2025 OFFISHALL Vancouver- Howe Sound-Sechelt Fishing Reports Thread

[Rain City]

Heading out tomorrow to fish south of Bowen all day- probably my only day left of the season. I’m so confused by the regs since the recent changes. What is the max number of salmon (all types) I can retain per license? I believe it is 4 total per person but want to check?

What type of salmon will you be fishing for exactly?

 

[daddystoy]

South Bowen would be 4 pinks and 2 hatchery coho per license.
Hope I got that right and passed the test otherwise I'm in for a beating.

 

[Skins88]

South Bowen would be 4 pinks and 2 hatchery coho per license.
Hope I got that right and passed the test otherwise I'm in for a beating.

Saw this on another thread recently. It's 4 salmon per day period. No matter what. Can be a mixture of what is allowed per salmon species, but never more than 4.

 

[daddystoy]

Okay. I stand corrected.

 

[Aces]

South Bowen would be 4 pinks and 2 hatchery coho per license.
Hope I got that right and passed the test otherwise I'm in for a beating.

No more than 4 in total

 

[Rain City]

This is not good

 

[Four-Reel Drive]

Heading out tomorrow to fish south of Bowen all day- probably my only day left of the season. I’m so confused by the regs since the recent changes. What is the max number of salmon (all types) I can retain per license? I believe it is 4 total per person but want to check?

Maximum of 4 salmon per license.

If your fishing south Bowen you are in area 29-3. Pinks and hatchery coho are the only fish you can retain. You can retain a maximum of 2 hatchery coho per license.

 

[Marley]

Fished the harbour tonight. 1 sockeye on a blue flasher and pink squirt. 75 ft more blue dummy flashers. Also pinks everywhere all the time non stop. Awesome start to the weekend.

 

[Aquaholic]

Fished the harbour tonight. 1 sockeye on a blue flasher and pink squirt. 75 ft more blue dummy flashers. Also pinks everywhere all the time non stop. Awesome start to the weekend.

So. Many. Pinks.

 

[Aces]

I’ll continue to fish for mature chinooks and buy fresh caught sockeye

 

[Alex_c]

I’ll continue to fish for mature chinooks and buy fresh caught sockeye

I was just thinking about this today. Seems like a better ROI lol

 

[Aces]

I was just thinking about this today. Seems like a better ROI lol

Especially when it’s almost open season on them

 

[Alex_c]

Especially when it’s almost open season on them

Where do you figure is the best place to buy em locally? Lower Mainland area.

 

[Corey_lax]

I’m going against the grain tomorrow. Targeting pinks as I’ll be with two friends that have never fished (their boat), my wife, and 3 kids 4-6 years old. Gonna be chaos on the boat with that 7 people but I get to pretend to be a guide for a day

 

[A-a-Ron]

That technically includes salt & freshwater together. ie, you can’t bonk 4 salmon on the ocean and then go floss 2 more up the river in the same day.

Of all the confusing & ever-changing regs we deal with, this one has always been in place, and it’s pretty easy to find on the DFO site. Just sayin.

 

[Sea Chaser]

I’m going against the grain tomorrow. Targeting pinks as I’ll be with two friends that have never fished (their boat), my wife, and 3 kids 4-6 years old. Gonna be chaos on the boat with that 7 people but I get to pretend to be a guide for a day

Let us know how the water conditions are . Looks like the same predicted weather /wind for tomorrow and want to get out tomorrow myself .
Good luck out there

 

[Corey_lax]

Let us know how the water conditions are . Looks like the same predicted weather /wind for tomorrow and want to get out tomorrow myself .
Good luck out there

We’re just going up Indian arm. I didn’t like the weather forecast with newbies and little kids

 

[Sea Chaser]

We’re just going up Indian arm. I didn’t like the weather forecast with newbies and little kids

Keep me posted may do something similar
If conditions allow might try harbour though .

 

[noluck]

That technically includes salt & freshwater together. ie, you can’t bonk 4 salmon on the ocean and then go floss 2 more up the river in the same day.

Of all the confusing & ever-changing regs we deal with, this one has always been in place, and it’s pretty easy to find on the DFO site. Just sayin.

why not it is two separate licenses

 

[A-a-Ron]

why not it is two separate licenses

I don’t make the rules, I just know ‘em
Don’t hate the player, hate the game lol