2026 Port McNeill, Telegraph Cove Reports

[the force]

QC Straits and mainland inlets are open to 1 hatchery/1 wild til July 31. After that its still 1/1 in the inlets but only 1 hatchery in QC Straits. In August we often fish in the mouth of Wells and Fife passages and catch both chinook and coho.

Are the hatch Ho’s the smaller <5lb ones that we get more commonly down Nanaimo way? I hear stories oh 10+ northerns, those are typically wild and hard to come by?

 

[Eden Island]

Are the hatch Ho’s the smaller <5lb ones that we get more commonly down Nanaimo way? I hear stories oh 10+ northerns, those are typically wild and hard to come by?

Over the years, we've caught lots in the 8-10 lb range, up to 12, mostly wild. My daughter caught a 13 a few years ago. Last year, most were in the 6-8 lb range, again mostly wild. None much smaller.