2018 Sidney Reports

[Stizzla]

I was just about to text you... I hit sidney channel for an hour and half this afternoon and only got a few small lingcod.

Probably a few smal lingcod more than we are going to get!

 

[RogersonCrusoe]

I was out yesterday morning for an hour and a half with the old man off Fairfax. One tiny rock cod.
Gorgeous morning though, if only a little chilly

 

[Stizzla]

I was out yesterday morning for an hour and a half with the old man off Fairfax. One tiny rock cod.
Gorgeous morning though, if only a little chillyView attachment 41512

Boat looks very comfortable Andrew!
Also glad to see you have a nice PFD on... is it new?! I almost bought a mustang as well last week at the big capital iron sale but an old timer grabbed the last one seconds before I got there.

 

[RogersonCrusoe]

Boat looks very comfortable Andrew!
Also glad to see you have a nice PFD on... is it new?! I almost bought a mustang as well last week at the big capital iron sale but an old timer grabbed the last one seconds before I got there.

I've had it for two years. It's an automatic one that I bought from Trotac. I just didn't have it when I was with you because it was in my other boat

 

[Stizzla]

Just got home from a fairfax adventure with @Original
Stizzla’d the lines pretty early

Then it settled down nicely and we hit a few shakers (three foot long Chinook and a couple of bottom fish)

Super calm rip back to the dock. A good time was had by all!

 

[RogersonCrusoe]

Just got home from a fairfax adventure with @Original
Stizzla’d the lines pretty earlyView attachment 41517

Then it settled down nicely and we hit a few shakers (three foot long Chinook and a couple of bottom fish)

Super calm rip back to the dock. A good time was had by all!
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Stizzla'd the photos too

 

[Original]

Thanks Stizz, I always enjoy getting out on the water with you in your awsome boat. Thanks for showing me another great fishing spot out of Sidney. One of these days we'll catch those elusive swimmers and Stizzle that double header wearing matching dinner jackets. Another beauty day on the west coast as the pictures show.

 

[carpeweekend]

Just wanted to let everyone on the Sidney thread know that the Sidney Anglers Derby is a go for next year. Here are the details. Hope to see you all on the water in support of salmon enhancement.

SAVE THE DATE! MAY 3 - 4, 2019

• The Sidney Anglers’ Association (SAA) will be holding their 9 th annual one-day Salmon Derby and dinner on Saturday, May 4, 2019.
• Check-in and distribution of derby packages will take place on the afternoon of Friday, May 3rd followed by dinner at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney. Derby day is Saturday with the Derby weigh-in station at the North Saanich Marina. Moorage is available with special moorage rates for Derby participants.
• Don’t miss out - only 250 derby entries are available. First come, first serve. Your $150 entry fee includes dinner tickets to both Friday and Saturday night.
• First place prize of $10,000 and total cash and merchandise prizes of $30,000. Special categories and prizes for Kids.
• Last year’s Derby raised just under $37,000 and we have raised over $177,000 since the derby’s inception in 2011 - All proceeds will be committed to salmon enhancement and restoration projects on Southern Vancouver Island.

Salmon Enhancement Projects That Have Benefited From The Derby Include:

• The Herring Spawning Enhancement Project
• Sea Change Society
• Brookman Shawnigan Creek Coho Project
• Cowichan Lake Salmonid Enhancement Society
• Penninsula Streams Society
• Sooke Watershed Enhancement
• Craigflower Creek Restoration
• Nanaimo Hatchery
• Nootka Sound Watershed Society
• Conuma Hatchery Creek Enhancement

And many more programs helping salmon enhancement on Vancouver Island.

Tickets will go on sale starting Fri, Feb 1, 2019 online at www.sidneyanglers.ca
or purchased at North Saanich Marina, Home Hardware in Sidney, Island Outfitters and Trotac Marine in Victoria or Alpine Marine Sales in Westshore. If you are attending with someone who won’t be fishing, extra dinner tickets for Friday and Saturday will also be available online.

More information on the 2019 Derby will be available in our January Derby
update and through our website.

 

[advTHXance]

First time out in a while today. I usually put the boat away for a few months during the winter but a friend wanted to go, so we went! Tried around James, Coal and Fairfax. Released a borderline wild fish at Fairfax, caught on some variant of Gibbs glow spoon with a green/glow/uv flasher, 140' on the rigger, 160' of water - shallow side!

 

[Stizzla]

First time out in a while today. I usually put the boat away for a few months during the winter but a friend wanted to go, so we went! Tried around James, Coal and Fairfax. Released a borderline wild fish at Fairfax, caught on some variant of Gibbs glow spoon with a green/glow/uv flasher, 140' on the rigger, 160' of water - shallow side!

I’m glad you came out of retirement early!

 

[Nolan]

Powder wharf is holding winter feeders right now. Managed an 8 and 10lb one today plus a bunch of shakers. All off the bottom over 100ft.

 

[Dannyrscott]

Was also out yesterday red can/powder wharf from about 730-11. Lots of small shakers and one about 8 lbs for us.

 

[Wheels]

Out today from 10:30 to 3pm to take advantage of wind window. Fished Coal without a sniff - though did see a marking and some bait. Moved to James island and again not a sniff till just before picking up lines. Caught a 5lb in lower mid water column. Just a random fish swiming along minding his own business...

 

[Nolan]

Went out again yesterday in sidney channel. Was hot for an hour or so around tide change, had 7 to the boat with one keeper (8lbs). All off the bottom, heavy on the glow spoons and flashers..not as much debris in the water as I expected after the winds Thursday

 

[Stizzla]

I’m having coffee from my “lucky” mug, which means:
I’m dusting off my rod and reel and am going to get my butt on the water!
Report to come later

 

[MadJigga]

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I’m having coffee from my “lucky” mug, which means:
I’m dusting off my rod and reel and am going to get my butt on the water!
Report to come later

You should fish for Hali before it closes!

 

[Stizzla]

You should fish for Hali before it closes!

Hmmm. I might give it a go later in the week. Good idea!

 

[Nolan]

You should fish for Hali before it closes!

Are there any around Sidney? I've been waiting to try again as well, but I've been hearing only skunky reports.

 

[MadJigga]

Are there any around Sidney? I've been waiting to try again as well, but I've been hearing only skunky reports.

We have got them at Little Zero Rock, around Darcy in shallow water(not in RCA!), in between Darcy and James. But have spent a lot of time on the pick this year with nothing to show for it. So, luck of the draw. Other years we have limited out early in the season, all in the Sidney area.

 

[casper5280]

Zero Rock and Darcy are my go to places when out that way, same for us this year a big Zero. Halibut has been hard this year for us never put one in the box no matter where we fished.