Fished Aberni inlet today. Worked Lone Tree and some of the China Creek basin. 6:00 am-7:00 am saw LOTS of fish netted. (guessing about 50 ish that we saw.) We ended up with a 38 and a 32. Had a double header as well with one fish feeling VERY large, but crossed lines cut off the smaller and the larger fish cut the leader while sulking under the boat. The teeth abrasions were very evident.
Gear for the day for us (and alot of others) was purple haze flasher with pink mini hootchies. I Forget the color number. Though we saw some other boats have success with bait.
Hope this helps someone land their dream fish. Also, most of the fish we saw netted were quite dark, but quite a few chromers mixed in. We lucked out with 2 chromers.