2020 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Ringo]

Just heading across from tsawwassen. Doesn't look to bad out there today.View attachment 56894

Man, that looks smokey...

 

[kingblazer84]

Man, that looks smokey...

Fishing in a cigarette

 

[pescador]

20 lber in the box in 5 minutes. 300 feet of water 47 on rigger. Betsy holder on Chovy. A little choppy and 19 mph winds. Fishable. Smoke on the Water.

 

[Kapt. Kirk]

Yesterday was our day. Gear down at SH at 6:30am. Very dark ride out from North van but it paid off. Nonstop action until tubbed out at 9am so tried some different things and different lures and released a lot of good size springs.

Just after I told the boys were out in 6 mins the reel exploded peeling line while it was still in the Downrigger. Never seen anything like it. Went on 4 monster runs and wrapped around the leg twice. When we finally got her in the boat it was very tired and the hook was buried. After a long surgery in the net and a very quick pic she went back in and took a lot to revive but all of a sudden she slapped that huge paddle and took off like a rocket. Not sure the weight but were thinking mid 30's. Epic day.

37 & 57 on the riggers and fished all depths. Big chovies.

 

[Gungho]

20 lber in the box in 5 minutes. 300 feet of water 47 on rigger. Betsy holder on Chovy. A little choppy and 19 mph winds. Fishable. Smoke on the Water.

Deep Purple

 

[pescador]

Deep Purple

A Fire in the Sky!

 

[pescador]

Weathers laying down nicely.

 

[terrin]

Ok I see people want a report. Here it is, first of the season. I've been working the PM shifts this week and mentioned to some colleagues that the Docs need a COVID break, so lets go fishing. It was Dr Kimball's first time out and reported to me she was bad luck. I had been promising her differently for the last few years if she ever came out. Dr McCormack was free as well. So I finished up my shift at 1 am and didn't get a whole lot of sleep. Awake and 5 am and hooked up leaving the drive at 530am. They both beat me to the launch as I was 3 minutes late for our 600 am launch. Got it unloaded and headed down the south arm. Got out and several boats were trolling. Headed the outside and dropped a spoon to 47 and a herring to 57. It wasn't long before a big bite hit and unfortunately snapped the herring leader. We were feeling good. Watched a couple get landed and stuck in the area out deep around 300 to 500 fow. Then next hook up on the herring Dr Kimball lands her first Salmon/ fish ever, 15 pound Chinook. Hi fives all around. I pulled the spoon and dropped second herring. Bang herring 2 gets hit and this time 18 pound chinook. A while later rod releases on a big wild coho. Released. Then went dead around 10 or 11. Tried a spoon again and picked up two undersized chinook. Then i was coming up to our 1 pm quit time because I had to be back at work by 5 pm. So I drop the herring back down on both rods for the last hoorah and we are in tight through all the traffic headed straight for sandheads lighthouse. We were at last the closest guy. Dr McCormack at 1250 says I'll pull mine in. I say no leave it the last 10 minutes. So he says ok 5 more minutes. Less than a minute later rod releases and fish takes off like a frieght train. Big head shakes. Of course I'm excited, nervous and sleep deprived. So I'm coaching and praying no seals come, while annoying him at the same time. It was a long slow pull with big head shakes and he tried to cut us off a few times under the boat, but finally could see him through the murky river water. A big chinook. Landed it finally and was 26 pounds on the scale. Biggest on my boat thus far! Now we were late. Already had the gear all pulled in so we took off and headed for home. Only a few minutes late to work and one fantastic day out there. To me for the number of boats out there it seemed the nets were few and far between.

Thanks for all the reports guys I read them all and as always repeating what the guys catching are doing tends to pay off big time! Thanks as always. View attachment 56811 View attachment 56812 View attachment 56813 View attachment 56814 View attachment 56815

Are you usimg a teaser head to pull the herring?

 

[getbent]

That grady was me and sure enough he comes roaring up. I free the ball and while they were pulling up the gear they snagged my other ball. So they get my cannon ball. The guy tosses it into the water instead of letting me grab it and it sinks full force snaps my cable. I was so pissed.

That’s garbage. Bunch of shitheads

 

[the butcher]

Weathers laying down nicely.

Is this still the case? Windy is showing 0.4M chop. Going out tomorrow and the forecast is similar to today.

 

[Rain City]

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Yesterday was our day. Gear down at SH at 6:30am. Very dark ride out from North van but it paid off. Nonstop action until tubbed out at 9am so tried some different things and different lures and released a lot of good size springs.

Just after I told the boys were out in 6 mins the reel exploded peeling line while it was still in the Downrigger. Never seen anything like it. Went on 4 monster runs and wrapped around the leg twice. When we finally got her in the boat it was very tired and the hook was buried. After a long surgery in the net and a very quick pic she went back in and took a lot to revive but all of a sudden she slapped that huge paddle and took off like a rocket. Not sure the weight but were thinking mid 30's. Epic day.

37 & 57 on the riggers and fished all depths. Big chovies.

Nice work man

 

[pescador]

Awesome day. Done at 130. 2 nice springs.

 

[capman]

Glad you had an awesome day. Been fishing SH since 8:30 only hooked and realeased one coho at 80'.

Awesome day. Done at 130. 2 nice springs.

 

[pescador]

Glad you had an awesome day. Been fishing SH since 8:30 only hooked and realeased one coho at 80'.

anchovy 47 feet. Betsy and black gold chovy holders. Out at 300 ft Mark.

 

[ab1752]

We had a killer day too. Stole a nice 12 lb red from a seal right at 730 as I was setting up gear, close to the can in 55' on a chovie. Then picked up another cookie cutter on a white jughead, and the other side goes bam huge hit but my buddy missed it. Had our 3rd in 310' straight out at 65' on the jughead again and its a nice white buck about 22 lbs. Had another spring smash the bait and sprint around the trim tab which was fun and a big wild coho.

We also bailed out at 130, too. Awesome day for sure.

Cheers

 

[ab1752]

anchovy 47 feet. Betsy and black gold chovy holders. Out at 300 ft Mark.

Btw nice rig, that was me who waved to you right around 1 pm as I was pulling gear.

 

[ab1752]

Is this still the case? Windy is showing 0.4M chop. Going out tomorrow and the forecast is similar to today.

It was no big deal at all. Laps direct into it and back out. Id still be there but the kid has hockey tryouts for what seems like an eternity now.

 

[prodjsaig]

Buddy and I got a 30 at sandheads. 74' in 150 of water. Glow green medium herring on herring and flasher. Turned with the current riggers out more than usual going dead slow about 4.3 with the flow. Usually do 5.5-5.7 tacking that direction.

 

[el.Pereh]

Been out at SH since 315... haven’t seen a net out. Maybe my eyes aren’t that good though.

It was slow

 

[el.Pereh]

Yesterday SH great in the am. Bagged two and lost some goooood ones. Went back out in the afternoon with a crew and got one right around 1 then quiet all night. This am had a good bite on but the seals were on us bad. Lost 3 to them. Didn’t have a capt. Kirk day