Snuck out for the last day of the year. Picked up my brother, who flew in from Toronto, at the Richmond Chevron. Made it to the Hump by 2pm. Fished until 530 and had pretty much nonstop action. First 90 mins was off the charts. 3 keepers - two in the 70’s and one mid 60’s to the fork. Great final day. Shame it has to end!
2026 OFFISHALL Vancouver- Howe Sound- Sechelt Report Thread
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adanac
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Looks like you’re about to be down an islander.
A-a-Ron
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The ‘ol fish whistle tends to do the trick for me
Aquaholic
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The wireless anchor is selling well too.
A-a-Ron
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Ah yes but the fish whistle is a real thing. Not an April 1st thing but more of an April 20th thing…. If you get my drift…
Top Rod
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Ayup or the bite of a sandwich, dip of the net, not looking at the rods purposely, toasting the kokanee gods
Aces
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JKOZAK
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My Fishing BC app tells me that nooks and ho's are "non-retention" at the moment. I believe this indicates that catch-and-release is legal. Can anybody set me straight if I've misunderstood that? Also, still being relatively new to the community, I'm curious if there is an unwritten rule that it's best to stay off the lines until there is an opening for retention. So, if I wanted to do a little catch-and-release scouting in late May in hopes of a June hatchery coho opening, is that kosher / legal?
Rain City
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It's totally legal but somewhat frowned upon. But that's only because of the ridiculous wording of "no fishing for Chinook". But maybe they changed that this year? I think most guys wait until there's a possibility of retaining something when the coho roll in so it's not so painfully obvious. So, no, you're not doing anything wrong if you're not targetting Chinook for catch and release in those areas. This will get a side-eye from all sides. So maybe not posting your accidental non legal fish to the boat count online would also be a good idea.
Aquaholic
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I preach this often, but you have to keep scrolling on the app to look for CLOSED status, and I believe it is coloured. Chinook are closed to fishing in most of the areas you usually fish in. The only one that I saw. which may be an error, is 28-6 (Pt Atkinson to Navvy Jack Pt) is non-retention last time I checked. The latest Pacific Angler report touches on it, however you should be able to see it on the app. Respectfully, many stop scrolling when they read what they hope to see, and that is where the trouble can start.
Also, maybe choose the one sub area at a time you want to fish in, 28-2 or 29-3 etc but not both.
Pacific Angler:
Now that we are in April, chinook fishing is closed in Area 28 and 29. The regulations are no fishing for chinook, which means you can’t actively target chinook. This means no catch and release chinook fishing. If you cross over to Area 17 it is open for non-retention of chinook (catch and release) and if you fish in Area 17-6 and 17-9 it is open for 1 hatchery chinook a day, 62cm or greater.
Coho are currently non-retention and will open for 2 hatchery coho per day, 30cm or greater, on June 1st. A reminder that lingcod and rockfish will open in Area 17 on May 1st.
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