Vancouver Saltwater Salmon Fishing Report  Fantastic fishing continued around Vancouver this week, making for a great finish to July with strong catches of coho and chinook.  Locally, coho fishing remains excellent, and the fish are getting bigger each week.  On our longer trips, chinook fishing has been red hot in Area 17.  For an inside look at how we fish deep for summer chinook and what gear we use, check out our new video, Chinook Trolling Tactics – Down Deep with Flashers and Hoochies. This blog post covers the tactics in detail and includes links to the featured flashers and hoochies, as well as a pre-packaged kit while quantities last.  Looking ahead to August—it’s hard to believe it starts this weekend—the strong coho and chinook fishing should continue.   For those of us fishing out of the Vancouver area the Fisheries Notice for Area 28 Chinook Management Measures was released this afternoon (FN0814) which goes over…

Vancouver Saltwater Salmon Fishing Report  The second half of July has been treating the Pacific Angler guide boats exceptionally well. With just over a week of chinook retention open in the Gulf Islands (Area 17), it’s safe to say the fishery has lived up to the anticipation.  When the weather has allowed us to make the run, the Gulf Islands have been producing outstanding fishing. Chinook action has been consistently excellent, with plenty of quality fish coming to the net and a healthy mix of coho keeping rods busy throughout the day. Add in the reliable bottom fishing, and it’s been hard to ask for much more from a summer charter.  If you haven’t made it over to the Gulf Islands yet this season, now is a fantastic time.   For anglers staying closer to Vancouver, there’s been…

Vancouver Saltwater Salmon Fishing Report  It’s mid-July and the fishing has been fantastic!  On our local trips we have been fishing for coho around Bowen Island and West Vancouver and the fishing for hatchery coho continues to be very consistent.  On our longer trips, we have been going to Area 17 (Gabriola & Entrance) as chinook opened as of July 15th.   On these trips we fish for chinook, hatchery coho, lingcod and rockfish!   The chinook numbers this year are excellent, as are the coho numbers, so the fishing on our first few trips across has been nothing short of outstanding!  If you are looking to book a trip, this is the time, with lots of options locally and farther afield.  The good fishing will continue through the rest of July and…

Vancouver Salmon Fishing Report  It’s all about the coho!  Fishing has been awesome this week with lots of hatchery coho around.  There is no better way to show you how good the coho fishing has been than our recently released Coho Trolling Tactics video on YouTube that was filmed last week.  When it comes to what is working, that is covered in the video in detail.  We made it easy for you by putting all our top producers in a PA Coho Trolling Kit so make sure you check that out, limited quantities are available!    Chinook will open in Area 17 on July 15.  This is a red hot chinook fishery that goes all of July and August.  Without a doubt this is our favorite trip to do.  You can fish for chinook, coho, lingcod, and rockfish all on…

Vancouver Saltwater Salmon Fishing Report We’ve had a rainy start to July but there are many more sunny days on the boat to come! Coho fishing has remained steady with only a handful of slower days for the PA Guide Team, who are dialed in to our local fisheries.    We have been doing well off of South Bowen as expected for this time of year, with fish being found all along from Point Cowan to Roger Curtis.  The fish have been shallow for the most part, and we have been seeing a majority of the fish in the top 30′-40′ of the water column. The harbour still hasn’t been the most consistent for coho yet, but the recent rain may have got some Capilano fish moving. It’ll be any day now we see some solid action along West Vancouver and the Capilano…