Northfish
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Separation Head. We had the best success away from the fleet while finding our own separate schools.
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spring fever
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ThanksSeparation Head. We had the best success away from the fleet while finding our own separate schools.
Timecrunch
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Went up early this morning, saw sockeye jumping constantly from the time we left disco harbour until we got just south of plumper. Fished the wall there during the early am slack and then fished plumper. Lots of sockeye, lots of pinks. Lost a pile on the way up to the boat so I’ll be upping my hook size from 1/0 to 3/0 or more for the next outing. On the way back saw sockeye jumping in the middle of the narrows. Just insane amount of fish and as many boats to boot hahaha, does everyone else lose a ton on the way up as well? Any tricks to keep these little head smashing savages hooked? Awesome trip regardless!
Side note: seeing a ton of people out by the lighthouse in small groups, are people hitting sockeye close to town possibly in the back eddy by cape mudge during the ebb?
Side note: seeing a ton of people out by the lighthouse in small groups, are people hitting sockeye close to town possibly in the back eddy by cape mudge during the ebb?
Timecrunch
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I expected to lose some, but not 90% hahaha, thanks for the info!
Dogbreath
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Point your rod straight at the fish reel it right toward you/lift or swing it into the boat there's little to no 'sport' you don't let them fight at all just lift & swing.
(Did this by accident one year on a good sized Spring and Man did we feel Stupid because they were Closed-managed to get it back in the water in record time though)
(Did this by accident one year on a good sized Spring and Man did we feel Stupid because they were Closed-managed to get it back in the water in record time though)
Northfish
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We had a 90% landing ratio with my assist hook style rigging and 3/0 barbless octopus hooks. Lighter rods that absorb the impact and kokanee dodgers that don't work the hook loose contributed to that as well. Some anglers in Alberni use large spoons instead of unlined flashers, and I've found that to be way more effective as well.
westercoaster222
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How deep is the fishing usually? And how suitable are these spots for a smaller boat. We have a 13' Whaler, with just one rigger, so would be running one rod or maybe two max. Might take the boat up to Granite Bay, and come down from lauching there.
If you go Granite bay road be aware it is really rough, a friend took it yesterday.
WesternStar
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Heading up to browns bay this weekend for the first time, never fished that side before. Any advice for nearby spots for springs and sox? On here or dm would be very much appreciated, cheers!
seahorse
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Deepwater, Plumper, the wall just north of Browns Bay and Greensea further up across from the Chatham lighthouse. Just look for the boats.
SpringFever2359
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Where’s everyone going? The sockeye are it the bay! Guests back on the dock by 8am limited out. There’s a lot of sockeye here!.
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As @seahorse mentioned look for the boats
Gearbox Paul
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I plan on going sox fishing on Friday. I feel silly but it's been so long since I've targeted sockeye that I can't remember how to fish for them. Pink squirt hootchies behind red or green flashers if I recall? 18" leaders? Slow troll I think. Depth 50-100' ? Does that sound about right?
Appreciate if someone can chime in and correct me if I've got it wrong. Thanks in advance.
Appreciate if someone can chime in and correct me if I've got it wrong. Thanks in advance.
Seas The Moment
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That would be about right Paul..early morning you may not have to go that deep...stack rods and dummy flashers..have fun out there going to hit it Thursday morning myself
Timecrunch
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We tried yesterday during the morning flood, they were launching all over on the edge of the tide rip between the hump and red can, managed to hook into one but after that it was just action free with Sox flying in our faces, I’ll also say though that I wasn’t running dummies at the time and we were actively targeting chinook and coho
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