2023 OFFISHALL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread

[Don Julio]

No chinook at t-10 1-6pm. Unlimited pinks. 2 red chinook at bell buoy right up against the fun police megaphone action. All on bait. Whale show at Iona pier.

 

[Paravoffka]

2-6 PM Sandheads 3 chinook onboard, 5 pinks onboard. Lost one big nook right by the boat it cut the line with the teeth. DFO checked me and damn they were really not friendly and they wanted really bad to find just something to give me a ticket and didn't say goodbye when they were leaving. Despite everything was OK but it felt like a little spoiled end of the day.

 

[Skins88]

T10. 3 to 730. Lots of pinks 3 for 4 on chinook. Herring was the ticket.

 

[Skins88]

Saw this fella lurking around

 

[Rain City]

Saw this fella lurking around

That guy didn't catch any chinook. Had some asshat cut me off and had to avoid him, right into a crab float. Lost my ball and kone zone on one side. I was trying so hard to not catch any pinks, that I avoided the fish altogther. Sigh.

 

[Blueback]

Interesting reports. Don't feel so bad now. Started at 2:30 at the bell (outside the whale zone) and quickly hooked and played what felt like a screamer spring (peeled line), but after some head shakes, it got off. Hooked and lost (long line releases) 2 unwanted pinks. Left there about 5 and went over to join my buddy at Atkinson. No love for me there. My buddy only took home 1 pink. We were both using chovies.

 

[Ringo]

Saw this fella lurking around

I can see that fela using some compressed teargas in his new hybrid engine

 

[Piccadilly]

Tell me you didn’t bring bananas out with you too…

No bananas, c’mon

 

[Marley]

Caught three chinook near the bell outside the killer whale zone. All right around low slack this afternoon 85 ft deep. Lemon lime flasher and green glow teaser head. Finished up on pinks.

 

[Alex_c]

Had over 12 springs to the boat, limited out for 3 people and then released a bunch while we tried to pick up a coho. Long line release a bunch too. Sandheads - hoochies, bait, spoons. Constant action from 1400 until 2000. Caught 3 of the springs on cut plug herring. Insane afternoon!

 

[Tinny]

Fished 3:30 to 6:30. Lost 2 (my never goes fishing wife on the rod) then she takes a nap and with no fishing time left this one hits! Close to Bell in 110’ with anchovy at 49’. It tapped the anchovy then nothing for a minute so figure that’s it. Start reeling the line in to call it a day and it hits when I have the anchovy almost to the surface!

 

[A-a-Ron]

At Sandheads with 250 other guys… only pinks so far. Keep going deeper to try to avoid them but they’re hitting at 135 lol. Riggers at 170/140 now. Almost time to move to the Bell.

 

[Alison2]

T10. Away from the pack. 44’ chovie

 

[MR fisher]

Put in at Vanier at about 3:30 yesterday. Just enough water. Whew! Ran out to about 1 mile NE of the bell to drop in. Spring on in the first 5 minutes. Herring aid flasher/spoon combo at 89'. Good battle and we have a nice 74cm marble in the box. Gonna be an unreal day! Then we proceeded to troll around for the next 2 hours and not even a bite. Moved over to 29-3 west of the whale zone. A few pinks and one one coho lost at the boat. Water conditions were amazing! Great evening!

 

[A-a-Ron]

Double header at T10 both landed, 10/11lb, 70 & 100 on rigger in 140’ near the marker.

 

[Alex_c]

If anyone is sick of filtering thru 500 pinks to get a spring, try cut plugging some herring. We had crazy action until we ran out of herring. All springs, not a single pink.

 

[SalmonDreamer]

Fished Sandheads 7-10 am. Loads of pinks, a couple wild coho, one big chinook lost at the boat. 40 to 100ft. Pinks were biting deep too!

 

[Rain City]

Medium Rhys Davis herring night bite Friday night. 55ft-100ft of water. We were fairly pick and released smalls played 20 fish. 2-2.5 trolling speed. Any time after a big flood is best.

Friday night was lights out for anyone that was out. I don't think it mattered what you rolled. But nice work.

 

[Saltwedge]

Fished Bell Buoy from 7-11 or sO… a couple long-lined released and a couple missed… kept one pink. No Chinook/big fish so we trolled to PA… got a 73cm marble before arriving… herring… rigger 70’… deep water: 300’? Trolled half of the Wedt Van shoreline and it was DEAD.

 

[capman]

Fishing around the bell. Just lost a good one close to the boat. Spoon 100’ on the rigger.