Fished the mid day swing for a couple of hours each day over the weekend - between Dorcas and Ballenas Fri and Sat and outside of Winchelsea Sunday. After the big winds last week, lots of junk floating & weed along the tide lines at slack that kept clogging up the kicker prop. Algae in the top 50' most places, but still fishable without clogging up the rod eyes too badly. Biggest problem was pacific cod. Had to check rods every 10 to 15 minutes to make sure they were clear. Should have kept them as I had at least 15 over the 3 days & would have made a good fish fry.
Great Orca show on Friday. At least 6 cruised South between Ballenas & Gerald. They seem to be doing a good job of keeping the seals under control as they have been conspicuous by their absence.
4 undersize Springs landed over the 3 days as well as 2 small coho off Winchelsea y'day. Lost a couple on long releases that may have been legal. Only 1 legal fish in the boat.
No flasher used. All on a naked cop car or green & white 4" spoon in 300-600' of water at depths from 80 to 200'. Sunday fished a plug one side, but it only caught cod........
Been fishing out of Schooner Cove for 13 years now. For the 1st 5-6 years, I dragged my lines alone most days. On Sat PM there was a launch line up of 6 boats at 16:00 and & counted 10+ trailers in the lot. Amazing what a few fish will do!