kingspring
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29 ishAny guesses on weight ? We had no scale, so now we will need a solid estimate! View attachment 120787
Tank male
Never missed any meals!
2025 OFFISHALL Vancouver- Howe Sound-Sechelt Fishing Reports Thread
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Tank male
Never missed any meals!
kingspring
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Toothy males, Run 40 lb Fluoro leaders , and get em in quicker!
Hi Rain City,
I am trying to learn a little about tides and salmon feeding. Do you have insight on why tomorrows tides are not great ?
Thanks
Gallivanter
Crew Member
Most of us will try and be on the water for high tide when a fresh wave of hungry fish move in. With high tide being at 6am and 7pm tomorrow it will be hard to be on the water for prime time. That said it’s Sandheads in September, there’s lots of fish around.
Rain City
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The most basic point is that heavy tides slow the bite down for salmon, for many reasons. You'll save yourself a lot of time and fuel if you fished either side of slack tide in general. But there's so much more to it than that depending on where you're fishing. Some areas you need flooding water to push bait or salmon against structure. But I'm also a huge fan of first light fishing... but only if it wasn't a bright moon the night before
A-a-Ron
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That’s usually when all hell breaks loose. Good luck!
Howesounder
Active Member
At Sandheads I'm pretty happy a couple hours into a big flood. Fish ain't stupid and swim up river with the tide. Not convinced slack is as important for migrating fish.
Howesounder
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Bright Eyes
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Nice work on the fish and the old Jughead Shaker shirt!! 
jim morrow
Active Member
here is a website that should help you. it is Tide times and charts for Point Atkinson, and is listed as Tides4fishing.com
pescador
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Tides have zero affect on when I fish or how I fish. Never have worried about tides in 55 years o fishin. Now, do I look at when the change is…..yes……I watch it and hope an hour before to an hour after yields higher hit ratios. But man I think people put too much weighting on tide influence.
A-a-Ron
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Some area tho it’s necessary. Case in point: Active Pass. You’ll literally be back trolling 2-3 knots in a 5-6 knots current if you don’t time it.
Rain City
Crew Member
I'll give YOU a weighting
Trayvreller
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started at the mile markers yesterday morning, waiting for the winds on the straight to calm. Hit 2 springs close to the BB, at 105' and 67'. After wind eased a bit, headed around the corner to catch the high slack. Hit another spring just off Iona at 115'. Broke a couple off, including a straightened treble, and couple of missing terminal gear that didn't feel like doggies, but who knows. Also landed a nice hatchery coho and released a wild. Strong current during flood made trolling a challenge.
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dance a jig
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how long does this fishery stay so strong after its Sept. 1 opener? I assume the fish are milling aroung until rain, but I heard the waves of reds are earlier followed by waves of whites but dont know. As the season progresses, does that dictate the location to fish, or is that a matter of tides? thank you.
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
it depends on the strength of the run and weather, A few years back the run was weak and it poured rain and by the first week of September it was done.
Other years it was pretty strong until mid October.
If you look at the Albion test it was getting high number of chinook and then dropped down. Lots of netting but it looks like also fish decided to hold with the 20C water coming out of the Fraser.
We get rain and those fish will be gone.
we have been pretty lucky, look back pre 2017 and people were fighting over fish at the Cap as Fraser was pretty much played out come September.
We have been spoilt
people were calling it "on fire" after getting a couple of fish for the day
look at reports for example from 2016
lots more seals too
Other years it was pretty strong until mid October.
If you look at the Albion test it was getting high number of chinook and then dropped down. Lots of netting but it looks like also fish decided to hold with the 20C water coming out of the Fraser.
We get rain and those fish will be gone.
we have been pretty lucky, look back pre 2017 and people were fighting over fish at the Cap as Fraser was pretty much played out come September.
We have been spoilt
people were calling it "on fire" after getting a couple of fish for the day
look at reports for example from 2016
lots more seals too
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Aquaholic
Crew Member
On the date stamp from last years tyee photo, October 11th was a 26 fish day. (hits and keepers)
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
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