Rain City
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2024 Secret Cove, Pender Harbour and Texada Reports
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sly_karma
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Epsom or Smuggler?
adanac
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Buy from bucaneer marina , 15 dollars a dozen
adanac
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Epsom was very slow this morning compared to yesterday . Two chinook from 7 - 10 am . Both very healthy sized fish though .
Moved to sangster and drifted with our live bait off the south end , ended up in a slew of nice sized hatchery coho and a few again very healthy sized chinook . Such an amazing weekend of fishing , this area of the coast has to be one of my all time favourites to fish .
Moved to sangster and drifted with our live bait off the south end , ended up in a slew of nice sized hatchery coho and a few again very healthy sized chinook . Such an amazing weekend of fishing , this area of the coast has to be one of my all time favourites to fish .
Rain City
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Thankfully it's an unpopular opinion.
wishiniwasfishin1
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Were you using banana weights when drifting ? How many oz? Sounds like a great weekend
adanac
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Cptn_Adventure
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Fished the south end of Thormanby and Epsom yesterday evening, and it was very quite compared to last weekend. Some nice springs at the south end, and one wild coho up north... a couple sea lions were following us around at Epsom and seemed to be hunting. Once they showed up everything went dead.
Guess we should have shot over to Sangster!
demco99
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I spent a few days fishing Epsom last summer. Fun spot. What are the salmon spots on the south end of thormanby?
Cptn_Adventure
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The structures around Pirate rock often deliver, and once in a while you might find a school around Bertha Island
Cptn_Adventure
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Both of those things are definitely true.
I've not made a contribution yet, but you definitely have to keep a close watch. Found a pinnacle that wasn't on the chart and left a little reminder in my cannon ball to be careful. Epsom is the place to go to cruise around and relax. Sandy bottoms are a hell of a lot more forgiving.
EAGLE ROCK
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Happy to report that there are still salmon (coho mostly) at Epsom. Sea lions active again close to shore, didn't bother us. And at the south end of Thormanby we caught a large spring (20 lbs?) which swam off quickly when released. As did the wild coho. All were shallow .. 30-45', trolling faster than usual. Even for the spring!
What kind and size of hooks are you using and how do you keep the herring on the hook?
Thanks
Brando
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They have all the stuff at the fuel dock at bucaneer prices are fair. Bob is awesome and I’m sure would show you how to rig one up.
Mooching 101 - Buccaneer Marina
1. Anchor in a classic mooching location. Ie. Epsom Point, Young Point, Point Upwood, The Gap. 2. Use a minimum 10’ leader. This is so that the herring is able to swim freely and appear more natural to the approaching salmon. Use #12, #10 or # 8 debarbed treble hooks and 2oz or 3oz max mooching
www.buccaneermarina.com
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