Sooke Reports - 2007
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Tough afternoon on the water with those strong currents and those persistent Westerlies. Went thru 4 packs of bait filtering thru the hordes of pinks, wild coho, juvenile springs and odd dogfish. We finally hooked a nice spring and had it 25 yards from the boat when the seal grabbed it. At 100yards from the boat it surfaced with our fish in it's mouth and that's when we cranked up the Yammy225 and manouvered ourselves right on top of the little *******. I was still reeling slack line when I saw the flasher pass under the port side ~ I thought the line broke. But after a few seconds I caught up to the fish and it appeared right beside us with no seal in sight! After a little yelling and a quick scoop and we finally had our spring (20lb). And there was no damage to the salmon because the seal grabbed it by the head. Now that was lucky, but it was all we could catch for today. Get the smokers ready 
- with these strong tides and millions of pinks it's going to be tough to effectively target springs.
- with these strong tides and millions of pinks it's going to be tough to effectively target springs.
Funny, I haven't hit a pink in Renfrew yet this year, but have been up to my arms in Coho lateley. Wonder where they went?
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doubletake
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A guy by the name of Jaye took a 40.5 lber off otter point yesterday. Theres a picture of it here http://www.fishtactics.com/DSTReport?dstNum=dst0000002
Looks like a few more nice ones came in off otter today as well. Im planning on fishing there tomorrow, will post a report.
Looks like a few more nice ones came in off otter today as well. Im planning on fishing there tomorrow, will post a report.
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Mongoose
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this thread is killing me lol, the tow truck broke down and im stuck yet to catch the first salmon of the summer
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Bravefart
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quote:Originally posted by Tailspin
A few Springs from Sunday at Church, taking 3rd and 4th place in the annnual Victoria Legion Salmon Derby for these two fella's, Big swell out there in the morning and lots of Coho and pink's showing up! Nice and flat from 9-10 when we picked these up.
Looking at some of the pictures of other boats gives me ideas for my own boat. For instance looking at yours with the checker plate under your downrggers is a great idea, I presume you have some on the underside as well.
By the way nice fish.
Davie
frayedknot
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between Beachy and Trap today 25# , and lost two high teens one to a seal . 
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ashtonspoutine
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Hey all,
Great reports. I am very new to fishing the west coast and will be in Victoria for 2 weeks starting on July 30th. I mapquested Sooke and see that its very close.
Does anyone have any basic info for a rookie and his two brothers who would like to catch some fish (even those pesky pinks)???
I will have a small 14.5 boat. Sturdy. 55hp motor.
Where do I launch?
Where do I fish?
Do you just troll? With what?
How about those pinks? Since many of you dont seem to like them...Ill take 2 out of the water for you guys!
Anywhoo, any information would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Great reports. I am very new to fishing the west coast and will be in Victoria for 2 weeks starting on July 30th. I mapquested Sooke and see that its very close.
Does anyone have any basic info for a rookie and his two brothers who would like to catch some fish (even those pesky pinks)???
I will have a small 14.5 boat. Sturdy. 55hp motor.
Where do I launch?
Where do I fish?
Do you just troll? With what?
How about those pinks? Since many of you dont seem to like them...Ill take 2 out of the water for you guys!
Anywhoo, any information would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
TheRock
Active Member
Originally posted by ashtonspoutine
Hey all,
Great reports. I am very new to fishing the west coast and will be in Victoria for 2 weeks starting on July 30th. I mapquested Sooke and see that its very close.
Does anyone have any basic info for a rookie and his two brothers who would like to catch some fish (even those pesky pinks)???
I will have a small 14.5 boat. Sturdy. 55hp motor.
Where do I launch?
Where do I fish?
Do you just troll? With what?
How about those pinks? Since many of you dont seem to like them...Ill take 2 out of the water for you guys!
Anywhoo, any information would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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This is a Sooke catch report thread, your questions should be posted starting a new thread, we are all here to help you. Firstly you need to do some reading, there is a wealth of information on this site already, simply use the search command and type in "Sooke Fishing" , "Pinks" There are many threads you can read that will answer many of your questions... I did a quick search and found tons of info already... here is one link I found from a thread..
http://www.sportfishingbc.com/articles/saltwater_fishing/sooke_fishing.htm
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ashtonspoutine
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Thanks TheRock!
Sorry for posting questions in a report thread[:I]. Kinda silly on my part. That article you sent was awesome. I will post my REPORTS, next time im on this thread. Will do a search as well about those pinks.
tight lines
Sorry for posting questions in a report thread[:I]. Kinda silly on my part. That article you sent was awesome. I will post my REPORTS, next time im on this thread. Will do a search as well about those pinks.
tight lines
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Bravefart
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quote:Originally posted by ashtonspoutine
Hey all,
Great reports. I am very new to fishing the west coast and will be in Victoria for 2 weeks starting on July 30th. I mapquested Sooke and see that its very close.
Does anyone have any basic info for a rookie and his two brothers who would like to catch some fish (even those pesky pinks)???
I will have a small 14.5 boat. Sturdy. 55hp motor.
Where do I launch?
Where do I fish?
Do you just troll? With what?
How about those pinks? Since many of you dont seem to like them...Ill take 2 out of the water for you guys!
Anywhoo, any information would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Download the fishing derby boundry chart at this site.
http://www.biteme.metchosin.com/regs/regs.htm
I am new to this area as well and I found it great for pinpointing the fishing reports.
There is excellent launching at Pedder Bay Marina that should fill all your needs.
Gas, fishing licence,fishing gear, etc.
