The Area 20 ( San Juan) test fishery gillnetter is getting only 6 to 10 pinks per night so still early.
2025 Victoria and Oak Bay Reports
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Got out for the aft/eve bite on Wednesday. Headed out to Constance Bank and had a nice spring then a nice wild coho in the first few mins then it went dead for hrs. Came back to Brochie and trolled back towards Sax pt where the port rod ripped off the clip and was taking line. While trying to hand off the rod the beast spat the hook. No meat to take home for dinner so settled for chicken wings hehe. Beauty day on the water.
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Rough out there but had to give it a go. Flats. Pretty good. Seven decent springs to the boat, a few lost and a few shakers. Biggest maybe 15lb. All on No Bananas Skinny G. The other boat out there was providing lots of action for his guests. My biggest fish was out in the shipping lane at 37' on the DR while probing for pinks. No pinks.
A huge Brown Pelican sure stood out mingling among the seagulls.
A huge Brown Pelican sure stood out mingling among the seagulls.
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Island boy, love your videos. That guy spun you around and was in tow mode. I can’t wait for that Tyee video gettin you up on plane.
I got out Monday late due to low tide planning to go to Beechy but fog kept us close by , eventually got launched and dropped trap and started to troll. 5 mins in and again on my Peetz Vp special a nice scrappy 8lb spring released. Shortly after we got a nice sized Pink off Sax point on a green/white hootchie. We put in some time and distance but at the end of the day we had 2 pinks in the tub. Seen lots of jumpers and marked lots of fish but not many biters. Trap full of females, softies and undersized and only 2 keepers.
I got out Monday late due to low tide planning to go to Beechy but fog kept us close by , eventually got launched and dropped trap and started to troll. 5 mins in and again on my Peetz Vp special a nice scrappy 8lb spring released. Shortly after we got a nice sized Pink off Sax point on a green/white hootchie. We put in some time and distance but at the end of the day we had 2 pinks in the tub. Seen lots of jumpers and marked lots of fish but not many biters. Trap full of females, softies and undersized and only 2 keepers.
Out on the flats 9:00. Trolled there for an hour educating two nice springs then headed out to the deep water to feed the dogfish. They almost feel like a small halibut when you bring them up sideways. Out of bait I jigged for a while, boating a few big Quill backs and finally a legal Ling.
Back on the flats by early afternoon for a couple of hours into the flood, four more chinooks and a couple lost. Nothing big, 8-12 lbs. Short, deep bodied fish. All unclipped. Strong scrappers for their size. I stuck to the weathered No Bananas spoon.
Back on the flats by early afternoon for a couple of hours into the flood, four more chinooks and a couple lost. Nothing big, 8-12 lbs. Short, deep bodied fish. All unclipped. Strong scrappers for their size. I stuck to the weathered No Bananas spoon.
any coho; anywhere ?
Newf
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Talked to a few guys at the cleaning station in Pedder yesterday. It was loaded with pinks and not one coho. A couple guys said that they had released one or two unclipped but no keepers to be found so not showing up in numbers yet.
neilvictoria
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We caught 10-15 clipped coho today between beechy and secretary, 3 keepers. Anchovies were killing it. Only 1 pink
I did troll for a bit out in the purple zone after bottom fishing. Nothing for coho or pinks. I have caught pinks just outside the flats in previous years. Only ever caught a couple of coho in the Oak Bay area. They don't seem to swing through there much. Sooke ways, or out further out in the straight would be a better bet for coho.
Hot-Streak
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Last day of stay-cation before heading back to work tomorrow. My little sister is in town with her kids and hassling me for crabs so I went out to the boat after dropping my kid off at summer camp to drop some traps. Took her oldest with me (14 year old) and we headed off to Pedder Bay dropped traps then went to set up for trolling. Started trolling around 11 or so and was slow for a bit then around 1130 or so the bite came on and the pinks hit like a wild-fire. It had been slow before but then when it turned on we couldn't keep the rods down, double header after double header. Didn't matter what depth, what lure.
Came up on VH68 to report what we were getting an let others know after the first bite. Limited out very quickly even after losing a few fish. The waves there and back were a bity choppy.
Had riggers from 30ft to 69ft all depths hit. One side pink squirt, other side WCFT Mini-PHat E (wee gee clone)
Came up on VH68 to report what we were getting an let others know after the first bite. Limited out very quickly even after losing a few fish. The waves there and back were a bity choppy.
Had riggers from 30ft to 69ft all depths hit. One side pink squirt, other side WCFT Mini-PHat E (wee gee clone)
kaelc
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Thanks for the report. How was crabbing?
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