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Spider Island

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Species: Salmon

Coordinates: 51° 51€² 5.3064€³ N, -128° 15€² 32.094€³ W

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Location: British Columbia

Why we chose it

Chinook; Beautiful scenery

When to fish: Third week in August.

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Where to fish: The surf close to the edge of rock or kelp beds.

Tip: Troll cutplug herring very slowly in 10 to 30 feet of water.

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—Gary Cooper, host of Gary Cooper’s Fishing Diary