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ThatswhatSeasaid
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Really?
Tsquared
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From Saturday for about a week.
ThatswhatSeasaid
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That's amazing. Where can I find this type of information?
scott craven
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Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Subject: FN0810-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Sockeye - Areas 11 to 15, 17 to 20, 111, 121, 123 to 127, and Subareas 16-1, 16-19 to 16-21, 28-1, 28-2, 28-7 - Opening - Effective August 16, 2025 Effective 00:01 hours August 16, 2025, until 23:59 August 24, 2025, the daily limit of Sockeye salmon is four (4) in the following waters:
Eden Island
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Fishing was weird today, the Pinks were so thick at the Trap 1st thing that we moved after 1.5hrs because you couldn't keep our gear in the water. They were jumping everywhere and hitting everything. Moved to Secretary and caught a 72cm Chinook within 45 minutes and then it went dead. Back to the Trap and Beachy and it was dead. Off the water at noon.
I will probably join the horde of boats out tomorrow looking for Sox.
I will probably join the horde of boats out tomorrow looking for Sox.
Newf
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Out off of Pedder today with my grandson. Pretty thick fog early morning. Just shakers for us first two hours so as soon as the fog lifted we headed for hali. On the hook for two hours and nothing but dog after dog. Glad I had the young lad to do the cranking. Pulled the hook and drifted for an hour and not a nibble. Stopped on the way in and let him jig up a couple of rockcod which he loves to eat. Started trolling again at 2pm and it was shaker after shaker before he hooked and kept a 67cm spring. Called it quits at 3pm. Not a real productive day with respect to keepers but quality time with the lad.
vicsurfer
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We fished out at the Head starting at 1pm. On our first pass at the Head we hit a 75cm spring. Next we hit another 4 springs but they were 3-4lbs. Trolled down to the Trap but it was dead. It picked up a little bit around 4pm but we mostly just had hits. Quit at 5:30 with the spring and a pink. The rain was insane.
kaelc
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Got out about 10am- trolled Pedder, lots of bait boiling but we decided the fog wasn’t too bad and ran around to the head. Saw only one nice spring netted in a couple hours. Fished the trap and both spots had lots of shakers, no other substantial fish caught that we saw.
Went to Beecher and after some missed communication released a “good” spring for Victoria in the winter and we were rewarded with 79cm minutes before I had to pull my line at 3:30pm and rush of to Chemanius for the musical footloose. Much better spirits having caught a nice fish, made the musically entertaining even!
Went to Beecher and after some missed communication released a “good” spring for Victoria in the winter and we were rewarded with 79cm minutes before I had to pull my line at 3:30pm and rush of to Chemanius for the musical footloose. Much better spirits having caught a nice fish, made the musically entertaining even!
Englishman
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Calm day predicted today, so set off for Muir again. Got to Otter in the rain and it was like “Piccadilly Circus” as we used to say back in the U.K.
Went past the giant crowd and dropped lines in 100’ of water and headed for Muir. Just visible in the mist was about a dozen boats off Muir, which is unusual. Had small hit which we missed then a slightly better one which went on a short run before it turned into a long distance release.
Began dodging lots of floating debris and weeds, but boated 2 pinks then it went quiet for a while. Meanwhile by mid-morning the boats off Muir began to thin out and we were down to only 3 or 4 of us. Then we got a decent sockeye which was a nice surprise.
Dodged loads more kelp and debris and release 4 or 5 undersized Chinook. Finally got a very nice 5lb clipped coho but no decent Chinook at all.
At 11:30am put on the sockeye gear and headed straight out from Muir. Promptly got another pink and while we were dealing with that we had the kicker throttled back and it cut out. We then struggled with it for 20 minutes but it would never start again. While drifting with our dead kicker we had a great humpback whale show. One came within 100 metres and they blew very loudly in the silence.
Trolled back to Otter on the main and then called it at 12:30.
P.S. I have put a call for a kicker mechanic on the boats thread with more details. Anyone know anybody, please PM me.
Went past the giant crowd and dropped lines in 100’ of water and headed for Muir. Just visible in the mist was about a dozen boats off Muir, which is unusual. Had small hit which we missed then a slightly better one which went on a short run before it turned into a long distance release.
Began dodging lots of floating debris and weeds, but boated 2 pinks then it went quiet for a while. Meanwhile by mid-morning the boats off Muir began to thin out and we were down to only 3 or 4 of us. Then we got a decent sockeye which was a nice surprise.
Dodged loads more kelp and debris and release 4 or 5 undersized Chinook. Finally got a very nice 5lb clipped coho but no decent Chinook at all.
At 11:30am put on the sockeye gear and headed straight out from Muir. Promptly got another pink and while we were dealing with that we had the kicker throttled back and it cut out. We then struggled with it for 20 minutes but it would never start again. While drifting with our dead kicker we had a great humpback whale show. One came within 100 metres and they blew very loudly in the silence.
Trolled back to Otter on the main and then called it at 12:30.
P.S. I have put a call for a kicker mechanic on the boats thread with more details. Anyone know anybody, please PM me.
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Great day with Deewar today off Otter and Muir. Started a bit slow for us at first but it got better as the flood went on. Deewar lost the first 3 springs, then we landed twins 77 and 78 cm, threw back another spring and lost another. In between some beautiful sox, nice cohos and fat pinks. I ended up with the legal salmon grand slam: spring, coho, sockeye and pink. If there were chum around I probably would have caught one too today. Fun and productive day!
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Deewar25
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"Deewar lost the first 3 springs," ahem....first 2! Not my best performance but 2 for 4 would have to do and nice filling rest of ticket with the sox! ha
Steveelton
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First time to this thread. Wife and I heading out to Pedder for a week. Any recommendation where I might find the sockeye. Many thanks for any response.
Old Blue
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Kids were excited to hear sockeye opening here. No need to make the run to Port Alberni. So we decided to head out this morning. Made our way out to Otter around 8:10. We started close to shore with bunch of other boats thinking of may be getting a spring first made one lap and decided it was too crowded. So trolled our way out to tide line and switched gear to sockeye gear. Pink/blue mini hootchies and bubblegum with white stripe mini hootchies. Immediately we got into…. PINKS… and herring size springs and cohos. Decided 50’ and shallower is not the depth to be. So dropped one side to 58/78’ and the others to 68/86’. Not long after the depth change we got into 1 sockeye. And in the next 2 hours we got mix of pinks, sockeye and coho. We ended the day with 7 sockeye, 1 hatch coho, 2 lings a rockfish and 7 crabs (all red rocks though no dungies). As we got our last sockeye we popped the remaining lines still in rigger clip. Just as they were floating to the top fish on. We ended up releasing 2 sockeye.
SpringVelocity
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That's pretty typical you losing them hahaha. Definitely witnessed a few my boat.
great job guys.
MRW
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Sunday
Left pedder to avoid the derby . Went to the head ,gong show current was ripping,boats everywhere, weeds everywhere. To much work for me. Started heading back picked up tones of pink on the way and a nice hatch oversized spring,quick release off church 75’ on the rigger.
Trolled all the way to pedder more pinks/coho all released. Inside pedder 80’ on the rigger 120’ of water 4 nice just legal springs in two tacks. Bait one side Irish cream the other. 1 pm.
Flat calm sweet day on the water
Left pedder to avoid the derby . Went to the head ,gong show current was ripping,boats everywhere, weeds everywhere. To much work for me. Started heading back picked up tones of pink on the way and a nice hatch oversized spring,quick release off church 75’ on the rigger.
Trolled all the way to pedder more pinks/coho all released. Inside pedder 80’ on the rigger 120’ of water 4 nice just legal springs in two tacks. Bait one side Irish cream the other. 1 pm.
Flat calm sweet day on the water
Epic fishing is Sooke this weekend. Flat calm seas and lots of fish. When the bite was on it was ON!
Lots of boats and very little boat etiquette. Weeds were an issue at times.
We were in Cheanuh derby so early starts.
Saturday we landed 7 nice springs and lost 3 by 9am when the bite ended. 1 was 79cm, fat and was around 18lb on my boat scale so we decided to weigh it in with another around 14lb rather than waiting around for the next bite. Fish weighed in at 18lb even and was second place at that time. There was a prize for top halibut so we weighed in and went Hali fishing. Currents were a bust and we could not keep gear on bottom so we gave in early afternoon with no Hali.
Sunday was on fire again. Did not keep track but similar results. We kept 2 fish right on 80cm but around 15lb each to weigh in. We also picked up 2 nice sockeye as by catch. Sockey were nice size so I’ll be going on a sockeye mission one morning this week for sure.
Our Saturday fish at 18lb held for 3rd place and a nice cash payout. Top 3 fish were 20.2, 18.7, 18. Lots of fish weighed in.
The derby was very well run. Wind up was reasonably quick and organized with lots of prizes. The kid that won kids prize was sooo happy. He could barely carry the trophy. Good job cheanuh on an organized and fun derby!
Lots of boats and very little boat etiquette. Weeds were an issue at times.
We were in Cheanuh derby so early starts.
Saturday we landed 7 nice springs and lost 3 by 9am when the bite ended. 1 was 79cm, fat and was around 18lb on my boat scale so we decided to weigh it in with another around 14lb rather than waiting around for the next bite. Fish weighed in at 18lb even and was second place at that time. There was a prize for top halibut so we weighed in and went Hali fishing. Currents were a bust and we could not keep gear on bottom so we gave in early afternoon with no Hali.
Sunday was on fire again. Did not keep track but similar results. We kept 2 fish right on 80cm but around 15lb each to weigh in. We also picked up 2 nice sockeye as by catch. Sockey were nice size so I’ll be going on a sockeye mission one morning this week for sure.
Our Saturday fish at 18lb held for 3rd place and a nice cash payout. Top 3 fish were 20.2, 18.7, 18. Lots of fish weighed in.
The derby was very well run. Wind up was reasonably quick and organized with lots of prizes. The kid that won kids prize was sooo happy. He could barely carry the trophy. Good job cheanuh on an organized and fun derby!
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