Jacob's Ladder
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Fished out front for a few hours this am. caught a small one on strip. sonar looked good but nothing happening for me.
JL
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2016 Victoria waterfront and Oak Bay
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MadJigga
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I was at the breakwater last week and there were multiple floater seabirds!
Gear'n'beer!
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Gave Constance a go yesterday afternoon. Jellies and general snot fouling everything......constantly checking gear and even in 5 minutes it was fouled......plugs,spoons, bait everything. I won't be fishing that bank for a bit. In retrospect maybe jigging would have been less annoying than cleaning crap off down rigger and main lines. Nice day for a boat ride, and hopefully the traps will have some keepers.
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Humpbubble
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Are they rhino auklets?,mostly fish eaters. Or blue foot Cassin's? Zooplankton eaters.. the latter have been washing ashore for a couple years emaciated, in high numbers.
vicsurfer
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I saw a dead Rhino Auklet floating by near Albert Head this morning. I fished the waterfront for a few hours and only saw 1 runt spring caught. We pulled up and dropped the pick at Albert. Once the Dogs smelled the boat, they didn't stop. Nice morning on the water.
Fished the waterfront today as well, saw two fish caught. One was a nice teener and the other was a small one that I saw at the cleaning table that looked like a pink to me. Marked some bait and a few fish, calm day on the waterfront except for the ignorant whale boat that wanted to swamp all at the breakwater. Will try again tomorrow hopefully with a better report.
scott craven
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another fruitless day.....
hope somebody saw some action.
hope somebody saw some action.
I feel your pain Scottanother fruitless day.....
hope somebody saw some action.
tinboatrobb
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I fished Oak Bay every day this past week and got zilch. did not even see a fish caught. trolled, jigged even tried some casting in the usual July hot spots.
beemer
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Wow , first time I have never fished a summer weekend in 5 years! hopefully things will greatly improve!
Chero , if a whaleboat wakes you out call the company or Transport Canada. That said , most of the boats throw off a much bigger wake at 10 knots than they do at 20 , most captains realize this and try to minimize wake through speed adjustment.
The birds that are dying are Rhinoceros Aucklets ( one of the black birds that start the baitballs) . It is VERY concerning that they are dying in numbers in our area. About 50 have been collected on the Cook st waterfront and a few whalewatchers have spotted large groups of dead birds out in the juan de fuca. They feed on the same things that Chinook do.
I will start a new thread about this.
http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum...ros-auklet-die-off-juan-de-fuca-strait.63807/
beemer
Chero , if a whaleboat wakes you out call the company or Transport Canada. That said , most of the boats throw off a much bigger wake at 10 knots than they do at 20 , most captains realize this and try to minimize wake through speed adjustment.
The birds that are dying are Rhinoceros Aucklets ( one of the black birds that start the baitballs) . It is VERY concerning that they are dying in numbers in our area. About 50 have been collected on the Cook st waterfront and a few whalewatchers have spotted large groups of dead birds out in the juan de fuca. They feed on the same things that Chinook do.
I will start a new thread about this.
http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum...ros-auklet-die-off-juan-de-fuca-strait.63807/
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Fished out front again today in a derby 2 fish weighted in at 11 and 3.5 pounds respectively out of 2 dozen boats. Never saw a net out today. Very little bait or fish showing from mccallly pt thru to the breakwater. Time to go west again there seems to be a few of decent size being caught even a coho would put a smile on my face.
Gear'n'beer!
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Hit waterfront for a couple hours today with my daughter. Picked up at mid teener at the break wall. Crab traps emptied. Only hit of the trip. Glad to get her. Wild, stomach empty.
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Lew
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Nice!
WayWest
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First fish of the summer today just outside the green can. About 185cm and 16-17 lbs or so. Had two other hits in about 4 hours of fishing and saw two smaller fish caught but still very very quiet for the 15 or so boats ou there. Stomach was empty and the rhino ocelots in the area looked hungry and lethargic. I could have picked some of those birds up with my bare hands they hardly had the energy to get out of the way of my slow moving boat.
Mako 22
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Well I am on the wrong side of the border but you gents have to take a look at this post on Bloody Decks.
Poor guy chased halibut on your side, yielded to the doggies, then ran back to Ediz Hook for a 30 pounder!
Sort of in the Victoria area but 20 miles south.
http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/ma-6-nooks.632371/
Poor guy chased halibut on your side, yielded to the doggies, then ran back to Ediz Hook for a 30 pounder!
Sort of in the Victoria area but 20 miles south.
http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/ma-6-nooks.632371/
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