2021 Victoria and Oak Bay Reports

[tubbed out]

Trevor is fishing in Bamfield.
not sure who still operates out of Oak bay

PRETTY sure trev is done and on his way back

 

[scott craven]

Yeah but he's not fishing OakBay
June to Sept

 

[oak bay master]

PRETTY sure trev is done and on his way back

He will be fishing out of Pedder bay when he returns

 

[Randy M]

Out Sunday Morning, Picked up 5 springs on the flats. Got 3 to the boat, lost 2. It was a quick bite 1 hour only from 6:20am-7:20am. They are just mouthing the the lures. Only 1 fought really good. Beauty day.

Have you heard of any pinks at the Flats? I got one 5.5 lb pink on Tuesday at 8 am. Gave a a good fight including a jump.

Heard group boat caught 10 pinks somewhere off Oak Bay but my source had no details on location.

 

[Roberth]

Fished Constance for halibut on the change and the waterfront for salmon.
45 lb. halibut and a high 20’s white spring. The salmon makes the halibut look small it was 47”

 

[Gear'n'beer!]

Fished Constance for halibut on the change and the waterfront for salmon.
45 lb. halibut and a high 20’s white spring. The salmon makes the halibut look small it was 47”

nice work

 

[Stizzla]

Fished Constance for halibut on the change and the waterfront for salmon.
45 lb. halibut and a high 20’s white spring. The salmon makes the halibut look small it was 47”

Wow you’re on a roll. That’s a beauty duo of fish

 

[tinboatrobb]

13 lb spring off the water front this morning. 1 fish for 6.5 hrs of fishing.

 

[cby]

Have you heard of any pinks at the Flats? I got one 5.5 lb pink on Tuesday at 8 am. Gave a a good fight including a jump.

Heard group boat caught 10 pinks somewhere off Oak Bay but my source had no details on location.

Hi, No Pinks that I can see on the flats. I am sure there is some, but I don't target them at all. 5 Springs today on Flats aftenoon. All Feeders all 5-7 lbs.

 

[Roberth]

nice work

Thanks Stizzla. It was a male white. Good fight barely missed getting sealed. Had to hand line it into the net

 

[ziggy]

Hi, No Pinks that I can see on the flats. I am sure there is some, but I don't target them at all. 5 Springs today on Flats aftenoon. All Feeders all 5-7 lbs.

How shallow do people fish the flats? I see quite a few boats close to shore . Have had some luck running the 80- 100’ contour line but never tried in close.

 

[beemer]

on the flood I have had success tight to both great chain and trial. it is rocky and there are a few humps but 50 feet is a average near chain and 90 near trial.

 

[Sam7]

Left the dock at 7:15 this am, went to try a little luck for halibut with my 3 guests at the tide change, before moving o nto targeting salmon.
really strange tide change today, change was suppose to be about 8:15, never really started flooding until around 10:00. The gang was antsy so we packed up and headed over to Constance to try our luck at salmon. Spent about 3 hours there with nothing to show for it except about 9 undersized lings. I found it very weird that we hooked so many lings considering we were fishing from 35-80’. Close to the bottom, sure I get it, but 45’ in 80’ of water hmmm?

anyway, nothing for my guests to take home today except a memory of a long boat ride.

anchovy and spoons for salmon and salmon heads for halibut

 

[shuter]

Left the dock at 7:15 this am, went to try a little luck for halibut with my 3 guests at the tide change, before moving o nto targeting salmon.
really strange tide change today, change was suppose to be about 8:15, never really started flooding until around 10:00. The gang was antsy so we packed up and headed over to Constance to try our luck at salmon. Spent about 3 hours there with nothing to show for it except about 9 undersized lings. I found it very weird that we hooked so many lings considering we were fishing from 35-80’. Close to the bottom, sure I get it, but 45’ in 80’ of water hmmm?

anyway, nothing for my guests to take home today except a memory of a long boat ride.

anchovy and spoons for salmon and salmon heads for halibut

Had the same experience a couple days ago, loads of undersize lings in the mid water. And zero decent springs unfortunately.

 

[sam_n_leo]

Interesting seeing other were getting small ling. I took my kids out jigging for bottom critters and they caught an absolutely silly number of undersized ling all over whirl bay and vicinity. We couldn't find a spot that wasn't crawling them. Kids thought it was fun. I've never seen anything like it.

 

[eroyd]

Did a quick outing to try out the new boat. Trolled the flats at the top of the flood. Two immature springs right of the bat, kept one of about 5 lbs to christen the boat. Beautiful out there.

 

[habberdasher]

Did a quick outing to try out the new boat. Trolled the flats at the top of the flood. Two immature springs right of the bat, kept one of about 5 lbs to christen the boat. Beautiful out there.

Hi tell us about your new boat I enjoy your posts

 

[tinboatrobb]

Did a quick outing to try out the new boat. Trolled the flats at the top of the flood. Two immature springs right of the bat, kept one of about 5 lbs to christen the boat. Beautiful out there.

Not a word about the new boat, shame shame...lol. story, pics.....

 

[eroyd]

Hi tell us about your new boat I enjoy your posts

A bigger tin boat. My wife actually wanted me to get a safer boat. Picked up one of those Versatile welded boats. Seem to be a good basic skiff. Maybe not a Lifetimer or a Silverstreak, but not the price either, and they are not a two year wait. Put a new 40 on it. Couldn't find a 30.

 

[DuroBoat]

A bigger tin boat. My wife actually wanted me to get a safer boat. Picked up one of those Versatile welded boats. Seem to be a good basic skiff. Maybe not a Lifetimer or a Silverstreak, but not the price either, and they are not a two year wait. Put a new 40 on it. Couldn't find a 30.

We really need a picture and 40 is always better than 30!