Sooke Reports - Spring and Summer 2012
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sammyslabber
Active Member
Hombre , kick the boat off Mom's backyard,head to the O.B Flats,with plenty of Squirts on hand..No se pierda la oportunidad
Out at 10:00 today to fish the tide change at the shack. Fished at 240 feet down to 120 ft and picked up a hatchery spring. Used purple haze flashy and teaser with anchovy. On the way back at Aldridge, pick up another spring at 120 with same set-up, but it spit the hook as I was getting the net (seemed to be legal, but I will never know). What a wonderful day! Nice to be back on the water.
sudsy
Well-Known Member
Fished from 10am -3pm, started at the trailer park to otter, handful of other boats out there, didnt see or get any action, looked like a lot of people towards sherringham pt. we picked up and trolled around secretary for a bit before calling it a day.... Starting to get fristrated with not getting any action....am i the only one not catching anythng right now or is it slow for everyone?
10:30 to 3:00 at Sherringham for us. 2:30 Had one good one on for a few short runs before spittin the hook. No other bites. On a positive note, finally some big keepers in the crab traps. Know of a couple decent hatcheries caught further west than us today but think it was overall pretty spotty, kinda typical May fishing
Interesting day Hali fishing yesterday . The first two things we got were 2 dungie crabs at 180 ft .... then a skate , then we got onechicken ... Looked up and saw a nice big scotchman come floating along.. nice score bonus .... then 2 more hali's to finish it off ... and to top it off the weather was AMAZING
TelStar26
Active Member
Maby a stupid question here......But! you sort of made it out like you cought the crabs with your hali gear....or should I drink my morning coffee before reading the forums? lol
drilleryells
Member
sammyslabber
Active Member
I found them to drop off when they hit the top of the water,a wanton look may also scare them into falling off prematurely.
It was on the hali gear ... on the bottom .... the hooks were wrapped around their legs , we laughed our butt off
sammyslabber
Active Member
I got the same crab off William head twice, two weeks apart, couple hundred feet of water. (same spot)
Yep that whole area attracts large Dungies,you don't have to be shallow to find em.One day we reeled up at least a doz dinner plate size crabs.. just to see them let go as they broke the surface
sammyslabber
Active Member
Don't know, on the other hand you would need an extra long handle to take advantage of the situation
juandesooka
Active Member
funny about crabs on hali gear. I've seen people on Rotary Pier in Sooke fish for crabs with rod and reel. Just scoop them once at water surface. No trap required!
Hook'Em Hard
Member
I doubt it is illigel to get the crabs with a dip net. Divers can just go around picking them up not sure why you wouldn't be aloud to scoop them.
Lots of people fish for crabs using a rod and reel. In some parts of the states it is popular to use a large snare with bait in the middle. Basically it's a huge tangled ball of fishing line with bait in the middle. People cast it out off the shore and wait. Crabs come to check out the bait, get tangled in the mess and get reeled in later on. It's funny what people resort to when they don't have a boat to fish from.
Lots of people fish for crabs using a rod and reel. In some parts of the states it is popular to use a large snare with bait in the middle. Basically it's a huge tangled ball of fishing line with bait in the middle. People cast it out off the shore and wait. Crabs come to check out the bait, get tangled in the mess and get reeled in later on. It's funny what people resort to when they don't have a boat to fish from.
