Gallivanter
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Trolled the same area at high tide yesterday, caught a 9lb spring with LemonLime/Copcar spoon combo
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Still fishing off little beach. Gets better as the day goes on. Afternoon shift today again producing good quantity and quality (27 and some teens).
Gallivanter
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27, that would be good for a few reel screams!
Dear diary, 1st day of our family Ukee adventure. Left Victoria at 5:15am and drove to Cameron Lake hoping to beat the 9am closure. Arrived at stopped traffic a couple kms before the fire and sat for 50 minutes, but we got through.
The rest of the drive went well.
Launched at Island West Resort at 11:30 at headed out for the afternoon high slack.
Fished out front near the lighthouse, and got into fish right away.
Ended up keeping 7 (biggest 17lbs), released a couple 7/8lb fish and lost 2 good fish. Fish were loaded with bait, and Weegee spoons were the hot ticket.
Pulled the plug at 3:30, to check into our motel.
Looking forward to a full day of fishing tomorrow!
The rest of the drive went well.
Launched at Island West Resort at 11:30 at headed out for the afternoon high slack.
Fished out front near the lighthouse, and got into fish right away.
Ended up keeping 7 (biggest 17lbs), released a couple 7/8lb fish and lost 2 good fish. Fish were loaded with bait, and Weegee spoons were the hot ticket.
Pulled the plug at 3:30, to check into our motel.
Looking forward to a full day of fishing tomorrow!
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Gallivanter
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Yuck what a difference a day makes. Tried drifting for Hali at Amphitrite bank for 1.5hrs with no luck. Switched to trolling out there and got a 20lb Hali and a small hatchery coho. Moved back in to out front of the lighthouse and trolled for another 4 hours and only managed 2 feeder springs around 8lbs and 2 more coho.
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And another slow day for us to wrap up our 2023 Ucluelet trip. Fished 6 hours today between Great Bear, Alley Rock and Sail and only managed to catch 5 coho. Had a couple of long line releases and several shakers before the wind blew up around 1.
I had a great time on the water with my girls, already looking forward to next year, now for a 2 week break before Chinook opens in August!
I had a great time on the water with my girls, already looking forward to next year, now for a 2 week break before Chinook opens in August!
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bcbassfishing
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6 days and we start the tour over.... man I hope the fishing improves. Sounds pretty sad for the most part right now.
One knockdown that didn’t stick and one olive rockfish on the troll today. Slow, changed it up and had a nice bite on the copper rockfish to save the day. Daughter lost a nice ling at the boat. We’re going to change it up and fish lings and halibut to start tomorrow to keep the kids interested.
Lots of fish up off the beach. Decent quality (small enough to not run into much for oversized issues). Fished hali for a couple hours off the beach first this am, grabbed 2 big ones and 6 chickens. Rolled the gear over to the Troll around 1030 and had a boat full for 6 folks in a couple hours. Mostly 10-15s.
Solid out there this last week (for 2023 anyhow) . Good off little beach still in the right part of the tide. Had a couple good days on lighthouse for springs and hali. Few big ones kicking around little beach/ wya.
Solid out there this last week (for 2023 anyhow) . Good off little beach still in the right part of the tide. Had a couple good days on lighthouse for springs and hali. Few big ones kicking around little beach/ wya.
Did a quick troll through some diving seagulls by Great Bear yesterday morning. Lost 2 good ones then nothing for the rest of the hour. Decided to go way over to Swale for the day. Fish are smaller but lots of action for the out of town friends and no wind. They got limits on chinook. Biggest being 11lb. And 4 nice coho. Picked up a bunch of prawns, rockfish and a Ling on the way home. Hope it picks up out front soon.
kaelc
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Any squid being caught this week? Locations? Wife lost it this morning and texted me, "I can't be around you. I need to reassess my life".
Sounds like a green light to go fishing if I have ever heard one.
Is anyone heading offshore for halibut this weekend? It would be great to have a buddy boat.
Sounds like a green light to go fishing if I have ever heard one.
Is anyone heading offshore for halibut this weekend? It would be great to have a buddy boat.
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gone fishin
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sounds like a red light to me!!!
hope this is just your imagination looking for an excuse to go fishing
Good luck with both
kaelc
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I wish. I talked back this morning and she was smashing stuff and stormed off. She usually needs to sleep on it but the storm has been raging for a long time.
Thanks for Luck wishes!
Sea Chaser
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Be out In ukee next weekend . Looking forward to the annual trip. Hopefully some bigger chinook start showing up . Anything beats working so I won’t complain
bcbassfishing
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4 more shifts and I'm headed over... Love the place!
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