2023 OFFISHALL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Rain City]

Any luck out there yesterday?

Had a ton of action but no nookie luck. Sifted through a lot of nice fat wild coho and eventually got our hatch limit as bycatch. We were fishing deep and slow. Stopped in at Cowen on the way home to see how the action was there. Seemed like most guys were targeting pinks. I got one on WC Phat-e no bananas (which had been my experience with pinks to be honest, they take anything). My back is suffering today from the mornings commute though. It wasn't the result we had hoped for, but pretty amazing when a bad day is a cooler full of fish.

 

[Paravoffka]

Trolling south Bowen now since 7 am. About 7 hits only one wild coho to the boat. Targeting coho. Anyone else have any luck?

 

[Matthias]

Trolling south Bowen now since 7 am. About 7 hits only one wild coho to the boat. Targeting coho. Anyone else have any luck?

I'll be out there this afternoon. Hopefully the flood today brings in a new wave of hatcheries!

 

[Paravoffka]

I'll be out there this afternoon. Hopefully the flood today brings in a new wave of hatcheries!

Having high hopes for the noon as well.

 

[Zodiac fisher]

Any hatcheries in the mix??

None for us, all fish landed were wild.
The numerous long line releases were probably hatcheries though....

 

[Aquaholic]

Overall was 22 to the boat, 5 in the box. We went to Gower this morning, left False Creek at 5:40, trying to target chinooks so one guy had anchovies. Well those were gone in 15 minutes with 3 wild coho and one just under chinook destroying them. I was thinking it is so close to South Bowen that the chance of a chinook are really no greater at Gower other than retention. Was nice to have some new scenery today, so many nice beaches in that area. Good water conditions too, blew up a bit on the way home.

 

[Sir Reel]

Pretty lumpy out at Bowen this morning. Blowing about 15 knots from the east and waves stacking up against the island.
Maybe a dozen boats out
3 nice 10 to 12 pound Chinooks to the boat and gaff released. One wild Coho and a Pink.
Fairly steady action.
Lots of weed in the water

 

[Dorman Point]

Put in about three hours Gower to Roberts Creek this morning. Trolling with the SE was fine enough, tough sledding heading into it. Didn’t find fish until Roberts Creek, ended up with two nice hatch cohos, a 78cm spring, released a couple
cohos and lost one. Equal action between a UV Yamashita double glow and a silver/blue scale spoon above a dummy flasher. Spring hit the spoon at 35’ and went airborne without the flasher, which was good fun. Depths 35-47’.

 

[dhk]

Yesterday first to the hump, first to leave.. crew sea sick due to the rollers.. one hatchery coho , moved inside bowen, usual spots off Tunstall... 3 pinks and 3 beauty springs released.. no time for pictures busy decks with wobbly weak knees newbies

 

[ab1752]

Ya these big tides are producing some sloppy seas! Lots of action off byng this am, white hoochie nailed a 75 cm beauty then bounced home. Cheers!

 

[Aquaholic]

Ya these big tides are producing some sloppy seas! Lots of action off byng this am, white hoochie nailed a 75 cm beauty then bounced home. Cheers!

A tack from Byng to Gower takes how long at coho speed?

 

[ab1752]

I don't find there much in that bay, it sort of falls off within on both sides. But if you had to troll it, at 2 to 2.5 knots maybe 45 mins.

 

[Aquaholic]

I don't find there much in that bay, it sort of falls off within on both sides. But if you had to troll it, at 2 to 2.5 knots maybe 45 mins.

We were doing a Chaster Creek to Gower tack for part of our trip, directional luck though, not both ways. When the hits were on, it was crazy fun.

 

[ab1752]

We were doing a Chaster Creek to Gower tack for part of our trip, directional luck though, not both ways. When the hits were on, it was crazy fun.

That makes sense as they hang out on the.flats out front of chaster creek.

 

[Tightlines22]

We fished Byng to Gower today. Lots of action in the morning. Two Hatch Cohos and 6 healthy Pinks. No Springs for us. White and pink hootchies and a few hits on spoons.

 

[A-a-Ron]

Just in time for the work week… The struggles of the privileged man are real.

 

[Alison2]

Was out early west of Gowar. Calm water and not many boats. Lots of action. The triple header with two of us was pretty fun, especially since one line had a pink, the other a coho and the deepest rod had the chinook. Hoochies did the best but even the centre rod went off several times with a West Coast spoon. Got our limit of 8 in two hours. 5 pink, 2 hatchery coho and one slot size chinook. No wild coho today. Lots of fun. Get out if you can. I think it’s suppose to be calm waters tomorrow as well?

 

[Unreel]

Just in time for the work week… The struggles of the privileged man are real.
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Env canada is more wrong than right these days. Just yesterday it was saying 10-15. The day before it said light winds and it was 10-15 kn.

 

[bmorris]

Anyone at south bowen right now? Heading out shortly but curious what the water is like for bringing some newbies out

 

[Sea Chaser]

Anyone at south bowen right now? Heading out shortly but curious what the water is like for bringing some newbies out

Looks like a lake out there . On the ferry from nanaimo heading to horshoe bay