2020 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Bad Habit]

Slow at the hump today. Only one shaker. Moving to RC now.

Pick a number, there at 8 did one pass thought I fell a sleep and woke up back at marina there were so many boats around trolled north to camp byng picked up 2 hatchery hos along way few under chinooks

 

[Howesoundhound]

Curious what your leader length was. We were picking up a bunch of shakers a couple of weeks ago one one side and on the other with a shorter leader was picking up chinook, no shakers

It was a white hoochie attached by a 36 inch leader to the green onion glow flasher. As I've said before, that green onion glow seems to work pretty much at any depth. Not sure if its be cause it's just blindingly bright all the time.

Interesting observation. I've not had any experience to support or refute it, but perhaps others on the forum have noticed this?

 

[A1winder]

Fished the West Van shoreline today 9:30 until 2:00. Saw a few nets out but a long way from hot fishing. Ended up with one wild coho and one sockeye both gaff released at the boat.

 

[Ringo]

Two hatchery hos for us at Thunstal at high slack. 30’ on the rigger, 2020 salted chovies on a purple onion flasher. No hit on spoons and a few tunas on a Silver Horde ace fly hoochie.

 

[Fisher Wolf]

one wild coho released off Cowan at 2pm, 1 hatch coho in the boat at 4pm off Dundarave - both on green hootchie

 

[sir-vivor]

Nothing wrong with using old chovies. I use the old golden ones from two years back if I still have them. Fished all 2019 with 2018 bait. (I buy by the case). I don’t believe salmon are that discriminating in our cold dark waters. Just salt the **** outta them.

wait another year Pescador and you won't even have to salt them lol , sorry back to fish reports !

 

[cohojohnny]

Two coho at ambleside this morning before the wind kicked up. 46’ with chovie. White hoochies untouched.

 

[Don Julio]

Fishing at pink apartments is hot. Back to back double headers.

 

[sweettjim]

Fishing at pink apartments is hot. Back to back double headers.

awesome got to love that any hatchery coho for u?

 

[Don Julio]

2/4 so far. 20ft and 30ft has been the ticket. Throwing green splatter back and white hootchie at em, both are working well

 

[sweettjim]

2/4 so far. 20ft and 30ft has been the ticket. Throwing green splatter back and white hootchie at em, both are working well

awesome thanks good to hear

 

[DUGALD JAMIESON]

Sold my little Bayliner so I decided to take the new owner out fishing Ambleside on Saturday. Bait was everywhere except the shallows at the Pink Palace Apartments. Didn't manage to hit the slack unfortunately. No hits on white or green splatter hoochies so changed up to a coho killer herring aid, put it down to the bottom passing the QD buoy and landed a keeper hatchery coho withing 2 minutes. Dropped the gear down again and picked up a monster Herring ....... First time ever catching bait fish on a lure.

 

[Bad Habit]

Fished CRC this morning 2 wild coho released and nothing for 2 hours then at high slack after log boom passed picked up 2 hatchy coho double whammy one on chovies and other on green splatter back hootchie 29 and 35 on wire. Sorry to guy behind me I wasn't imparted lol double whammy and stearin boat solo in swell is a workout but did get them, good times

 

[the butcher]

Sold my little Bayliner so I decided to take the new owner out fishing Ambleside on Saturday. Bait was everywhere except the shallows at the Pink Palace Apartments. Didn't manage to hit the slack unfortunately. No hits on white or green splatter hoochies so changed up to a coho killer herring aid, put it down to the bottom passing the QD buoy and landed a keeper hatchery coho withing 2 minutes. Dropped the gear down again and picked up a monster Herring ....... First time ever catching bait fish on a lure.View attachment 55214

You should have quickly dropped it back into the water.... the action on that thing would be a million times better than any lure!

 

[Morty]

Newish to this salt water fishing. Have been hearing about Grande and The Falls. Don't know if I can actually get there but does anyone know of a map or chart that shows those?

 

[Matthias]

Evening bite WV shoreline. 1 hatch in box white hootch @ 40ft

 

[Zodiac fisher]

Newish to this salt water fishing. Have been hearing about Grande and The Falls. Don't know if I can actually get there but does anyone know of a map or chart that shows those?

East side of Grabriola. The Falls is referring to a waterfall sometimes showing, which is about 3/4 way down the east side towards Silva Bay. Look on Navonics, drop by Pacific Angler to buy some tackle and can ask the guys there too.

 

[sir-vivor]

Conditions FLAT CALM at sand heads fishing for HATCH COHO , excellent time for crossing

 

[Fisher Wolf]

Evening bite WV shoreline. 1 hatch in box white hootch @ 40ft

same - 1 hatch off ambleside on green hootchie, 1 on the line then taken by seal, got our coho killer too

 

[Bad Habit]

Full shift at RC and hump this morning one wild coho on chovies then feed rest of my chovies to dog fish, no luck from spoons or hootchies tried everything in tackle box no love from the hoes but water was like glass.