Hey All,
The Crew @ Big Bear would like to welcome our newest member to the team “Big Bear 3”. Yet another beautiful 282 Grady White sail fish is now plying the waters off of Ukee. With “Big Bear 4” only a week away, it is shaping up to be and awesome season with great savings and memories of a life time for our guests.
Fishing Report
Barkley Sound
Salmon:
The sound has been excellent over the past week with limits of Chinook hitting the dock. Most fish are in the 8-15 lb. range with a few hitting the 20 lb. mark. Big Bear 1 weighed in a beauty 22 lb 11 oz. Chinook caught by Tim McBeth at Swale Rk. This earns Tim 3rd place on the Ucluelet Salmon Ladder Derby. Way to go Tim!! There is a lot of firecracker herring in the sound right now so the small spoons and needle fish hootchies have been producing well. Tomics new 3 ½ inch series in the #602, Coyotes 4” in the green glo, blue metallic and army truck finishes are all working. As for hootchies, the glo green splatterback, witch doctor and purple haze will produce. Swale Rk., Harbour Entrance, Meares Bluff and Kirby are all good bets. The high slack seems to be the time to be there but fishing has been consistent throughout the day.
Halibut:
Halibut on the inshore has been productive. Try the 200-300 ft. line in Imperial Eagle Channel. If anchoring or drifting try salmon belly, octopus or lg. herring. If trolling the flatties, try the turd hootchy in white, glo, and the classic brown turd. As well an extra-large herring in a teaser head is quite deadly for these tasty bottom dwellers.
Offshore
Salmon:
The offshore banks have been fishing well when the weather permits. Try inside south, Long Beach and Portland Pt. We have yet to see any of the larger bait such as pilchard or lg. herring show but with the end of the month approaching look for it to bulk up in the masses. Anchovy and herring behind the flasher, 4-5 “ coyotes in all of the favorite finishes as well as the flasher-hootchy combos are all producing chinook. There have also been a few coho showing up in the mix. Look to see these silvery beauties start to arrive in numbers towards the end of the month. Great action on the light tackle that’s for sure.
We have a few select dates available:
$497.00 for two. Eight hours of guided fishing aboard one of our top of the line 282 Sailfish.
June 20th-21st
July 7th, 8th, & 11th
*( you will be paired up with another couple to enjoy great savings and memories that will last you a lifetime)
Have a look at our website for our June special or just give us a call at our office to book your experience of a lifetime.
Tight lines,
The Crew @ Big Bear
www.bigbearsalmoncharters.com
1-877-9-SALMON
1-250-726-7263