Searching for Halibut or Ling out of SOOKE
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Seafever
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I don't know about Halibut off Sooke.....but for Lings:-
Generally speaking you need to be looking for islands or islets or reefs or rocky humps that get good current /tidal action.
Anywhere from 60ft to 120ft should produce......close to the rocks/ledges/bottom.
They like hanging around structure waiting to ambush prey and sitting on ledges waiting for the current to bring them some victims they can pick off.
You don't generally find many of them over flat sand bottoms....
Generally speaking you need to be looking for islands or islets or reefs or rocky humps that get good current /tidal action.
Anywhere from 60ft to 120ft should produce......close to the rocks/ledges/bottom.
They like hanging around structure waiting to ambush prey and sitting on ledges waiting for the current to bring them some victims they can pick off.
You don't generally find many of them over flat sand bottoms....
Karma-Kazi
Active Member
The past few years ive been finding more and more lings on sandy bottom around Sooke. Look even deeper then 120 i go out to about 200-220 ft then go back for another drift. Many places to fish that go even deeper then that but it can be near impossible unless at slack tide.
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-KK
I didn't see too much for RCAS One main was out towards Swiftsure Bank I was thinking something alot closer like constance or around there...
Any one want to throw me a bone and send me some GPS coordinates it would be a huge help..
Hope to see you on the water..
wolf
Well-Known Member
Apparent you didnt look hard enough http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/maps-cartes/rca-acs/areas-secteurs/1920-eng.htm
Sorry to say but this fishery was decimated long time ago and is having a hard time recovering.
good luck Wolf
Sorry to say but this fishery was decimated long time ago and is having a hard time recovering.
good luck Wolf
Here is a place to start for lings and Hali in Sooke.
48deg 19.122 N
123deg 45.466 W
That spot is about 2.5 miles from Sooke harbour anywhere in a 10 mile radius should be worth a try some areas better then others maybe but you won't learn that without trying some spots. You don't have to travel 10 miles pick close spots if you like.
As mentioned watch for RCA's and if I were you I'd bring some beers down to the dock and try to chat with people who were on the water and having success.
Another tip instead of asking where to go research ling and halibut behaviours and try to solve the riddle of not where to go but why to go there and if you can do that you'll be well on your way.
48deg 19.122 N
123deg 45.466 W
That spot is about 2.5 miles from Sooke harbour anywhere in a 10 mile radius should be worth a try some areas better then others maybe but you won't learn that without trying some spots. You don't have to travel 10 miles pick close spots if you like.
As mentioned watch for RCA's and if I were you I'd bring some beers down to the dock and try to chat with people who were on the water and having success.
Another tip instead of asking where to go research ling and halibut behaviours and try to solve the riddle of not where to go but why to go there and if you can do that you'll be well on your way.
poet1971
Member
Hey Ghost 21,
This is a spot I have marked to try on my charts. I have not yet tested it, but all the signs are there. There is a nice pinnacle, sandy bottom, and good depth. Make sure to pin up so that you're fishing the east side of the pinnacle. Let me know if you have any luck there.
It's about 4 km outside the lateral beacon at Wiffin Spit.
48deg 19.513 N
123deg 43.154 W
Tight lines,
Poet
This is a spot I have marked to try on my charts. I have not yet tested it, but all the signs are there. There is a nice pinnacle, sandy bottom, and good depth. Make sure to pin up so that you're fishing the east side of the pinnacle. Let me know if you have any luck there.
It's about 4 km outside the lateral beacon at Wiffin Spit.
48deg 19.513 N
123deg 43.154 W
Tight lines,
Poet
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