Bottom Fishing Report  It Is almost bottom fishing time! Bottom fishing opens May 1 in select areas.    With the month of May on its way, many anglers will start thinking of dusting off their bottom fishing gear getting ready for the upcoming season.    With rockfish and ling cod about to open, anglers will want to make sure they have a good selection of snaps, swivels, lures, and leader material.  Along with those, be sure to have extra beads, hooks, and a file to keep your hooks sticky sharp.  I actually like to build out my own bottom terminal kit to make sure I don’t borrow from my salmon gear.  Short, stout rods, paired with matching level-wind or lever-drag reels are standard leaving lots of options…

Vancouver Saltwater Salmon Fishing Report:  Chinook Regulations Explained  It’s that time of year where the overly complicated chinook regulations take effect.    I will start by saying these closures are not warranted based on the abundance of chinook in our local waters that are not stocks of concern.  Your chance of hooking a chinook stock of concern (Upper Fraser River) is less than 1% right now.    The science is in, and it is clear it should be open for chinook right now, but because of political pressure from NGOs and First Nations on DFO to keep it closed, you won’t be out there selectively harvesting even a hatchery chinook.  We are still working hard to change that, but for now, let’s take a look at the…

Vancouver Winter Chinook Fishing Report, Regulation Update, Coho Outlook  Well, this is it, the last weekend before chinook in our local water closes to “no fishing for chinook” regulations effective April 1st.  More on that later; let’s focus on the positive for this weekend, which is the great fishing, crabbing and prawning.   The fishing has been good this past week.  There are definitely some nice schools of chinook around, the trick is finding them.  We have been out all week and have had success at a variety of locations.    Our typical strategy has been to fish South Bowen from Cowan Point up to Roger Curtis.  Most days this has produced some nice chinook and we have been getting them 80-130 on the riggers in 150-350…

Vancouver Salmon Fishing Report, March 15, 2024    Things are changing rapidly in our local waters so let’s get right to it as we only have 2 weeks left of chinook retention!  First off, the 4 months of excellent chinook fishing in Howe Sound has come to a standstill. Thing really shut down this past week.  We went from multiple keepers to working hard for a bite in a matter of days.  It was quite shocking really, but also not completely unexpected as we have seen this happen in the second week of March before, but it doesn’t always seem to happen.  It’s a bit of a mystery, as the fish seem to literally disappear and then the algae bloom seems to turn off any…

Vancouver Winter Chinook Fishing Report    Well, we have a few more weeks left of Vancouver winter chinook fishing.  This season has sure flown by, probably because the fishing has been pretty awesome overall.  If you haven’t made it out yet, don’t worry there are still 3 weeks left! To check out some of the action we have had this winter, watch this video of Jason and the BC Fly Guys, chasing down some winter chinook in Howe Sound.  It was a true winter chinook day, windy with a good dose of rain and cooler temps, but the fish sure didn’t seem to mind! Looking ahead, there will be plenty of chinook around the next few weeks in local waters and the Gulf Islands.  Howe…

Vancouver Winter Chinook Fishing Report With March 1 upon us we are into our last month of chinook fishing for those of us in the Vancouver area.  As most of you know, chinook fishing is scheduled to close in the Vancouver area April 1st.       Closures aside, we are looking forward to a great month on the water!    Our guide boats have been out over the past week and the fishing has been good!  We have been fishing the Howe Sound area and across the strait near the Gulf Islands when the winds have allowed and both locations have produced consistently.    So now is the time to get down to your boat and hit the water.  Don’t forget to bring your traps, prawning continues to be…

Vancouver Winter Chinook Fishing Report     It’s hard to believe that we are already in the middle of February, well into the winter salmon fishing season, and what at a season it has been so far!  There have been lots of chinook around this year with more to come.  We are so lucky to have such great winter salmon fishing in Vancouver anywhere from 5 to 50 minutes from downtown.  I was out quite a bit last week and had great fishing on all the trips.  The BC Fly Guys were in town to do a lake fishing seminar at the shop, which was fantastic by the way, and then we went fishing on Sunday.  There are some great posts of the action on their…

Vancouver Winter Chinook Report & 2024 SRKW Survey   The snow and the cold weather has finally cleared, and for many that means they can now get back out there winter chinook fishing.  We also gave the PA guides and boats a rest during the snow and freezing temps, but we are back up and running now! We had a few trips this week and had great fishing and prawning.  I would say overall the Vancouver winter chinook fishing this season has been excellent, one of the best in recent memory, and there is more to come! February is always a great month for Vancouver winter chinook fishing as there are lots of fish in Howe Sound, the Gulf Islands, and we also start to…

Vancouver Saltwater Salmon Fishing Report The marine forecast and weather look pretty good this weekend if you are planning on heading out.  I can’t say the same for later next week though.  The big freeze is coming so get out there this weekend if you can, and make sure your boats are ready for some colder temperatures next week from Thursday to Saturday.   Luckily, after that it looks like we are in for some sun and warmer weather.     Fishing has remained solid this past week.  There are good numbers of chinook throughout Howe Sound and we are starting to see more fish show up in Vancouver Harbour around the Bell Buoy, Freighters and Cap Mouth.  These spots usually fish well in January right up…

Vancouver Salmon Fishing Report A quick saltwater report for those of you who might be heading out over the holidays.  Overall fishing has been great.  On our last trip we put 4 nice chinook in the box and got a handful of prawns.  If you have some time off this holiday season it’s definitely worth heading out.  No boat?  No problem, call us at 778-788-8582 to book a trip at our special winter rates.                                                                                                       …