2025 OFFISHALL Vancouver- Howe Sound-Sechelt Fishing Reports Thread

[Shano]

Pushed off this morning at 7am looking for a quick hit and run before an afternoon in the office. Emerged from the very light fog of the Sound and had a nice ride on glass across the bay on the way to SH. Dropped lines at 7:45 with a herring on 1 side and anchovy on the other fishing depths between 70 and 100 in 100-200 FOW. Trolled around with the more predictable boats for a bit but then couldn't resist poking our nose towards the green can. When we hit the point of having 8 boats in our forward 180 view with every bow pointed in a different direction we aborted and turned back to where we were. When all said and done we released 3 wild coho and an undersized feeder spring and boxed 3 white Chinook. 12, 14, and 21 lbs. Popped off the rods at 9:45 to bring in the gear and when the flasher was almost to the surface started pumping like a fish and ended the day swinging a sablefish over the rail. Decent size. Easily 5-6 portions the size you get at the Japanese sushi bar. Way more productive and successful than going into the office this morning.



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A sablefish at SH, wow, I am amazed and optimistic. I know we have some deep areas in the Strait but havnt heard of anyone actually catching one. Well done.We did fish SH this aft, got 3 springs, 71, 77, 83. The 83 (which looked very deep and thick) scaled at 16# 7 ounces. All on chovies at between 40 and 60’. I’ll do better at photos in the future.

 

[ChinookChaser]

First good one to this vessel since it opened on the first.

~24lbs

White flash fly and salty dog flasher down a lot deeper than I normally fish sandheads.

More to come.