2025 OFFISHALL Vancouver- Howe Sound-Sechelt Fishing Reports Thread

[mudguts]

Speed up and go deeper to loose the shakers.

 

[Pewpster]

Spent a a few hours around the bell this morning. One hatch that was missing a pectoral fin, a couple wild and a couple chinook released. The current was ripping and I hung up on a poorly marked commercial trap with the floats underwater. I did manage to spin around and untangled everything. Hoochies at 35' got the most action.

 

[Alex_c]

Spent a a few hours around the bell this morning. One hatch that was missing a pectoral fin, a couple wild and a couple chinook released. The current was ripping and I hung up on a poorly marked commercial trap with the floats underwater. I did manage to spin around and untangled everything. Hoochies at 35' got the most action.

Surprised you got any hatch coho at the Bell, usually none there and you definitely have to shoot to Bowen to find a single one.

 

[Aquaholic]

Surprised you got any hatch coho at the Bell, usually none there and you definitely have to shoot to Bowen to find a single one.

Bell/North Arm has been producing this year for keeper coho amongst the wild ones, and chinook.

 

[A1winder]

Had a two fish limit last week from Cowan's both fish adipose clipped and missing the right pectoral fin.
Showed them to the DFO creel checker at Vanier who was quite surprised as he did not know of any hatcheries marking with pectoral cuts.

 

[wildmanyeah]

Had a two fish limit last week from Cowan's both fish adipose clipped and missing the right pectoral fin.
Showed them to the DFO creel checker at Vanier who was quite surprised as he did not know of any hatcheries marking with pectoral cuts.

They sometimes rub them off in the holding tanks

 

[BeTheHeron]

Gower and south Bowen very slow. Morning bite. Had a Juvis salmon on every time I checked my gear. I don't think my rods were fishing half the time just pulling a baby
One small salmon took the chovie the same size as itself. Crazy little buggers.

If I start hooking those little fingerlings steady I run hootchies both sides and speed up a bit. They have a much harder time keeping up with em. Slows down the chinook fishing at times, but not as much as a drowned baby salmon on the line.

 

[Alex_c]

Bell/North Arm has been producing this year for keeper coho amongst the wild ones, and chinook.

No it hasn’t, you gotta cross to Bowen for coho. Nothing to catch within a 15 minute run from the city, nosiree, nada, zilch. Not even worth trying.

 

[Aquaholic]

No it hasn’t, you gotta cross to Bowen for coho. Nothing to catch within a 15 minute run from the city, nosiree, nada, zilch. Not even worth trying.

Right!

 

[DUGALD JAMIESON]

Fished Gower Point yesterday in the blazing heat from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Started with just my boat, then a couple of locals came in around 2.30pm. Found the sweet depth completely by chance. Got several hits trolling around the area all at 92ft. Eventually had 3 white hootchies on 3 rods, two were at 92ft and one was at 52ft. Caught and released 6 good sized hatchery Coho, kept my 2 hatchery Coho plus a nice size Chinook. Released 2 small wild Coho. So 11 fish altogether with the higher rod picking up one hatchery and one wild Coho around the 4pm low tide. No bait visible on the sounder so I suspect the fish were all sitting down near the bottom in cooler water waiting to move on or waiting for the bait to arrive. Water temperature was 71deg.

 

[Aquaholic]

Fished Gower Point yesterday in the blazing heat from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Started with just my boat, then a couple of locals came in around 2.30pm. Found the sweet depth completely by chance. Got several hits trolling around the area all at 92ft. Eventually had 3 white hootchies on 3 rods, two were at 92ft and one was at 52ft. Caught and released 6 good sized hatchery Coho, kept my 2 hatchery Coho plus a nice size Chinook. Released 2 small wild Coho. So 11 fish altogether with the higher rod picking up one hatchery and one wild Coho around the 4pm low tide. No bait visible on the sounder so I suspect the fish were all sitting down near the bottom in cooler water waiting to move on or waiting for the bait to arrive. Water temperature was 71deg.

Nice hat trick.

 

[Nahee27]

Am I reading the regs right, is 28-6 open now?

 

[wildmanyeah]

same as last year same as last year same as last year, GD is been like this for five years now!!!

 

[A-a-Ron]

same as last year same as last year same as last year, GD is been like this for five years now!!!

In fairness to him, the regs for 28 are convoluted af to interpret. And illogical.
But yeah 28-6 is open for one slot Chinook.

 

[Buddha]

https://sportfishingbc.com/threads/...und-sechelt-reports-thread.95278/post-1215996

 

[wildmanyeah]

In fairness to him, the regs for 28 are convoluted af to interpret. And illogical.
But yeah 28-6 is open for one slot Chinook.

I know just gets annoying seeing ever july 15 and august 1 people think like sandheads is open or whatever can't blame them tho the regs are ****.

https://sportfishingbc.com/threads/...und-sechelt-reports-thread.95278/post-1215996

 

[Nahee27]

I realize 28-6 was open last year Aug 1st and I fished it, was just making sure I didn't miss a notice. I Figured it was the same as last year just usually people are talking about it on here and hadn't heard anything. And yes I'm well aware sandheads is closed!

 

[wildmanyeah]

I realize 28-6 was open last year Aug 1st and I fished it, was just making sure I didn't miss a notice. I Figured it was the same as last year just usually people are talking about it on here and hadn't heard anything. And yes I'm well aware sandheads is closed!

shhhh its a secret

the first rule of west van club is we don't talk about west van

 

[Buddha]

My fishing group went out this morning but I had to go into the office today. I work with 1 and he walked into work half way through lunch in work clothes. Not a good sign of a fun trip. They pushed off at 7 this morning and worked Point Atkinson inside 28-6 for a couple of hours with only a shaker. Then they trolled all the way to Cowans to see if they could pick up some action with no hits along the way. A couple of pinks at Cowans and South Bowen and called it at 11:00. Very slow on all species.

 

[Rain City]

My fishing group went out this morning but I had to go into the office today. I work with 1 and he walked into work half way through lunch in work clothes. Not a good sign of a fun trip. They pushed off at 7 this morning and worked Point Atkinson inside 28-6 for a couple of hours with only a shaker. Then they trolled all the way to Cowans to see if they could pick up some action with no hits along the way. A couple of pinks at Cowans and South Bowen and called it at 11:00. Very slow on all species.

Trolling from PA to Cowen is a fools errand.