O-FISH-ALL 2014 Vancouver, Howe Sound, Sunshine Coast Reports Thread!

[Pippen]

That was me in the Duckworth..... Black with the gray soft top. Which boat were you in?

Haha......31' Pursuit that let you know you had a second fish on....and very worthy of the cowbell ringing in your honour, you guys WERE gettin them like crazy!! We were envious as we had everything right but just couldn't get them dialed in until late.

 

[Sir Reel]

How do you Vancouver guys find the weather forecasting accuracy for this area? Environment Canada has a gale warning in effect today and yet Sand Heads light station is reporting calm conditions.
Tsawwassen is 6 knots and the Airport is 1 knot.

Gale warning in effect
Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait

Issued 04:00 AM PDT 07 August 2014
'Gale' force winds of 34 to 47 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Watch for updated statements. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weather radio stations

 

[FishWhisperer]

Keep getting the updated weather buoy reports and pick your window. If they're calling for a change in the wind (speed, direction) it will always happen just before or as the tide changes. Always. Every time. SE (easterlies) will always bring precipitation. NW (westerlies) will always bring clear skies.

When the wind comes from the West,
That's the wind I like the best.
But when the wind comes from the East,
The weather is fit for man nor beast.

 

[ryanb]

Gonna give it a go this afternoon. Whats a good depth to start at? On the rigger and water depth?

 

[Deejray]

Thanks for that heads up! Things were going right for a change. Hope to be back out this afternoon. I'd just switched to double glow flashers when they were hitting, that was the only change. Depths were 20' to 75'. That one that hit the 20' depth did a nice aerial right of hit. Pretty cool.

 

[Sir Reel]

Keep getting the updated weather buoy reports and pick your window. If they're calling for a change in the wind (speed, direction) it will always happen just before or as the tide changes. Always. Every time. SE (easterlies) will always bring precipitation. NW (westerlies) will always bring clear skies.

Thanks for the info. Can you get emailed updated weather buoy reports or do you just keep checking?
Environment Canada still says gale warnings but 7 knots at the Sand Heads.
Big Wave Dave and WindAlert say lighter winds.

 

[RageWelding]

Undecided weather to hit sandheads or tack to the t10 from the north arm for tomorrow. Something tells me it wont matter

 

[Dogbreath]

Very slow all day today around T-10 things turned on @ the mouth of the North Arm around 3 when the Orcas showed up-a few pics to follow tomorrow.

 

[fishin solo]

it looks like it will be ok in the afternoon but who knows

 

[dmurph]

How do you Vancouver guys find the weather forecasting accuracy for this area? Environment Canada has a gale warning in effect today and yet Sand Heads light station is reporting calm conditions.
Tsawwassen is 6 knots and the Airport is 1 knot.

Gale warning in effect
Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait


Issued 04:00 AM PDT 07 August 2014
'Gale' force winds of 34 to 47 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Watch for updated statements. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weather radio stations

Need to look at strait of Georgia south

 

[Knotaklu]

Fished from 7:00-4:00 north arm to t10, t10 flashers, pink hootchies, 25' -80'.... Not a sniff of sockeye. Saw a few get caught but not a lot of action around. Thought we going to be limited out by 8:00am. Nope. Got a nice little spring though so that was a positive.

 

[trendsetter]

Fished north arm to t10 again today 2-6pm. Had 3 hits in the first hour, landed two sox. Then the whale show started. Orcas everywhere around t10 and north. The bite ended for us when the whales showed up but still saw a few caught after that.

 

[trendsetter]

How do you Vancouver guys find the weather forecasting accuracy for this area? Environment Canada has a gale warning in effect today and yet Sand Heads light station is reporting calm conditions.
Tsawwassen is 6 knots and the Airport is 1 knot.

Gale warning in effect
Juan de Fuca Strait - central strait

Issued 04:00 AM PDT 07 August 2014
'Gale' force winds of 34 to 47 knots are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Watch for updated statements. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weather radio stations

Sand heads is in the strait of Georgia not Juan de fuca. You're looking at the wrong forecast.

 

[Dogbreath]

Sunrise over UBC/Point Grey

Googly Eyed Wild Sockeye-this is The Combo that Kills-a GEWT with a Chartreuse Double Glo Flasher

The Show is On!!

Anybody remember this shirt from the 2010 run?

 

[getbent]

Even though it can really turn the fishing off for awhile...it is super cool to be this close to Van and watch the Killers gowwing down on fish...love seeing that, better if they were seals mind you

 

[Pineapple Express]

Awesome pics!

Gonna be on the water this afternoon and Saturday/Sunday. We monitor ch16 on the radio...what channel are the fishing guys on? Say hi if you see us. Yellow Robalo with a t-top

 

[wildthing]

Awesome pics!

Gonna be on the water this afternoon and Saturday/Sunday. We monitor ch16 on the radio...what channel are the fishing guys on? Say hi if you see us. Yellow Robalo with a t-top

PE most chat on 88A but if you have an older radio may not have it?

 

[Pippen]

Even though it can really turn the fishing off for awhile...it is super cool to be this close to Van and watch the Killers gowwing down on fish...love seeing that, better if they were seals mind you

Ya....I too am fine with slow fishing as a trade off for a whale show.

 

[Revenge]

Hey Dogbreath, What is a GEWT . Is that something you made ??

 

[tincan]

Slow for us in our 3 hrs last night out of the north arm. A few sockeye hits in the first hour that we lost due to new rodsmen and then quiet the rest of the time. whales were awesome, however and it was super calm. I heard the morning was more consistent yesterday. We moved our gear around but generally our hooks (not cannonball/dummies) were in the 30-50ft range. good luck to all. Shaping up to be a wicked sockeye season!