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.
It was true winter chinook conditions this week!
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.
A well-conditioned winter chinook from Gabriola.
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.
Now that’s a proper Lower Howe Sound bait ball!
The fish seem to be moving around a lot, with good catches in one spot only to be slow the next day in the same spot. So basically, standard winter chinook fishing, but good to see all this bait around and decent numbers of fish. The next 4 weeks should continue to fish well, and we will see when the algae bloom kicks off this year and how that affects the fishery.
Until then, see you in the shop or on the water.
Jason Tonelli