2022 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Rain City]

Slow day. Hooked into a beauty seal though that got me up from my nap. Bloody thing hit my herring at 40 feet

 

[Brett83]

Slow day. Hooked into a beaty seal though that got me up from my nap. Bloody thing hit my herring at 40 feet

Does that make it the first time you've ever been sealed?

 

[Mo]

12lbs white spring North of T10 today 91’ on the rigger 9 am then nothing

 

[capman]

no way, if you need to borrow one for the derby on friday, i have a spare full size spring net. don't ask...

Thanks so much, buddy! I do have a spare one in the boat as a backup

 

[Rain City]

Does that make it the first time you've ever been sealed?

No that happened on Sept 2nd. It was a sad sad day.

 

[ab1752]

Thanks so much, buddy! I do have a spare one in the boat as a backup

K let me know if you need it, just hanging on the wall in the shed at mcm.

 

[Aces]

You guys aren’t making me want to head over there now

 

[Sea Chaser]

Where would one head on Sunday if they were to go out . SH , T10, cap/ambleside .

 

[Rain City]

You guys aren’t making me want to head over there now

I wouldn't. Unless you're just coming to hang out and drink rum.

 

[Sea Chaser]

I wouldn't. Unless you're just coming to hang out and drink rum.

What kind of rum we talking

 

[Rain City]

What kind of rum we talking

Oh we can get into all sorts I'd say. As long as it doesn't taste like a strippers body cream.
Not that I don't love the taste of... nevermind.

 

[PassMeABeer]

Just did a fly by of SH and T-10, only a couple boats out, beauty looking evening though

 

[Brett83]

Where would one head on Sunday if they were to go out . SH , T10, cap/ambleside .

We're going leave from Point Roberts spend a couple hours in the morning at sandheads, hopefully get a couple sockeye. Then head over to Ambleside. Then keeping the boat at mosquito. But if I were leaving from north van in the morning I'd go to Ambleside.

 

[One More]

SH 330-7 today. Sockeye in the boat right away at 50’ in 300’ of water. Lost another one at the boat and released a small chinook. Quiet for the last couple hours.

 

[Capt. Jack]

Depends where you plan to launch. It's blowing thru Howe Sound and Whitecaps. If you launch at Sunset or Horseshoe then it will be a very lumpy ride till you get around Pt Atkinson where the water will be flat. Launch in n van and it will be an easier ride.

Where do you launch in North van?

 

[Bjw]

Epic sockeye action 430 -700 pm at sandheads hooked into a dozen fish landed 6 and a hatch ho , out deep after not much action from 1230 -4 around the green can

 

[Blueback]

Sand Heads today from 2-4pm. Got a 17lbs white football that was a screamer at about 2:45 at 45ft on anchovy. Had a couple more pin pops but no fish. Beauty afternoon.

 

[FishDoc]

I read the reports from this morning and didn't look super promising... but the weather looked awesome. So got home and twisted the kids arms and promised them DQ if they came out with DAD. The wifey had a meeting. So it was daddy daycare at Sandheads!

But the time you grab gas and drag the boat through traffic we weren't dropping the lines till nearly 5 PM. Didn't even have the second side down and side one had a screamer of a wild coho on. Then trolled out deeper toward the sockeye floppers. Love seeing those groups of splashes in the distance. Target the biggest one and headed right for it.

Had a few hits that came off quick with the riggers bottomed out at 110 and 90 feet. One massive school we found and when I was swinging around to get repositioned the top line the shallow side pops and starts running like crazy. Handed it over to my daughter and she handled it wonderfully. Her biggest Chinook to Date at 19 pounds. They were pretty excited about that one. Caught on a little pink squirt.

Got the lines back down and went through the school and the girls pulled in a double sockeye. Now we were in business. We lost a few more then things went a little slow.

There were still jumpers. One even slammed into the side of the boat. But not much for deep schools. So I pulled the riggers up to 70 feet with lines at approx 47 and 60 feet on the wire. I had several more quick hard pulls that weren't sticking. Then picked up a couple more sockeye in the boat. Lost a couple more right as we were pulling lines as the sun was going down. Quit just before 7pm. Seems like the sockeye are much active shallower than when I was out last Fridag. I'd target the 40 to 70 foot water if you aren't having many hits down deeper.

Fast action for the last two hours, worth getting out still.

Still plenty of fish out there. Spectacular evening not too far from home.

 

[Matthias]

I read the reports from this morning and didn't look super promising... but the weather looked awesome. So got home and twisted the kids arms and promised them DQ if they came out with DAD. The wifey had a meeting. So it was daddy daycare at Sandheads!

But the time you grab gas and drag the boat through traffic we weren't dropping the lines till nearly 5 PM. Didn't even have the second side down and side one had a screamer of a wild coho on. Then trolled out deeper toward the sockeye floppers. Love seeing those groups of splashes in the distance. Target the biggest one and headed right for it.

Had a few hits that came off quick with the riggers bottomed out at 110 and 90 feet. One massive school we found and when I was swinging around to get repositioned the top line the shallow side pops and starts running like crazy. Handed it over to my daughter and she handled it wonderfully. Her biggest Chinook to Date at 19 pounds. They were pretty excited about that one. Caught on a little pink squirt.

Got the lines back down and went through the school and the girls pulled in a double sockeye. Now we were in business. We lost a few more then things went a little slow.

There were still jumpers. One even slammed into the side of the boat. But not much for deep schools. So I pulled the riggers up to 70 feet with lines at approx 47 and 60 feet on the wire. I had several more quick hard pulls that weren't sticking. Then picked up a couple more sockeye in the boat. Lost a couple more right as we were pulling lines as the sun was going down. Quit just before 7pm. Seems like the sockeye are much active shallower than when I was out last Fridag. I'd target the 40 to 70 foot water if you aren't having many hits down deeper.

Fast action for the last two hours, worth getting out still.

Still plenty of fish out there. Spectacular evening not too far from home.

Proud dad! That’s the dream! Well done Fish Doc!!

 

[Sea Chaser]

We're going leave from Point Roberts spend a couple hours in the morning at sandheads, hopefully get a couple sockeye. Then head over to Ambleside. Then keeping the boat at mosquito. But if I were leaving from north van in the morning I'd go to Ambleside.

But what if you were to launch at say , McDonald ? Kind of in between the 2 areas ?