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Another successful Salish Sea Spring Fishing Derby held by SVIAC, and what great sunshine! Congratulations to Dave Aylett on his derby winning 13.0 lb salmon, winning the $1260 First Prize for the biggest salmon ... plus another $750 in the Skippers Challenge. And the Largest Halibut was...

Down 20% for us! Looks like biggest hit in Langford.

Barkley won for me!

if it was the one caught by Giovanni, it was a Jack

one pod (4 or 5) cruised by on Saturday off Black Bluffs north side Malcolm, never saw any on south side, but 4 or 5 humpbacks every day

seems like the whole coast - piles in the 10-18lb range out there! Well went with a little later in season this year to shoot for quality over quantity, so fingers crossed.

hows the size? We are going trophy hunting in a couple days staying in Mitchell Bay, not so much freezer filling. Be great to find some hogs!

I have to say, I think its pretty clear we just don't deserve good things. We have over 140000 adult licenses in BC, and only 73 donations with no pulse in 3 days (in what looked like for a few days could have been a decent campaign). There are bigger people/organizations that have supported...

contributed to this as well - we have a big network here and really, this is the first real effort I have seen actually gaining 'some' degree of traction! There are 12000 members here. We can have a big reach and it doesn't take much from each of us to add up.

we found that yesterday as well - first 5 fish at Secretary were all hatchery and double headers too. I actually had to ask if we could have 4 hatch in possession the way things were going. Last 2 were wilds though. Good to see.

yep for sure - I mean we can all show our fish pics and those memories are priceless, ie: But where we live and the scenery we have can never be taken for granted. This is an amazing part of the world and I have as much enjoyment taking in the view as I do having a screamer on the line!

Off Port Eliza Lodge Hoiss Point (pretty sure...ha) Malcolm Island/Mitchell Bay and something a little different evening fish at Mitchell Bay

naw, usually pretty good - just run in tighter to Malcolm along the kelp beds. Just note the beds extend quite far out SE of the head, but not the end of the world.

I was refering to Mitchell Bay yes (on Malcolm)

yep, all of the above - closest day I have had to going swimming was getting stuck in the inlet behind Swanson as the NW blew up (15-25 knots forecast turned out to be 30-35 and the "3 hour tour" was almost an abandon ship on Plumper Islands trying to get back to Mitchell (that was in a 17')...

we got about 8 springs....3 in the 77-80 range, couple around 8-12lb, few 5lb area. Lost another low teener at boat when it didn't matter (maxed out). Not like a couple years back, but no complaints. They were all deeper.

can't keep wilds as of Aug 1 and we didn't see a single clipped out of about 50 coho

typically the stretch between Lizard Point and Donegal Head - loads of coho and pink there right now - coho decent size 6-8lb....oops edit: coho not exactly a draw anymore as its closed now and we didn't see a single hatch

hmm, actually, just noticed its picked up on navionics - borderline. Cuts the 500' line infront of Beecher, but runs the 545' line west of Beechey. Shouldn't be too much of a downer.

you can see the map here - wasn't able to overlay with contours, but 'looks' to be even beyond the coho trolling lanes (except for those that occasionally fish the border for them) https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/mammals-mammiferes/whales-baleines/srkw-measures-mesures-ers-eng.html