2020 Sooke Reports

[Tsquared]

Hi all, can anyone recommend a good place to launch a kayak in Sooke Basin?

I saw your post but was unsure whether you were looking to go outside the basin or just tour around the basin itself....if you are looking to fish then Otter Point is easy and you are right at the fishing grounds. Other places are Muir Creek(launch into the creek from the parking lot) or Flea Beach just west of Sheringham Point. If you do go outside the basin please look at a monthly current chart and pick days where there are mild currents and watch the weather.
Cheers!
T2

 

[kaelc]

Hope someone can give a Friday report, my son has never hooked into a salmon but is wicked at reeling at 3 years old. I figure time to skip out of feeding dogfish and get a few coho. It will help me dial the boat in for spring salmon fishing as well when it comes!

 

[Nugget]

Anyone been out halibut fishing on the pick around sooke?

 

[eroyd]

Was out just off Secretary. Started of with the heavy gear and it was one coho after another, but more like work. Switched up to just a 2 oz weight, 6' leader and a outfitter coloured skinny G 30 pulls behind the boat, (no flasher). That was way more fun. A few double headers. 50/50 clipped/unclipped. Nothing over 5lbs for me. Probably 15-20 to the boat in two hours. Surprised to limit on crabs as there sure is a lot of traps in the harbour.

 

[wolf]

Another fine morning of coho action its non stop !!!!!! hope they stay even longer kids had a blast good laughs and good times saw 11 boats out today from sec to otter looked like maybe the same at beechy and trap....same thing 25 to 65 feet AP spoons and milt tulip hoochie not gonna change if thy keep biting it...

 

[Jammer]

Was out today from 11 till about 3 doing a circuit from Fraser Island to Lamb island.
Lots of Coho about, we kept 2 hatchery for dinner and must have had 8 to the boat. Many more long line releases.
Got one nice low teen Chinook, and we were in the retention zone, but it was a wild anyway so watched that one swim away.
Action from 45-65' on the riggers, AP spoons, Peetz hookum spoons, and a Hot Hans TKO spoons all had their share.

edit: checked the retention zone again, we were north of the line.

 

[kayladog]

First time out this year and took about 3 minutes to get first fish. Started at Beechy head at 7:45 and had our 4 hatchery coho by 8;15. So headed into bay in the area open for chinook but only found more coho, and surprisingly a couple pinks. bait and spoons equally good. Had at least 20 fish to the boat, but no sign of a chinook.

 

[calmsea]

Was out today from 11 till about 3 doing a circuit from Fraser Island to Lamb island.
Lots of Coho about, we kept 2 hatchery for dinner and must have had 8 to the boat. Many more long line releases.
Got one nice low teen Chinook, and we were in the retention zone, but it was a wild anyway so watched that one swim away.
Action from 45-65' on the riggers, AP spoons, Peetz hookum spoons, and a Hot Hans TKO spoons all had their share.

edit: checked the retention zone again, we were north of the line.

You can do whatever you want but you do know there there is no chinook retention anywhere on the south and east island right now?

 

[kayladog]

Not correct, the area open in Becher Bay is for retention of one hatchery chinook, no size limit other than it must be over 45cm

 

[Cmiles]

Beautiful conditions on water today went out for coho got our 6 limit in 2 hours off secretary averaged about 1 hatchery for every 3 fish

 

[vicsurfer]

Fished east of Aldridge in 400ft of water with my usual crew. Started at 9:30 and done by 11:00. 6/16 fish were hatchery and the biggest was 6lbs. All 20-40'.

 

[Jammer]

You can do whatever you want but you do know there there is no chinook retention anywhere on the south and east island right now?

Except this one :

 

[wolf]

Another steller day off of sooke good fishing and great local people fishing sooke for the first time..had a blast calm conditions same as what ive been doing ..Get a kid out and have some fun people it was a bit slower today but still very good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[the gambler]

Not correct, the area open in Becher Bay is for retention of one hatchery chinook, no size limit other than it must be over 45cm

Also not correct. North Beacher Bay - One Hatch Spring min 45cm to max 80cm July 1-15th. One Hatch Spring min 45cm no max after the 15th.....

 

[Fisherben3]

Also not correct. North Beacher Bay - One Hatch Spring min 45cm to max 80cm July 1-15th. One Hatch Spring min 45cm no max after the 15th.....

Still not correct

 

[BigBadBrad]

Question for you sooke regulars...in the past have coho ever been this thick early August? I have a trip planned and would love to rip around triple stacking rods corking silvers.

BBB

 

[chris73]

We had years with coho thick already by mid June and then all through the summer. The JdF gets occasionally a push of cold upwell water with lots of krill deep into the straight. Cohos and other offshore critters usually follow the krill. Some years you don't see a coho until Sept.

 

[cby]

Fished Otter Friday. Lost a really nice fish over 20lbs or bigger 20 feet from boat after a longer battle. Shook the hook. had another one 15 lbs and a few under 8lbs. Coho action was insane.

 

[vicsurfer]

Fished 8:30-11 out off the bay and definitely slower than yesterday. Moved in towards Aldridge around 10:00 and the bite came on. Double and triple headers until we limited out. 4/10 fish hatchery.

 

[Fisherben3]

Fished 8:30-11 out off the bay and definitely slower than yesterday. Moved in towards Aldridge around 10:00 and the bite came on. Double and triple headers until we limited out. 4/10 fish hatchery.

All coho's