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2024 Bamfield and Barkley Sound Reports
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SpringFever2359
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Thanks! I was looking and looking. But in the wrong spot.
Heading back after a pretty good few days of fishing. Saturday was very slow for us with only 4 coho to show for around 15 hours of fishing. Went back to Cree this morning and got quick limits on coho and springs. We ran flash flies, skinny gs and coho killers in a variety of colored and everything was working. Bite was best between 5:15 when we dropped lines and 7, then it picked back up on slack tide.
Hey, I just posted.on the ukee side about targeting sablefish during my trip there in a couple weeks, would you be willing to share any Intel? We're you using spreader bars or lead jigs? and what depth of water you found them at? Thx
BigBadBrad
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Heard of a couple early Robertson Chinook poking their nose in the canal. Friend landed one sockeye fishing yesterday. 14lb bronzed back buck missing an adipose fin…..I will let you do the math.
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Hi Brambles - it's my first time catching sable fish so I'm no expert. To specifically target them you need to fish really deep. We were fishing in about 220 ft of water near a drop off of about 200 ft. very close to rat nose. We were targeting hali and using traditional hali gear and bait. We started catching sables when we tossed bait down on a smaller sized hook. There wasn't much to it. The difference maker seems to be a bit of luck as to whether they have come up from deeper water. If I were to try again, I'd set up in some shallower water around 200ft, near a drop off on anchor. Then I'd toss my normal hali gear as well as some smaller baited hooks and hope i get lucky.
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Calum
Thanks Calum, that's super helpful..
Umos
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Just got back from a few days fishing out of Bamfield. Fishing seemed really good for this time of year. Our first day was our only full day fishing, starting at Beale without luck then over to Cree where we got a teener Chinook and three coho. Headed off to rats nose and got our limits of Hali pretty quick on anchor, all smalls though. The next day we fished cree for a couple ours and got a couple Chinook and couple coho. We then headed out of the sound a bit for lings. Now I know ling fishing is meant to be the easiest fishing, ‘they’re everywhere’, but I have never had much luck finding them when I’ve looked. This time was different, starting right away w a nice 20 pounder, then 15 and a couple more 10s. Then something crazy happened, some beast took my hook and started peeling line and thrashing head, I pushed my squall 40 to max drag and couped the spool with my thumb, I managed to get it stopped and take 6 cranks up before it decided it pull again. It completely buckled my rod and took line before breaking off. I had 80 lb broad and a short 55lb mono leader, which I sure regret, would have loved to see what that fish was. Couldn’t have been bottom bc of the head thrashing and give and take of line, and I think a seal would have peeled line way faster. Huge ling, Hali? Anyway, final day we fished another couple hours at Cree, for our limit of coho and a couple teener Chinook. then went back out for Lings, getting skunked at a few new spots we tried, then picked up two more from the same spot we had luck the day before.White hoochie consistent outperformed spoons for salmon, fishing 45-65 on the rigger. Pipe jig was the performer for Lings and rockfish.
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ryanonthevedder
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Probably a nice shark. There are some nice sized salmon sharks and threshers caught out there from time to time.
What size of pipe jig were you using? Any bait or skirts?
Thanks for the report!
Umos
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Shark, that makes sense.
1/2” x 8” pipe jig w now skirt or bait. Someone gave it to me, but I will be making a bunch before heading WCVI again.
Also forgot to mention a happening out there. One of the mornings around 7am w the bite on a small boat yelled out for help, he’d wrapped his prop w the rigger line and was drifting to the rocks around cree. when we got in there he was about 10’ from the rocks w a good sized swell. He didn’t have a line ready so I threw one and he tied it to his railing, which quickly pulled out from the glass. He retied to one of his bow cleats and I started inching them out in reverse but it gave too and flew into my anchor well. This time I asked him to lean over and tie to his bow eye, which held. Got him out, swapped to a stern clear on my boat and towed them down to effingham where he had a buddy boat. Nice guy, and we were happy to help of course, but would have been smart to drop his anchor, or at least ready a line while we approached.
1/2” x 8” pipe jig w now skirt or bait. Someone gave it to me, but I will be making a bunch before heading WCVI again.
Also forgot to mention a happening out there. One of the mornings around 7am w the bite on a small boat yelled out for help, he’d wrapped his prop w the rigger line and was drifting to the rocks around cree. when we got in there he was about 10’ from the rocks w a good sized swell. He didn’t have a line ready so I threw one and he tied it to his railing, which quickly pulled out from the glass. He retied to one of his bow cleats and I started inching them out in reverse but it gave too and flew into my anchor well. This time I asked him to lean over and tie to his bow eye, which held. Got him out, swapped to a stern clear on my boat and towed them down to effingham where he had a buddy boat. Nice guy, and we were happy to help of course, but would have been smart to drop his anchor, or at least ready a line while we approached.
SpringVelocity
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Sorry a little delayed on my post. Spent Canada Day weekend in Bamfield taking out one of my friends from Sooke/Vic who hasn't fished up here before.
Fishing and weather was great. Found it was more about finding the bait this trip, and working the tide changes. Fished all over (Cree/Austin, Kirby, Edward King).
Fishing and weather was great. Found it was more about finding the bait this trip, and working the tide changes. Fished all over (Cree/Austin, Kirby, Edward King).
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SpringVelocity
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It is small mostly.
trophywife
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small spoons and big white hootchies, turds.
RBL
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#3 Kingfishers are deadly around Cree right now. They are hitting hootchies too.
Hey! Was I talking to you at the ramp when you were pulling your boat up? I think I recognize the guy in the photo. I pushed the boat out sideways to line up with the trailer.
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