SOOKE REPORTS spring/summer 2010

[Karma-Kazi]

Fished 5-dark. halibut for the first 2 hours, had one hit. Then trolled the bedford-church till dark and not even a hit. Lots of bait showing on the sounder and on the surface!

Hope it is better tomorrow night!

-Steve

 

[Lipripper]

Dam you guys in boats [V]
Stopped by Otter for a couple casts before dark. Ground swell.
Watched the guys fish (including a kayak) for a bit, no bent rods. Lots of bait up tight though

 

[mmcl]

18 pounder tonight at 10,at otter. 32 feet on chove... slow didnt mark much

-mitch

 

[krazyfishingfool]

another beauty of a day out today,flat calm and hot hali fished between 7:30 and 10:30 am managed to get a 40 pounder and had one other good hit and not too bad for dogfish too

 

[chris73]

Well, we all must have missed these great spring runs past Sooke lately![)]

from Usedvictoria:

quote:Sooke (View Map)
We've had great runs of Chinook passing through Sooke as of Lately. The summer weather has finnally hit us and we are having a great time.
Come and Check out the Salmon Action in Sooke!

$75.00hr 4hr min

6hr Salmon trip $450.00
www.goincoastalfishing.com

 

[Karma-Kazi]

OH man, Its been so HOT! Limits in 15 mins. You have to hide in your cuddy to put your anchovey in the teaser or they wont bite!

What a joke! Heading out right now will post later. Should find me in the trap for the evening!

-Steve

 

[Tsquared]

Nothing for us--started at Muir at 6:30 am then Otter when the wind came up, then back to Muir and Sheringham when it calmed in the pm. Quit at 3:15.
T2

 

[cloud]

one for us....25 lb....at Otter at noon after moving over from Muir. 30 feet on herring.

Cloud

 

[Karma-Kazi]

Nothing for me, One lite bite at about 7 at Obrien. fished 4-9. What a joke. Im starting to get pissed about this fishing.

-Steve

 

[wolf]

Thats why its called fishing and not "catch" LOL got one high teener yesterday,To bad theres no coho for you steve
Ive noticed in the past that when a strong SE like what that did yesterday they go off there bite dont ask me why all the years of doing this its alomost a waste of time something that mother nature knows that we dont?????

Good luck Wolf



Blue Wolf Charters
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[Barbender]

There used to be a old saying my grandfather used to say, Winds from the west fish bite the best, winds from the east fish bite the least. For the most part I have found it to be true. Then again I am always looking for a good excuse for coming home with a empty cooler.

 

[Karma-Kazi]

Those Coho's should be here shortly! Atleast its somthing to fill the gaps between the Springs. Im thinking im into it for about 35 hours fishing and one 14 pounder! I cant seem to mark any fish anywhere either. Maybe 5-6 fish each trip. I would say you have to work hard for your fish. But I havent even seen many caught. Maybe 3-4 fish in that time.

That would be strange if the winds effected your fishing results. I will keep it in mind when I start catching again.

-Steve

 

[highlights]

Started my Tuesday off from the basin at around 4:00am on radar. Stopped in at otter to see if I could mark any fish. Nope, so continued on through to Sheringham. No fish at first then suddenly a wave pushed in. Bait everywhere on the surface and stratified slabs everywhere. I though for sure it would be any moment until my rods started to pop. ....but nothing. Then as suddenly as they appeared they were gone. I saw one 20ish fish taken in the four hours I was there. I picked up and moved down to muir. I still didn't see anything significant. So, continued down to possesion. There they were. I managed one high teens that I released. I figured that fishing alone in the wind is tricky enough but when other @#$%holes allow themselves to be pushed into the reef I am not being pushed in too because of their stupity. I pulled my lines in three times to move quickly only to watch other guys drift in on the rocks and get caught up. Morons! ( I should note that I tend to work the rocks really closely when I am searching for fish. Starting from really tight in to really out deep. Pretty standard.) These guys get on the outside of me with these big S#$%t eating grins on their faces while they are being pushed in by either tide or wind. I swear most of them are acting like they don't know or are not aware of the reefs out there. I'm not going to start yelling out there so I eventually packed up.

Kind of a grind [|)]

 

[wolf]

RIGHT rod to shore it amazies me nobody does this and pi$$es me off especially on an incoming flood takes about 30 min to go from otter to 3rd rock coming down maybe 5 mins yet there is morons out there and yes I know your lurking on here!!!!! go up tight inside then go out deep and do a circuit so its all moving together its really not hard cmon make it easy for everyone out there. you cant have the inside both ways.

Btw got 1 20 lber for my efforts today and lost 2 at the boat. so could have been a GREAT day LOL

wolf

Blue Wolf Charters
www.bluewolfcharters.com

 

[highlights]

Good to see you out there Wolf man. Your guests looked wind beaten LOL.

I remember those days. LOL

 

[profisher]

Out for 2 trips yesterday, 3 springs in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Today 2 in the morning and 4 out of 5 this afternoon, including a triple header (20, 19 and 16) landed all 3 I guess I'm dialed in right now.

 

[highlights]

Dialed in ......good work. I was looking but didn't see you. Guess I was working too hard LOL

 

[Last Chance]

As for the east wind, I can say it's a damn fact that they don't bite. Look at my logs. And on Swiftsure when the damn things are boiling and we get one of our southeasters that sometimes come up, they won't bite. East is least when it's salmon fishing in my books.

Last Chance Fishing Adventures

www.lastchancefishingadventures.com
www.swiftsurebank.com

 

[Luna]

quote:Originally posted by profisher
I guess I'm dialed in right now.

You are out there everyday and have been guiding in sooke since the early 80's. I would say your dialed....Nice work on consistently hooking up. That is the true test of a good fisherman!!
Care to give a bit more info than just #'s. If not I totally understand but was anyone else hooking up around you at least? Any info from a vetern guide is helpful and appreciated; thanks in advance!! I guess we'll have to keep reading IFF to get the reel goods.

 

[alley cat]

"Wind from the East fishings the least"
"Wind from the West fishings the best"

I remember my Father spouting that out many years ago.


AL