2025 Victoria and Oak Bay Reports

[Stizzla]

Near the green can a nice wild spring dragged me around for a bit. 5 of diamonds was the ticket again.
Then I went out to 140' and lost 2 Pinks before netting one for lunch.

I’m so jealous. If I don’t get to a bouncing rod in 3 seconds it’s gone.
You made a sandwich and did your taxes before grabbing that rod!

 

[islandboy]

I’m so jealous. If I don’t get to a bouncing rod in 3 seconds it’s gone.
You made a sandwich and did your taxes before grabbing that rod!

Sticky sharp hooks tipped with a thin slice of herring strip?
I think I just got lucky.

 

[Ldub]

Out this morning from 5:30-11 off the waterfront. Only hooked into 1 decent chinook, but lost it after it broke off the trailing hook on my teaser rig. Let go a few pinks, some small springs and a wild coho. I only saw a few good fish being caught all morning. Pretty slow overall for opening day.

 

[Mausermike14]

Fished from 3:30-5:45 tonight, a little lumpy out there but the old Hourston handled it no problem. Hooked into 5 springs today, biggest being around 60cm, All gaff released.

 

[eroyd]

Really lumpy out on the flats this morning. Fortunately I got to be a guest in someone else's bigger boat for a change, but we still nose punched a few big waves. Only three today, all 7-8 lbs. Kept one. Seemed other boats were doing about the same.

 

[Doug]

Finally back out fishing.

Fished Vic waterfront yesterday and started at 645. The fish and bait were showing up on the sonar everywhere until 815, then it went blank. Got one 72cm at 8 and then the pinks moved in. A friend who was also fishing out front said the bite was 5 to 7 for them and they got their springs, so I guess we missed the major bite.

Today started at 6 and it was choppy choppy and waves peaking at 4 ft sometimes and we were flying all over the boat.. One more Kl per hr of wind and would have gone in. Fishing was great at 6 to 8 and we landed a 80cm (16.5lb?) got another and after a 25 minute fight we let go a fish around 90cm, then got a 74cm and back in by 830. It was strange the larger fish was only 2.5 lb bigger than the shorter fat fish.

I counted about 16 boats fishing or trying to fish in the wave action.
Fish were at 80 ft deep and caught on xl bait which was hard to run today in the choppy water. No pinks today.

 

[Slabbedout]

Just looking at weather and wind for tomorrow and looks like Oak bay may be the most tolerable with kids.

Seems like it’s been pretty slow ? I assume no pinks and very few coho around ?

I fished whirl on Friday and the pinks where thick on the flood tide .

 

[scott craven]

Oak Bay was calm and there are springs around.
Pinks off Trial, no coho yet

 

[eroyd]

76 cm Chinook on the flats in the first 5 mins at 0800 and then pretty slow for the rest of the morning with only a couple of small ones. Probed out into the strait spinning pink stuff at 35 ft and got a couple of 4/5 lb coho's. Circle back in towards South Discovery and found the pinks.

Mr. Pelican was out. He identifies as a seagull.

 

[tinboatrobb]

76 cm Chinook on the flats in the first 5 mins at 0800 and then pretty slow for the rest of the morning with only a couple of small ones. Probed out into the strait spinning pink stuff at 35 ft and got a couple of 4/5 lb coho's. Circle back in towards South Discovery and found the pinks.

Mr. Pelican was out. He identifies as a seagull.

Nice report. My wife got a 76cm Chinook off the harbour moth at 10am this morning. Did not see another net out.

 

[Hyde-N-Seek]

It was really slow out today in the waterfront. Heard of only couple other fish. Lots of boats but not much action.