BC Saltwater Fishing Reports - Mid July, 2010

The local saltwater fishing has been fairly consistent for coho off W. Van. The best depths have been from 60 feet up to the surface. There have been schools of fish from Pt. Atkinson to the Cap Mouth and the trick is simply finding them. The best bite has been in the morning but we have had some good bites in the evening as well. White hootchies, UV white hootchies, and UV hootchies have all been good producers. Fish are also getting caught on spoons like the Coho Killer, Gypsy, and Coyote in glow/green, or wonder bread. Some anglers are also doing well with smaller Apexes and of course some fish are getting caught on anchovies. There have been a few springs caught as well, not very consistently yet though, a few nice Fraser fish have been caught on the flood tide. Best areas have been around the Bell Buoy but there have been some springs caught off the Cap mouth as well. The fishing for chinook should start to pick up as we see more fish start to show up in the last two weeks of July. One of the best places to intercept these fish is off the Bell Buoy on a flood tide. The fish are generally shallow with some of the best depths being in the 30-60 foot range. A flasher with a 6 foot leader with an anchovy in a glow teaser head is hard to beat for these fish. There haven't been many boats off the Fraser searching for chinook as the NW winds have been keeping people fairly close to home. The fish are clearly entering the river, the test sets in the lower Fraser have been excellent, so if the weather allows it, this would be a good bet.

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DFO Regulation Update:

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Beach Salmon - The local beaches have been producing some nice coho and overall it has been an excellent year thus far. Anglers have been doing well around Ambleside and the mouth of the Cap as well as the W. Van beaches. The gear fisherman have been taking the lions share of the fish using spoons and spinners in the shallower areas, and small buzz bombs or zingers off the deeper drop offs. The fly fisherman are getting fish on crab larvae patterns and smaller streamers. The coho that we have caught and cleaned on our saltwater charters are absolutely stuffed with crab larvae in most cases. Some fish donÕt have anything in their stomach so we are seeing fresh fish move in, and others that are staging and feeding in the area quite heavily. The average size is also increasing. We are seeing some nice fish in the 4-6lb range and there have been some fish up to 9lbs caught. We have a great selection of specialized local beach patterns in stock and some great patterns for E. side of Vancouver Island and the Tofino area as well.

Beach Cutthroat - Sechelt beaches are always worth a go if you are looking for something different to do during the summer and fall. We recommend Porpoise Bay and the various Howe Sound creek mouths. Sea-run cutthroat roam the various estuaries and beaches on the Sunshine Coast and will aggressively take a fly. Finding them is half the battle, but when you find one there are usually a few more around as they travel in small pods. Go to flies are small bait fish imitations like rolled muddlers that do a good job of imitating the salmon fry and other small bait fish that the cutts love to feed on. There are some coho showing up now and things should continue to progress as more fish come down the Strait.

 

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