Catching spiny dogfish in Vancouver in 2025
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Tinny
Well-Known Member
Any scent will draw them in. Even just a bit of smelly jelly that you can buy at a fishing store. They are not picky.
Howzer
Active Member
I'd be leery of eating anything caught in or near False Creek. You do know the history of the area?
I once dropped a Marinco power adapter overboard (the yellow ones) and 'fished it out 30 mins later, the yellow adapter was permanently dyed brown on the side where it lay on the bottom.
I once dropped a Marinco power adapter overboard (the yellow ones) and 'fished it out 30 mins later, the yellow adapter was permanently dyed brown on the side where it lay on the bottom.
teeth monolith
New Member
Just got back from Granville Island public dock, lotta stuff biting at herring but nothing hooked on. I was using this old silicon false - cephalopod setup I had and this metal leader I just put together today. Definitely should've been camping just one rod instead of having several out. I've also had several pieces of herring stolen off my hook and this one half - herring that's bitten once again in half.
What I was running
Something took all the meat off this herring chunk, left only the vertebrae and ribs
Herring head that's been bitten(should've checked for lost teeth!)
What I was running
Something took all the meat off this herring chunk, left only the vertebrae and ribs
Herring head that's been bitten(should've checked for lost teeth!)
trophywife
Crew Member
feed the hook through and zip tie the herring.. if you can get salmon parts from fish store you will not be spending good money on herring.
chunks of the head or a whole head work great and the small critters cant strip it off.
maybe sharks wont eat farmed salmon?
chunks of the head or a whole head work great and the small critters cant strip it off.
maybe sharks wont eat farmed salmon?
teeth monolith
New Member
Whole herring's way too big so that's why I'm using chunks. I could try some bigger hooks tomorrow(prom tonight), have some spare halibut rigs lying around. I actually had tried a whole head but some beast stole it off and they aren't in unlimited supply.
teeth monolith
New Member
Definitely felt those. Would some floats on the bait be good against them?
teeth monolith
New Member
Open to dogfish and salmon shark right now with limits of 4/1 respectively. Would like to go after salmon shark eventually but I know those pelagics rarely comes this close to shore.
teeth monolith
New Member
Oh. I was reading this: https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tidal-maree/a-s28-eng.html
is it not up to date?
CBsqrd
Well-Known Member
It’s up to date, but you have to also read the “Restrictions” section underneath the “Species Regulations”.
trophywife
Crew Member
whole herring is not way too big. your sharks are too small.
a chunk of salmon with skin is far tougher. markets sell offal from salmon processing. you wont get bait robbed by smaller species, salmon skin is great hook holder.
teeth monolith
New Member
I thought navigational closure wouldn't apply if I was just fishing under the dock. It's out of reach of watercraft.
teeth monolith
New Member
Noted. I have some salmon guts from butchering a salmon earlier this season, will hook that up. Normally I eat the whole salmon though. Tonight I'm trying vanier park, brought up three whole crabs last night at granville and they're all too small. If Vanier doesn't work, I'm going to try west stanley park.
teeth monolith
New Member
Is Jericho Pier good for dogfish? Haven't been there in years but I recall in 2018 someone caught a dogfish off it, dunno how common that is.
adanac
Well-Known Member
Literally anywhere in English bay with a bit of depth . We also used to crush em at ambelside peir , big wharf with lights aswell .
