2025 OFFISHALL Vancouver- Howe Sound-Sechelt Fishing Reports Thread

[Flywheel]

At the Bell for the last hour. One big wild coho. No fight from it…my kid reeled it right to the net with no fuss

Don’t be netting wild coho my dog

 

[iLikememes]

Limited on pinks + 2 hatch hos. Threw back a lot of jack springs and jumbo wild cohos stealing bait.

Lots of fish out there if I'm limiting...

 

[Delray]

Made the run across from Ladysmith to Sand Heads this morning, lines in around 9:30. Quite a few pinks ( kept 4), released a few under sized Chinook and 1 sockeye. Kept one 17 pounder that hit at 75 ft on a spoon, all the pinks came on hoochies, no takers on bait. Nice run over and back

 

[RageWelding]

Did 2 to 5 shift today at sandheads with my daughter. Thats about all she could handle lol. Bunch of pinks released and boxed 3 red springs again on the t10 glow hoochie combo

 

[Salmonhunter71]

Well boys looks like the run is over

 

[Marley]

Did 2 to 5 shift today at sandheads with my daughter. Thats about all she could handle lol. Bunch of pinks released and boxed 3 red springs again on the t10 glow hoochie combo

What is a T10 flasher? I thought I had them all but it appears not.

 

[RageWelding]

What is a T10 flasher? I thought I had them all but it appears not.

 

[Marley]

Thanks none more to buy lol

 

[Flywheel]

Ran from Nanaimo this morning. Lines down at 6:30am, was a slow morning for us but picked up on the slack and flood. Got 4 white springs 12-20lbs… lost quite a few more including some bigger fish. Whole herring and white flash fly.

 

[Rcook.bc]

Did 2 to 5 shift today at sandheads with my daughter. Thats about all she could handle lol. Bunch of pinks released and boxed 3 red springs again on the t10 glow hoochie combo

Hi, can I ask you what a t10 flasher looks like? Heading out tomorrow morning. Thx!

 

[sherrett]

Fished Sandheads 8 to noon. Got two early on in tight to the green can. Went quiet so we pushed out deeper. Got two out deeper around the 11 am low slack, then nothing. Thought some fish might ride the water when it started to flow again so moved in tight and got one more.



Biggest was mid to high 20s and over 100 cms. Smallest was around 10 lbs. Two whites, two reds, one marble. Released some smaller chinooks, a few pinks and two wild cohos. All keepers on bait, as high as 45’, as deep as 115’.

Grilled 4 collars for dinner. My wife calls them salmon wings.

 

[Aquaholic]

Hi, can I ask you what a t10 flasher looks like? Heading out tomorrow morning. Thx!

Go up three messages from yours.

 

[jcon12]

In two days I’ve had 5 lines cut (teeth?) and three swivels snap at the eye. Am I the only one?

 

[Aquaholic]

In two days I’ve had 5 lines cut (teeth?) and three swivels snap at the eye. Am I the only one?

One possibility is I used to see this up north, Haida Gwaii where salmon sharks are prevalent, actually targeted by some guests. Lines were often cut, so stainless lines on reels when targeting. The rest of us would fish a different area.

Do you renew your lines, leaders, and terminal tackle yearly?

Single swivel or bead chain?

 

[jcon12]

All brand new hookups from Berrys with bead chain swivels

 

[Rcook.bc]

Go up three messages from yours.

Just saw that - thanks!

 

[easydoesit]

In two days I’ve had 5 lines cut (teeth?) and three swivels snap at the eye. Am I the only one?

Catching more dogfish this year, including this past week. Among boat releases of dogfish the stinger hook is sometimes bitten off. Line was abraded from their hides wrapping around the line. If the back half of your bait looks like it has been cut off with shears, it’s likely a doggie. Particularly if it’s a diagonal cut. Seem to catch them more on inside rods during turns when the gear slows down, or speed drops.

Cures are heavier leaders (40# minimum), keep your speed up, check leaders for nicks and roughness. Check your line also, sometimes they wrap themselves up in the main line. Some areas seem to have more doggies than others, in my experience.

Hope this helps.

 

[A-a-Ron]

In two days I’ve had 5 lines cut (teeth?) and three swivels snap at the eye. Am I the only one?

Totally. I thought it was just me being a noob. The one I landed yesterday, the leader broke just as we netted it.
I do find mature fish have bigger teeth so those final head shakes can gnarl up the line pretty good if they’re hooked a certain way.
I check/replace my leaders often but definitely had more issues this season at SH. Had 3-4 other leaders knicked up. And if I ever get a dogfish that leader is gone and changed up.

 

[Rain City]

Totally. I thought it was just me being a noob. The one I landed yesterday, the leader broke just as we netted it.
I do find mature fish have bigger teeth so those final head shakes can gnarl up the line pretty good if they’re hooked a certain way.
I check/replace my leaders often but definitely had more issues this season at SH. Had 3-4 other leaders knicked up. And if I ever get a dogfish that leader is gone and changed up.

Our stingers get sheared off often when netting bigger fish. Especially when using a treble in the bait. Combination of the chinook teeth and the treble getting caught up in the net. Hang 20 twisting pounds off of that and it's very likely. A lot of times if it doesn't come off right there, it'll come off on the next hit. We're constantly tying new bait rigs this time of year.

I never break off anywhere else though, yall need to figure that ish out

 

[chille51]

Not at SH but at Entrance last weekend we had two herring teaser rigs in a row get sheered right at the teaser head in very close succession (couple minutes). Never saw what hit them, but both lines came up with no hooks, no herring, just empty heads.