2025 Secret Cove, Pender Harbour and Texada Reports

Anyone been out? Not long before the non retention hits. Need some stoke!
 
Coming down and staying out of secret cove for 5 days over Easter to visit family. Never been to the area but plan on doing some C&R chinook fishing/ run up to egmont if retention is open this year. Hoping to drop a prawn trap daily also. Don’t need anyone’s secret spot but any suggestions on where to drop or a trap or two? Also reading Epsom & Bjerre are the spots to salmon fish. Are 20lb cannonballs necessary? I attached a photo of my boat and some tackle I got for the trip. Tackle suggestions are encouraged if you have any as I’ve never salmon fished before. I’m also willing to boat basically anywhere within an hour or two to try out! Any tips are welcomed! Thanks in advance.
 

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Epsom and Bjerre are both really close to Secret Cove, 10 minute runs once you're out of the cove no wake zone. Epsom is best on the flood through high slack. Start near the light and head SW. Watch sonar for fish depth, follow that contour as it swings SW-W-NW.

There's a 300 foot flat right outside the cove that runs NW. You'll see prawn traps along that, base of the drop as usual. It extends north quite a way, no need to crowd other traps.
 
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