.

[Chimo]

Hi Marilyn

Port Alberni, anywhere near you guys?
Sure sounds like a good storm, my nephew and his family are in Chillawak and got drowned a few days ago too.

Cheers
Chimo


Boil water advisory issued for Greater Vancouver
Last Updated: Thursday, November 16, 2006 | 3:14 PM PT
CBC News
As many as two million residents of B.C.'s Lower Mainland have been told to consider boiling their water in the wake of the big storm that blew through the area on Wednesday.

The Greater Vancouver Regional District issued the advisory Thursday, warning that the brown, cloudy tap water increases the risk of gastrointestinal illness.

The GVRD said the heavy rains of the past couple of days have increased turbidity in the Capilano and Seymour reservoirs on the North Shore.

Vivianna Zanocco of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority said that turbidity is at unprecedented levels.

"Usually we're at about a one rating, which is normal. One of the reservoirs is at an 80, another is at 40," she told CBC News.

"Normally it doesn't make it less safe if you see a little bit of that, but when you get to this level, what happens is it interferes with our ability to disinfect the water and so we can't kill the bacteria because the dirt coats the bacteria."

The GVRD advisory says people should use boiled or bottled water for drinking, brushing teeth and washing fruit and vegetables. It's not clear how long the boil water advisory will remain in effect.

Lights coming back on

B.C. Hydro crews are slowly restoring power to thousands of homes and businesses across B.C.'s South Coast.

Hydro expects to have most of the outages restored by the end of day, but warns that more isolated areas might not get their lights back until Friday.


High winds knocked down trees and damaged homes in West Vancouver.
(CBC) More than 200,000 Hydro customers lost electrical power during Wednesday's storm that tossed trees onto power lines and dumped enough rain to push rivers to near flood levels.

The storm swept through the area on Wednesday, with winds of more than 100 km/h. Among the areas hit the hardest were Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford and Maple Ridge.

More than 80 people were forced to leave their homes in the Seascape subdivision near Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver because of the danger of falling trees.

So far, they have not been allowed back as emergency officials continue to assess the situation.

The storm is also believed to have caused a four-storey building under construction in East Vancouver to collapse.

The bigger the trees, the harder they fall

In West Vancouver, residents said they were not surprised that a huge windstorm would cause such damage. The winds caused trees to fall onto power lines and homes. Five trees fell on property belonging to Michael Evans, with one leaning on his roof.


A BC Hydro crew surveys damage caused when the steel frame of a building under construction in Vancouver collapsed during a storm Wednesday.
(Richard Lam/Canadian Press) "You know, it's Mother Nature's way of dealing with the trees in West Van," Evans said. "We love our trees, we protect our trees, but we allow them to grow ridiculously large, considering we string up all our power in trees. I mean, we can't have it both ways."

Areas hit hardest on Vancouver Island included Port Alberni, where the town was cut off on Wednesday because of highway closures to both the east and west as a result of flooding and fallen trees.

That prevented additional repair crews from getting into the town to restore power.

However, the road was reopened Thursday, and Port Alberni is slowly getting back on its feet.

The Island community has also issued a boil-water advisory.

There are also several other road closures on northern Vancouver Island, cutting off the communities off Gold River and Tahsis.