Fishing Diary - Don't miss out on a good fishing tide! Reference Point Atkinson Tide
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May 10. Alan B took Paul H and his nephew Cody out fishing to the Gap at Thormanby. Paul H was celebrating his 50th so he was first up followed by Cody who had never caught a salmon. Within 30 minutes they had 2 X 9lbers in the boat. Both were caught at 75' on anchovies. That was it for action for the day.

May 7th, Pender Harbour Charters had one keeper and lost 2 with their clients off Pender.

May 3&4 the Garden Bay Classic had 8 fish weighed in for the Derby. The westerly on Saturday prevented the fishers from fishing their hotspots. Nothing big weighed in but the fishers had a lot of fun.

Michael (writer) and Art were out on May 6th, 2008 on the west side of Thormanby Island right in "the gap".  Two nice springs (10-12 lbs) within the hour leading to the low tide at noon.  Both on 5.0 Army Truck Coyote spoons at about 115 feet in approx 120 feet.  Gotta occassionally bounce those cannon balls to be in the game.  

May 4. Alan B and his son Andy were moving their new boat from Gibsons to Port Stalashen. They decided to do a pass at Salmon Rock since there were rumors of some fish caught there earlier in the week. On the first pass Andy picked up a 12 lber on a green anchovie head and green flasher combo at 45' tight to the rock. It's time to put a fish cleaning station in at Port Stalashen!

May 4th, Russel M caught a 23lbs spring of Twin Island half hour before slack on a coyote and flasher at 88' respectively.

April 17 Davis Bay Sports Fishing got out for the three hours before the low to fish the mouth of the Cove with no action, marked a lot of feed but no takers.

April 13 Davis Bay Sports Fishing did the morning low trolling off Trail picking up one keeper from 120ft in 170ft, fish was taken from an anchovy/green flasher.

April 12 Bob got a call from Epsom Point from Devon that they had just lost a nice fish at the side of the boat fishing the hours leading up to the low around 5:30pm. There friends had taken a 16lbs from the same area on the morning high, both fish were encountered from 140ft green coyotes out in 240-270ft of water.

April 4th, Bob A. reported that a patron of his caught 3 keepers and released 2 undersize in front of Secret Cove.

Davis Bay Sports Fishing trolled the morning of the 21 at Trail with and only one small fish. On the 22 a short effort before the evening high tide in Selma Park yielded nothing. A good effort at the mouth of Secret Cove on the 24 fishing the low resulted in picking up a nice keeper, losing one at the net and one other bump, plus a good load of prawns made for a nice day on the water. Fish were hitting the purple haze hootchie and blue flasher combo set at 180-200ft. Best prawning came from just inside 300ft.  

Feb 17th, Randy and his brother Mike mooched Bejiere Shoal and caught 1 keeper spring, and were raked 8 or so times. The salmon were giving no chances and 1 pass and they were gone. It was nice to get some action on the live bait as it has been awhile.

Feb 16 Dais Bay Sports Fishing had a gang of local’s out on the water early. We set traps for prawn from 300to 270ft then trolled around Trail for the hours leading up to the high slack around 11:30am. Not a bump not a sniff not a tickle! Not even as much as a sole or a flounder. Thank goodness for the load of prawns, with the traps from 290-270ft producing the best.

Feb 7 Davis Bay Sports Fishing found a window of opportunity to get out fishing Secret Cove for the few hours before the low at 12:01pm. Phil G. had taken a monster in the area mooching Sat the Feb 3, I was hopping there would be a few more hanging around. It did not take long on the first pass coming up to the Red House in 140ft of water the rig pulling the Army/Truck coyote and green flasher took a 15lbs.  

Feb 3 Davis Bay Sports Fishing got his gang out on the waters of Halfmoon Bay around 8:00am set two strings of prawn traps then took to trolling the Bay. The morning low gave up nothing but a few ling, but no worries Halfmoon has never been good to me fishen the low. The high at 1:01pm took a while to kick in but then three good hits in a row one from 160ft green/silver coyote and two from 180ft on anchovy. One lost at the net, which looked good, one just a hair short and a nice 9lbs keeper which was just plugged with five inch herring. The prawning was amazing with the best results coming from the string set in 265ft. I spoke to a boat that had gone from Halfmoon to Secret Cove to fish the morning low and had taken three keepers from 120ft, but not a take on the high.    

Davis Bay Sports Fishing got his group at light set a few traps and took to finding some feeders, with a low around 8:00am and a high just before noon it looked promising. Three other boats joined in for the merry go around at Trail all with little to no luck. With a ferry to catch and traps to pull we pulled the plug at noon, fifteen mins to soon by the look of what Mike K. posted on the site! We did manage 10lbs of prawn but the crab trap which seemed to be loaded from the weight pulling it up turned out to be two big dog fish an a half dozen flounder.

Feb 02nd, Mike K. fishing for the first time this year out at Trail Islands, went out 3 hrs before the 11:50 high tide with nothing to show other than a dinky little flounder.   Watching Bobby D pull up his second string of prawn traps, at 12:15 my gear started to jerk, thinking I hit bottom, my line started to peel out. After a 10 min battle - low and behold a 23.2 lb spring ..caught at 150 ft with a green and silver coyote spoon c/w hologram etching and with a red silver flasher.  Great Day! 

Tim R wanted to mention that it would be a great idea to remind people of the Rockfish Conservation Areas in the Reports page.  Looking through his fishing log from last summer/fall,  in the 130 hours he had spent in the Halfmoon/Thormandby/Secret Cove area. He pulled up his gear to notify and warn 23 boats in total that they were fishing in a closed area (RCA).  Most said they didn't know it was a closed area.  Some just grumbled and reluctantly pulled their gear and moved on.  He would have hoped that checking with the DFO website for changes to, and/or current regulations and fishing closures should be part of anybody's preparation before they put the boat in the water and go fishing.  Ignorance of these closed areas is just appalling.

 Jan 22 Davis Bay Sports Fishing found an afternoon with nothing to do, or that could not be put off until tomorrow, and put the boat in and was at Trail for the three hours leading up to the 4:15pm high. First hour was slow with no feed showing no action until a heavy thumb from the rigger held at 180ft got me out of my seat. Good looking 12lbs fish took the army/truck coyote and blue flasher. On the way back the same set up took a 23inch fish from 160ft, before calling it a day an hour before the slack so I could get the boat and fish cleaned before the sun got to low along with the temperature.

On Jan 22 Bill C caught a beautiful 13 lb spring mooching at Pirate's Rock at 1:30 Pm. We had fished the 11:30 morning tide in front of Secret Cove,along with 2 other fisherman ,  with no action between us.   We had our prawn traps out at Pirate's rock and I had seen quite a few birds in and around Bertha during our set. We decided to fish for half hour and had just set anchor in 190-200 ft when Bill C. got his fish.

Jan 12th, Dwayne went out to fuel up at 2:30 on Saturday and the waters seemed to be calming so he grabbed 6 herring and put the hook down in front of Secret Cove. Before he could get his second rod out he had spring and landed a 9#. After one dog and losing one another hit that was also 9# bookend and by the time he put the rod away the other rod was slack. This was a bit bigger spring going 10 to 11# which he released. All in 45 minutes in 210 feet.

Jan 7th, Phil N reported that the wind calmed slightly for the morning tide and he caught a 12 lb spring mooching at Coopers Green. Phil was fishing in 160-180 ft  and caught it 30 minutes into the 11:17 tide. He had 3 other strikes and a half dozen small dog fish.

Jan 6th, Dwayne and Larry were out to Buccaneer Bay at 11:30 on the 6th. Steady action again with one double header, a few released, and keeping a 10# and two 9#

Dwayne C. was out to Buccaneer Bay on Sat with Larry, a perfect winter fishing day. Larry released two just under and we played a few more. He went over to Buccaneer again today, Jan 1st, 2008 in the stiff wind at 11:00 and was into steady action for 2 hrs. with two double headers and countless hits. Released two and kept an 11 pound spring....... Great start for the new year!

Dec 31, Phil N and his father inlaw were mooching in 170-190 ft at Buccaneer Bay,  and managed to bring in a legal keeper on the morning tide. It ended up being the only bite of the day.

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