2024 OFFISHALL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Rain City]

Yes, that is a known entity with them, but they work well and are sure popular. Have you tried the Needle G version? It’s the same spoon shape and color combo, but it’s three times as thick. They might not be as easy to find, but they do make them. it might not flutter as well, so that remains to be seen.

Man, fishing must be sloooooow out there lol

 

[Alison2]

Not much of a report but it’s something. West of Cowan today for a few hours at tide change. Saw lots of boats moving from one location to another…not a great sign. Not a lot of action but managed two marked coho at 50’ with the west coast fishing tackle chrome zone flasher doing all the work.

 

[Squire]

Nice job on the catching and an even better job on the filleting. I was doing well with the WCFT chartreuse flasher and sex-e spoon for both the coho and spring.

 

[Aquaholic]

Not much of a report but it’s something. West of Cowan today for a few hours at tide change. Saw lots of boats moving from one location to another…not a great sign. Not a lot of action but managed two marked coho at 50’ with the west coast fishing tackle chrome zone flasher doing all the work.

Nice job dressing those fish.

 

[cambrowne]

I was out last evening at Cowan. Lines in the water 6-8 PM. A little lumpy.

2 wild coho. One at 42 on the rigger with a gold nugget and a dummy flasher and the other was at 72ft with a white flash hoochie and green/silver flasher. Saw a few nets out, but didn't mark much on the sounder.

 

[Fish Wistler]

South Bowen today 1pm-5pm 4 hatch coho. My 3 biggest of the year, all bucks. Lost 4 or 5. Skinny G and Hootchies both equally effective. Countless shakers, checked lines every 10 minutes because half the time there was a 8 inch salmon hanging off the end. More shakers on the skinny g than hootchie.

 

[TraderTrev]

Has anyone had success jigging for salmon around Vancouver? I'm renting a small boat next week planning on taking some buzz bombs and zinngers and maybe heading to the cap

 

[Aquaholic]

South Bowen today 1pm-5pm 4 hatch coho. My 3 biggest of the year, all bucks. Lost 4 or 5. Skinny G and Hootchies both equally effective. Countless shakers, checked lines every 10 minutes because half the time there was a 8 inch salmon hanging off the end. More shakers on the skinny g than hootchie.

yes to the shakers, every 10 minutes I have been checking. Set a different depth after checking can be effective too, change it up a few feet every time.

 

[Rain City]

Has anyone had success jigging for salmon around Vancouver? I'm renting a small boat next week planning on taking some buzz bombs and zinngers and maybe heading to the cap

Yes but not unless they're really stacked up. I'd advise you to stay West of the Pink Apartment to avoid being that sitting duck in the middle of the fleet of boats attempting to troll around you. The currents are also ripping if you're right near the mouth. Good luck!

 

[TraderTrev]

Yes but not unless they're really stacked up. I'd advise you to stay West of the Pink Apartment to avoid being that sitting duck in the middle of the fleet of boats attempting to troll around you. The currents are also ripping if you're right near the mouth. Good luck!

Much appreciated! Thanks for the help. Would there be any other locations aside from the cap? Leaving from Granville Island 18 ft boat 50Hp on the back

 

[Rain City]

Much appreciated! Thanks for the help. Would there be any other locations aside from the cap? Leaving from Granville Island 18 ft boat 50Hp on the back

From the Pink Apartment all the way West to the fisheries building. Stay shallow so you can keep on bottom. Look for bait balls on the surface if you don't have a sounder. You could try along Stanley Park if you happen to notice any guide boats already working it.

 

[sweettjim]

Just a quick observation here. One of my fishing partners has been out coho fishing with me a number of times. I troll fast for coho, he has been running a skinny G and flasher, and every trip he is out fishing my barrage of hoochie combinations. That’s a remarkable spoon design that seems to work great for chinook at lower speeds, and coho even with a steep cable angle. (18lb cannonballs).

outfitter skinny g?

 

[sweettjim]

Not much of a report but it’s something. West of Cowan today for a few hours at tide change. Saw lots of boats moving from one location to another…not a great sign. Not a lot of action but managed two marked coho at 50’ with the west coast fishing tackle chrome zone flasher doing all the work.

wow super red coho there

 

[Fish Wistler]

outfitter skinny g?

Trap Shack was hot for me yesterday

 

[Tiki]

Anyone out at south Bowen today? Thinking of heading over but wondering about the waves (and of course the action...)

 

[Gallivanter]

I crossed over to entrance, just finished first pass , one wild ho released and one 69cm Nook in the cooler on a lemon lime with ghost flash fly

 

[Fishy_Willy]

Newbie Here... is there anything like a salmon species expected depth chart out there? (coho usually at "x to y" depth etc)

Any good starter books for Pac NW saltwater fishing people can recommend?

 

[Dunsterman]

Newbie Here... is there anything like a salmon species expected depth chart out there? (coho usually at "x to y" depth etc)

Any good starter books for Pac NW saltwater fishing people can recommend?

 

[Gallivanter]

fished noon to 3:30 at Entrance, sporty this morning for our crossing but laid down nice in the afternoon, got our two Chinook, 2nd one was 80cm on the button, both were Marble springs. Couldn’t find any hatch coho, all 4 were wild and one dog fish.
Caught the bigger nook on a herring aid flasher with a chartreuse teaser head/anchovie at 120’ on the rigger

 

[Marley]

Fished all of south Bowen this afternoon/ evening with @Tiki. Lots of pin poppers and a couple tiny coho but no keepers. They were all over the no bananas today just couldn’t find a keeper or even a consistent bite. Found a bunch of bait later in the day and tried fishing around that but no luck. One small crab, looks like the commercial guys have cleaned them out.