Out on the Oak Bay flats. Got two around 4lbs and lost a better fish in about an hour. Lost a better one while dealing with sea sickness and dodging sailboats. Tried some "old" spots on more sheltered waters inside the bay. I was impressed by the amount of bait and birds. Ended up unknowingly towing around a couple of small lingcod for some time. There must be some salmon in there.
Crabbing: One trap had 11 dungeness and 3 rock crab. 9 of the dung were legal. One was 8". Biggest I've caught. High graded my four. Other trap had one lonely rock crab. Guess which spot I'll be marking?
were you in the podded 20' double eagle ?
Ok saw you exploring some different area'aNo. I was the little blue tin boat.
Out yesterday, mid-morning off of Esquimalt and the waterfront. Conditions weren’t too bad and I hooked into a 3-4lber early on with a boat-side release.
Went deeper, 170’ and trolled the bottom to eventually hook into a very nice 10lber (she came home with me!).
I was using anchovy and noticed that the salmon were feeding on herring.
Traps at Macaulay only produced rock. Seems I’m going to have to head to Oak Bay for the Dungy’s!
congrats...nothing better for dinner then a 10 pound winter spring!
We do well on crabs on the west side of Victoria harbor near the entrance.
Oak Bay is hit and miss at best with the commercial guys working it hard.
I need some motivation to clean my garage enough to get to my boat please if you got out on this beautiful day post your report
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Took this about 10 min ago. Reward day dream after gearing her up! Hope to get out tomorrow!
Do you have 3 swivel mounts for the 1 rigger ? Looks like quiet the LEGO setup.
I was just at Fleming beach seeing if any boats where out. The water looked decent but the ramp was loaded with debris and only 1 trailer in the lot.
I plan on being out there tomorrow if I don’t get called into work this eve.