Here is the last morning video report from our last day.
Chinook Salmon Fishing Ucluelet British Columbia with Anchovies along the Lighthouse and Little Beach Shoreline. It was our last morning out fishing and we only had a few hours before check out. So we got out earlier than the previous days and stayed nice and close to the harbor. Only ten minutes from the dock we were at our starting point. Very few people were fishing this area since the weather had been so flat calm most people were heading to more distant locations leaving the lighthouse vacant. This was perfect for us and the Chinook were definitely on this morning. We saw a couple boats hook up right as we were getting our lines down. It wasn't long before we were also hooked up on a nice Chinook. Then we saw a boat hook up on a double header right beside us. A few minutes later after changing bait it was our turn for a double header. We finished the morning off with one more spring that came off with a little flip of his jaw beside the boat. Sorry for a few blurry sections. I think I have to teach my dad how to focus a camera next time we are out. What an excellent way to end a trip. A few hours later after packing up we went out with the girls and the bite had totally turned off. Not even a sniff in the same area. Oh well that is fishing and our coolers were full and packed up. I will have more videos from the trip coming. Just have to get around to editing. We had amazing weather, calm seas!!! Get out there, the Chinook fishing this year is unreal!!!
Great video Fishdoc, love the underwater stuff....I have had hits I've suspected the fish hit the flasher but sure cool to sit it actually happen... as well I've had fish run into my line and even downrigger line when fishing the inlet on years when they are thick in there ! It's a strange thing to see the downriggers bounce like you've hit bottom but you know it's no where near bottom !
Do you have a new boat, doesn't look like the one your were sockeye fishing in lats year?Here is the last morning video report from our last day.
Chinook Salmon Fishing Ucluelet British Columbia with Anchovies along the Lighthouse and Little Beach Shoreline. It was our last morning out fishing and we only had a few hours before check out. So we got out earlier than the previous days and stayed nice and close to the harbor. Only ten minutes from the dock we were at our starting point. Very few people were fishing this area since the weather had been so flat calm most people were heading to more distant locations leaving the lighthouse vacant. This was perfect for us and the Chinook were definitely on this morning. We saw a couple boats hook up right as we were getting our lines down. It wasn't long before we were also hooked up on a nice Chinook. Then we saw a boat hook up on a double header right beside us. A few minutes later after changing bait it was our turn for a double header. We finished the morning off with one more spring that came off with a little flip of his jaw beside the boat. Sorry for a few blurry sections. I think I have to teach my dad how to focus a camera next time we are out. What an excellent way to end a trip. A few hours later after packing up we went out with the girls and the bite had totally turned off. Not even a sniff in the same area. Oh well that is fishing and our coolers were full and packed up. I will have more videos from the trip coming. Just have to get around to editing. We had amazing weather, calm seas!!! Get out there, the Chinook fishing this year is unreal!!!
Thanks, yes a hali or two for the 3 of us would be the goal of heading out. Swell will be smaller Friday than Thur looks like.Ran into a guy at the doc last night who went out to Big Bank on Sunday mid day with a crew of 4. They easily limited out on Chinook, coho and Hali. He said it was non stop action out there. The average Chinook looked to be smaller than the fish inshore, but sounds like it wasn't much work to get them.
No, same boat I had before but didnt run it last year because the Mercury Optimax I bought it with in 2016 Optifailed a few to many times. So didnt use it last year. Saved my pennies and bouth a new 150 4 stroke and it is an amazing upgrade. So much more power out of the hole.Do you have a new boat, doesn't look like the one your were sockeye fishing in lats year?
We did this today at Big Bank. Got the halis, but only two good chinooks. Quite a few small chinooks and only a few wild coho, no clipped. The pros were mostly just doing halis there and then leaving for Wya.we dragged the cannon balls along the bottom looking for hali's and got halis and springs trolling. down to bottom and back up 2ft.
The pros were mostly just doing halis there and then leaving for Wya.
Is Wya still producing ? I'm back up middle of next week, trying to decide if I fish Wya/Little beach or over to Swale/Harbour entrance areas or maybe Pill...from reports it seems off and on over there ?