Thanks for replying my two years old post.
I have made four trips to the Princess since. On my first trip out, the spring were WFO; boat limits were made before I had a chance to wet my own line as I was teaching my first-timer friends how jigging fish would had been done. That first trip was good for this type of party-boat fishing and made first-timers become avid fishermen.
Last September while I was on another Princess cattle trip, the wind were blowing 20, as a result, all the fleet were hiding between the Brokens. I asked the skipper of my boat what we were about to target, the answer was "working your way from the bottom to the top to see if anything would play". He had no idea what will come out but that was a perfect spot to hide from the wind. The whole fleet caught nada.
I was there at the Princess again with another group of new first-timers this June. Again the fishing sucks, but one of the first-timer on his first drop picked a 25 # spring, and he is hooked on fishing for good. The other also nailed a 45 ponder hali.
Some likes the Princess; but if the west coast is where you must go and are serious about catching fish, I would recommend Bamfield as your spot. Bamfield has many good charters to choose from and is on the more remote side of the Island.
Muchou