Vancouver Winter Chinook Salmon Fishing Report We’ve been seeing steady fishing action this past week in Howe Sound, the harbour, and across the Strait. There are definitely fish around but be prepared to weed through a fair number of undersized ones, as lots are coming in just under the 62 cm mark. Keepers are showing up though, so a bit of patience…
Archives for January 2026
Vancouver Winter Fishing for Chinook Salmon – Mid January Report: Friday, January 9, 2026
Vancouver Winter Fishing for Chinook Salmon – Mid January Report As we enter into mid-January, we are right in the middle of the winter chinook season, which generally starts early November and closes March 31st. Current regulations are 2 chinook salmon per day, wild or hatchery (missing adipose), 62cm or greater. Fishing last week and into this week has been great,…
Winter Chinook Fishing Report: Friday, December 5, 2025
Winter Chinook Fishing Report The Vancouver winter salmon fishing season is well underway as we wrap up the first week of December. We have had quite a few trips already this season and we are retaining legal chinook salmon (62cm or great, wild or hatchery) on most of our trips. As usual for this time of year, the brighter…
Vancouver Winter Chinook Salmon Fishing Report: Friday, December 19, 2025
Vancouver Winter Chinook Salmon Fishing Report We don’t have a lot to report this week as it’s been difficult to get out there recently with all the wind and rain. We have a trip out today and some on the weekend as well and being that it’s late December, I am sure we will find some fish. On our last trip, fishing was…
Vancouver Winter Chinook Salmon Fishing Report: Friday, January 02, 2026
Vancouver Winter Chinook Salmon Fishing Report The rain and the wind finally backed off over the holidays and many anglers, including us, headed out in search of winter chinook. We are happy to the report the fishing was quite good, with great catches of winter chinook in Vancouver Harbour, Lower Howe Sound, and the Gulf Islands…