2018 OFFICIAL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread
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seatosky
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What are the hot depths?
Alex_c
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Irish cream skinny G at 125 and spatter back hoochie at 85. Keeper on the spoon, but both were working.
reeltordarius
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Out at the hump now (11am Thursday ). First time out here and wonder where all the boats are?? Been out for an hour with not a sniff. Heading towards south bowen in hopes of a change.
Trophy79
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Look at your Chart.
West of Bowen you will see a plateau of roughly 500’, it runs north/south. That’s the hump. It’s a fairly large area. Typically during the week you won’t find it busy. You’ll see more boats towards the north or south rips and quite often closer to Bowen.
You want to fish the outside edges or whatever structure you can find within the hump itself.
Any how that’s my take; I’m sure people will correct me shortly.
Best of luck.
I’m heading to Thrasher tomorrow afternoon, fish the evening; anchor for the night and if the winds allow I’ll fish Saturday morning. I’ll post updates.
Anyone headed out tomorrow to the gulfs, would love an update on conditions.
Rain City
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It runs East West. Or North West to South East. Now I'm starting to understand why everyone is so confused about where they're fishing. You either fish the North contour or the South contour. Most guys either fish the Eastern most corner of the South side or a point directly South (SW) of Roger Curtis on the North side.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but this is driving me nuts.
seatosky
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Just put your line in and fish. Hooked fish in 950’ all the way to 500’ish. Everyone gravitates towards other boats. Just fish and enjoy your time away from the pack.
Rain City
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Agreed. I've caught way more fish (not just at the hump) away from the sheep.
Tinny
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Agree 100%. I think a pack of boats puts fish off and on top of that my lure has to compete with everybody else’s lure. Must look like a smorgasbord for the fish. How to choose? One here. One there. Another here. Maybe I’m not even that hungry.
Away from the pack my lure looks like a meal for a king, and not one of many choices.
The hump is great because you can get away from the pack and fish can be in a lot of different spots.
Away from the pack my lure looks like a meal for a king, and not one of many choices.
The hump is great because you can get away from the pack and fish can be in a lot of different spots.
el.Pereh
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Is this the "Farr Better Flasher"? How do you like them? I have one but have never tried soaking it.
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cohojohnny
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Spent a lot of time looking but here is a link to the government tide tables if anyone needs them:
http://www.tides.gc.ca/eng/data/table/2018/wlev_ref/7795#s4
Question: the tides over the next few days are a little different - no real high tide during the day. is low slack going to be the only productive time?
http://www.tides.gc.ca/eng/data/table/2018/wlev_ref/7795#s4
Question: the tides over the next few days are a little different - no real high tide during the day. is low slack going to be the only productive time?
Productive time is any time when you have a line in the water.
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Just go fishing guy. Spring fish are aggressively feeding and will hit at all times. Once you hit some fish, circle the area because there will be more nearby.
Kita Carol
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Last Sunday we caught all our keepers on the ebb tide... nothing at low slack and only shakers after....
cohojohnny
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Disagree with you BC Ringo - you can do a lot better if you watch your tides. My guess is that without a big change in flood tide - i.e. current - fish will disperse so i would favor just before the low slack in the afternoon. i'll let you know how it works out Sunday night. definately would be a problem for west van fish later in the year - nothing to push them towards the Cap. Hump & Thrasher probably doesn't make as much difference.
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