Fished August 10 - 14 out of Moucha Bay.
First day was a rain out, second day was a fish hunt on all the usual spots with no success. Came back into the Bay and saw boats at the Canuma River. Went over and Springs were sounding all over the place, in groups of up to 20! Needless to say, they were getting dark and hard to catch, but did manage a few to the boat.
One boat had the strategy of casting a Buzz Bomb from the bow while trolling whenever they saw a group of fish breaking the surface. Surprisingly, they did hook a fair number. They did get some on the troll as well with a white hootchie.
Clear that a lot of the barbs were not flattened, as fish that were on the surface were ending up in the net despite some pretty horrid netting jobs. DFO did come out on the 14th before the commercial opening and were checking everybody. Some tickets given and some gear seized.
I wish I had some Sting Zeldas in my box. One boat was doing well on the Zeldas where the buzz bombs and zingers were not very effective.
Luckily I did have some buzz bombs and zingers at least, but I have not jigged Salmon since 1994 when we quit going to Qualicum Beach and fished the big and little Q.
Fish were starting to go black, Fish were rather docile and not feeding, Fish had jaws starting to hook.
There were two openings for Gill Netters in the bay before the 10th and on the 15th. No idea of how they were doing, but there were a lot of Gill Netters set up.
However, other than at the river mouth, the fishing had slowed down a lot.
Til next year ...
Drewski