2024 OFFISHALL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Digger]

Sandheads today from 8:30-12:30
Fishing out deeper 300-450 feet so much action but mostly coho big wild coho no sign of hatchery managed to scrape out a couple of chinooks around 10 lbs one red one marble all and all a great day man there were lots of fish being caught …. Man those coho where nice looking fresh fish biggest one must of been around 15lbs big hooked nose hit like a freight train
Lots of boats hitting fish around us but didn’t see a lot of fish being released pretty sure and by our catch ratio that some of those must of been wild coho would have been great day day to have a fisheries boat be checking

 

[sweettjim]

First was 34, then just over 30, 3 around 29 and me with a 28.6 which was 40 in the epic seas we smashed through. Just an amazing day on the whole.

mine was 29.17 lbs for the derby

 

[Saltwedge]

Great morning! Left Burrard Civic at 6:10am, first line in the water at Sandheads 7:22, first fish on at 7:22 (in seconds), Chinook Limit for 2 @ 8:25. Fished till 9:30 (fast-trolled short-leashed hootchies looking for a hatchery coho). Got cocky and sent a home-tied bucktail down with no flasher; no luck.

Released a couple very nice wild coho, a couple small Chinook, lost a couple/few… back at dock at 10:30am… fuelled up and home by 11am. ~10 fish to the boat? Two double headers, incl. a double-bag after a solo net job. Lost a big, unseen chinook and called it a day. Fished between 40-75’.

Fishing was HOT; reminded me of Sept.1. Never got to use our bait; started with a glow spoon, a glow hoochie and glow flashers in the low light and quickly realized bait was not necessary; salty herring are back in the freezer. Flat water, crisp air, great morning… even saw a BIG chinook porpoise half out the water on our way home.

My two fish were white; not sure about my buddy’s fish, but at least one was likely white.

 

[Saltwedge]

FYI… let’s reunite this man with his rods!!

 

[A-a-Ron]

Sheesh what a day. After tubbing out early at SH we decided what the hell, let’s cross. Stopped off and gave the doggy a nice walk/break. Then worked the ‘ol honey holes for an hour and scratched up a couple 66cm lings. Drifted for a while had a couple beers and crossed back, flat calm all day. Amazing. Biggest was 23lb

 

[Sea Chaser]

Sheesh what a day. After tubbing out early at SH we decided what the hell, let’s cross. Stopped off and gave the doggy a nice walk/break. Then worked the ‘ol honey holes for an hour and scratched up a couple 66cm lings. Drifted for a while had a couple beers and crossed back, flat calm all day. Amazing. Biggest was 23lb

Now that’s a day you can’t complain about

 

[NorthRiverRed]

That’s why it’s the hero tack lol. If I’m solo I’ll stay out of the pack, but if I got a good guy with me like today, I’m right in there, elbows up

Heading out to SH tomorrow mid-day; hopefully winds behave (getting different picture from Windy vs. WindAlert...).


If I wanted to attempt the "hero tack" where would my route be relative to say the green can and SH platform station ? Water depth, tack direction etc. Or....is that just where majority of boats seem to be following each other ?? Thanks !

 

[A-a-Ron]

Heading out to SH tomorrow mid-day; hopefully winds behave (getting different picture from Windy vs. WindAlert...).


If I wanted to attempt the "hero tack" where would my route be relative to say the green can and SH platform station ? Water depth, tack direction etc. Or....is that just where majority of boats seem to be following each other ?? Thanks !

Good luck Tack is wherever the hell you want lol

 

[NorthRiverRed]

Good luck Tack is wherever the hell you want lol

OK ! I like your attitude ! Thanks !

 

[Pineapple Express]

Haha my boat is squished in next to the seahawks whaler. The other guy must have pulled out as that lighter blue thing was next to me, neat build.

Nice...it looked like a beautiful day to be out on the boat!

Was that lighter-blue boat one of the new ABD boats?

 

[Sea Chaser]

What a day yesterday at sand heads . Arms are killing me from the non stop action. Barely had time to drink a beer . **** on a plate conditions . Can’t believe the size of the coho. Seems like they just keep getting bigger and bigger . The creel survey dude at the launch says lots of people are mistakenly keeping them as they think there chinook because the the size .
Saw the orcas heading towards T10 when heading in around 130-2.
humpies in the distance too.
Stellar day.

 

[Pineapple Express]

What a day yesterday at sand heads . Arms are killing me from the non stop action. Barely had time to drink a beer . **** on a plate conditions . Can’t believe the size of the coho. Seems like they just keep getting bigger and bigger . The creel survey dude at the launch says lots of people are mistakenly keeping them as they think there chinook because the the size .
Saw the orcas heading towards T10 when heading in around 130-2.
humpies in the distance too.
Stellar day.

What time were you out there?

I'm heading out today for a short outing with some excited youngsters. Thinking Cowans or T10. Fishing 11:00-14:00ish (which means on the ebb tide)

 

[Rain City]

Nice...it looked like a beautiful day to be out on the boat!

Was that lighter-blue boat one of the new ABD boats?

Yes, it looked pretty impressive on the water.

 

[easydoesit]

Lines in the water at 0800. Fish on before I reached for the second rod. Busy until about 11:00, then slow for us next three hours. Limited about 2 pm. Anchovy and white hoochy. Most at 45-55 feet. Caught and released the biggest pink salmon I’ve ever seen and a number of good size Coho (no keepers). Fish were being caught over a huge area. Didn’t seem to matter much where you fished. Boats were all over.

 

[Sea Chaser]

What time were you out there?

I'm heading out today for a short outing with some excited youngsters. Thinking Cowans or T10. Fishing 11:00-14:00ish (which means on the ebb tide)

Launched around 7 am lines in the water around 8am.

 

[jcon12]

Stopped by T10 around 1030am yesterday.. had about 20 minutes of no action and decided to continue on to sandheads. Caught an unusual amount of chum.

Once the slack was done it was bonkers. We had a double header.. mine spit the hook and my buddy was hooked into something well into the 40+ range. Consistently thought he snagged bottom it had so much weight to it. After an epic fight it bent the hook and got off.

Next fish was a mid 20's.. just as we go for the net it made a final run straight into the prop and cut the line.

Finished up the day with our limits ranging from 10-18lbs.

One epic double header where we left one fish in the rod holder for a solid 5+ minutes making runs. Ended up with both in the net together.

We fished around the 5-600' foot range and all action was at 75' again. The biggest was on a hootchie and everything else on anchovies and herring that were refrozen 7 times.

 

[Aquaholic]

Sand Heads was apparently in a giving mood yesterday. Many similar reports of impressive numbers over a wide area.

 

[Kent78]

Anybody off San Heads today? If so, how is the sea state with the SE wind? Thanks.

 

[Saltwedge]

Anybody off San Heads today? If so, how is the sea state with the SE wind? Thanks.

Everyone’s nursing their knuckles from yesterday.

 

[adanac]

mine was 29.17 lbs for the derby

Nice job jimbo! How deep ?