Back from our trip to the cove. The weather was awesome for the whole trip! A little foggy in the mornings, a little bit of rain and a little bit of sun. But most importantly not a breath of wind the whole time! With the big tides this weekend ling cod fishing was to much work to even bother trying for more then an hour or two each day and we didn’t even try that much.. Salmon fishing we tried for one hour on the back side of Malcom island and only caught one under sized spring. I would say that the closers are definitely affecting this area as the camp ground was nearly empty and there was no other boats out trolling around Malcom island on any of the days...
We spent Most of our time on the hook looking for halibut and ended up being rewarded with 5, the biggest one being 93 cm. There was a few dog fish and a few rat fished mixed in to keep things interesting. Also missed a couple big takes and lost one big one that I hooked on the P cod that I pulled out of a halibuts stomach. Should have used bigger hooks when I put that thing down there, it was probably 14- 16 inches long and just falling apart as it went to the bottom!
Even got to see some breaching whales which was a first for my mom and her boyfriend.
The boys were both sad to be leaving and are already looking forward to the next trip as am I!
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View from our rental.
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Look at the stomach on that Hali! Probably didn’t need to eat that herring....
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P cod coming out to be used for bait.
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Good timing on this photo by my wife! Whale had breached about a minute before and then breached again for this photo and then just cruised along the surface for about 10 minutes before we took off.
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We were admiring your Hourston the other day when we returned to the CoveBack from our trip to the cove. The weather was awesome for the whole trip! A little foggy in the mornings, a little bit of rain and a little bit of sun. But most importantly not a breath of wind the whole time! With the big tides this weekend ling cod fishing was to much work to even bother trying for more then an hour or two each day and we didn’t even try that much.. Salmon fishing we tried for one hour on the back side of Malcom island and only caught one under sized spring. I would say that the closers are definitely affecting this area as the camp ground was nearly empty and there was no other boats out trolling around Malcom island on any of the days...
We spent Most of our time on the hook looking for halibut and ended up being rewarded with 5, the biggest one being 93 cm. There was a few dog fish and a few rat fished mixed in to keep things interesting. Also missed a couple big takes and lost one big one that I hooked on the P cod that I pulled out of a halibuts stomach. Should have used bigger hooks when I put that thing down there, it was probably 14- 16 inches long and just falling apart as it went to the bottom!
Even got to see some breaching whales which was a first for my mom and her boyfriend.
The boys were both sad to be leaving and are already looking forward to the next trip as am I!
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View from our rental.
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Look at the stomach on that Hali! Probably didn’t need to eat that herring...
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P cod coming out to be used for bait.
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Good timing on this photo by my wife! Whale had breached about a minute before and then breached again for this photo and then just cruised along the surface for about 10 minutes before we took off.
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Hey Guy's
I am thinking about doing a boat trip up to this area mid August. I usually fish the area mid July, hows the fishing for springs mid August? I am thinking about boating from Vancouver to port McNiel I have always been curious about boating the narrows on the inside straight.
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Only the smaller portion.Hi gang. Heading to TC tomorrow. May see some wind for first few days. Saw boats fishing off Lewis Point last year. Is all of area 12-19 closed to finfish or only a smaller portion near Nimpkish? Just want to know if we can round the point a little and fish towards Alder Bay direction.
I must be reading this wrong... it looks like the mouth of the nimpkish is closed for sure but the whole area? From ledge point to Lewis?All of 12-19 is closed.
My apologies - I read the regs again. Only the area at the mouth of the Nimpkish closed now. Rest of 12-19 open until July 31I must be reading this wrong... it looks like the mouth of the nimpkish is closed for sure but the whole area? From ledge point to Lewis?