The Sooke Basin can be very good when the salmon fry (mostly chum fry) out migrate. Try the Sooke River estuary and access the beach area from Billings Spit or access the beach from the Oyster Farm and walk down towards the river mouth. The best way is to take your 12' tin boat and 10 horse outboard and cruise around the shore, any points of land and creek mouths and look for signs of bait fish, they're pretty obvious to see when the water is calmish. Beats walking the beaches and you can cover lots of water. When you see a likely looking spot try to determine which direction the fish are moving and run ahead of them 100', then beach the boat and get out and wade. Floating line, 8-9' leader, slender minnow pattern and cast parallel or 45 degrees to shore in about 2-4' of water
I've seen cutties feeding at Esquimalt Lagoon too. Fish the beach side of the outlet on a falling tide and the lagoon side on an incoming tide, look for the herons, they'll show you where to fish.
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