2025 Nanaimo Reports

[JWS]

Jigged just outside of Silva bay tonight. One hit that didn’t make it to the surface. Beauty night, though. Nice to sit there in silence and watch and listen to the humpbacks out in the middle of the straight.

 

[Brockandahardplace]

Been having great luck with white/pink glow hoochies down deep, chartreuse flasher or blue. Was lucky enough to get a 78 cm Sunday and an 80 cm Monday, coho up high with no bananas and Irish cream spoons

 

[Blue Hewes]

Picked up a 67cm spring (marble) and a hatch coho last night off the fingers. Both on a cop car skinny g. Spring was at 150 and coho was at 75. Released several wild coho with only the 1 hatchery fish. My hatch to wild ratios have not been very good so far this year.

 

[SealTaxCollector]

Fished Thrasher yesterday. Lots of action but all was wild coho and shakers. Got home empty handed. 0 action for Lings also not even small ones.

 

[dmack]

Had a productive beauty evening at Entrance. Got our 3 keeper springs at 170' biggest was a fat 76". Also released an over and kept one hatch coho. Somehow, despite being surrounded by seals none of them got ahold of our fish, though I did horse the over in and have no idea how it didn't end up being a rock sausage sandwich.
Back home before sunset.

 

[Blue Hewes]

Had a productive beauty evening at Entrance. Got our 3 keeper springs at 170' biggest was a fat 76". Also released an over and kept one hatch coho. Somehow, despite being surrounded by seals none of them got ahold of our fish, though I did horse the over in and have no idea how it didn't end up being a rock sausage sandwich.
Back home before sunset.

What did you get your springs on?

 

[Flywheel]

Excellent fishing near entrance last night and beautiful conditions. Got our three slot springs in 30 minutes. Best advice I have is to find and fish the bait. We caught ours on 6 inch naked plugs.

 

[dmack]

What did you get your springs on?

White hoochie, Double black flasher. One of them was full of 5" herring, so maybe bigger spoons than we were using on the other side would have been better.
As flywheel said, ours were on the same bait ball which we kept circling back to, though the over was a bit away from that. Other bait balls though: no love.

 

[Blue Hewes]

White hoochie, Double black flasher. One of them was full of 5" herring, so maybe bigger spoons than we were using on the other side would have been better.
As flywheel said, ours were on the same bait ball which we kept circling back to, though the over was a bit away from that. Other bait balls though:

Great info thanks. Heading back out tomorrow and Saturday.

 

[Flywheel]

Went back out to entrance this afternoon. Got our four slot springs and released four others in an hour. 220 feet of water 241 on the riggers. 6 inch naked plugs.

 

[WetShoes]

Less than 5 minutes of putting rod down got this 67cm spring. 630am ish, only 45' so on the rigger in 300', off fingers

 

[baddogg]

We were out last night as well. Fished between the fingers and half way to neck point. Picked up our 6 hatch coho. Released at least a dozen wild. Fished deeper and further out after that looking for springs. Caught another 4 hatch coho and no springs. Saw some beauties at the cleaning table that were caught at Entrance. We never went over that way so our mistake. Beautiful afternoon/evening on the water.