2020 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Tydey]

https://weather.gc.ca/marine/forecast_e.html?mapID=02&siteID=06400
Showing wind warning Friday and Saturday Howe sound diminishing late morning .
Windy app shows ok
What is the most trusted source for reports?

Calm seas out here right now

 

[Sea Chaser]

Calm seas out here right now

Can’t beat first hand data . Cheers

 

[chromie]

Stay home it’s rough out

 

[Tydey]

Stay home it’s rough out

Looks horrible

 

[chromie]

Three lost, two keepers lost beside the boat. Up Howe sound.

 

[Tydey]

Releasing lots of unders at tunstall

 

[DE18]

At Pacific spirit looking at 12 boats anyluck in the harbor?

 

[DFordello]

Anybody been up as far a Defense Islands lately? Heading out tomorrow, still trying to figure out where I want to go.

 

[Rain City]

Anybody been up as far a Defense Islands lately? Heading out tomorrow, still trying to figure out where I want to go.

Nobody goes that far.

 

[DFordello]

Nobody goes that far.

So when someone says they have gone "up Howe Sound", where would that be?

 

[Rain City]

So when someone says they have gone "up Howe Sound", where would that be?

Oh you know. Up there.

 

[chromie]

Finished the day with two more 23 inchers and 7 keeper crab got them all up there

 

[Normfish]

I'm not out ,but a friend just lost one gooder up there as well .

 

[Gungho]

Finished the day with two more 23 inchers and 7 keeper crab got them all up there

I think you must have caught some of my crab up there
Fished the markers and bell buoy, same story 22incher
got a little choppy out there, beautiful day though

 

[Rain City]

I was out for an hour until it got too messy for the wife and kid. Scraped a just legal up 81' on the rigger in 120' of water by the new cap marker. Chartreuse flasher and silver back herring aid skinny g. Lots of tiny shiny things in his belly.

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

Self isolation ain't too bad. No need to go to any stores with fish and seafood swimming right under the boat waiting to be caught. A warm bed, fresh water, electricity, TV to watch, bathroom, good music, fine aged whiskey, and best of all..mother nature for company. Think some people also call this a holiday.

Managed to find a nice sized mid teens spring that came un-buttoned near the boat out in the Straight as well as quite a few under's released with a couple of them very close to keeper size. Full medium Herring in glow heads down deep.
Prawning has been excellent on both sides of the straight with mostly large males.

 

[dmurph]

That is one nice looking back deck, perfect rod placement

 

[Skins88]

Fished the harbour from 9 to 1. Couple just unders. Nice morning. Got sloppy in the afternoon. Got our limit of crab. Nice to see a few boats out there. Stay healthy!

 

[chromie]

Finished the day with 8 unders one screamer lost due to main line snapping and one legal
11keeper crab. Up there is worth fishing

 

[Chasin' Dreams]

That is one nice looking back deck, perfect rod placement

Thanks. I sure changed them around a lot last year playing with different locations and found that when I let guests grab the rods and set the hooks themselves lots of hits were getting missed cause of the struggles some were having getting the rods out of the holders depending on where they were and the angles the rods were to the cables etc. This is by far the best I've had them set up with ease of access to the rods and quickness they can be pulled up to set the hooks. When I stack each side I now moved another same type holder just ahead of the riggers angled back. Find it much better than any other combo I've tried. Hopefully there will be a lot less missed fish this season set up this way.