Victoria Reports 2015

An unusual fish from Chinook Stomach at Oak Bay last week. I think this is a Barracudina (Arctozenus rissoi), rare around here and usually very deep. I thought it was a big sandlance at first but sandlance have no teeth. You never know what you'll pull up!

Great pics. Here's a fish I found in a coho off Quatsino last summer. Looks like a rockfish :

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There were many boats on the flats Monday. We only saw three in nets the five hours we were out there. Only one hit for us, never saw the fish. We tried every bait, every depth and every speed. Wasn't our day. Except for the four keepers in the pots on the way in.
 
Was there a decent amount of bait off Oak Bay?? Wondering why the fishing seems to have slowed down a bit.
 
Category(s):
ABORIGINAL - General Information,
COMMERCIAL - Salmon: Gill Net,
COMMERCIAL - Salmon: Troll,
RECREATIONAL - Salmon


Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0439-Aboriginal, Recreational, Commercial - Salmon - Gill Net and Troll - Fraser River Spring 5-2 and Summer 5-2 Chinook - May 20, 2015 Abundance Update

In 2015, the Department has identified concerns associated with expected poor
returns of Spring 5-2 and Summer 5-2 chinook to the Fraser River. Management
of these stocks is based on an in-season assessment of returns using the
cumulative catch per unit effort (CPUE) of chinook caught at the Albion Test
Fishery. A three zone management approach is used to identify management
actions.

The Department initiated the 2015 season with management actions based on the
lowest management zone (zone 1) given uncertainties in expected marine survival
rate, and recent years of poor returns for this stock aggregate.

The model used to predict the returns of Spring 5-2 and Summer 5-2 chinook to
the Fraser River uses data from the standard chinook net at the Albion Test
fishery and does not incorporate catch from the multi-panel net (which is
currently fished on alternate days). The standard chinook net is an 8 inch
(approx. 20 cm) mesh. Catch and effort data are cumulated by week, starting the
first full week in May, to provide the input to the model.

In 2015, the Albion chinook test fishery began operating on April 26. The
total catch for the period of this update (May 3 to May 16) was six (6)
chinook, which is more than catch observed in 2012 and 2013. Based on this
input, the current predicted return to the mouth of the Fraser for the Spring 5-
2 and Summer 5-2 chinook aggregate is between 26,000-54,000 fish (median of
37,230).

The next scheduled update is on June 1 and the final in-season update is
planned for June 15, 2015.

Management actions will be confirmed pending the final in-season update planned
for June 15, 2015. Previously announced fishery management actions to conserve
Fraser River chinook remain in effect.
 
Yup, if the test fishery proves better results they may open for a wild retention June 15
just in time for the Alpine derby
 
Let's hope for 1 over 1 under or any hatchery if there has to be a slot. The reg last year was a little broken in that you couldn't keep 2 overs even if they were both hatchery marked.
 
Nice catch,I'll be out tomorrow if the wind goes down.Sitka spoon I see,on the early flood or later?
 
We were on the ebb, and they seemed to bite the last 2 hours steady

Nice going! What neck of the woods were you fishing. I didn't get a sniff on the flats at the start of the flood. Others were doing g no better by the looks of it
 
Nice going! What neck of the woods were you fishing. I didn't get a sniff on the flats at the start of the flood. Others were doing g no better by the looks of it

If I told you my buddy would slit my throat, but it was between Caddy point and Trial island for sure !

:eek:
 
Out on constance between 7 and 10 yesterday (sat). 2 of 5. stomachs showed very small needles. switched to coho killers and pretty steady after that. two fish we lost just pulled the hook. but they felt good. the third popped the pin but gone by the time we got the rod.

JL
 
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