2016 Nootka Sound/Esperanza Inlet Fishing Reports
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RiverBoy
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We split ours open the second they hit the deck. One was empty, the other was filled with a small baitfish I didn't recognize. was no more than two inches long with a dominant yellow eye. Someone mentioned shad. I googled the images for shad. Not quite, but has the same large eye. Smelt maybe? Not an expert on pelagic forage fish.
yes it rained hard on Saturday. Still drying out my gear
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The Jackel
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Hey Derby you sure those hally's are the over size 
you might have to come aboard the Heavy Hauler one day
you might have to come aboard the Heavy Hauler one day 
Derby
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yup..Nate got the 28lber.... still waiting for u to make room for me Jackal...we went 2 for 4 on that bass flipping gear on hali one morning in a shallow water fishery..65-70ft deep.. a real blast.... biggest was a 104cm..the 2 other ones fell off well they barking line off...
... biggest was a 104cm..the 2 other ones fell off well they barking line off...
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coastalmarinesafety
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Yup. Our fish from inside same thing. Full of ~2" long brown bait fish, stickleback size and shape but not stickleback. Juvie rockfish maybe? Cougar creek dock had schools of them. If had more time could have tried to do something to match it, shortened brown needlefish hootchie perhaps?
spring fever
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Last week it was inside as well plus a ton of jellyfish
outforsalmon
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Those are the same bait fish as we found stuffed in our fish out of Ukee. Started using a small white/ glow/ silver back coyote spoon that matched pretty close in size and did well with it.
outforsalmon
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These are the spoons we had some good luck on matching those bait fish with in #3 size (2 5/8 in) They are actually silver horde not coyote. Captain Hooks carries all the good stuff, super nice gal running the place, check them out.
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Derby those are the same baitfish we found in our offshore Nootka fish in mid-July.
I believe they are juvenile yellowtail or canary rockfish or juvenile pacific ocean perch (not dock perch, but rather the deep-water species). We used a green kinetic O'ki titan in the 4 inch size to imitate their silver-olive colour and did extremely well with fish up to 27 pounds. One day we were releasing multiple 20 pounders out there hoping for a Tyee for our last fish (didn't happen) and the schools of those little baitfish were 50 to 70 feet thick in places.
I've seen them get on that type of bait in the past up around Quatsino and found darker coloured hoochies like a UV army truck worked very well. I would imagine a squirt size would be even better.
I believe they are juvenile yellowtail or canary rockfish or juvenile pacific ocean perch (not dock perch, but rather the deep-water species). We used a green kinetic O'ki titan in the 4 inch size to imitate their silver-olive colour and did extremely well with fish up to 27 pounds. One day we were releasing multiple 20 pounders out there hoping for a Tyee for our last fish (didn't happen) and the schools of those little baitfish were 50 to 70 feet thick in places.
I've seen them get on that type of bait in the past up around Quatsino and found darker coloured hoochies like a UV army truck worked very well. I would imagine a squirt size would be even better.
TheBigGuy
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On the west coast when I've run into the brown colour water your speaking of I've done extremely well using a gold 3" mini plankton hoochie at times. Those are hard to find these days, but you can sometimes find gold needlefish hoochies and cut them down. That may imitate the bait you are talking about fairly well. Not the exact shade of the bait, but the gold hoochies can work great in very brown water. Just a thought for guys who have a good selection of hoochies.
Other hoochie colours that work well in the dark water are pink, orange, and brown.
Other hoochie colours that work well in the dark water are pink, orange, and brown.
Slabby20
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Guide in Ukee told me they were Sea Perch and that there's been a huge bloom of them this year.
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happy hooker
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Those were in the springs we got in Hardy in early July too. All fish stuffed with them
RiverBoy
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Yup. Those are them for sure
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