2024 Bamfield and Barkley Sound Reports

check out Rocky Point Charters FB or Instagram. seems to be catching!! I think Searun has been plying the waters too.
 
Spring 2024

Hello Everyone
Another Season on the way already !! time flies

Fishing has been Fantastic since December , ALOT of fish weighed in at the Loggers Derby, posted above , looking like another spectacular season ahead , currently .... mid sound out to the surfline has beed really good ,usual spots , Brady , Kirby , Meares , Cree , Beale , Ship.....fish arent too picky right now.Small spoons , White or UV hoochies, sure any of your go to's will work , Quality Table fish this time of year !! , Havent personally tried for the bottom dwellers , but seeing good numbers at the tables ,
good luck out there , were back next week, Agreed Blair , Rocky Point seems to be havin great success as usual.....

Stop by for a visit , We now have Plenty of Shaved Ice ! by the bag or Bucket , pre order ahead , I can have buckets ready on the fly.
also , a blow out sale on Large herring, PM me if interested.
25000 liter Fuel Tank Freshly Filled with 89 for all your Boating needs , Fully Stocked General/Tackle Store , latest and greatest gear , Popular Scotty Parts , friendly staff willing to lend a hand.
Stay safe , see ya all soon.

Felix- Poetts Nook Marina and Campground
you can catch me on the FB page below via Messenger , or PM here
cheers


 
Spring 2024

Hello Everyone
Another Season on the way already !! time flies

Fishing has been Fantastic since December , ALOT of fish weighed in at the Loggers Derby, posted above , looking like another spectacular season ahead , currently .... mid sound out to the surfline has beed really good ,usual spots , Brady , Kirby , Meares , Cree , Beale , Ship.....fish arent too picky right now.Small spoons , White or UV hoochies, sure any of your go to's will work , Quality Table fish this time of year !! , Havent personally tried for the bottom dwellers , but seeing good numbers at the tables ,
good luck out there , were back next week, Agreed Blair , Rocky Point seems to be havin great success as usual.....

Stop by for a visit , We now have Plenty of Shaved Ice ! by the bag or Bucket , pre order ahead , I can have buckets ready on the fly.
also , a blow out sale on Large herring, PM me if interested.
25000 liter Fuel Tank Freshly Filled with 89 for all your Boating needs , Fully Stocked General/Tackle Store , latest and greatest gear , Popular Scotty Parts , friendly staff willing to lend a hand.
Stay safe , see ya all soon.

Felix- Poetts Nook Marina and Campground
you can catch me on the FB page below via Messenger , or PM here
cheers


Awesome!

My friend and I were at the Nook this week (Wed-Fri) with our kayaks and managed to come home with our possession limits of ling and rockfish. The weather was absolutely spectacular! Didn't see many salmony bait balls and marks, and we came up empty when we jigged at the ones we found, but that was our first time out that way, so we're behind the learning curve. All in all, it was pretty great!

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Awesome!

My friend and I were at the Nook this week (Wed-Fri) with our kayaks and managed to come home with our possession limits of ling and rockfish. The weather was absolutely spectacular! Didn't see many salmony bait balls and marks, and we came up empty when we jigged at the ones we found, but that was our first time out that way, so we're behind the learning curve. All in all, it was pretty great!

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I saw the kayakers and suggest you put a flag of some kind up as your black blends into the shore line so well you are invisible
 
I saw the kayakers and suggest you put a flag of some kind up as your black blends into the shore line so well you are invisible
Yeah, that's a good point. I usually wear a red jacket, but didn't on this occasion. A flag would be better. I'll see what I can do before the next trip.
 
Any updated reports? Heading out on Friday for the weekend and wondering if there are any feeder springs around or if anyone has had much luck for hali?
 
I was out a couple weeks ago. Weather wasn’t the best but the ling fishing and prawning was great. Trolled for a bit and picked up a couple smaller springs. The day I left some friends ran out for Hali and had 2 to the boat pretty quickly.
 
Anyone heard the sockeye forecast for this year, normally I hear something on the port alberni radio station by now?
The Area 23 Harvest Round Table met to review the latest forecast models to land on adopting a preliminary run forecast to base our initial -re-season fishing plan. The plan will be adjusted after we have in-season test fishing data to confirm how accurate our pre-season forecast is and adjust the fishing plan up or down based on actual data. There have been some sockeye entering the river already and through the counters which is normally expected.

The pre-season forecast adopted for planning purposes was just over 500K. Some of the models predicted anywhere from a low around 280k to a high over 800k. Based on combining the most stable models year over year a moderate run size was agreed upon to be the most plausible outcome. We will have more actual observation data after the 3rd week of June, and the forecast and fishing plans will be update thereafter.

For the recreational fishery we will start the season with the usual 4 fish limit opening May 1.
 
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