Sooke Reports - Spring and Summer 2012

Powered up from Victoria to Fish otter and west from 6ish till after lunch. Caught one wild coho within the first minute then skunksville. Terrible. Tons of bait and marked fish all day. Saw one 30 lb spring caught. Headed to Victoria where I caught a small hatch spring at Albert head on the way home.

BD
 
Lipripper said:
Sounds like the ramp was a little tied up


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That's gotta suck.... nobody hurt at least. That ramp can get slick
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Is this what you are referring to Wolf? If not, must of been quite a day.
 
I would bet that's what he was referring to.... Went in at 5:30ish and out around 10 and if not I am waiting on Wolfies pics

Lets start a pool on what forum member will start a thread on proper launching procedure. :D

Sometimes shyte happens and feel bad for the guy...
I would bet something happened Glen, the ramp is slick but not that slick. I have yet to hear the story.
 
I don't understand the truck manufacturers. For how much it would cost....when you buy a new mega dollar truck with "A TOWING PACKAGE" why does it not come with a 4 wheel line lock on the brakes? Depress the brake peddle, throw a toggle switch that throws a solenoid and holds the hydraulic fluid and locks all four wheels? Nope still rely on a cable and a non-adjusted set of parking brakes to prevent a major dollar loss. Dumb. Most parking brakes don't work worth **** and the auto transmission takes most of the load.
 
Good idea... I would imagine on newer vehicles... It's not as easy as the old ford.;)
 
I've been woken a few times,while sleeping on my boat at PRM in renny. The lip at the end of the ramp is a hell of a drop off ;)
 
Prestige...
 
YES thats the pic The guy wasnt too impressed when I said that truck will be a write off. I said with all that salt and stuff it will wreck all the electrical and everything he thought it would be ok????? ???????WOW
Asked him what happened he said he hit the gas instead of the brake and paniced.....
VERY costly mistake
 
Out Late, started at 12 got a good one at Otter about 12.30, 90 feet in the Deep water , Gears workin... lots of small Springs , Bigger Coho today (hook noses) and Sockeye. Good Day Driller
 
wolf said:
YES thats the pic The guy wasnt too impressed when I said that truck will be a write off. I said with all that salt and stuff it will wreck all the electrical and everything he thought it would be ok????? ???????WOW
Asked him what happened he said he hit the gas instead of the brake and paniced.....
VERY costly mistake
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He is in dreamland if he thinks that truck is ever going to work properly again. That pic will make me pay a little closer attention next time I'm launching.
 
He was launching his boat it was at the end of the dock all ready to go fishing.....

As for today holy SLOW was able to get into some after a good little hunt down only to lose them beside the boat came home with a teener but definatlly had our chances some days they just come undone no fault of the people on board thats for sure.....and must admit catching a bunch of coho is a real treat even if you have to let them go was able to keep 2 today.

Tommorow wil be better....
Wolf
 
Well I finally made it to the coast to fish and I had the best fishing trip of my life. My friend Mac called me Friday and said to be ready in 2 hours, we are leaving Vancouver and heading to Ukee. I had groceries and coolers of ice ready to go before he even hung up the phone. Mac, his fishy friend Jeff and myself were on route for the coast in his 33' blackfin by 5pm. We were cooking steaks in a sick house that Mac set up in East Sooke by 9pm. Pretty sure we went right by Wolf's place if your in East Sooke, looked like your rig. I barely slept that night as I WAS SO STOKED for fishing the west coast . We decided to make a run for swiftsure in the morning as the conditions were like glass. Not going to lie, the swell and fog did have me feeling a little woozy by the time we hit the bank, which was concerning as the boys said it was actually pretty sweet conditions. They had a good cure for the sickness and we were slaying fish in no time. We had fish on before we even had a line down. The ho's were savage off the bank, easy limits of good size hatchery coho and a couple good size springs. Didn't matter what you put down, by the end we were just running big plugs and spoons down deep but the ho's were still all over it. We switched up to to try for hali during the slack and this was exciting for me as I had never caught one . We got lucky, all three of us had one in the boat in short order. Biggest was 30 which is physically bigger then I imagined. Watching Jeff gaff the halis and wrestle them down was entertaining to say the least. Power bait worked for the halibut doing drifts. Pretty easy to fish halibut without the anchor set up. After limiting out on the hali we made a run for Bamfield to fuel up the beast and grab some supplies . We trolled into Bamfield as we had a spot left for a big spring but only released small ones. Cool place to fish , lots of different areas to hit. Pretty sure I saw Osama at the general store in bamfield but you left before I had a chance to say Hello. Turtle Island was the end of the line for day one of fishing. What a sweet place to drop the hook. Morning came quick after eating and then processing fish and Ukee banks were up next. South bank was the first stop and the seas were big, 1 something swell with 5 foot wind chop on top . I felt good day 2 as Renfrew primed me I guess. The fishing was very productive with lots of wild coho and pretty good for springs. Jeff put 2 in the boat around 25 pounds and lost a big heavy brute that spit the hook at us after a long fight. Pretty funny playing fish looking up at them in the swell. All the big springs came on a glo hoochie with a flap on the head. We broke that off and didn't get any more big ones. Small ones were hitting everything I put down, including daisy chain with flasher and bait above it. Pretty much had our limit on day one off inner south bank. My wife and baby Nakai made the drive from the mainland to join us for dinner at a friend of Mac's and Jeff's. It was nice to meet some of the friendly people of Ukee. My wife, boy and I slept on the boat and it was pretty cool seeing the fleet heading out in the morning, got me pretty stoked. The pouring rain on the other hand had us going onto land to grab breakfast and lunch. The Blue Room was the first pace we saw open and I say it was pretty tasty. The locals told us they did good off light house bank the day before so that was our first destination . The wife really wanted to bottom fish. That bank was pretty slow for us but the wife did get her hali using power bait again. We made a couple of location change ups, including south bank again and finished off at a spot called big bear in close ? Must say fishing was much slower, we had to work for them and did't get our limits. Didn't matter, already had an amazing trip . I would have to say swiftsure had the most explosive fishing and south bank was next. Can't wait to visit every one these places again. I am border line thinking of a career change to switch locations from Whistler to the coast lol. White hoochie was overall top producer. The bigger springs came between 130 and 80 feet but we were getting them from 180 to 30 out of ukee and everywhere the first day off swift sure. Fun watching coho attack the gear sitting on the water waiting to be set to the rigger. Can't wait for the next trip.
 
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We are all in agreement that the truck is F****D


See ya'll in the AM



And wolf I bet you another .25 that mines bigger than yours (tomorrow only)





Edit: Dmurph....... I am totally calling the grammar police right now..;)
 
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