Rain City
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They're already in Vancouver Harbour and south Bowen. I don't see why they wouldn't be around somwhere. Maybe French Creek is an option.
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Cptn_Adventure
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I was reading those reports and getting jealous! Might try the south end of Thormanby or Sangster tonight. Anyone been over to Sangster lately?
TheHurtLocker
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You don’t get to many hatchery coho at Epsom for some reason. Last year was an exception, but still not numbers like French Creek, Sangster.
sly_karma
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South end FTW.
As of Friday they did.
Cptn_Adventure
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I saw Bob heading out on the fishing boat on Saturday - hopefully they filled the tank.
ab1752
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Yep
myles
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Can you be a little more specific
Brando
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How deep?
MiddlepointBight
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Fished Friday and Saturday at Epsom. Limited out on hatch hos before noon both days, and I've never seen so many chinook out there in 35 years of fishing this area. Mind fully blow - had over 25 doubles and over 50 fish to boat on Saturday. Not bullshitting!! It was silly good. Bait for literal miles from surface to bottom - hatch hoes were mostly loaded with krill, some with herring. Epic fishing. Mid-July cannot come soon enough.
Cptn_Adventure
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What were you using for tackle? What depth were you finding the hatcheries at?
myles
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Don't get me wrong I like hearing general reports for well-known areas as a barometer of productivity and reading about interesting fishing stories. But I don't think we need to spell out the whole game. That being said keep doing your thing I can't stop you.
-Krusty.
MiddlepointBight
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Everything was in the top 80' of water, including the nooks, and as expected, the more of ho's were on the shallow rigger, but they were hitting both sides. Water was gin clear, so anything with a nickel-back (....This is how you remind me, of what I really am.... sorry
) would work - I had a Skinny G on one side and a Big-Eye on the other. Chartreuse and green flashers both equally good. Started fishing the bottom on one side with a black glow flasher then swapped it for green after the chartreuse starting popping off and the rest was history. Couldn't believe the extent of bait out there. Totally bonkers. Georgia Strait is absolutely tee town right now! So great to see. Heard a very similar report way down south at HITW a day or two before - 50 hook ups in a day.
Lack of food for whales? Pass me whatever you're smoking!
Also did not see a single seal out there in 20 hours - not one! Further shows that there are an abundance of salmon, elsewhere. Shitload of birds though and they usually were sitting on baitballs holding a lot of fish.
Tight lines!
ps. heard another report from South Thormanby (near Pirate Rock) - biiiigggg schools of coho with multiple hookups spin-casting. Great spot to hit up if you really want to target hos.
Cptn_Adventure
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Appreciate it the details! I'll be back out on Sunday. Hopefully they're still there!Everything was in the top 80' of water, including the nooks, and as expected, the more of ho's were on the shallow rigger, but they were hitting both sides. Water was gin clear, so anything with a nickel-back (....This is how you remind me, of what I really am.... sorry
Couldn't believe the extent of bait out there. Totally bonkers. Georgia Strait is absolutely tee town right now! So great to see. Heard a very similar report way down south at HITW a day or two before - 50 hook ups in a day.
Lack of food for whales? Pass me whatever you're smoking!
Also did not see a single seal out there in 20 hours - not one! Further shows that there are an abundance of salmon, elsewhere. Shitload of birds though and they usually were sitting on baitballs holding a lot of fish.
Tight lines!
ps. heard another report from South Thormanby (near Pirate Rock) - biiiigggg schools of coho with multiple hookups spin-casting. Great spot to hit up if you really want to target hos.
I was down at the south end and had lots of fun on Sunday. Lots of big springs, quite a few coho, but only one hatchery marked.
MiddlepointBight
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Beauty! Such an awesome month in this part of the world.
EAGLE ROCK
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Thanks to MiddlepointBigh's encouragement, we spent a few hours at Epsom yesterday morning and there was lots of action. 65-80' down in shallower water (average 120'deep) with purple flasher and spoon. In 2 hrs we got 2 hatchery cohos, 4 wild released, 1 hatchery spring released, and several big strikes likely spring that got off. Our coho were stuffed with herring. There were sea lions close to shore having a splash party.
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