Sea Chaser
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I was using small anchovies on one side and 8”herring on the other . Didn’t get one shaker but had lots of big wild coho taking the herring .
2024 OFFISHALL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread
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Aquaholic
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That was deep, but you're not the only report that had success there. Spoons and hoochies do seem to be working well.
ab1752
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T10 yesterday, 3 nooks from 715 to 830 am all about 16 lbs. Few coho, one stupid doggie due to going too slow, another long line release on a hog that completely knuckle dusted my buddy who bled all over my reel and then quiet until 12:45 pm when we bonked a 22 lb. All reds, all between 90 and 135' on rubber.
BTW I'm still using the same two flashers I started the season with, bite marks and all.
BTW I'm still using the same two flashers I started the season with, bite marks and all.
CBsqrd
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Spent Sunday 11 am - 2 pm and Monday 7 am - 8 am at Sandheads to pick up four each day. All mid teens. Fished anchovies and herring, with the former catching 7 of the 8. Everyone was catching fish on Saturday. We had several jacks, a wild coho and a dogfish Saturday. Looked slower on Sunday, but was better for us, couldn’t get the second rod in the water for the last three.
Best entertainment on Sunday was listening to channel 16 and the usual summer long weekend shenanigans. Caught the CG side of three separate mayday calls - one near Victoria and one in the US with a boat run aground and stuck on a reef.
The last one was a 28 ft Grady White Marlin off Point Grey that was taking on water around 1 pm. Anyone here see what happened? The Grady couldn’t give their position properly which created all kinds of confusion. First they said they were about a mile from Point Grey (without giving the heading), then they gave their GPS coordinates, but those put them off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Sounded like they were actually three miles off Point Grey in the end. Several private boats called in to help and eventually the hovercraft showed up.
Best entertainment on Sunday was listening to channel 16 and the usual summer long weekend shenanigans. Caught the CG side of three separate mayday calls - one near Victoria and one in the US with a boat run aground and stuck on a reef.
The last one was a 28 ft Grady White Marlin off Point Grey that was taking on water around 1 pm. Anyone here see what happened? The Grady couldn’t give their position properly which created all kinds of confusion. First they said they were about a mile from Point Grey (without giving the heading), then they gave their GPS coordinates, but those put them off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Sounded like they were actually three miles off Point Grey in the end. Several private boats called in to help and eventually the hovercraft showed up.
Bottomfeeder1
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Impressive!!
FishDoc
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We finally got out, the bro and me yesterday... lost so many, but still got our limit off Sandheads yesterday, two reds and two whites. Had a sea lion grab one 5 feet from the boat and my brother just let the line loose... I was like what are you doing. He said I saw this on Instagram with sharks chasing hooked marlin.... well sure enough the salmon got away and we were able to land it.
I just had some really large older herring I had caught a few years back. First light we got nailed as soon as we dropped the line one on side. Chinook came off beside boat as it jumped. Then dropped second rod down and bam a huge male sockeye, crazy. Never thought they'd chew a big herring. Then again big herring had about a 25 pounder in the net boatside but made a head fake and back running another hundreds yards. Somehow on the way back in line just went loose. Finally landed a nice white around 20. Then our herring just stopped working. Everyone was just nailing them on anchovies it seems. We switched around and started getting them on white hootchies as well with the odd wild coho in the mix.
Guess I should have bought some anchovies or smaller herring. I got some underwater footage... so many Chinook trailing the hootchie and not biting. Amazing.
I just had some really large older herring I had caught a few years back. First light we got nailed as soon as we dropped the line one on side. Chinook came off beside boat as it jumped. Then dropped second rod down and bam a huge male sockeye, crazy. Never thought they'd chew a big herring. Then again big herring had about a 25 pounder in the net boatside but made a head fake and back running another hundreds yards. Somehow on the way back in line just went loose. Finally landed a nice white around 20. Then our herring just stopped working. Everyone was just nailing them on anchovies it seems. We switched around and started getting them on white hootchies as well with the odd wild coho in the mix.
Guess I should have bought some anchovies or smaller herring. I got some underwater footage... so many Chinook trailing the hootchie and not biting. Amazing.
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SalmonDreamer
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wishiniwasfishin1
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Great report! You should post the underwater footage!
Aquaholic
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T10?
pescador
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Aquaholic
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those fish needed a bath before any photo op.
wildmanyeah
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wildmanyeah
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Bit of a bite just came on boxed 1 and lost one did not see it bite as I was marking my licence
Update just missed a pin popper
Update just missed a pin popper
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