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.
The fishing for hatchery coho continues to be very productive!
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!
Opening day chinook fishing in Area 17 was hot!
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 into August and then we have the Fraser Mouth chinook fishery to look forward to on September 1st.
If you are heading out on your own boat, make sure to check out our videos on coho fishing and subscribe to see the chinook videos that are on the way.
Coho Trolling Tactics: Flashers, Spoons, Hoochies
Coho Trolling Tactics: No Rigger & Rapalas
We just sold out of the Rapalas yesterday, but more are on the way, so if you want some, go to the product links below and click Notify Me When Available and you will be the first to know when they come back in stock mid next week.
See you in the shop or on the water,
Jason Tonelli