Bamfield Sablefish

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BigBadBrad

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Top of the morning to you gents! I am heading back to Bamfield with my boy Hugo in a couple weeks and I want to make a serious effort targeting Sablefish. Can anyone share some basic information? How far offshore do I need to go and what depth should I focus on? Any other information is much appreciated.

Thanks,

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I am watching this...

I think it would be a bit of a trek to make it out deep enough for sablefish off Bamtown.(?)
My wife just offered that she loves sablefish the other night.
Looks like I have some more gear shopping ahead of me!!;)
 
There is a guy on here ILHG who has fished for them off of Haida Gwaii ... reach out to him, he has had success catching them.

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We got some off the rats nose and egg as well while trolling for springs. The krill were in there thick and they were up there feeding on them.
 
carpeweekend said:
I was fishing out of Bamfield a few weeks ago and we caught 4 sablefish right at the Rat's Nose while jigging for halibut. Very surprised as I had assumed that they were in much deeper water. We were fishing in about 300 - 320 feet of water.
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How big were they?
 
I have Tanacom 750's with 80 lb braid. One thing about that setup, it you snag, it is a BEEAAAHTCH to break off. I'm wishing I went with 60 lb braid. . .there's not anything (that we want in the boat) that swims around here that'll break well-tied 60 lb mainline. Just a thought if you want to spool 'em up, I think I wish I did it differently,
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fishbadger said:
I have Tanacom 750's with 80 lb braid. One thing about that setup, it you snag, it is a BEEAAAHTCH to break off. I'm wishing I went with 60 lb braid. . .there's not anything (that we want in the boat) that swims around here that'll break well-tied 60 lb mainline. Just a thought if you want to spool 'em up, I think I wish I did it differently,
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Wrap it around the gaff handle and pull, it break off, I’ve always used 80lbs, 60or 80 when you snag it sucks lol
 
brutus said:
Wrap it around the gaff handle and pull, it break off, I’ve always used 80lbs, 60or 80 when you snag it sucks lol
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I try that, but I guess my knots are good, because it usually breaks at the gaff handle. Anyways, sorry for the thread-drift, just an observation,
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