2025 Sooke Reports
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Grant_J
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After a couple of choppy outings out at Five Fingers, for my wife's sake I'm trying to be more proactive in looking at the forecasts to determine how calm or rough the waters will be. For this Saturday the 26th, windy.com shows from about 8AM to 2PM Sooke will have ~20kmh winds gusting to low to mid 30s. It shows waves that are 0.3m-0.4m. I know those conditions aren't calm, but for the more experienced boaters is that considered to be pretty choppy? Thanks
Yes.
Whole in the Water
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IMO any wind over 15mph is getting uncomfortable to fish. Even worse when it is blowing against the tide.
SpringVelocity
Crew Member
Strong Ebb current with westerly tomorrow going to be nasty in AM would be a prediction.
Just got my boat back from 3 months of been in service. Had to try it out despite the wind and chops. Line in at 10:45. Got blown all over the place. Finally found a direction that trolling motor can keep track. Got into a mix of cohos and pinks. End the day at 1:00. Had a mix bag of 3 hatch coho and 5 pinks.
All caught between 86' and 30'.
Used coho killer.
All caught between 86' and 30'.
Used coho killer.
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Fisherben3
Active Member
Windy has been been wrong for a while
Hot-Streak
Well-Known Member
I've been off work for most of july. I go back to work wednesday.... I've been out fishing locally 2 times. The winds have been annoying. I have my sister and her kids in town and they have been asking me daily if they can go fishing. Finally today there was enough of a window for me to take them but I told them it would be a bit of a bumpy ride down.
A bit bouncy on the way to beachy but not too bad. Set gear and started trolling, wandered around for about 15 minutes, talked to my friends on the radio about who was getting what. Just as I finished a radio call saying we hadn't go more then shakers... BAM!!!
The bite comes on and its double header after double header. Had a hard time keeping the gear in the water. I let the kids fight the fish and net while I set the gear.
We had a lot of fish in the boat in a short but good bite. Then since it was very sloshy I turned east and rode the stern sea back to church thinking the bites would slow down. They did for a bit... then I came back on steadily. My son and nephew and one point said their "arms were toast" haha.
Ride back was a lot smoother then the ride there. Turned into a great day of pink salmon fishing! My nephew will go back to Toronto with some good memories.
*TECHNICAL NOTES**
1) My autopilot was the real MVP today. I was basically single handing running the boat and gear while newbies fished. I was able to adjust course or turn the boat while fighting fish from the back with the remote. I used an old tablet to wifi/mirror my Lowrance HDS display to the back tablet. When everything works as one had intended and hoped it is a nice feeling. No way my newbie nephew or sister could have driven the right courses with the wind and current today.
2) I also cemented the decision to have all mooching reels with free spool as it let me set my gear faster, and I didn't have to readjust drag to send my rigs down on the downrigger.
3) Fish were caught on pink squirt and WCFT Little-PHAT-E (wee gee) clone. Rigger hits were at 45 to 68ft
A bit bouncy on the way to beachy but not too bad. Set gear and started trolling, wandered around for about 15 minutes, talked to my friends on the radio about who was getting what. Just as I finished a radio call saying we hadn't go more then shakers... BAM!!!
The bite comes on and its double header after double header. Had a hard time keeping the gear in the water. I let the kids fight the fish and net while I set the gear.
We had a lot of fish in the boat in a short but good bite. Then since it was very sloshy I turned east and rode the stern sea back to church thinking the bites would slow down. They did for a bit... then I came back on steadily. My son and nephew and one point said their "arms were toast" haha.
Ride back was a lot smoother then the ride there. Turned into a great day of pink salmon fishing! My nephew will go back to Toronto with some good memories.
*TECHNICAL NOTES**
1) My autopilot was the real MVP today. I was basically single handing running the boat and gear while newbies fished. I was able to adjust course or turn the boat while fighting fish from the back with the remote. I used an old tablet to wifi/mirror my Lowrance HDS display to the back tablet. When everything works as one had intended and hoped it is a nice feeling. No way my newbie nephew or sister could have driven the right courses with the wind and current today.
2) I also cemented the decision to have all mooching reels with free spool as it let me set my gear faster, and I didn't have to readjust drag to send my rigs down on the downrigger.
3) Fish were caught on pink squirt and WCFT Little-PHAT-E (wee gee) clone. Rigger hits were at 45 to 68ft
