2025 Port McNeill, Telegragh Cove Reports

[Macdeep]

Pretty quiet here for a couple of weeks. We are coming next week for 10 days - mostly on the mainland side. I think I'm current on regs for coho, chinook and halibut but hoping to hear about how its been. Any recent reports from this area?

Lots of whales around. I haven't been out fishin yet (just whale watching) due to the regs, but gotta do a shake down on the boat soon so I'm ready. Will likely get out early next week around the backside of Malcolm, so will put in a post with the results if I get out.

 

[Macdeep]

3 hours yesterday afternoon - end of the ebb and start of the flood. Wind set down decently despite the forecast.

Fished Mitchell bay and Doneagle. Marked a few fish, a bit of bait and one bite at Mitchell, a few marks but no bites off Doneagle. A half dozen boats off Doneagle.

DFO checked me at the McNeill dock in the evening despite the skunking.

The brown algae bloom was in full effect. Lots of seaweed and eel grass in the water. Lots of halibut carcasses at the dock.

 

[Eden Island]

3 hours yesterday afternoon - end of the ebb and start of the flood. Wind set down decently despite the forecast.

Fished Mitchell bay and Doneagle. Marked a few fish, a bit of bait and one bite at Mitchell, a few marks but no bites off Doneagle. A half dozen boats off Doneagle.

DFO checked me at the McNeill dock in the evening despite the skunking.

The brown algae bloom was in full effect. Lots of seaweed and eel grass in the water. Lots of halibut carcasses at the dock.

We were fishing about the same time in Fife, on the Eden Island side. Couple of coho about 6 lbs. One for my daughter and one self released at the boat. Half a dozen boats near Gore Rock across the channel.

 

[blueugl]

Fish myself at Doneagle easy limit springs got a hali and a ling double headers 2 mornings on springs kept the bigger one both times lost a couple others stopped to look at TC amazing yellow cedar beam construction there is a open walkway to the end of the boardwalk a must see.

 

[Salish Seadog]

Any new reports? Just got into town for the week and hoping the wind holds off later in the week

 

[Eden Island]

Any new reports? Just got into town for the week and hoping the wind holds off later in the week

Picked up a 10 and 12# Chinook off the top end of Malcom at low tide Saturday. 70 ' in 125' of water. Anchovies. Released a pink 5-6#. 10 boats fishing within a mile of Malcolm Pt.