Well, it is the last day of August and the fish are on the bite. Pacific Angler head guide Eddie had a good day on the water after a couple of slower days this past week. He was able to get 3 springs to the box in a 5 hr morning charter. Eddie has been…
Archives for August 2012
Vancouver Salmon Fishing Report, Friday August 24th
There have been some good numbers of chinook around lately as they pass by the S Arm, N Arm, and Bell Buoy area. Depending on the winds we have been fishing these areas with some great success. Hot depths have ranged from 30 to 80 feet but most of our fish have been in the…
Vancouver Saltwater Report, Wednesday August 22
The Vancouver salmon fishing has been hot and heavy over the last week or so. The coho fishing has been excellent especially if you are willing to get up at the very crack of dawn. However, the real story has been the amazing fishing for large chinook salmon over the weekend. It was simply on…
Hot Weather and Hot Fishing!
Well it looks like Wednesday was the turning point as the slow fishing of the last few days got hot weather up in a hurry! The good coho fishing and good chinook fishing started on Wednesday and continued onto Thursday. The coho fishing off W. Van has been good to great. The first light bite…
Vancouver Saltwater Salmon Report, August 14
Well, it has been a pretty tough weekend for our saltwater salmon guides. Some strong northwest winds and big tides have made the fishing difficult over the weekend. However, last night Pacific Angler saltwater guide, Eddie, hooked into a monster chinook salmon last night. Pacific Angler guests did a great job landing the big chinook….
Vancouver Salmon Fishing Report, August 10th
I was out yesterday in the local waters of Vancouver on an 8 hour charter. We spent most of the morning off W. Van, in particular, the flats in about 20-30 feet of water just W off the Pink Apartment. There were about 20 other boats fishing the area for Capilano Coho and you could…
Vancouver Salmon Fishing Report August 6th
Well I had the pleasure and fortune of hosting some Pacific Angler clients on a fly fishing trip to the Dean River at BC West lodge this last week, so I haven’t been out locally. Our Head Guide Eddie Matthei was on the local saltwater all week in the Salty Dawg, salmon fishing in Vancouver…
Vancouver Salmon Fishing Update, Friday August 3
It is hard to believe that we are now in the month of August. And with August comes great weather and great fishing conditions. The vancouver salmon fishing has been rolling along and now we finally have the summer weather we’ve been waiting for! The Environment Canada Vancouver forecast is calling for sunny conditions all…