We've got a 14' Lifetimer skiff that's been customized to close in the bow with a windscreen and steering wheel. We had two lines down on downriggers and a net upright by the steering wheel.What boat were you in? We have a black 14ft lund with a merc 20hp. Out net stands up at the back of the boat. 2 of us in boat.
Did you catch anything?What boat were you in? We have a black 14ft lund with a merc 20hp. Out net stands up at the back of the boat. 2 of us in boat.
Skip the flats and go to the waterfront, clover point to brotchie. 200feet,, green glow coyote or skinny g. 36 inch leader...
All along the Victoria waterfront from Clover Point to Ogden Point/Breakwater. There is a ledge that runs along there called Brotchie Ledge basically in front of Beacon Hill Park/Dallas rd. You will sometimes hear people talk about the flagpole that's the flagpole at Beacon Hill Park.Where would this area be? Thinking of packing up the boat and heading out..
Thanks everyone. We fished the waterfront for a couple of hours today, near the bottom, but maybe not near enough. We came up empty. The current was moving too fast for me to get down deep enough consistently when we were going against it. We also dropped a cannon ball when the downrigger crimp thing on the steel cable slipped or something. We were in the 200' depth much of the time, but noticed people in much closer to shore and shallower too. We may try the flats next week, but I'm hearing that the bottom is the area and we just have to stay with it. We ran a dummy flasher on the cannonball and then sandlance spoons on the line. Maybe we just need heavier cannonballs...
I like the 90 -120 foot contours for winter springs myself, I also fish from a 14 foot tin boat, the shallower depths are easier to manage in a smaller boat, and there are plenty of fish there too. Glow flashers with glow spoons or hootchies are my favourites. Everything glow. Coho killers, AP sandlance, Gibbs Skinny g, these all work. I like them on about a 36-40 inch leader, heavy mono. I use 50 pound.
when fishing around the Vic waterfront I let my riggers out until the cannon ball touches bottom, pull it up about 5 - 10 feet and start trolling. Follow that contour on your chart plotter. Every once in a while your gear may touch bottom, or you get too far off the bottom... always keep adjusting the gear ensuring you’re close to the bottom.
With or against current shouldn't change your line angle/depth. Throttle will change, SOG will change, the action on your gear should not. 60 degrees off vertical and a 30% increase in rigger cable to achieve the depth isn't uncommon when running deep. But yes you're right 12lb is way too small either way.Thanks! This is very helpful. I think we were not deep enough down, for sure. And we only have 12lb cannonballs, so that was a problem for keeping things down when we were going against the current.
Cool, thanks. We were trying to keep the angle closer to 30-45 degrees, which may be why we were struggling (i.e., that is definitely why we were struggling). What size cannonball would you recommend? Can I double up the 12 pounders?With or against current shouldn't change your line angle/depth. Throttle will change, SOG will change, the action on your gear should not. 60 degrees off vertical and a 30% increase in rigger cable to achieve the depth isn't uncommon when running deep. But yes you're right 12lb is way too small either way.
No that'll cause more drag and blowback. I find 18's to be the sweet spot of not going to rip your shoulder out but still keeping the gear down. If you can only run 15s then just don't stack or try running a flasher with less drag, the ones that just spin and don't flail around.Cool, thanks. We were trying to keep the angle closer to 30-45 degrees, which may be why we were struggling (i.e., that is definitely why we were struggling). What size cannonball would you recommend? Can I double up the 12 pounders?