2023 OFFISHALL Vancouver-Howe Sound-Sechelt Reports Thread
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Rain City
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I don't think it matters. We hit on both the nickel back herring aid and the glow back irish cream.
Finished the day with a hatch coho at T10 right before the low slack. White hootchie and no bananas flasher 45’ in 250 FOW on a slow troll. Anchovies got no love at T10. Saw a nice chum released by another boat.Started around 7:30 around the bell, 14 lbs red just east of 2nd mile marker in 180 fow 75 on DR anchovy and green onion flasher. Pretty slow and bit breezy. @Aquaholic can certainly smell fall in the air today.
Slow day overall and had to grind for it. Next outing will be for the Firefighters Darby. Here’s for calmer seas and a wave of fresh fish.
Thanks for the info!
ElectricDyck
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Its deffinitely slowed down from last weekend and we also didnt do our part lol..we had a day of tangles, lost a couple low to mid teens spunky fish that came in easy, then saw the boat and jumped way out the water and hit the ground running diving under the boat wrapping around the down rigger cable opening the ****** lock swivel on the flasher that I should have replaced and taking off with my spoon. The other one wrapped itself around the outboard and lives to see another day. We took the next few fish way more seriously after those couple gong shows.
We ended up with a 70cm 6lb, an 8, and a 9. Caught some pretty spawny pinks as well. Released 3 wild coho and a few undersized chinook.
We ended up with a 70cm 6lb, an 8, and a 9. Caught some pretty spawny pinks as well. Released 3 wild coho and a few undersized chinook.
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the force
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Boxed 6 springs today, a hatch coho and 3 pinks. Released 3 nice wild ho’s and some shakers. Springs mostly 80-100’ down off the rigger, lighthouse bigeye was the top producer. Nothing on plug, hoochie or bait ended up using all spoons by then end. Hopefully able to get a few more tomorrow before heading home though wind looking ugly.
We didn’t get into as many pinks as we thought or hoped… didn’t think I’d have to say this but any tips for pinks off sandheads tomorrow?
We didn’t get into as many pinks as we thought or hoped… didn’t think I’d have to say this but any tips for pinks off sandheads tomorrow?
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Just look for a wall of fish on your sonar and feed them with your anchovies. Guys also had luck with a white flasher and pink hootchie. Good luck!
Corey_lax
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Late post but we fished sandheads from 11:00-4:30 on Saturday. Started out with probably 20 pinks and a Jack chinook. One 14 lbs chinook around 1:00. We were waiting for the 4:00 mark and it didn’t disappoint with three 18-22 lbs chinooks and lost one that I couldn’t make any progress on until it popped off. Kept 2 pinks as well and that will be the last/only pinks I keep.
70-80’ on different variations of herring aide. Even the mummified anchovies from last year were hitting.
Finished off the day with bearing failure and losing a tire two blocks from my house. Had to change the bearings on a busy street in the dark but got her home and will be getting new hubs but maybe a newer trailer. 40 years is probably time for a new trailer lol.
70-80’ on different variations of herring aide. Even the mummified anchovies from last year were hitting.
Finished off the day with bearing failure and losing a tire two blocks from my house. Had to change the bearings on a busy street in the dark but got her home and will be getting new hubs but maybe a newer trailer. 40 years is probably time for a new trailer lol.
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Daveroo
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I have found that most of my pinks this year have been hooked with spoons such as No Bananas and deeper then in previous years. I've been catching them 80'-90' rather then on my high rod at 45'-60'. However the two pinks I caught today at Sandheads looked like they were caught in the river. They were already dark at the top, had a hooked nose, and had a hump.
A-a-Ron
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My trick for getting pinks is targeting springs…
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sushieater
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Fished SH from 5 to dark sunday night. Slower than saturday night but 3 guys each managed to land a spring. Caught the last one 15 minutes after sunset, which never happens for us, but we try anyways. Now we're never going to be able to leave early.
1 screamer lost far from boat. 1 jack spring, but no pinks.
I feel like I've caught the most pinks on the ebb or low slack. Very few on the flood.
My Amundsen tmx5 went wonky at the end of the night and developed a lot of slop. I thought it was damaged, but the main screw had just worked itself a little loose. Seems fine after tightening.
Conditions were way better than expected.
1 screamer lost far from boat. 1 jack spring, but no pinks.
I feel like I've caught the most pinks on the ebb or low slack. Very few on the flood.
My Amundsen tmx5 went wonky at the end of the night and developed a lot of slop. I thought it was damaged, but the main screw had just worked itself a little loose. Seems fine after tightening.
Conditions were way better than expected.
the force
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Lol, that’s my strategy though was surprised to come up short yesterday.My trick for getting pinks is targeting springs…
Trolled one pass out and back this am, no fish and not sure if we would have been able to land one if we did hook up.
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Alex_c
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Jesus dude, that’s a lot of weather for a chance at any salmon, let alone a Harrison white.
A-a-Ron
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Saltwedge
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What app/site is this? Great compilation of direction & speed.
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