2024 OFFISHALL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread
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Pineapple Express
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Is that @jcon12 's app?
Out at Halibut Bank what is the 5.7 value indicating?
The "official" page for the Halibut Bank buoy is showing wave height of 0.67m and period of 3.9sec at 07:00hrs. At 06:00hrs it was 0.76m at 4.0sec.
Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo - South Coast - Environment Canada
Marine weather forecasts, warnings, synopsis, and ice conditions. Hundreds of land and buoy station observations across Canada are also available
Aquaholic
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Dark circles are wave height. Sportyapp uses the full height.Is that @jcon12 's app?
Out at Halibut Bank what is the 5.7 value indicating?
The "official" page for the Halibut Bank buoy is showing wave height of 0.67m and period of 3.9sec at 07:00hrs. At 06:00hrs it was 0.76m at 4.0sec.
Strait of Georgia - south of Nanaimo - South Coast - Environment Canada
Marine weather forecasts, warnings, synopsis, and ice conditions. Hundreds of land and buoy station observations across Canada are also availablewww.weather.gc.ca
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Kinda odd that the app reports double what the standard method of wave measurement would be.
I wonder where the data comes from? You posted at 06:30hrs. The Environment Canada Halibut Bank data is posted hourly. At 06:00hrs the wave height was advertised as 0.76m. If you take 0.76m and convert to feet you get 2.49ft. Double that to get the trough to crest measurement that you're saying the app displays that's only 5ft (well, 4.99ft). The app screenshot is displaying 5.7ft.
Anyway, I wish we were reading more reports from fishing...
Aquaholic
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@jcon12 please chime in.
When he discussed on here about making the app, he did say it would use the double height that you do see on some other systems. There were members who agreed that it is a truer version of what is happening.
Regarding the timing, as it is a fluid thing (pun not intended) the wave height could have been for slightly earlier? Just a guess.
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I too did HITW yesterday morning before the winds chased us off the water. I've been fishing this area constantly this year and have DNA sampled 50+. The fish have been much bigger than years past (doing this for 5 yrs now). But yesterday was worth mentioning. Hooked into a 20 lb (80 mm) that took me on a wild run constantly stripping line. Had to turn the boat around to follow it as it just didn't want to move. So a 20 lb for this area has been a personal best and I'm impressed with what happening in this area. Consistently big fish this year. It's a good sign that there will be some very big fish come the fall. Really looking forward when sampling reports are posted and where this one came from.
Aquaholic
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I thought it was accurate. I should’ve took the screenshot that shows the graph when you click on the wave height and posted that as well but it’s too late now.
Zodiac fisher
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Fishing report: no coho, bycatch chinook on coho gear (x8). About 15 boats working South Bowen from Cowan to RC. Nice day.
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Fish Wistler
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Wow, 20lbs. I believe it. My biggest on monday, straightened(ish) my hook, saw it beside the boat looked high teens. Definitely going back to do some more sampling.
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Don Haraguchi
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That’s Gibbs spoons for ya, all right.
fishinforever
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Whatever spoon that may be is not the manufacturers fault lolThat’s Gibbs spoons for ya, all right.
sherrett
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Fished for 45 minutes yesterday around 4 pm around the contours of Joe Smith Creek, Chaster Creek outlets looking for some coho.
No coho for me. But some really aggressive chinooks. I was fishing high up in the water column – ~60' in anywhere from 140' to 240' – and trolling fast and still couldn't keep the chinooks off. 3 to the boat in the 12 lbs range and marked lots more deeper that I didn't want to target.
Checking the fishing journal, I didn't find any hatchery coho last year until June 25 so my sense is they're still moving in to local waters.
No coho for me. But some really aggressive chinooks. I was fishing high up in the water column – ~60' in anywhere from 140' to 240' – and trolling fast and still couldn't keep the chinooks off. 3 to the boat in the 12 lbs range and marked lots more deeper that I didn't want to target.
Checking the fishing journal, I didn't find any hatchery coho last year until June 25 so my sense is they're still moving in to local waters.
Aquaholic
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Just got back from that washing machine out in the harbor and east and south Bowen. Those greedy chinook should not keep taking the coho gear. My partner estimated one we released was around 24 pounds. Seven keepers in the crab traps and now back at the dock. No hatchery coho though.
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