Glaciertim
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I know the halibut season is closed, but is there anywhere near Vancouver to fish for halibut? Georgia Straight?
Halibut near Vancouver?
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Dogbreath
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LOL!!!
We wish!
The short answer is that local Hali stocks were completely wiped out 75+ years ago.
There's a remnant stock that overwinters in/around Howe Sound and one is taken every few years by guys fishing close to bottom for winter Springs.
Halibut Bank out in the Strait is now an RCA but there was SFA there anyway.
There are Hali that predate on the Hake deep in the strait but they don't come up shallow much not on this side anyway.
fishnwhenIcan
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I picked up a 12lber over by Thrasher June 30th. Shocked me to see it and first one I've ever gotten locally. Was bouncing bottom in 150' with a spoon. i posted about it July 1st. I do consider myslef very lucky on that one.
Evenweight
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I have watched guys anchored up in Tunstal bay more than once. i have often wondered if they were Hali fishing
uclueletcharters
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I grew up in Yellow Point as a kid and ran a 12 foot aluminum boat with a 9.9 and fished pretty much 100% of the time in Dodd Narrows, Gabriola Pass and Polier Pass loved fishing the rips mooching. All areas were great Lindcod fishing start at the top and float through the rips with a banana weight and a whole herring watch bottom it loves to bit in there lol! The only spot I ever heard that the odd hali was taken was on the Vancouver side of Polier Pass. Now living on the West Coast hali fishing is pretty staight forward but if I was still on the inside I would study the charts and look for banks out in the middle between Polier and the mainland. I bet the stocks are starting to return. If someone does give it a go try trolling with a big glow hootchie so you cover lots of ground and I bet it will be productive. Good luck to those chasing Hali's on the inside would love to hear some productive stories!
trendsetter
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I would be the first one out there if there was a chance of catching a hali in the strait. I think it's too deep for trolling in the area you are talking about (500-1100 ft). Maybe find a 500ft bank and drift with an electric reel, 24oz weight and whole herring. It's too bad there isn't a way to restock the area around halibut bank.
uclueletcharters
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Probably the only way would be to close the area for 10 years and relocate a bunch of big females and males to restock the area. Here's some info on there life span http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_halibut . But the fisheries would probably have a bunch of reasons why you couldn't. In an earlier post someone mentioned Halibut Bank that was an area that has been on the back of my mind for years. If I have some extra time in the next day of so I will pull out the old charts and see if there are any high spots that could be of interest.
I very much doubt that any halibut in the SOG ever have or ever will form its own little population that spends all its life just there. Halibut are migratory fish and typically all spawn offshore in the Pacific in the deep near the continental shelf. Just as JDF halibut migrate out there for spawning and come in for feeding, any SOG halibut would do the same. Relocating spawners to SOG will not result in building a SOG specific population. Bring back the feed in SOG and the predators will follow. There are enough halis out there to send a bunch to SOG but you have to give them an incentive to come there - think FOOD!
uclueletcharters
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Good point, the feed is a little weak on the inside in that area but there are lots of other species that are thriving so there's got to be enough feed. There's quite a bit of needle fish in that area, hands down the West Coast is the place to be for hali's but it would sure be nice for the local folks if one day they could scoot out on the inside and pick the odd one up.
uclueletcharters
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Here is a link to an online chart for the Strait of Georgia looks like there are a couple small spots whether they are sand or not is a mystery. Click on the link--> http://www.oceangrafix.com/chart/zoom?chart=18400
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