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.