2017 OFFISHALL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Kristo]

Fished the Bell Boy today kept a 12 for dinner and released a 16. 140 ft on rigger green and white spoon.

 

[getbent]

Anyone out local with a spare pack of chovies?? Total gorby move....haha

Ha I'll say... and now you are showing your age on That one Scotty... gorby...

 

[getbent]

"gorby" LOL- Whistler-ese acronym for 'Geeks on Rented Boards'. Haven't heard that one since the nineties!

Used to be a segment of the population that wore a certain brand of skiboot that used to hit the slopes in Banff back in the early '80's

 

[Ringo]

5;30am till 12:30pm along the north shore to point Atkinson. Not a bite. Is anyone getting anything? I did not see one net getting dipped today at all.

We had a repeat of your shift this morning and not even a bite. Marked huge bait balls in the deeper water by the west can freighters. Marked a few fish at PA in the deeper water that weren't interested in our offerings. got a bit lumpy after tide change so decided to call it a day.

 

[Pippen]

Ha I'll say... and now you are showing your age on That one Scotty... gorby...

Still use the term constantly. Mocked a guide in Nootka a few years back who was doing a ****** tack.

Term actually started in Banff.

 

[Tockeyetalmon]

Solid day. Hooked into some pinks springs and coho. Lots of dogfish also. Pink squirt gettin most the action.

 

[63stingray]

Had a decent afternoon got into a mix bag of fish also was good to see ,hopefully this is the start to the runs!!

 

[Rain City]

Got these two guys up the coast a little. I was wondering if anyone knew why there is such a big difference in their appearance?

 

[Killeraye]

Trolled the West Van Shore yesterday between 12 and 4 using spoons and hootchies. Saw lots on the sounder at around 40', a few jumpers, no nets and no bites. And no legal crabs.

 

[Dogbreath]

Got these two guys up the coast a little. I was wondering if anyone knew why there is such a big difference in their appearance

One could be an Upper Fraser fish.

 

[ryanb]

Top one looks like a peahead, a strain of red chinook that returns to the Fraser. Bottom one looks like your run of the mill chinook.

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[Barcelona]

 

[Barcelona]

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[Barcelona]

Not sure how to post a pic and add words. Got this dandy this afternoon, off the second mile marker. Anchovy at 4t feet.

 

[dmurph]

Very nice fish Barcelona.

 

[Rain City]

Been out at the Bell since 6 am. So much bait but only one huge pink in the box so far. Not a lot going on. Got it on a chovie at 60'.

Anyone else out here?

 

[Ringo]

Been out at the Bell since 6 am. So much bait but only one huge pink in the box so far. Not a lot going on. Got it on a chovie at 60'.

Anyone else out here?

Going out this pm. Will report later 2night.

 

[Rain City]

Going out this pm. Will report later 2night.

I'll be out until 3:30

 

[aheny]

I think it's safe to say that the pinks are definitely here. I fished the flood yesterday at the South arm and averaged 2-3 pinks each hour on squirts of every color, mostly around 40 ft.
There was a massive baitball right by the Bell at the South Arm, around 4 hectares of boiling 2" fish

 

[Teja]

A report from the other side. After fishing both Thrasher and Porlier one day earlier in the week and catching nothing but undersized, we decided to hit Thrasher again this morning and managed to get the salmon skunk off the boat but not the lingcod skunk. We caught a 14 lb red on bottom in 135 ft and a 13 lb red on bottom in 175 ft (the contours to the east of the Rock) and then pulled up the salmon gear in order to pickup up a lingcod ... second trip in a row we have had no luck with the lings. Overall, lots of bait on the sounder this morning but we only hit undersized in and around the bait. We didn't see anyone else net anything so I don't think it was "hot" but rather that the fish gods were smiling on us today.