2016 Victoria waterfront and Oak Bay

[Kildonan]

Nicely done @brands51. I managed one shaker for a few hours work after a late launch. Wasn't my day either.

 

[Franko Manini]

Out front last night for a couple of hours around 5pm. Wind came up and we got pounded in my buddy's 27 footer so we had to scoot over to Albert Head for the last bit of the evening. No fish. Lots of wind.

 

[NautiGirl]

Late report for Monday. Hit the water at 6 in Esquimalt. Worked macaulay to breakwater from 6-10. No hits. Only saw a few barely legal fish caught. Headed to Constance 10-12 hoping for coho or Chinook. birds and bait but only saw one fish on the radar chasing bait to the surface 10 feet below my boat. Headed back to waterfront to work the end of the flood from Brotchie to Trial. Bounced bottom off sand and a few kelpy rocks in close 65-85ft. Lost a coho about 8lbs and then soon after after an epic solo battle with a noodle rod, landed a feisty 20lb male red Chinook. Its belly was empty, so the Peetz spoon was on the menu.

 

[scott craven]

There's a ton of boats working the harbour mouth this a.m.
Someone must have caught a fish yesterday

 

[vicsurfer]

There's a ton of boats working the harbour mouth this a.m.
Someone must have caught a fish yesterday

Yesterday was decent but today was much slower. Today I managed a 20# spring, dark and loaded with huge eggs. 40 boats out and I only saw 4 springs landed. Also saw some coho around.

 

[Humpbubble]

First keeper of the summer for me around here..at dusk at the green can.
Spot on 30#
Just as that wee front hit..very enjoyable ride home

 

[NootkaSounder]

Released a wild coho, kept a hatch coho, farmed a decent chanook back to his amigos.

 

[brands51]

Ran the gear for a little family fishing this morning, out at 630 back at around 12. Landed a 19 & 13 and lost two in the teenagers. Back again friday.

 

[scott craven]

Congrats H.B.
What a great way to break the skunk.
bait show ??

 

[Humpbubble]

Thanks Scott.
Biggest fish I've ever had on (my) line down here. Soft bite, didn't pop the clip, then for a moment I thought I had gotten seald.lol. SCREAMER ON!
Yep, chovy in "no bananas" teaser.
Big white buck to get my victoria skunk off.
What a weird way to end hogust

 

[Willyjim]

On the water at 6 today. Landed a hatch at 7, and released a wild at around 7:30, both around 5 lb, on cop car teasers, about 40 ft down, in 120 ft of water or so. Then around 10:30 landed a 21 lb white near the end of the breakwater. Army truck teaser, 65 ft down in about 85 ft of water. Not a bad day!

 

[Cmiles]

Nice teen on waterfront first thing this morn lost another around 11 am no other action saw 5 or 6 others netted lots of boats Anchovy green glow teaser 67 ft

 

[hambone]

Fished out front from 8-1 today and ended up bonking 3 springs, nothing over 20. Released 3 wild coho with one of them easily into the teens.

Most of our action came around noon using the AP Herring Spoon, 55-70' on the rigger in 70-80' of water.

 

[Aridhol]

Fished around Brochie ledge, picked up small coho and small spring at 40ft.
Needlefish spoons did the trick and bellies were full of small needlefish

 

[Xena]

Fished 8-1, mostly fished the breakwater. After fishing for 3 hours without a snif, we decided to speed up and head for deeper water. That worked, first fish spat the hook 15 off the end of the boat arrgh! looped back at bang! second chance. Hubby landed a lovely 16lber,red, full of roe. trolled around for another couple of hours, nothing more. Nice to get one in the boat.......Xena

 

[kayladog]

Busy off the waterfront today. Got pretty crowded at times off breakwater. Managed a 5 & 15 that was a real screamer.

 

[brands51]

Out Saturday from 10-1. 11l&13lb springs and an 8 lb hatchery coho. Back again sunday first light - 11ish, got into a 22, 18, & 14lb spring. All red. Also met member"rockdog" on the water which was nice

 

[scott craven]

Good on you guys catching fish in the crowd.
we put in a shift yesterday among about 60 boats from 9:30 to 12:30.
didn't see anyone on a rod the whole time until we were leaving when a welded boat
beside us hooked and landed a nice Spring.
There wasn't a lot happening but lots of traffic.

 

[Kildonan]

I had a wheel bearing meltdown on the way to the ramp this morning.... Oh woe is me. :-(

 

[Bugs]

Good on you guys catching fish in the crowd.
we put in a shift yesterday among about 60 boats from 9:30 to 12:30.
didn't see anyone on a rod the whole time until we were leaving when a welded boat
beside us hooked and landed a nice Spring.
There wasn't a lot happening but lots of traffic.

That makes me feel better Scott! Although x2 on the congratulations to those picking up fish. Short outings on both Saturday and Sunday to the breakwater and harbour entrance and no movement on the rods. Saw two caught on Saturday but nothing but what looked like a little Coho on Sunday.

Saturday's trip was also a fiasco due to a tank of bad gas. I won't name the gas station on the off chance that it was somehow my fault, but I re-filled my 1/4 full external tank that I had been running on without problems earlier in the week. Headed out, started trolling, and engine dies. Check the Racor, full of water, check the fuel tank, cloudy gas with water in the bottom. Drain out the water from the racor, cut the tank connector of my gas line and stick it into a small jerry of clean gas that I was fortunate to have on board. Engine started up and I was able to get back to the launch, pull the boat, get another external tank filled and head back out.

Unless someone is putting water in my gas in my driveway I cannot see how this happened unless the gas from the station was bad?