2023 Nanaimo Reports
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Aces
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Yeah that’s rough with no sounder
Bearded wonder
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Went out tonight with my niece. Fished 5:30-7:30ish. Mostly stayed near the fingers and the flats beside it. Pretty slow to begin with. Then got a nice random rock cod, lost a good hit, few shakers then got a nice chrome 15lbs spring. Finished off the evening with a few nice wild coho. Most of the action was at 115’ on the riggers and a no bananas spoon. Overall very beautiful night on the water. Our fish was empty but an other springs at the cleaning table had small anchovies or large herring.
Lots of bait on the sounder. Saw a few jumpers.
That is most likely a wrap till the winter. Boat needs some TLC.
Lots of bait on the sounder. Saw a few jumpers.
That is most likely a wrap till the winter. Boat needs some TLC.
True, at least in the old days we could track the bait balls by diving birds. When I got my first primitive sounder that had the dial and flashed bottom and anything in between my success improved. True story….
Unreel
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Pretty decent morning out there today. Got into the springs in the first 5 minutes with a double header. Released a couple that were just legal and kept these 4. 2 were getting super dark. Good coho action late morning after that early chinook bite died off. Some nice unclipped ones and bonked 2 nice hatch. Crazy bait out there and marked a lot of fish. Hopefully they stick around for a little bit! Hootchies and chovies did the damage today. 
Maxpri
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Nice! Where do you think these fish were headed?
Unreel
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This is definitely the time of year we see more local chinook moving through the area, nanaimo river, cowichan etc. I’d say these were nanaimo river fish.
Salmonslayer1992
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Got a nice wild coho, and a decent spring at entrance island right before the slack this morning, seen a nice chrome 23lb spring at the cleaning table. The guy caught it at the fingers.
Unreel
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Another stellar morning of chinook fishing today. Went 4 for 6, all fish on anchovies 130ft down. All action before the tide change. Hootch got a couple hits that didn’t stick. 64, 68, 70 and 87 which weighed out to 23lbs. Empty stomachs again except for the 2 year fish that had a lot of krill in it. The others were mature. Some of the best late season fishing I’ve seen in Nanaimo at this time of the year. Didn’t bother trying for coho in the deep but they are still out in good numbers. Really hoping the rains hold off a bit longer.
Aces
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Nice work!
Well done! How fast were you trolling the chovies?
Unreel
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2-2.5mph sog
Grace underfire
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Nice work. You still fishing out front? I'd assume so since you didn't mention Entrance. I'd agree with the late season fishing; I usually figure a week into Sep at best locally, but this year seems to be holding on.
Salmonslayer1992
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Salmonslayer1992
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was fishing 125ft on the rigger, got the 20lb’r in 400ft of water was fishing an army truck hoochie and a green and white spoon, got the other fish in 160ft of water 125 on the rigger. Was in Australia for the last couple years, nice to be back on the water!
Salmonslayer1992
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That’s a nice coho for sure. I was gonna go out this morning I seen some white caps, stayed in and worked on boat. Fishing two rods solo in the chop sucks. Was it alright or pretty lumpy?
Aces
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I flew over just before 3 and never saw any boats at entrance and only 1 at Fingers. Weird
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