2024 OFFISHALL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread
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Saltwedge
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Yah, day flattened out nicely. Ride back east has some chop though. 1 keeper ling, 4 hatchery coho. Released a few nice wild coho and one Chinook, as well as a few small ling. *Someone* cut buddy’s prawn line (and retied) and stole his weight/prawns. 3 crab traps on Vancouver side picked clean; 4th one gone altogether.
Skins88
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Decent fishing. Too bad about the traps.Yah, day flattened out nicely. Ride back east has some chop though. 1 keeper ling, 4 hatchery coho. Released a few nice wild coho and one Chinook, as well as a few small ling. *Someone* cut buddy’s prawn line (and retied) and stole his weight/prawns. 3 crab traps on Vancouver side picked clean; 4th one gone altogether.
Skins88
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I ended up getting one keeper coho. Just west of RC in the trough. On a double, long line release on the other. Released 3 or 4 chinook as well. Really spunky 10 pounders. Trolled South Bowen to end the day. Action seemed to die once we got into the brown water. Should have stayed west. White hootchie and a blue/silver skinny g.
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Matthias
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Fished Cowan from 8am-noon. 7 chinooks. 6/7 fish came before 930am then it died down.
When packing it in, I reached over to unclip the line from the downrigger when suddenly something (i presume was a coho) grabbed it and gave us a few acrobatic jumps before spitting the hook. No keepers for us
and 1 prawn line with 2 traps stolen.. I put 3 lines in the exact same area and 1 was gone. First time this happened to me. Bummer.
When packing it in, I reached over to unclip the line from the downrigger when suddenly something (i presume was a coho) grabbed it and gave us a few acrobatic jumps before spitting the hook. No keepers for us
and 1 prawn line with 2 traps stolen.. I put 3 lines in the exact same area and 1 was gone. First time this happened to me. Bummer.It if was cut and retied it probably got tangles up with a commercial trap string. i had them lay over my line and i could not pull it up, went back the next day after they pulled theirs and my line was cut and retied. I dont prawn anymore when the commercial are open.Yah, day flattened out nicely. Ride back east has some chop though. 1 keeper ling, 4 hatchery coho. Released a few nice wild coho and one Chinook, as well as a few small ling. *Someone* cut buddy’s prawn line (and retied) and stole his weight/prawns. 3 crab traps on Vancouver side picked clean; 4th one gone altogether.
Rain City
Crew Member
I swear they do it on purpose sometimes. I'm sure I'll get some private messages about that comment lol
JKOZAK
Active Member
Great job. I didn’t have as much success. Fished Cowan to RC at the same timeframe but no bites at all. White hootchie at 70ft.Fished Cowan from 8am-noon. 7 chinooks. 6/7 fish came before 930am then it died down.
When packing it in, I reached over to unclip the line from the downrigger when suddenly something (i presume was a coho) grabbed it and gave us a few acrobatic jumps before spitting the hook. No keepers for us
Pineapple Express
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I posted yesterday in my excitement about catching coho over at Nanaimo area (Five Fingers). My day started out off Worlcombe around 08:30. First line in the water was a flashy greenish hootchie and I hooked a coho immediately. Lost it near the boat while getting the net out. Water seemed pretty clear up that way (no Fraser silt). Only stayed for a short while before heading over to Nanaimo.
Slammin_salmon
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Has Anyone had any luck by Sechelt in that little area you can keep marked and unmarked coho?
ab1752
Crew Member
Absolutely not, total deaded zone.
demco99
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Where is this little area? 29-1? I can’t find anything in the regs about unmarked coho retention in the Sechelt area??
Pineapple Express
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Best to ask the crowd in this thread:
2024 Secret Cove, Pender Harbour and Texada Reports
Post your fishing reports here.
sportfishingbc.com
Looks to me like there's more options for coho retention on the inside of Sechelt Inlet. That's quite the trip from Vancouver by boat!
BC tidal area 16 - Sechelt Inlet, Jervis Inlet, Texada Island: Recreational fishing limits, openings and closures | Pacific Region | Fisheries and Oceans Canada
BC tidal area 16 - Sechelt Inlet, Jervis Inlet, Texada Island: Recreational fishing limits, openings and closures
Fish Wistler
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HITW yesterday 4pm to 730pm. Hooked 6 landed 4. All springs, smallest 10lb biggest mid teens. 99ft - 180 spoons and hoochies both produced
Pineapple Express
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Getting a head start to get dialed in for Sept 1 chinook opening day!
Actually, check this out. This area is closed for any fishing for chinook right now.
Ken J
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FN0457-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Coho - Areas 11 to 20, 111, and Subareas 29-1 to 29-5 - Coho Management Measures - Effective June 1, 2024
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That portion of Subarea 29-1 in front of Chapman Creek of Davis Bay and Trail Bay, inside a half mile ribbon boundary (1/2 mile offshore), commencing from one half mile true South of the Western boundary of Snickett Park (49 degrees
27.625'N and 123 degrees 45.903'W to one half mile true South of the marker at the entrance to the Port Stalashin Marina (49 degrees 25.875'N and 123 degrees
42.824'W):
Effective 00:01 hours June 1, 2024, until 23:59 hours December 31, 2024, you may retain two (2) Coho per day (hatchery marked or unmarked).
Ken J
Active Member
The retention options for the Porpoise Bay area was to target the coho returning to the Native hatchery by the provincial park, which was a really good fishery. The hatchery has been shut down for 5 plus years if memory is correct and there are hardly any coho returning to the area now. At one point in time DFO was going to put 10 or 20K coho into the Inlet annually to replace the lost hatchery production, but I don't know if that ever got going.Best to ask the crowd in this thread:
2024 Secret Cove, Pender Harbour and Texada Reports
Post your fishing reports here.sportfishingbc.com
Looks to me like there's more options for coho retention on the inside of Sechelt Inlet. That's quite the trip from Vancouver by boat!
BC tidal area 16 - Sechelt Inlet, Jervis Inlet, Texada Island: Recreational fishing limits, openings and closures | Pacific Region | Fisheries and Oceans Canada
BC tidal area 16 - Sechelt Inlet, Jervis Inlet, Texada Island: Recreational fishing limits, openings and closureswww.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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