2025 Nanaimo Reports
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SpringVelocity
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Yeah wind look crappy next few days. Might be break tomorrow evening.
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Thanks.
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Aces
Well-Known Member
It’s been blowing for days. I snuck out in a slower velocity window. Luckily there was a tide change as well.
SpringVelocity
Crew Member
Your boat is a tank. You could probably sneak out anytime in that thing. Still looks bad on webcam might slow down later.
Aces
Well-Known Member
After being forced to go out when it was not nice to earn a living I like to choose my conditions now
Squire
Well-Known Member
Got the lines in the water off the flat tops just after three yesterday and only lasted one tack. Wind started out around 11-12 mph and quickly got to the no fun any more level.
That was just enough time to get this nice 76 cm spring that looks like it had a recent narrow escape. If you zoom in you can see what looks like claw marks and a partially shredded gill plate. She also had a large gash across her underside right below the pectoral fins that you can just see the edge of in the pic. This gash was over 4 inches long and an inch wide and starting to heal over. Pretty resilient salmon but she admittedly didn’t have a lot of fight in her.
That was just enough time to get this nice 76 cm spring that looks like it had a recent narrow escape. If you zoom in you can see what looks like claw marks and a partially shredded gill plate. She also had a large gash across her underside right below the pectoral fins that you can just see the edge of in the pic. This gash was over 4 inches long and an inch wide and starting to heal over. Pretty resilient salmon but she admittedly didn’t have a lot of fight in her.
Tomfoolery
Active Member
Beautiful calm evening tonight finally so ran out to Fingers for a fish. Managed one mid slot fatty and a few unders. Caught it at 170ft on an army truck Jughead nano. There were a ton of boats out and a few fish, mainly coho's from what I could see being landed. I didn't see much bait on the sounder at all and the fish we landed had an empty stomach.
I was distressed to see the utter disregard for living creatures with a boat releasing coho by flinging them 10 and 20 feet in the air to slap down on the water. I also saw some bad net jobs and fish that may swim away but they sure as hell aren't going to survive very long. It is really disheartening to see the disrespect some people have for these creatures that are giving their lives to sustain us.
I was distressed to see the utter disregard for living creatures with a boat releasing coho by flinging them 10 and 20 feet in the air to slap down on the water. I also saw some bad net jobs and fish that may swim away but they sure as hell aren't going to survive very long. It is really disheartening to see the disrespect some people have for these creatures that are giving their lives to sustain us.
Babyduck Industries
Member
Went out today for 6:30 to thrasher and it was still pretty bumpy. Just us and one other boat out there. We were able to make two passes and didn’t get a nibble so decided it was too rough to stick around……will keep trying.
A-a-Ron
Well-Known Member
Looks pretty good for this weekend for the Vancouver fleet to come invade. Be out there Sunday
Babyduck Industries
Member
Hahahaha. Yah, I’m sure some guides will be over for sure. Saturday still looks windy so we will see you out there Sunday!
blazin_jason
Member
Yeah we were out around entrance yesterday afternoon and puttered around in the wind and weeds. Landed this marginally oversized pretty quickly. Managed a couple decent keepers, and a few also decent yet unclipped coho. 140-220' riggers, white hoochie, spoons, doesn't really seem to matter much. 
Bearded wonder
Well-Known Member
Out this morning from 5:30-10:30. Pretty quite. Few hits, couple just unders and one 74cm white hatchery. Keeper came around 10am. 85 on the riggers just off Five Fingers Island. No bananas skinny-G, which got bent the reverse way. Wind never really settled down.
Busy launch when retrieving.
Busy launch when retrieving.
Beatuptinny
New Member
Slow morning. 2 bites in 3 hrs, one hatch at 150 on hootchie. Felt like a cork in a washing machine early morning.
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