2021 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[adanac]

Did HITW as well today. 9-3 only 1 very small shaker. It was so slow. Had porpoises come by and a sealion that kept breaching around us. Hope he was luckier. We did catch 5 other fish which was a first for me.

great lingcod bait

 

[Brett83]

That must have been one hell of a ride, we just dropped in at the cabin near robets creek and its just ripping on the Straits...boat is all dialed in for later this week, better weather coming...

It was really rough. Especially where the howesound meets the straight, the waves got fairly vertical. We had some laughs, cause I was trying to have the wife tag along. It was a day like today that killed fishing/boating for her last March.

 

[Fishfight]

Went out yesterday, lines in the water at 830 at defence. Found the bait finally just before the tide change, pulled through it for a couple hours on either end of the tide change and nothing!! Move to the waterfall trolled around for an hour, barely any bait so pushed on to tunstall bay to finish the day. Finished the day around 1:45 without a touch!! Sporty ride back home to say the least!!

 

[jcon12]

Spent half the day at defence.. no bait and no fish. Had no luck with prawn/crab either!

Finished the evening at HITW and same story. Did get a bucket worth of shrimp on the last drop however.

 

[Don Haraguchi]

Also put in a few hours around HITW & Defence.
Marked a bit of bait, but not many fish. Prawning seems to be slowing down as well.
Good size to the ones I managed to get.
wish I had the wife with me and her 4 traps as well.

 

[ab1752]

I'm going to poke around the straits on Saturday for sure, west Bowen and the hump, we are close to April now and thats when it seems to pick up out those areas, and around secret cove too.

 

[TheNootkaRose]

Heading out for the day tomorrow - howe sound area.

Any positive experiences recently... when I was at stillwater today the owner almost laughed when I asked how the fishing was.

One shaker at HITW @200’ on the rigger. Lemon lime with lemon lime APTackle spoon. Never saw the fish. 3 days ago.

 

[ab1752]

Anyone heading out this am, it is flat calm on the Straits right now anyway. Be a perfect shot out to the Hump and it must be a good forecast all day as there are 2 large booms racing out front at .5 knots haha. Time to explore the open waters, guys!!!

 

[Ringo]

Heading out around noon today. Thinking of dropping the prawn traps south of Bowen and then trolling to the Hump. Will report later.

 

[ab1752]

Heading out around noon today. Thinking of dropping the prawn traps south of Bowen and then trolling to the Hump. Will report later.

I bet you find action right around where you're planning to set, man.

 

[paulo]

Been out at RC for an hour and a half. One small shaker and sporadic bait. Beauty water though. Started at the bell got a couple shakers. Lots of bait.

 

[paulo]

Ringing, getting anything?

 

[doug78]

Glad to hear I'm not alone in the prawn struggle. Headed out to grab my traps in an hour or two, scattered around the sound.

Where's the hump everyone keeps chatting about??

 

[Ringo]

Been out at RC for an hour and a half. One small shaker and sporadic bait. Beauty water though. Started at the bell got a couple shakers. Lots of bait.

**** on the plate. Started at 11:30 one just undersized North West of the Hump.

 

[Pineapple Express]

Where's the hump everyone keeps chatting about??

 

[sweettjim]

I bet you find action right around where you're planning to set, man.

any luck out at the hump today?

 

[Ringo]

The Hump was pretty slow until around 1:30, only marked 1 big bait loop in the north west corner and that’s where we saw some action. 4 shakers on the shallow rod at 125’ on the rigger. The deeper rod had no action until 3:30 when a pin popper peeled the line for almost a minute then decided to dart towards the boat. A few head shakes and it was gone. 170” on the DR, anchovy AP spoon and green onion flasher got the big hit. Prawning was mediocre. Surprised by the small size prawns this time of year. Last year we had jumbo size prawns on every outing in March.

Make sure you check your lines every 10-15’. We dragged 3 f*&ng pollocks for quiet a while. They’re everywhere and in all depths this year.

 

[sweettjim]

The Hump was pretty slow until around 1:30, only marked 1 big bait loop in the north west corner and that’s where we saw some action. 4 shakers on the shallow rod at 125’ on the rigger. The deeper rod had no action until 3:30 when a pin popper peeled the line for almost a minute then decided to dart towards the boat. A few head shakes and it was gone. 170” on the DR, anchovy AP spoon and green onion flasher got the big hit. Prawning was mediocre. Surprised by the small size prawns this time of year. Last year we had jumbo size prawns on every outing in March.

Make sure you check your lines every 10-15’. We dragged 3 f*&ng pollocks for quiet a while. They’re everywhere and in all depths this year.

Thanks for the info

 

[StormTrooper]

Thanks for that video, I've been fishing that area since I was a kid and I learned a couple new things. Do you know if there is a similar video for the Sunshine Coast?

 

[doug78]

Thanks for that video, I've been fishing that area since I was a kid and I learned a couple new things. Do you know if there is a similar video for the Sunshine Coast?

Thanks as well, the hump wasnt far from where I thought it would be.