2025 Victoria and Oak Bay Reports

[N2013]

A little calmer today, so we got out fishing for Coho just out from Church Rock. Fished 8 to 11 and the only action we had was from 9 to 10.
Kept two clipped and two wild Coho and let go 3 more wild. Fish were caught at 75 ft on the DR, in 400ft of water and using green Alligator squirt hootchies. For some reason white never got a bite..
Pulled the crab trap and got 5 Dungeness and 3 red rock. Lots of females too.

That old boot up top has been up and down the fresh somewhere. Cool.

 

[Doug]

That old boot up top has been up and down the fresh somewhere. Cool.

I agree, it was the first fish of the day and clipped. It also had a good size set of teeth too.

 

[Doug]

Fished today 8 to 1130, just out from Church Rock (400ft) and the sane location as yesterday. Not a coho bite at any depth but shakers everywhere. Moved out to 550 ft and had some action.

550 ft of water, 75 ft on the dr and using alligator squirts. Ended up with 2 clipped, 2 wild and let go one wild. All the fish were smaller than yesterday and only five Coho all day.

Got 7 crabs today, but there were lots of females, which made the traps (2) hard to pull up from 70 ft .

 

[Original]

Got out for a Monday noon-4pm aft float with low expectations for fish and figured I would get blow off. Lost a beauty coho at the boat at 2 then nothing until 330 and we picked up a 60cm spring and a wild coho off the breakwater. Also had 3 nice crabs outa 20 in the trap. Weather was a perfectly sunny day that layed down nicely. Bonus for me was my son redid the brackets & bunks on my trailer and dropped the rig back at the launch.

 

[Slack-tider]

Hey Original, I wish I had a son like that. My trailer needs some work, ;-) Thanks for the report.

 

[Denny Dolittle]

Out from Trial today hunting Hali. 9-12:30. One nice chicken and one on and gone….and 20 !!! large doggies. Salmon belly best. Calm, warm. Checked by marine patrol who said we were only ones out. They were professional and courteous.
Life is good