N2013
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I picked up two at thrifty's, took me 4 minutes.
2025 Port Alberni and Alberni Inlet Reports
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Kildonan
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Cheaper probably, but less fun.I picked up two at thrifty's, took me 4 minutes.
Saltwedge
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Party of 3 fished mid-morning last Saturday to late afternoon; caught 4 sox but lost over a dozen (!)… plenty of action, just rusty with the technique. Some swam into the net right away… some thrashed like hell… some bigger ones fought hard and jumped lots. Many spat the hook(s). Fished all day Sunday… fewer bites, but better conversion ratio: caught 3 sox; ventured further out the inlet, including a couple/few hours in the sound… kept one lingcod, lost a good lingcod, released a pair of rockfish… tried for chinook briefly near Pill Pt… no luck… too early. Fished Monday morning and caught 10 sox (!)… could’ve limited out but botched a pair of landings that should’ve stuck; lots of bites and an improved landing ratio. Depths were between 35 and 70’ most of the time… deeper rods did better than the shallower ones… a variety of pink hoochies… no real preference… even did well on a personally tied pink fly. Did not notice a difference in landing fish on single hooks vs double hooks. 4 rods stacked most of the time.
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We got 8 by 8:30, down by Coos, but out in the middle, away from the crowds. All at 60-75’ ,
I didn’t go out today, bit windy, always tomorrow….. heard it was slow, but some fish were caught…..
Kildonan
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I skipped today also due to wind. I heard the same as you about results for today before I left the China Creek site for home. Same as yesterday and the day before. Was slow going for most.
Hoochies Galore
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we fished from China Creek to Cous back to Dunsmier, down to underwood & back to CC. Not a hit. Saw 3 fish caught. Tried 35 down to 80. Heard it was pretty slow for most & cleaning tables were empty.
Gong Show
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Spotty opening.
Some good sets right at the opening, then scratching it out until high slack, then steady fishing.
Two distinct size classes that were not mixed.
One set was all five pounders, while most sets were averaging closer to four.
Good day and the water catching up with old buddies and working muscles that don't get worked so much behind a desk.
Best part is fresh sox for dinner.
Some good sets right at the opening, then scratching it out until high slack, then steady fishing.
Two distinct size classes that were not mixed.
One set was all five pounders, while most sets were averaging closer to four.
Good day and the water catching up with old buddies and working muscles that don't get worked so much behind a desk.
Best part is fresh sox for dinner.
High Time
Crew Member
SOMASS SOCKEYE BULLETIN # 4 – 2025 Date: June 26, 2025
For more information please contact the DFO office in Port Alberni at 250-720-4440
Somass Sockeye Stock Assessment Update
Pre-season forecast:
Somass (Great Central & Sproat): Moderate (500,000-700,000) Henderson: Low (15,000 – 25,000)
Somass in-season re-forecast: 750,000
Escapement to June 24: Stamp: 106,968 Sproat: 24,495
Test Fishery: Seine vessel Nita Maria operated June 22 – 23
Abundance estimate: 24,000 outside Ten Mile Point & 16,000 inside
Catch Estimate: ~ 117,284
Somass First Nations – 50,959 Maa-nulth First Nations – 9,040
Area D Gillnet – 34,926 Area B Seine – 12,572
Recreational – 5,504 Test boat – 4,283
Weekly Fishing Plans:
All fishing plans are subject to change.
First Nations
Tsu-ma-uss (Hupacasath & Tseshaht) – FSC hook & line open 7 days a week. Paper Mill Dam (PMD) pool closed to
hook & line. Tseshaht EO community drag seine open from 5am to 12pm Friday June 27 and possible openings
Saturday and Sunday June 28 and 29 at PMD pool. Hupacasath limited fleet EO community gillnet fishery open from
7am to 4pm Friday June 27 and possible openings Saturday and Sunday June 28 and 29 from PMD to Ten Mile
Point.
Maa-nulth – Open 7 days a week for hook & line and gillnet fisheries within the Southern Maa-nulth Domestic Fishing
Area (MDFA) (Barkley Sound to Sproat Narrows). The harvest plan includes the contracting of designated Area D
Gillnet vessels displaying green Maa-nulth identification flags to harvest salmon within the MDFA, which includes
fishing areas normally restricted to commercial gillnet vessels, including Uchucklesit Inlet, Rainy Bay, San Mateo Bay
and Numukamis Bay.
Commercial
Area D Gillnet – Opening 8pm Tuesday July 1 to 6am Wednesday July 2 from Polly Point to the Pocahontas line and
from 6am to 12pm Wednesday July 2 from Hocking Point to the Pocahontas line.
Area B Seine – Current opening extended until 10pm Sunday June 29 for one vessel to catch their remaining TAC.
Opening daily from 10am to 10pm Monday and Tuesday June 30 and July 1 and 6am to 10pm Wednesday July 2,
with the possibility of extension. Boundaries from Bilton Point / Coleman Creek to Polly Point with a “seine free zone”
closed area near China Creek (Dunsmuir to Hocking Point) in effect 6am to 2pm daily.
Recreational
Tidal opened on May 1. The daily catch limit is four from Alberni Harbour to the A23 surf line (Cape Beale to
Amphitrite Point) and two in the tidal portions of the Somass River. San Mateo and the entrance to Alberni Inlet going
to Sockeye non-retention and finfish closure around Uchucklesit Inlet from Bilton / Coleman Creek to Chup Point /
Hissin Point to come into effect June 30. See FN0385: RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Sockeye - Barkley Sound, Alberni
Inlet, and the tidal portion of the Somass River - Area 23 - Opening
***Attention recreational boaters: To aid in navigation and avoid collisions with Area D gillnets, gillnet ends not attached
to a vessel will be marked with orange floats; there will also be four large white or yellow buoy’s spaced equidistantly
along the cork line. Please slow down when transiting near active fishing vessels.***
Freshwater open from May 1 to July 23 in a portion of the Somass River at Somass Park. Catch limit is one Sockeye
per day. See FN0386: RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Sockeye - Portion of the Somass River at Somass Park - Region 1
- Opening
Fishing plans are developed to minimize disruptions across the various fisheries. Please be respectful of all
groups while participating in the fishery.
For more information please contact the DFO office in Port Alberni at 250-720-4440
Somass Sockeye Stock Assessment Update
Pre-season forecast:
Somass (Great Central & Sproat): Moderate (500,000-700,000) Henderson: Low (15,000 – 25,000)
Somass in-season re-forecast: 750,000
Escapement to June 24: Stamp: 106,968 Sproat: 24,495
Test Fishery: Seine vessel Nita Maria operated June 22 – 23
Abundance estimate: 24,000 outside Ten Mile Point & 16,000 inside
Catch Estimate: ~ 117,284
Somass First Nations – 50,959 Maa-nulth First Nations – 9,040
Area D Gillnet – 34,926 Area B Seine – 12,572
Recreational – 5,504 Test boat – 4,283
Weekly Fishing Plans:
All fishing plans are subject to change.
First Nations
Tsu-ma-uss (Hupacasath & Tseshaht) – FSC hook & line open 7 days a week. Paper Mill Dam (PMD) pool closed to
hook & line. Tseshaht EO community drag seine open from 5am to 12pm Friday June 27 and possible openings
Saturday and Sunday June 28 and 29 at PMD pool. Hupacasath limited fleet EO community gillnet fishery open from
7am to 4pm Friday June 27 and possible openings Saturday and Sunday June 28 and 29 from PMD to Ten Mile
Point.
Maa-nulth – Open 7 days a week for hook & line and gillnet fisheries within the Southern Maa-nulth Domestic Fishing
Area (MDFA) (Barkley Sound to Sproat Narrows). The harvest plan includes the contracting of designated Area D
Gillnet vessels displaying green Maa-nulth identification flags to harvest salmon within the MDFA, which includes
fishing areas normally restricted to commercial gillnet vessels, including Uchucklesit Inlet, Rainy Bay, San Mateo Bay
and Numukamis Bay.
Commercial
Area D Gillnet – Opening 8pm Tuesday July 1 to 6am Wednesday July 2 from Polly Point to the Pocahontas line and
from 6am to 12pm Wednesday July 2 from Hocking Point to the Pocahontas line.
Area B Seine – Current opening extended until 10pm Sunday June 29 for one vessel to catch their remaining TAC.
Opening daily from 10am to 10pm Monday and Tuesday June 30 and July 1 and 6am to 10pm Wednesday July 2,
with the possibility of extension. Boundaries from Bilton Point / Coleman Creek to Polly Point with a “seine free zone”
closed area near China Creek (Dunsmuir to Hocking Point) in effect 6am to 2pm daily.
Recreational
Tidal opened on May 1. The daily catch limit is four from Alberni Harbour to the A23 surf line (Cape Beale to
Amphitrite Point) and two in the tidal portions of the Somass River. San Mateo and the entrance to Alberni Inlet going
to Sockeye non-retention and finfish closure around Uchucklesit Inlet from Bilton / Coleman Creek to Chup Point /
Hissin Point to come into effect June 30. See FN0385: RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Sockeye - Barkley Sound, Alberni
Inlet, and the tidal portion of the Somass River - Area 23 - Opening
***Attention recreational boaters: To aid in navigation and avoid collisions with Area D gillnets, gillnet ends not attached
to a vessel will be marked with orange floats; there will also be four large white or yellow buoy’s spaced equidistantly
along the cork line. Please slow down when transiting near active fishing vessels.***
Freshwater open from May 1 to July 23 in a portion of the Somass River at Somass Park. Catch limit is one Sockeye
per day. See FN0386: RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Sockeye - Portion of the Somass River at Somass Park - Region 1
- Opening
Fishing plans are developed to minimize disruptions across the various fisheries. Please be respectful of all
groups while participating in the fishery.
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