Vancouver Saltwater Salmon Fishing Report
As we enter mid-April, we are currently in the second week of no fishing for chinook regulations in Area 28 and 29. Note you can practice C&R chinook fishing in Area 17 over in the Gulf Islands.
This time of year, we are booking trips where we are sampling chinook for DNA (we have a permit from DFO to do this), which makes for some fun days of catching lots of chinook and some great crabbing and prawning. So, although you won’t be going home with any chinook salmon, you will certainly catch quite a few, have a great time doing it, and we will send you home with a nice bounty of Dungeness crab and BC Spot prawns.
Some good news on the coho front. Taylor from the shop was on the BC Ferry this morning, heading over to Vancouver Island and he saw all sorts of juvenile coho jumping in the middle of the Strait of Georgia. This is an excellent indication that the vast majority of local coho have decided to stick to the inside waters again. This means we should have great coho fishing again this summer.
Coho Picture. Caption:
Last June and July we had limits of hatchery coho and we are expecting the same great fishing this summer! This picture was mid-June 2024.
Coho fishing in local waters in 2023 and 2024 was extremely good at levels that haven’t been experienced since the 80’s, and it looks like we are in for another great season in 2025. If you want to experience this fishery, I would start booking dates now. In past years it got good around mid-June and we were fully booked early on.
As mentioned earlier, crabbing and prawning has been very good and don’t forget rockfish and lingcod open up in Area 17 on May 1.
For more information on our Vancouver salmon fishing charters, visit us at Vancouver Salmon Fishing or give us a call at 778-788-8582
See you in the shop or on the water,
Jason Tonelli