Port Renfrew Reports Summer 2012

[juandesooka]

Pescador: Most of my times out at swiftsure, the springs are 15-20 pounds, and often caught deep, towards 200ft, with spoons, hootchies, or plugs. Lots of action and very productive, but not many trophy size and maybe less fight as they're pretty spent coming up that deep. Though I have also had times out there where the springs are 25-30 pounds, and it's one after the other. Awesome.

Some of the most fun I've had at swiftsure is when the coho are in thick. I let other people aboard winch in the halibut, and instead I jig a buzz bomb and have fish after fish after fish...no drag on the reel, let them jump around and take line, what a gas. Often 5 to 1 wild to hatchery, so don't get to keep many, but super fun fishing.

I've never been offshore at nootka, but bet it is similar.

Have fun! Stoked for summer....

 

[pescador]

JDS- thanks for the quick response. Very helpful. We'll put away the Chovies and pull out the hardware. Looking forward to it.

 

[juandesooka]

Glad that helps pescador ... bring some plugs, fast troll (4-5 kts), sometimes that seems to work well. In the really good coho years, sometimes the challenge has been lowering your gear fast enough to get below them before you get another pesky one one. As they say "a good problem to have".

 

[juandesooka]

Not a report, but a bit of fun....here's an early season Renfrew fishing day, from back in April. Too rough to get out to the Bank that day, but some good times inshore.

Thanks Des!

[JVE8XMqILFs] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVE8XMqILFs

 

[ReelSlim]

Great Video! Now I'm totally pumped about putting the boat in for the season tomorrow!

 

[juandesooka]

word on the street....east point is HOT, lots of springs to 25 pounds. Giv'er!

 

[bananas]

Hot may be a understatement !!

 

[ReelSlim]

Good to hear Juan.......I'll have my daughter with me this trip so I was going to give it a shot there tomorrow evening. She got her first Spring there last summer and has been telling all her friends ever since that she caught a "whopper!" Thanks for the update.......see ya on the water!

Greg

 

[xavier]

You guys me be getting excited about the Derby this weekend!!!!

 

[pescador]

Any idea where the 40 was taken??

 

[pescador]

Thanks...I haven't been in PR this year yet. Must have been someone else that looks like me... lol....I'm up Canada Day long weekend and looking for to it.....

 

[pescador]

An imposter!!

 

[sammyslabber]

An imposter!!

Believe me,never duplicated, some may try,only to fall short
Did you remember to rub the name off the old ride?

Jackel,this cut plug talk is making me envious...

 

[pescador]

Good point, yes, I peeled off the decals from the old boat....

 

[scottyc]

owen point produced a quick limit for the three of us this am .fish from12lbs to 25lbs all on chovies.great day out there despite the rain.good luck to the boys in the fathers day derby ,should be some nice fish to make it even more interesting

 

[pescador]

Nice Scotty, How deep?

 

[Knotty Seamen]

Anyone know the leading fish and who aft today?

 

[steeliehead]

Last I heard it was a 31lber by Dez Hatchard.

 

[kings1234]

Good for Dez!! he has the derby luck on his side great fisherman!!

 

[bananas]

The Derby went great !!! The fishing leading up to the derby was excellent! But come Derby morning a large low pressure system moved in and slowed it rite down. Good work to everybody that tuffed out the weather.

1st place went to Des Hatcher with a 30.15 lb fish Second went to Corey Arnett with a 27.7 lbr and third went again to Des with a 18.7 oz fish.

850$ will be donated to the SanJuan hatchery !!

Thanks to Bud from Port Renfrew Marina for weighing in the fish for us, and thanks to everybody that came up to fish in the Port Rainfrew Derby!