Fish With Me

Fish with me in my 11-foot inflatable RIB on the Inside Passage of Alaska and British Columbia. We may catch something, or we may not. It's real fishing.

[@SteveSharpPDX]

Nice day of catching, Kevin. Looks like dinner to me! 😋

[@Slowboat]

It was! Limited out on nice salmon that day. One issue I had this year is battery life on the camera. It’s an Insta360 x4, and the battery lasts a little over an hour, so I couldn’t record an entire fishing trip. By next season I plan to have hard-wired power or more batteries.

[@svviolethour]

Interesting to see how you trail them on a stringer off the stbd tube. We had considered doing that this year, mostly to keep the catch cooler if we want to keep trolling an hour or two more (no room for an ice chest/bag). I was worried about the fish going into the prop, but it seems like a short tie far enough forward is okay. Although with 3-4 big cohos on the stringer I'd think it'd start to pull the helm when steering. Are these coho or pinks? BC? Looks like silvers but surprising you were able to land some without netting.

[@Slowboat]

Keeping them on the stringer allows me to bleed them as well. I've also sometimes put the stringer off the bow cleat, which works OK in smooth seas. The drag is minimal compared with the big drag on the other side from the downrigger. It's hard to keep the boat straight regardless. These are a mixture of Coho and Chinook, and yes in BC. Note that the Chinook minimum length in BC is 45cm, so much smaller than Alaska's 28". My intent was to always net them, but in those situations I made a snap judgement that my chances were better lifting them in than trying to get to the net and juggle the net, rod, and so forth with the fish thrashing away.

[@gambelguy]

How do you get the camera to focus on various things?

[@Slowboat]

It’s an Insta360 x4. It shoots 360 degrees, and then when you edit, you can choose virtual camera angles and zoom, and it produces a normal video from that.

[@gambelguy]

@@Slowboat very nice