Hit em Hard
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Good luck Pops. We were all beginners at one time. If you released lots on your first day out you did a lot better than I did on my first few trips out in my first boat.
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Sooke 2013 Fishing Reports
- Thread starter Last Chance
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Old Seadog
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Hope to see U out there....Just take your time & have FUN but play it safe....
poet1971
Member
Hey Papa,
I Just got my first boat this year too (also an Arima 17 sr). In April I was in the same position as you. I can tell you that most of the guys here on the forum are awesome and helpful. Just have fun and take your time, you'll be amazed at how quick you pick things up. If you want to compare notes, feel free to PM me. Have fun and listen for me out there too. Right now I am answering to Poet. But once I get the boat re-named it will be Miriah. Have fun and tight lines.
Poet
JustFishing
Active Member
Heading out tomorrow morning for Ho's. First time this month, what have been the good depths or is most of the water column worth a try?
Gonna try the usual green/pink plastic and metal. Hope i can get a couple clipped fish.
JF
Gonna try the usual green/pink plastic and metal. Hope i can get a couple clipped fish.
JF
when i was out on saturday it didnt seem to really matter - fished from the surface to 80 feet... caught fish at all depths... best depth for me was 55 ft, that being said the surface rod was pretty effective.(and fun!)
out today from 11:00 to 2:30, Secretary 450' water fishing at 110' and 70'. 2 hatch around 8 lbs and 20+ unclipped released. 4 double headers and a fish on every ten minutes. All but 2 on bait. Purdy good day to have a couple off flatlanders onboard and tell them "ya, a bit slow today but should pickup soon I figure..."
JustFishing
Active Member
Fished way out off the trap shack this morning from 9-12. Ran into alot of cohos, most were wild but did manage to get 2 clipped and a pink.
a couple of the ones released were around 13-14 lbs awesome fights. Might give er another go tomorrow.
JF
a couple of the ones released were around 13-14 lbs awesome fights. Might give er another go tomorrow.
JF
Boat karma worked. fished with a friend from 10 till 2 also off Trap Shack. released many wild and kept a couple clipped. First fish in the boat was a 13 lb clipped. No pinks or Springs. Bait, plastic and metal all worked. highlight was having released a wild about 8 lbs I immediately started letting the line out to get it back on the downrigger and the fish hit it again and we scrapped to the boat. Living up to the name wild coho.
Karma-Kazi
Active Member
Fished off Secretary yeterday. 8 weight fly rods only 2 with fly line and one spooled with mono off the rigger. 18 coho landed 5 hatcherys. biggest hatch was 9 pounds. All on flies.
-KK
-KK
Karma-Kazi
Active Member
No fish were hit deeper then 32 ft!
NautiGirl
Well-Known Member
That sounds good Karma.
I heard the coho were also heavy near Billings last weekend. A friend went walking down there and said he saw about a hundred finning and jumping and a few flyfishers working them. Catch and release fun to be had. That rain has them schooling around Sooke for sure.
Many thanks to all who help with the hatchery clipping.
I heard the coho were also heavy near Billings last weekend. A friend went walking down there and said he saw about a hundred finning and jumping and a few flyfishers working them. Catch and release fun to be had. That rain has them schooling around Sooke for sure.
Many thanks to all who help with the hatchery clipping.
Karma-Kazi
Active Member
I have tried casting this year and last! Very rewarding as I can only say ive landed one doing that! I prefer to troll as my Dad is with me and hes much more into doing his own thing while I play around! LOL
Gear'n'beer!
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Out yesterday straight out from 10-3, 4 hatch 'ho's all 11-12 pounds. Released 15 wilds, some beautiful fish. Excellent day out with gf's dad from Winnipeg. Can't wait for next week.
ChoveyRoller
Member
X2 Im planning to drop the pick out west tomorrow... Awesome tides and Hali has been great for us the last two weeks. Big wave Dave is calling 0-5 knots as of now but Enviro Canada says a huge storm is coming with 25-35 Knots. Any thoughts from the hardcore locals??
Might just have to poke my nose out there and check it out.
scott craven
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Southeast in the morning, followed by lull, and West in the afternoon.
lots of rain , very scetchy at this point....
lots of rain , very scetchy at this point....
NautiGirl
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I was jonesing for hali, and saw the winds were less out near Pedder when I checked last night on both Windfinder and BWD, so I headed that direction. Note that BWD is updating late/not on schedule/nowhere near predictions between #1 and 2. Windfinder is more accurate today. Anyway it was supposed to be rainy and 6-7 knots today on 27 fathom reef, then wind was supposed to pick up 15-25. Nope. There is a big donut hole hanging between Constance, Esquimalt, and Beecher Bay, where the wind has been calm and fairly clear of rain compared to the black clouds and rain we saw over Victoria and the hills along Westshore. I did not get my hali today, but I did get a bit of sunburn/tan on my nose and cheeks today. I'm going again tomorrow morning. Gotta use up the bait.
