2023 Nanaimo Reports

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Anyone finding any keepers out there?

Fished Entrance on Sunday afternoon. Plenty of fish to the boat but most were quite small. Only one that maybe broke into the 50's. Haven't found a decent fish since November.
 
Anyone finding any keepers out there?

Fished Entrance on Sunday afternoon. Plenty of fish to the boat but most were quite small. Only one that maybe broke into the 50's. Haven't found a decent fish since November.
I've only found smalls as well, 40-50cm.
 
Finally got around to taking the boat out for a couple hours yesterday. Didn't find and keeper Chinook but found a school of coho off neck point they were everywhere from 75-185' deep. Lots were hatchery fish in the keeper size and all looked like they had stuffed bellies. Hopefully they stick around into summer!
 
Finally got around to taking the boat out for a couple hours yesterday. Didn't find and keeper Chinook but found a school of coho off neck point they were everywhere from 75-185' deep. Lots were hatchery fish in the keeper size and all looked like they had stuffed bellies. Hopefully they stick around into summer!
Nice, any size to the coho? Ive found a few out there lately but have all been on the small size. Some nice chinook out there too with lots of bait around.
 
Nice, any size to the coho? Ive found a few out there lately but have all been on the small size. Some nice chinook out there too with lots of bait around.
We had 4 in a row that were hatchery in the 30cm- 45cm range. The rest were smaller.
 
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2023 Prawn and Shrimp by Trap Season Opening

The commercial Prawn and Shrimp by Trap fishery will open coastwide, until further notice, at 12:00 hours (noon) on May 15, 2023. This opening date is conditional on the final approval of the Prawn and Shrimp by Trap Integrated Fisheries Management Plan (IFMP). More information on licensing, IFMP approval, and management measures for the fishery will follow.
 
With the light wind in the forecast took they day off 8614B7B7-0FF6-4494-B02A-8B8F40A1B970.jpeg0C2E9193-77CC-4595-92B3-E5ECC21BA8FD.jpegE47BCF72-8BC2-4B21-89CA-622B19E520A2.jpegand fished Thrasher with my wife. We had an amazing day. 3 keepers in the box and we pretty much had the place to ourselves. 2 hatchery and 1 wild all between 70 -75cm. All fish caught south of the marker in 200-225 fow. Hootches on bottom we’re the ticket today.
 
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Got out today from 11-3. Absolutely beautiful out there. Lots of boats, launch was full.
Lots of bait out there. Fished Fingers and Hudson Rocks area. Steady action of undersized as well as a few coho. Near the end of the day double header of keepers. Was fishing down deeper 140-160’ then moved up to 120’ and got the keepers. Fished hoochies, plugs, and spoons. Spoons got the keepers. 03353A63-FC93-439A-8F0F-8EDF8637E712.jpeg89940028-E365-4C5A-A7BB-B87395E18623.jpeg
 
Got out today from 11-3. Absolutely beautiful out there. Lots of boats, launch was full.
Lots of bait out there. Fished Fingers and Hudson Rocks area. Steady action of undersized as well as a few coho. Near the end of the day double header of keepers. Was fishing down deeper 140-160’ then moved up to 120’ and got the keepers. Fished hoochies, plugs, and spoons. Spoons got the keepers. View attachment 90726View attachment 90727
nice fish
 
Fished a couple hours this morning around the grande, then went and joined the pack at thrasher for another couple hours, nothing but unders for us. A friend texted pics of his limit of keepers, other than that didn’t see much else of size coming up. Great day on the water, though
 
Fished yesterday for a couple of hours around Entrance. Lost a very nice one at the boat (looked to be in the high 70's). Some undersized and kept one 72cm. Main action was on irish cream and no bananas skinny g around 200' on DR in 170-200' of water. Hoochies and plugs got little attention. lot of people at the launch talking like that was last day for a while?
 
Fished yesterday for a couple of hours around Entrance. Lost a very nice one at the boat (looked to be in the high 70's). Some undersized and kept one 72cm. Main action was on irish cream and no bananas skinny g around 200' on DR in 170-200' of water. Hoochies and plugs got little attention. lot of people at the launch talking like that was last day for a while?
Yes closes for retention until July 15th tomorrow
 
curious, where is this reg about non retention in area 17? I have been checking notices and see all the other areas? but have not found anything about non retention..
 

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Did a few repairs on the motor tonight and thought I would go for a quick burn to make sure everything was running good. Winds had just started to lay down. Got outside of departure bay and was just too tempted to put a line in with ling just opening up. And it only took about 5 minutes to hook this nice 17lb blue flesh linger solo. Was a good fight on my spare salmon setup too. 42F535B8-3643-4AE5-87E1-3D511FD92299.jpegE674CD42-2C17-4093-90F2-D9702E95BD4A.jpeg9C9A5C67-25D5-4509-B147-9F57259019E5.jpeg
 
Did a few repairs on the motor tonight and thought I would go for a quick burn to make sure everything was running good. Winds had just started to lay down. Got outside of departure bay and was just too tempted to put a line in with ling just opening up. And it only took about 5 minutes to hook this nice 17lb blue flesh linger solo. Was a good fight on my spare salmon setup too. View attachment 92125View attachment 92126View attachment 92127
Nice work!
 
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