Vancouver Salmon Fishing Report  Looking back at March, we had excellent winter chinook fishing right up until closing day on March 31st.  It was a great winter season, and all indicators are pointing to an excellent summer coho and chinook season.  Now that we are in April, chinook fishing is closed in Area 28 and 29.  The regulations are no fishing for chinook, which means you can’t actively target chinook.  This means no catch and release chinook fishing.  If you cross over to Area 17 it is open for non-retention of chinook (catch and release) and if you fish in Area 17-6 and 17-9 it is open for 1 hatchery chinook a day, 62cm or greater.  Coho are currently non-retention and will open for 2 hatchery coho per day, 30cm or greater,…

Winter Chinook Salmon Report  As we near the end of the season we can officially say it’s been another great one!  We have had consistent winter chinook fishing, prawning and crabbing since November.  We are so lucky to have this amazing resource minutes from downtown Vancouver.   A reminder the regulations change to no fishing for chinook April 1st and your 2025/26 license also expires.   If you are heading out in the coming days, fishing should remain solid.  Josh was out yesterday and landed a few nice fish.  He continues to do very well on the Gibbs Lemon Lime flasher paired with a Yamashita OG140R Glow Chartreuse Spatter Back hootchy.  It has been tricky to find some suitable conditions this past week with all the wind and rain, so let’s hope luck is on our side for the remainder of the March.  Now that winter chinook…

Vancouver Winter Chinook Salmon Fishing Report  A quick winter chinook report today, as Josh and I are down on the docks working on the boats.  We had multiple trips out this week and fishing was a bit slower than the week before, but we put some nice fish in the boat each trip.   Josh and Eddie both got into some fish in Lower Howe Sound and last Friday I crossed over and hit Gabriola and got into some nice fish.    There wasn’t a lot of bait on the other side but there enough fish around for some good fishing.  There definitely seems to be more bait in Lower Howe Sound and Vancouver Harbour right now.   The fish seem to be moving around a lot, with good catches in one spot only to be…

Vancouver Winter Salmon Fishing Report  It’s been a very productive week with some nice fish around in Lower Howe Sound, Vancouver Harbour and over in the Gulf Islands.  I wasn’t sure if the fishing was going to taper off or pick up this past week, but it definitely has picked up, except perhaps for Upper Howe Sound which has been spotty to slow (but that can change in a hurry).    We are seeing some suspended fish in Howe Sound and Vancouver Harbour, so be on the lookout for bait and arcs up off the bottom a bit.   This is mostly anchovies up shallower and the fish are on them, sometimes as shallow as 80 feet.   Although being close to the bottom is usually the place to be, if you see some bait and fish off…

Vancouver Winter Salmon Fishing Report  Winter chinook fishing was quite good this first week of February.  There were some great catches in Lower Howe Sound and some fish are also starting to show in Vancouver Harbour off the Bell Buoy and the Freighters.  Later in February some more fish usually move into the harbour as more and more and herring start gathering in the area before they head up Howe Sound and Indian Arm to spawn.  We haven’t been over to the Gulf Islands in a few weeks now, but some locals we know there are catching some nice fish.  Crabbing and prawning has also been decent in our local waters, with the crabbing being better than normal for this time of year in our opinion.    This is a popular time to get out…

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 has been paying off.   Larger spoons have been working well, but green and blue hoochies have been the most consistent producers overall. There’s plenty of bait out there and most of the bites have been coming right over or tight to that bait, so if you mark it, try to stick with it – circling back or staying right on top has been key.   Prawning has been decent but not always consistent. Most…