WELL bammy 2023 is in the wraps and was a blast !!! As you all know with highway closed it was a time to make decisions. SO decided lets put boat in last thursday (8th) and run up in the am!!!! the 9th woke up at 4 am 34 kts at sheringham BUT 4 at carmanah by 6 am it was 18 at sheringham so LETS GO !!! sooke was a bit nasty but not to bad muir chopppy jordon river chooopppy . then from there up easy !!! accually a good ride.
My first set of friends came up for 3 days
Day 1 we went halibut fishing close to home and did well after we moved. got a cople of halis in mid 30 and a big ling
Day 2 went out to the banks as it was flat calm took longer to get out then our limit then went looking for lings and cod did great again. And goofy hat day !!!!! you will see the picture LOL LOL
Day 3 short day went for salmon found them good off the sound lost more then we got biggest was 16. then those guys had to go home.
My hunting buddies came in for day 4 and of course THE WINDS !!! tried to get to halibut but to no avail way too rough so back in for salmon slammed them again with AP spoons and this ugly hoochie called the asian stripper????
Day 5 windy again so hit the salmon again did very well again same set up kept changing it up needle fish squirts and spoons .
Day 6 oh look windy again !!! back to salmon then we went and got some bottom fish.
Day 7 top up on our salmon . Quick am fish then gassed up and made the turn on friday to home.
Came across beale and with 4 days of winds HUGE swell there but from pacheana down to renny was gret rainy and foggy but smooth. from renny to sooke was FLAT had boat at 4300 rpm doing 30 mph she was happy. Otter the winds really hit but it was like a 2 foot chop and easy. from gas dock to sooke was just under 3 hours run.
Was a great time saw a fellow forum members who waved me over to say HI. Special
Thanks Derby, to Bish and sons and Trev from no bananas for there help made my trip easier.
Gas went from $ 2.20 to 2.35 in one day and it was kinda a ghost town to be honest most we saw at hotel was 3 cars.
For salmon we fished kinda all over widdlestone down to bam kirby, but most of our sucess was meares and austin. Guys said the road to bammy was in GREAT shape except for the accidents . on last day and the rain my buddies trucj was completly covered in mud LOL
never seen a truck so dirty LOL.
All in all was a fantastic trip and glad I made the call to run.