2020 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[pescador]

Are cohos showing up in numbers around the Point Grey area? They should already be stacked near the mile markers by mid September if It’s good coho year.

Have not caught one in 5 different days here.

 

[ab1752]

Gonna take a spin out to the SH tomorrow, see how it goes. Should be interesting to rip out at 6 am from the north shore in all this stupid smoke. Keep the reports coming!

 

[DUGALD JAMIESON]

Picked up an 11.5lb Chinook in 350ft we’ll south of any other boat at SH then turned around and hit int a 16lb that shook the hook. Also picked up a small Coho all in the same location
All caught 1hr after low slack
Nothing since

 

[OldCrow]

What is the weather like at SH now?

 

[sir-vivor]

What is the weather like at SH now?

 

[wishiniwasfishin1]

Are cohos showing up in numbers around the Point Grey area? They should already be stacked near the mile markers by mid September if It’s good coho year.

Really? That’s good to know. When was the last time the coho were stacked up along the mile markers in mid sept?

 

[Normfish]

SH Springand Coho

 

[Ringo]

Really? That’s good to know. When was the last time the coho were stacked up along the mile markers in mid sept?

Swimming or kayaking in that area and you may find answer to your question. Or maybe we have different understanding of what “stacked” means.

 

[wishiniwasfishin1]

Swimming or kayaking in that area and you may find answer to your question. Or maybe we have different understanding of what “stacked” means.

Maybe. I have kayaked that area from Jericho to the bell for more than 100 hours. But not many trips in September so just wondering when as I always packed it in early September but never saw any stacked coho. Are they cap coho?

 

[Ringo]

Maybe. I have kayaked that area from Jericho to the bell for more than 100 hours. But not many trips in September so just wondering when as I always packed it in early September but never saw any stacked coho. Are they cap coho?

I think they’re Fraser bound fish and that is their final staging area before the first big rain. I could be wrong. I’ve been swimming in that area for a few years and noticed they start showing up as early as August but you can even mark them in schools off the 2nd mile marker if it’s a good year. I use that as an indicator of a healthy fall run. There are years that it just doesn’t happen. Last year was one of those.

 

[sasqman]

Anyone having any luck on plugs at the mouth so far? I wanna bring all my options as it seems I will need to work a little harder with gear.

 

[Deejray]

When things were slow last weekend I stacked a 602 5" above a flasher/anchovy (plus would have been fishing from about 46 to 86). Had one nice hit and miss and 2 shakers. No real difference from bait.

 

[Ringo]

run it in shallow and if there’s fish, they’ll bite

 

[Colin Turner]

View attachment 57103 View attachment 57103

View attachment 57101
run it in shallow and if there’s fish, they’ll bite

I have had the best luck with plugs run without flashers trailed out a long way, trolling very fast. Although I did pull up 2 like this near Campbell River 2 years ago. I showed this picture to biologist from DFO. He thought it looked like we might have pulled them through a school of dogfish.

 

[Deejray]

View attachment 57103 View attachment 57103
I have had the best luck with plugs run without flashers trailed out a long way, trolling very fast. Although I did pull up 2 like this near Campbell River 2 years ago. I showed this picture to biologist from DFO. He thought it looked like we might have pulled them through a school of dogfish.

I've never run them with flashers, just on their own. Worked great in Nootka sound and CR. Here it's my last ditch when I've run out of ideas

 

[Normfish]

Just the 2 fish today as posted earlier. Not many nets out, but way less boats .
Coho came at 37ft on the rigger . Spring came at 65 feet, both on anchovies.

 

[Kfishr]

Fished 7am to 6pm. Slow in morning hook one and lost it. 300 fow. Anchovy.
Noon hooked, landed 4 lbs hatchery cohoe.
Seems like bite came on, see a few nets out.
Landed 19 lbs wht spring. Missed 2 more fish, 1 looked pretty good. 200 fow, large anchovie.
Fish 50 to 70 ft on downrigger.

 

[Normfish]

Are the White Spring's still coming , have only killed one this year , all others have been red , or Marbled.

 

[pescador]

Are the White Spring's still coming , have only killed one this year , all others have been red , or Marbled.

most of mine have been white or marble. Not my wife’s favourite

 

[ab1752]

Lines in at 7 am, off the dock at 545 sand heads. Maybe 20 boats and i haven't seen any action or nets out. Definitely not the day to lose your electronics, vis was down to 100m on the run from the north shore. No speed records haha