2024 Bamfield and Barkley Sound Reports
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TipUp
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Looking good! Curious to know what you use the wedding band to target?
ryanonthevedder
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Everyone is banging on about how small the bait is, so I rigged it up with a 36" 30lb leader and a 2/0 gammy. Hoping for a 40lb spring
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dglass
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Rooting for you! Curious to see how it goes. I'll be out putting around the bamfield wall with preg wife and aunt from WA for a bit on saturday.Everyone is banging on about how small the bait is, so I rigged it up with a 36" 30lb leader and a 2/0 gammy. Hoping for a 40lb spring
hey everyone,
Im looking to head up to bamfield in August to fish the inside for some chinook. I have the option of taking 3-5th off or the 17-19th off. If you where to choose, what dates would you choose to go fish. We have a small 16ft boat so will be fishing the inside from poets nook to the bamfield wall.
Im looking to head up to bamfield in August to fish the inside for some chinook. I have the option of taking 3-5th off or the 17-19th off. If you where to choose, what dates would you choose to go fish. We have a small 16ft boat so will be fishing the inside from poets nook to the bamfield wall.
SpringVelocity
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17 to 19th if it were me.
Might come down to when you can get accommodation. The later date if you can.
Thunder21
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I was down on Tues/Wed. Got 6 sockeye on the way down and the fishing in the sound was slow for me. Got into a few smaller springs. I hooked something huge at Meares first thing Wednesday am. Had me in the backing right away and so I basically had to make a turn towards it or snap off and when I did he popped off. Wind caught me etc. Bit of a rodeo being solo. Must have been a big Hali.
It’s most likely a seal, he took 2 fish from me last week, same area.
tyeegalore
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17th to 19th for sure for me
coriba
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You always troll that fast?!
Love the old yellow fiberglass rod!
Buckethead905
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SpringVelocity
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I hope your kidding.
ryanonthevedder
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SAME!!! There is a resident seal that you will never see until he takes your fish. He literally took it darn near out of the net, a few feet off the stern. Same spot.
dglass
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I caught the same “Hali” there in may. Except it was a rock lol. Sure looked like there was action though.
sudsy
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Got back yesterday from our trip to bamfield - we were there 17th, 18th, 19th and back om the 20th.
We ran up from sooke at 6am on the 17th and got slammed by a north wind and opposing ebb tide. Took us 4 hrs to get up but the boat handled it.
Overall it Seemed slow compared to previous trips and reports. We ground out 10 springs, 3 halibut (15-20lbs) and few rockfish and 2x 80cm lingcod.
Kirby and Meares were our go too spots. And 7 miles off beale for hali - tons of small ones but we picked through to get some bigger ones. We had an estimated 100lber ( 165cm ) while on anchor that was exciting.
Calm flat water and north wind at our stern made for a super comfy ride back - cruised 28 knots the hole way back.
We kept our fish whole on ice and we were met by 3 DFO officers at jocks dock in sooke and all was good.
We ran up from sooke at 6am on the 17th and got slammed by a north wind and opposing ebb tide. Took us 4 hrs to get up but the boat handled it.
Overall it Seemed slow compared to previous trips and reports. We ground out 10 springs, 3 halibut (15-20lbs) and few rockfish and 2x 80cm lingcod.
Kirby and Meares were our go too spots. And 7 miles off beale for hali - tons of small ones but we picked through to get some bigger ones. We had an estimated 100lber ( 165cm ) while on anchor that was exciting.
Calm flat water and north wind at our stern made for a super comfy ride back - cruised 28 knots the hole way back.
We kept our fish whole on ice and we were met by 3 DFO officers at jocks dock in sooke and all was good.
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