OFFICIAL 2016 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread
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fishin solo
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anybody been to sandheads this week?
tightlines
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We fished sand heads Monday 10-3 pm. Lost a mid 20s spring right at the net, and lost a small coho at the boat. Only 2 bites. That's fishing! Whales came through around noon. Anchovies at 30-70 ft near the green can. Didn't see much other action, 20 boats around, maybe saw 3 fish hooked. Is it done?! I might give it a go on the weekend if the NW wind stays down.....
jeff candy
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I was out there and stayed away from the pack as much as I could all I managed was a nice 10# hatch doe, did you happen to see the big yacht out there earlier? I just had to get close to see what they were trying to do, rods on the upper deck and downriggers on the lower deck, the guy up top had a headset with a mike to talk to the minions on the lower deck.I really wanted to see them hook up just to watch the mayhem
Hookin'up
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Yeah and theyre going to need it to catch up with that whaler with the quad Etecs hanging off the back.
thats a serious fishing machine, anyone else seen it out
Canso
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Sounds like pizza boy, it sits at point Roberts
TheBigGuy
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No I guess I missed that boat. Sounds pretty humorous. I don't know why those monster boats insist on fishing the cap mouth, they really should troll Ambleside instead.
I didn't go out till the late afternoon, so I missed that sideshow at least.
nicnat
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that big boat did stay well clear of the cap fleet, at least while i was there, I left about 1pm unfortunately partner wanted to head in, original plan was to fish to the high, oh well. but I was impressed how the big boat did stay off on his own, more up towards the pink apt. we lost 1 nice spring and had 2 other decent hits all at 75' on chovies
trophywife
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good friend of mine works for CBS, he rides in a new black zodiac, checks out freighters and fishn chips at rocky point.
63stingray
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Heard of a few Chum caught today at the cap and some Coho.
TheBigGuy
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Just picked up a spring on strip off bottom. Not very big, but it was the first spring I got on strip at the cap since Ive tried there the last couple days. So, a spring and a chum on strip today. Not anywhere near as good a bite there today compared to yesterday. Getting dark time to go in.
Breaking_Shimanos
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Spent a few hours along west van. Shook off a wild jack on bon chovy g force at 40, quickly lost what I believe was a chinook on chovy at 60 and then nailed a double header of hatch cohos on chovies at 40 and 60. Decent sized at 10 and 11 lbs. Sts and twisted sister flashers.
TheBigGuy
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I know it's not for everybody but if you're looking for chum the only thing I've found to catch them semi consistently here is using herring strip. I tape up the heads using purple reflective tape and a purple haze flasher. It won't slay them, but they seem to like that rig. So did a Coho, and a spring in the last couple days. So that rig pretty much covers all the bases. Bounce her on bottom and something will like it. I've also found a purple haze dummy flasher has been helping as well. I use the triangular Flashers for dummies. I haven't picked up anything big at the cap on the strip, but I've had to use short leaders because I've been out by myself the last 2 days. If you use a long 8 foot leader the size generally improves. My biggest fish at the cap were always using almost a 10 foot leader in the past. Way too long a leader for my shorter rods on my smaller boat these days.
jeff candy
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a fitting end to my shortened season at the Cap tonight, only had the boat in the water 10 days and got out 5 times. Got out there at 5:15 tonight and within half an hour had a pretty 5# chrome coho in the box, fished for about 45 mins and was about to call it a season when the top rod hits I could tell it was a spring but didn't think it had a lot of size to it, steered out to the middle to play it out, I usually fish alone and never reel up both lines I just keep fishing the second rod while landing the fish. I got this one close and got a look at the tail and thought Holy **** I've got a tyee here!! still kept fishing the second rod, when the fish ran between the boat and the other rigger and the flasher snap swivel fouled in the second line I was starting to doubt my reasoning for keeping that one down! managed to get the rod under the boom and then just cut the other line I only had a naked herring on it anyway. I finally netted the fish and saw it was definitely over 25# but not 30# Built like a Columbia River fish short and fat like a tank, a nice white male huge, wrist and tail. I could have fished another half hour but decided to end on a high note. Both fish hit the chovie at Frank Mahovilich, or was it Darryl Sittler? Doubt I will ever stop fishing the second rod while playing a fish still looking for the double header with 2 tyees LOL
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