2021 Secret Cove, Pender Harbour and Texada Reports

[Rain City]

small trebles work the best ( like #4 ) , one point through the nose and one point through the skin behind the dorsal, they are mixed in with our herring we get sometimes and i find they actually handle being on the leader better than herring , they are also delicious gutted and grilled with parsley, good olive oil, lemon, calabrian chilli , garlic . or fried whole dipped in remoulade

Really eh? More like a smelt than a Herring in flavor? Smelts are my favorite eating fish hands down. Herring not so much.

 

[adanac]

Really eh? More like a smelt than a Herring in flavor? Smelts are my favorite eating fish hands down. Herring not so much.

to be honest i’ve never had fried smelt , and only eat herring pickled . they have a pleasant mild fishy flavour if that makes any sense , i mean fishy in a good way!

 

[Rain City]

to be honest i’ve never had fried smelt , and only eat herring pickled . they have a pleasant mild fishy flavour if that makes any sense , i mean fishy in a good way!

Yes, it does. Smelts taste like mild flavored crispy salmon belly.

 

[Reeltime]

Smelts mmmm opens Aug 15th get the gill net ready

 

[sasqman]

Got a few prawn traps set out tonight.
Anyone having luck with prawns these days?

 

[Rain City]

Smelts mmmm opens Aug 15th get the gill net ready

Yes but where Marco. Where?!

 

[Jordan330]

Got a few prawn traps set out tonight.
Anyone having luck with prawns these days?

I got mine out at ferny and got around 55 today.

 

[sasqman]

I got mine out at ferny and got around 55 today.

Thanks for the tip. I will report back on how this set does overnight.

LETS GO JULY 15TH!!!

 

[Sea.S.I]

Went out this evening for catch and release to dial in before the opening July 4. Found lots of bait at quarry bay, released two, one being an 83 cm Chinook that tried to spool all my line!

 

[sasqman]

Went out this evening for catch and release to dial in before the opening July 4. Found lots of bait at quarry bay, released two, one being an 83 cm Chinook that tried to spool all my line!

What a pig!!

 

[Sea.S.I]

What a pig!!

Right? I was once told that the Columbia river springs are shorter and fatter compared to Fraser Chinnok. This one was fat! I would have weighed him but as I was releasing him I didn’t want to use the scale or man handle him. Got me excited to go back though!

 

[terrin]

Went out this evening for catch and release to dial in before the opening July 4. Found lots of bait at quarry bay, released two, one being an 83 cm Chinook that tried to spool all my line!

It’s already July 10th?

 

[Sea.S.I]

It’s already July 10th?

Typo, should have said opening July 14

 

[sasqman]

Got a few prawn traps set out tonight.
Anyone having luck with prawns these days?

So first sets around pearson equaled around 15 spot prawns and lots of mud bugs. Giant prawns though. Picked up and reset over around Fearny. Will report back.

I will find them...... oh yes I will find them.....
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[Aces]

Typo, should have said opening July 14

Are you sure it opens on the 14th? Thought it was the 15th

 

[sasqman]

Are you sure it opens on the 14th? Thought it was the 15th

That's the way I read it as well. Closed on and up to the 14th. Open next day.

 

[Jordan330]

Great day up the channel. Between 90-180ft went 3/5

 

[Bruno]

Pod of orcas went into and then out of the Harbour yesterday. Headed south. Anyone fishing Bjerrie shoals.? If so any signs of coho?? Feed??

 

[sweettjim]

there any chances of getting a halibut up by epsom point ive never fished up that way just was curious?

 

[Jordan330]

Fished freil falls, with some buddies. Lost one, got one hatch released. And landed one. Purple haze 180ft on the rigger