2019 Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[pescador]

Another one hit wonder for me at the cap. Big hit, pop the clip, baits gone. Back to work I guess.

Probably a 30 lber.

 

[Rain City]

Probably a 30 lber.

Oh **** right forgot to say 35-40 for sure.

 

[cohojohnny]

Blue and white center console. Orange jacket. Hard to miss too

 

[Rain City]

Blue and white center console. Orange jacket. Hard to miss too

Oh right. You were drifting messing with your riggers. Rolled right past you. Nice work.

 

[Ringo]

Another one hit wonder for me at the cap. Big hit, pop the clip, baits gone. Back to work I guess.

You’re not buying bait but I’m pretty sure you can afford replacing your dull hooks every once in a while.

 

[Sir Reel]

Another one hit wonder for me at the cap. Big hit, pop the clip, baits gone. Back to work I guess.

What frickin time do you start work?

 

[Rain City]

What frickin time do you start work?

Define start.

 

[pescador]

What frickin time do you start work?

Fishing is work. Never heard of "Hunter Gatherer"?

 

[Rain City]

You’re not buying bait but I’m pretty sure you can afford replacing your dull hooks every once in a while.

I swear they're sharp. I was going to ask though what do you guys use for hook sizes on teaser heads? I've been going bigger and bigger it seems. Using a 5o gamakatsu barbless octopus on these latest sets. Maybe I need to half butt pinch some barbs like everyone else lol.

 

[Skins88]

I swear they're sharp. I was going to ask though what do you guys use for hook sizes on teaser heads? I've been going bigger and bigger it seems. Using a 5o gamakatsu barbless octopus on these latest sets. Maybe I need to half butt pinch some barbs like everyone else lol.

No 2 treble with a 4o stinger. Held fish well all summer.

 

[Ringo]

I’ve never hooked a wild coho at the Cap mouth this late in the season. I go with a treble and a 4.0 Owner stinger.
And yes, I re-tie my leaders with a fresh stinger hook every 2-3 trips and I rinse them with fresh water on the boat and when back at the dock.

 

[cohojohnny]

Oh right. You were drifting messing with your riggers. Rolled right past you. Nice work.

Other line tangled in the rigger while first on on.
Weighed in at 13# marble and 26# white

 

[ab1752]

I swear they're sharp. I was going to ask though what do you guys use for hook sizes on teaser heads? I've been going bigger and bigger it seems. Using a 5o gamakatsu barbless octopus on these latest sets. Maybe I need to half butt pinch some barbs like everyone else lol.

I'm using a single gama 4/ 0 siwash for hoochies to swivel and teasers to bead chain and that's that. I'm done with tying up bait rigs because i can't remember a knot thanks to a misspent youth through 40s other than a double palomar. I havent lost a fish yet the hook just drags along side the bait / hoochie and they get jaw hooked when they smash the chovy. Makes releasing 10x easier too

 

[littlechucky]

I'm using a single gama 4/ 0 siwash for hoochies to swivel and teasers to bead chain and that's that. I'm done with tying up bait rigs because i can't remember a knot thanks to a misspent youth through 40s other than a double palomar. I havent lost a fish yet the hook just drags along side the bait / hoochie and they get jaw hooked when they smash the chovy. Makes releasing 10x easier too

How do you get your bait to roll if the hook isn’t imbedded in the bait?

 

[ab1752]

How do you get your bait to roll if the hook isn’t imbedded in the bait?

J just use a herring aid and the pin in the head it rolls perfectly and never bunches up. I salt the crap out of the bait and use a bit of blue pro cure. Sometimes I use a jughead on the bait but the herring aid does best.

 

[prodjsaig]

ya if you have a beadchain i can see it being steady alongside the bait

 

[FV SeaWolf]

Has anyone targeted chums in Howe Sound, maybe even close to Squamish?

 

[spoiler]

I swear they're sharp. I was going to ask though what do you guys use for hook sizes on teaser heads? I've been going bigger and bigger it seems. Using a 5o gamakatsu barbless octopus on these latest sets. Maybe I need to half butt pinch some barbs like everyone else lol.

 

[spoiler]

go with a small #2 stinger hook. you will be surprised with your hook up rate!

 

[Rain City]

go with a small #2 stinger hook. you will be surprised with your hook up rate!

I think that's what I started with when Pacific Angler set me up for the first time 5 years ago, maybe #3. Then the bait got bigger and bigger and bigger and the hooks followed! Picked up some 3s and 4s this afternoon but switched over to a barbed big river? Or something like that. See how it goes. Thanks for the reply.