2025 Gulf Island Reports

hey guys, once again, I’m chiming in looking for a little help- heading out of Cowichan Bay on where I might be able to find some crab and or prawns. I will be taking some guests out 27th and 28th and would like to attempt to get some fresh seafood crab prawn. Ling and salmon would be the holy Grail on the two days.-thanks for those that have posted
 
hey guys, once again, I’m chiming in looking for a little help- heading out of Cowichan Bay on where I might be able to find some crab and or prawns. I will be taking some guests out 27th and 28th and would like to attempt to get some fresh seafood crab prawn. Ling and salmon would be the holy Grail on the two days.-thanks for those that have posted
Drop the carb traps at bare point in Chemainus and the prawn traps near tent island. Then head out to porlier for lings and chinook. Good numbers of chinook out there and should be coho around.
 
Drop the carb traps at bare point in Chemainus and the prawn traps near tent island. Then head out to porlier for lings and chinook. Good numbers of chinook out there and should be coho around.
Thanks- appreciate that- again at Porlier do you recommend fishing the outside of Galliano or inside waters? I may just look at dropping the boat in at chemainus then would be a shorter run.-also I know I’m really digging here but any tips on where to try for links? I’m really not too experience with the links. I do have the gear but my expertise all my life has been hard-core salmon.
 
Hahaha, we can tell you're not too experienced with the "Links" cod... ;) Use your chart and watch your sounder while travelling in an area, look for heavily variable structure, aka lots of places to hide. The missing links will be there somewhere. They will be a little picked over at this time of year. I'd suggest checking out spots on the outside of Porlier for both salmon and ling. You can also try slowing your salmon trolling gear down and dropping it closer to some structure, and occasionally that will work for lings as well.
 
Thanks- appreciate that- again at Porlier do you recommend fishing the outside of Galliano or inside waters? I may just look at dropping the boat in at chemainus then would be a shorter run.-also I know I’m really digging here but any tips on where to try for links? I’m really not too experience with the links. I do have the gear but my expertise all my life has been hard-core salmon.
Head outside of the pass and fish along galiano island. Coho should be fairly shallow. If you time the currents right try jigging the pinnacles in the pass or troll some swim baits on the bottom
 
Hahaha, we can tell you're not too experienced with the "Links" cod... ;) Use your chart and watch your sounder while travelling in an area, look for heavily variable structure, aka lots of places to hide. The missing links will be there somewhere. They will be a little picked over at this time of year. I'd suggest checking out spots on the outside of Porlier for both salmon and ling. You can also try slowing your salmon trolling gear down and dropping it closer to some structure, and occasionally that will work for lings as well.
Lol- thanks- have def caught them dragging bottom but not so much jigging- talmon on the other hand…
 
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