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Whole in the Water
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Fished Secretary to Otter from 7–4 and got 3 wilds and 6 hatchery coho. Had more to the boat that were released. Lost a big screamer 
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Not too many shakers this time. Fished Andrew P and skinny g spoons and white hootchies from 90-150 ft in 200-400 ft of water. Beautiful flat calm weather with some rain.
.Not too many shakers this time. Fished Andrew P and skinny g spoons and white hootchies from 90-150 ft in 200-400 ft of water. Beautiful flat calm weather with some rain.
Englishman
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Nice day to try for coho today. Strange, weird day in a way, but still good for all that. Launched at 9:00am and first line down at 9:20pm with a hootchie. It was flat calm and there were clusters of boats visible from Beechy to Otter. Right off the bat, before the second rod was out, we had a good hit at 65’ in only 120’ of water. Netted a decent 7.5lbs unclipped. Put a little herring out on the other rod and then strangely trolled round for nearly another two hours without another hit except for shakers of which there were a lot!
Finally not far off Secretary had another decent hit on the bait side, at 65’ again. This one fought really well and we netted a splendid 9lb unclipped. Another hour later we eventually netted a little clipped fish of 4.5lb. Just before we called it at 2:00pm we hand another big hit on the bait side again and released at the boat a very nice unclipped about the same size as the bigger one we kept. So fishing was extremely sporadic today, but the unclipped ones were very good size. And weirdly the hootchie we got the fish on in the first 5 minutes never had another hit except shakers, even though we tried depths from 45' to 100'. Shakers even at 100'!!
All our fish we in 120-200’ of water and this seemed to be where everyone else was fishing too.
Finally not far off Secretary had another decent hit on the bait side, at 65’ again. This one fought really well and we netted a splendid 9lb unclipped. Another hour later we eventually netted a little clipped fish of 4.5lb. Just before we called it at 2:00pm we hand another big hit on the bait side again and released at the boat a very nice unclipped about the same size as the bigger one we kept. So fishing was extremely sporadic today, but the unclipped ones were very good size. And weirdly the hootchie we got the fish on in the first 5 minutes never had another hit except shakers, even though we tried depths from 45' to 100'. Shakers even at 100'!!
All our fish we in 120-200’ of water and this seemed to be where everyone else was fishing too.
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kingspring
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I want to see the screamer!Fished Secretary to Otter from 7–4 and got 3 wilds and 6 hatchery coho. Had more to the boat that were released. Lost a big screamer
Not too many shakers this time. Fished Andrew P and skinny g spoons and white hootchies from 90-150 ft in 200-400 ft of water. Beautiful flat calm weather with some rain.
scott craven
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Good day on the water with King Crab 
Started jigging at Constance and hooked a few nice winters that shook off at the boat.
Mid morning decided to run west to see if we could get on the Coho. Between Race and Beechey we found some good size fish up to 10lbs which were a mix of clipped and wild.
Nice conditions and good company !
Started jigging at Constance and hooked a few nice winters that shook off at the boat.
Mid morning decided to run west to see if we could get on the Coho. Between Race and Beechey we found some good size fish up to 10lbs which were a mix of clipped and wild.
Nice conditions and good company !
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Whole in the Water
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Ever had a big fish on the line - than ya have experienced 'screamer' hitting hard and pulling line. I wanted to see this fish too, but was not to be.I want to see the screamer!
Cataline
Active Member
Launched today at Pedder, (had to wait for the cashier to open at 8:00), 15 minutes later we were heading for the Race, incredibly calm water! Followed the Tueday's advice and headed for 400' of water off Church. Green and glow hoochie on one side and a Tiger Prawn on the other side, canon balls at 75 and 85. Nice strikes and had boated two clipped Coho within the hour, also a nice unclipped Jack Spring. As the flood built we found we were swept east while trolling west at 2.6mph on the water speedometer. Strikes and wilds for the rest of the morning. Around 11:00 we upped tackle and headed to Beechy; (kept with the 350 to 450 water depths) but here found lots of 8" shakers, everytime you checked your line you found a shaker. Trolled back toward Race (doing 4-5 mph over the ground and ended up back at Race again to hook in to several more wilds). Nice size and feisty, but no more for the cooler. Called it a day at 1:30. The cleaning table at Peddar was dry.
Sublime day on the water for sea conditions and weather, a couple more keepers would have been even nicer!
Sublime day on the water for sea conditions and weather, a couple more keepers would have been even nicer!
vicsurfer
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It was a grind today. Started at 8:30 near the Head. We trolled down off the Trap and had 4 Quick hits that didn't stick. Around 11 we managed our first Coho at 90ft, then shortly after got a decent feeder spring at 100ft. The white hootchies seemed the best today. Didn't really see much action all morning. Pulled the plug at 1.
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Slow for myself out of Cheanuh. Covered a lot of water, Secretary to Bedfords, in close and 2 km out. Surface to 90'. Only a couple of fish around 5 lbs, and countless shakers. Didn't see many nets out.
Back at the dock around the derby weigh in dead line there were some fish. Winner was 11lb 6. Nice chinook on the deck as well.
Calm seas and a few humpbacks made the day.
Back at the dock around the derby weigh in dead line there were some fish. Winner was 11lb 6. Nice chinook on the deck as well.
Calm seas and a few humpbacks made the day.
Whole in the Water
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Fished from 7-1 today from Otter to Beechy Head and kept 2 wilds and 2 hatchery coho. had a few shakers and long releases. Definitely slower today. Used white glow hootchies from 60-120 ft. All fish caught at Otter before 11am.
Eden Island
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Where were you?
Tsquared
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We fished the West Bedfords in 300 to 350 fow. The fish were between 90 to 115 on the rigger, spoons and hootchies.
Englishman
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BWD improved the wind forecast this morning so we made a last minutes decision to head out, a bit late. There were quite a few boats fishing east of Secretary to Beechy and no one to the west.
Lines down, bait one side and pink hootchie the other, at 9:20am and right off the bat again we had two hits in a row on bait at 75’ in 420’ of water. The first we missed and the second enabled us to net a 6lb unclipped. For the next 2.5 hours we got nothing but shakers especially on the hootchie. Anything above 70’ seemed to get shakers.
At 1:00pm we had two more sudden hits in quick succession on bait again, one at 75’, the other at 90’. In both cases they were “pin pop”, rod to vertical, strikes that were too fast to hit. 30 minutes later we got a “pin pop” strike on the hootchie side at last and boated a very nice 8.5lbs unclipped male. We called it a day at 2:00pm.
So overall, quite slow, but a fantastic flat calm sunny day on the water, so we were chill and relaxed with not too many fish bothering us. LOL
Lines down, bait one side and pink hootchie the other, at 9:20am and right off the bat again we had two hits in a row on bait at 75’ in 420’ of water. The first we missed and the second enabled us to net a 6lb unclipped. For the next 2.5 hours we got nothing but shakers especially on the hootchie. Anything above 70’ seemed to get shakers.
At 1:00pm we had two more sudden hits in quick succession on bait again, one at 75’, the other at 90’. In both cases they were “pin pop”, rod to vertical, strikes that were too fast to hit. 30 minutes later we got a “pin pop” strike on the hootchie side at last and boated a very nice 8.5lbs unclipped male. We called it a day at 2:00pm.
So overall, quite slow, but a fantastic flat calm sunny day on the water, so we were chill and relaxed with not too many fish bothering us. LOL
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Lewy
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We were one of the boats that went over towards Secretary, went about halfway there from trap but way offshore and couldn't find the coho with our hoochies so headed back and stayed out in 4-500'. Out from the bay at the tideline around 600' started getting 50cm springs at 100ish on the rigger. Caught and released 3 one after the other then got a really good hit but unfortunately it got off. Kept another about 60cm but that was it for us today. Spoke to two guys at the dock who did get a pair of decent wild coho at secretary around 9.30 and got both on the bait side, nothing doing on the hoochies all day for them either. Flat calm all morning and hot when the sun was out.
Reminder for all of the save the whales closure off Sooke. DFO map is weak. Best to plot it. It is much closer to shore off the harbour/ bluffs than it looks on map. When I was out last weekend the guides were fishing right on the edge of it at 350 ft of water. A few boats were clearly unaware and fishing in it.
I was unable to fish where I normally would as my marks are in it.
Closure is in effect till Oct 31.
I was unable to fish where I normally would as my marks are in it.
Closure is in effect till Oct 31.
Whole in the Water
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Fished today from 10-4 off Beechy Head to Secretary. Landed 2 wild and 3 hatchery coho lost 3 good fish and got a few shakers. All on skinny g and white hootchies from 65-150 ft in 350-550 ft of water.
Stizzla
Crew Member
What a guy, tips! Did you get some meat?
