2025 OFFISHALL Vancouver- Howe Sound-Sechelt Fishing Reports Thread

[Buddha]

Left the house at 5:00 am and was rewarded by having Roger Curtis all to ourselves at 6:00 AM. Steady action of chinook until we were able to determine what depth and gear the coho were into today. Ended up being micro flashers and small Michael baits and mini sardine hoochies on 26 inch leaders. Clipped them in 40 feet behind the boat. Moved over to Gower as the fleet started coming into Roger Curtis. Tapped out at 8:30. 40 feet on the rigger for the most part to avoid the nookies. This porker was the best of the day.

 

[Squire]

That is one beautiful coho!

 

[Pineapple Express]

Sunday afternoon report. Fished the south side of Whirlcombe Isl for 1.5hrs. Got 3 fish to the boat: 1 clipped coho, 1 unclipped coho, 1 chinook. Lost another coho right at the net. My 8yr old son was on the rods the whole time...it was great! Took me a little while to get dialed in but once I did we had pretty steady action.

Pic of the preferred setup (3 of 4 hook ups)

 

[Pewpster]

Fished from the south of Bowen to Tunstall 10-1 today. Lots of hookups 35-60' but we couldn't seem to get any hatchery hos in the boat, mostly operator error. All the weather forecast models showed 0-5kn but it was so snotty we called it early. I should have trusted the the EC wind warning, it was a pretty wet ride home.

 

[Gomesy]

Went to Thrasher yesterday. We got our 4 hatchery coho but it took some work. My brother and I hooked around 15 salmon to get the 4 (all safely and quick released with no handling). Of those hook up, we had 2 nice Chinook in the 8-10 pound class. Also got a barely legal size lingcod and returned to traps full of 7” crab.
It was an excellent brothers day.
Interestingly, I too had a dogfish stuck in one of my crab traps and part of it’s fins got chewed up.

 

[Aquaholic]

Went to Thrasher yesterday. We got our 4 hatchery coho but it took some work. My brother and I hooked around 15 salmon to get the 4 (all safely and quick released with no handling). Of those hook up, we had 2 nice Chinook in the 8-10 pound class. Also got a barely legal size lingcod and returned to traps full of 7” crab.
It was an excellent brothers day.
Interestingly, I too had a dogfish stuck in one of my crab traps and part of it’s fins got chewed up.

That's a hatchery dogfish. They clip them different.

 

[pescador]

Does anybody else freak out about those spines that stick out of the back of their dorsal fin that I always feel are gonna embed themselves into my hand. I stay clear of touching those things....

 

[Rain City]

Went to Thrasher yesterday. We got our 4 hatchery coho but it took some work. My brother and I hooked around 15 salmon to get the 4 (all safely and quick released with no handling). Of those hook up, we had 2 nice Chinook in the 8-10 pound class. Also got a barely legal size lingcod and returned to traps full of 7” crab.
It was an excellent brothers day.
Interestingly, I too had a dogfish stuck in one of my crab traps and part of it’s fins got chewed up.

98 cierra 285?

 

[Gomesy]

98 cierra 285?

94’ Ciera 2855

 

[adanac]

Went to Thrasher yesterday. We got our 4 hatchery coho but it took some work. My brother and I hooked around 15 salmon to get the 4 (all safely and quick released with no handling). Of those hook up, we had 2 nice Chinook in the 8-10 pound class. Also got a barely legal size lingcod and returned to traps full of 7” crab.
It was an excellent brothers day.
Interestingly, I too had a dogfish stuck in one of my crab traps and part of it’s fins got chewed up.

have had that before where the half stuck in the trap was eaten down to the cartilage!

Does anybody else freak out about those spines that stick out of the back of their dorsal fin that I always feel are gonna embed themselves into my hand. I stay clear of touching those things....

yes, right in the fleshy part where the thumb meats the hand. broke off too , somehow didnt get all that infected