Gulf Islands 2013

[trendsetter]

sorry should have said RCA, rockfish conservation area.

Ahh Gotcha, thanks. We'll probably just run some spoons and hootchies of bottom and troll south from porlier. Haven't fished that area much so any tips would be appreciated. We will be in a blue/white bayliner 192.

Cheers

 

[islander55]

yeah ill probs see you out there tommoroe aswell ill be in a black 14ft lund with black mercs on the back good luck

 

[islander55]

today ui went for a few hours and got some winter springs here's a little one

 

[MRACER]

looks like you had some great time on the water!

 

[firelight]

today ui went for a few hours and got some winter springs here's a little oneView attachment 5879

Looks like a nice day out there.

 

[islander55]

yes i did mracer, and firelight it was really calm out there today i cought this fish near boulder point

 

[trendsetter]

One little 6lb hatch spring for us today. No other hits other than some bottom fish. Kept one greenling for fish n chips.

Nice day on the water.

 

[islander55]

hey trendsetter where were you fish at?

 

[trendsetter]

hey trendsetter where were you fish at?

We fished north Galliano from porlier pass down a few miles.

 

[burnsy22]

I fished the same area yesterday aswell for about 3 hours...Hit 3 fish...One double header, lost one, the other was a scrapper but just under sized. Got one later around 130-145pm that was also a good scrap around 7 pounds, and delicious as we cooked him up last night.

We fished north Galliano from porlier pass down a few miles.

 

[cidney]

Winter Spring Salmon

Last week, near Galiano Island

 

[cidney]

And then again a couple days later...

My buddy's boat ended up bringing home 5 fish in 5 days in the area...

 

[Sculpin]

Nicely done guy's. Welcome to the forum cidney.

 

[vanislehunter]

Hello everyone. First time posting. Great threads! I'm loving the positive news about fishing in Crofton area. Lived here all my life but only got onto the water lots last summer and did excellent with Lingcod and got one 16# spring at Porlier. Want to get out for winters now. Any advice? My biggest question is how fast do you troll??

Thanks,

Vanislehunter

 

[fortyfour]

It really depends on tide and wind conditions. Usually 2-4 mph on the GPS. 2.75mph heading into the tail end of the tide works well for me. It also depends a lot on how deep you are fishing. with 100ft of cable out with 12lb lead your gonna want roughly a 45 degree angle. Also another factor is leader length and flasher drop back distance. That said it never hurts to play with your speed till something works. Often in a turn or right after speeding up or slowing down WHAMMY!

Cheers,
44

 

[Aces]

Nice clipped fish there cidney

 

[trendsetter]

Nice clipped fish there cidney

x2 nice fish. Ours was clipped too. I'm thinking these are American hatch jobs. Mine even had a small roe sac but at only 6lbs I'm guessing it was 2010 brood year. I dropped the head in the recovery box so looking forward to seeing where these fish are coming from.

 

[cidney]

Thx guys! More fish photos forthcoming!

x2 nice fish. Ours was clipped too. I'm thinking these are American hatch jobs.

That was our guess too.

Mine even had a small roe sac but at only 6lbs I'm guessing it was 2010 brood year.

One of these two was a young female as well with a small roe sac.

I dropped the head in the recovery box so looking forward to seeing where these fish are coming from.

Wish we had one of those around here!

 

[trendsetter]

Wish we had one of those around here!

We dropped ours at Silva Bay on Gabriola on our way home.

 

[fortyfour]

another epic winters day full report and pics to come!