2020 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Matthias]

One keeper size, 8 pounds maybe between Cowan and Curtis

 

[Bent Gaff]

Lots of fish around Thrasher on Saturday . This was the biggest , tailed at boat for a quick pic. About 20 decent sized ones to the boat during the day.

 

[sweettjim]

Lots of fish around Thrasher on Saturday . This was the biggest , tailed at boat for a quick pic. About 20 decent sized ones to the boat during the day. View attachment 53064

awesome what was the best depths for fishing im over there tommorow

 

[Bent Gaff]

awesome what was the best depths for fishing im over there tommorow

Fishing in 600’ .... 120-130 with herring aide spoon . Good luck !!

 

[sweettjim]

Awesome beauty fish there

 

[ab1752]

Tomorrow looks great, will be around the hump on my way back down. Epsom was very steady today, 9 on 7 landed one of the misses peeled line for ages then was gone, bent hook. I'm calling that 50% fish smarts and 50% man stupid horsing the thing back around.

Anyway usual program, white jugheads kicked all else. Inner bands from 160 to 250' and 130' on the rigger port and 20 seconds on starboard as the replacement digital counter failed right out of the gate. And that side hooked up 2 to 1. Cheers

 

[reeltordarius]

Tomorrow looks great, will be around the hump on my way back down. Epsom was very steady today, 9 on 7 landed one of the misses peeled line for ages then was gone, bent hook. I'm calling that 50% fish smarts and 50% man stupid horsing the thing back around.

Anyway usual program, white jugheads kicked all else. Inner bands from 160 to 250' and 130' on the rigger port and 20 seconds on starboard as the replacement digital counter failed right out of the gate. And that side hooked up 2 to 1. Cheers

Another failed digital counter....wow! Well done out there!

 

[Reeltime]

Looks like some nice calm winds for tomorrow might hit the Bell and QA see whats swimming around...

 

[el.Pereh]

Tomorrow looks great, will be around the hump on my way back down. Epsom was very steady today, 9 on 7 landed one of the misses peeled line for ages then was gone, bent hook. I'm calling that 50% fish smarts and 50% man stupid horsing the thing back around.

Anyway usual program, white jugheads kicked all else. Inner bands from 160 to 250' and 130' on the rigger port and 20 seconds on starboard as the replacement digital counter failed right out of the gate. And that side hooked up 2 to 1. Cheers

do you run those with a inline flasher?

 

[prodjsaig]

Have a pic of the sounder from thrasher the fish are thick over there. I may have to go back in a few or so.

 

[ab1752]

West bowen was steady, not lights out for me. Decided to pack it in around 1:40 pm today and was in 325' of water off roger curtis light. Pulled up one side then zing the other side goes nuts. Rips line for ages then splash splash massive tug...has to be a seal. Wait no, still there...must be 250' of line out...battle is on, this fish does not want to come to the boat. 130', you can see the spoon in its mouth. Hatchery fish must have been 20 lbs easy and equaled the best fight all last season. Unreal 2 days solo on the Straits.

 

[ab1752]

do you run those with a inline flasher?

Ya 30" leader 40 lb test good to go

 

[ab1752]

Another failed digital counter....wow! Well done out there!

It was doa or rather I doa'd it by the time I hit the boat. Counting is good for ya anyway apparently lol

 

[Limitles]

I Fished around RC yesterday 5 hours. One fish an hour. On herring aide at 125
One ten lb the rest around 5 lb

 

[Tugcapitan]

So coming back up the north arm. A Lefarge tug and gravel barge was towing someone’s traps up the river. The float was dragging about a hundred feet behind the barge.

Just an FYI, many barges tow a line with a float behind them. They are tag lines to an emergency towline that can be picked up by the tug in the event of a main towline failure....

 

[ab1752]

Buddies are off Cowan now and it's going off, stay closer to the Island than off shore, not deep either 80' and 100' on the usual metal.

 

[wildmanyeah]

West bowen was steady, not lights out for me. Decided to pack it in around 1:40 pm today and was in 325' of water off roger curtis light. Pulled up one side then zing the other side goes nuts. Rips line for ages then splash splash massive tug...has to be a seal. Wait no, still there...must be 250' of line out...battle is on, this fish does not want to come to the boat. 130', you can see the spoon in its mouth. Hatchery fish must have been 20 lbs easy and equaled the best fight all last season. Unreal 2 days solo on the Straits.

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did the fish have the normal feeder purple haze coloring hard to tell in that pic if its the filter or if that fish is more colored up.

 

[sweettjim]

Have a pic of the sounder from thrasher the fish are thick over there. I may have to go back in a few or so.

wow lots but deep though hey 350 feet down

 

[sweettjim]

West bowen was steady, not lights out for me. Decided to pack it in around 1:40 pm today and was in 325' of water off roger curtis light. Pulled up one side then zing the other side goes nuts. Rips line for ages then splash splash massive tug...has to be a seal. Wait no, still there...must be 250' of line out...battle is on, this fish does not want to come to the boat. 130', you can see the spoon in its mouth. Hatchery fish must have been 20 lbs easy and equaled the best fight all last season. Unreal 2 days solo on the Straits.

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beauty fish nice work

 

[sweettjim]

I fished thrasher yesterday for both lings and salmon lings was a little slow few undersize and a couple small rock cod kept one decent rock cod took a break from bottom fishing and went and played some catch and release for springs was insane for springs multiple double headers biggest was around 15 lbs but every fish was quite a fighter lots of energy and real healthy fish salmon were caught at 95 and 120 feet down on a lighthouse 3.5 derby winner spoon and charteuse glow hootchie