Salmon fishing in Sooke is EXCELLENT right now. Spring / Chinook, and Sockeye, are being caught in good numbers daily, there are some hatchery Coho and Pink Salmon being landed as well. There has been a very consistant Sockeye Salmon “BITE” come on daily, usually mid morning anywhere off Sooke [...]
Filed under: Fishing on August 23rd, 2010 | No Comments »
July has lived up to its reputation for Salmon fishing in Sooke as being a SPOTTY month. There has been good sized Spring Salmon caught, but not many and not by many anglers. Currently there are fish at the Harbour Mouth which is normal for this time of year, we would [...]
Filed under: Fishing on August 3rd, 2010 | No Comments »
Big Spring Salmon have arrived in good numbers at the local Sooke HOT SPOTS west of the Harbour Mouth, Whales have been in the area daily fishing the shoreline from Beechy Head to Sheringham Point for the last week. This has caused some very quiet mornings on the water for quite a few boats, while [...]
Filed under: Fishing on July 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
Fishing for Spring Salmon in Sooke is GOOD, the big Spring Salmon have arrived and have been hitting anchovey trolled in bait heads.
Many of these large Spring Salmon have to be released due to the local restrictions D.F.O. has placed on the Victoria/Sooke areas. There are plenty of smaller hatchery Springs around that anglers can [...]
Filed under: Fishing on June 14th, 2010 | No Comments »
Fishing for Spring Salmon in Sooke is SPOTTY or SLOW, there are some fish being caught, but not many. Word from up West is that the big Springs are on thier way, and some boats are reporting getting into the odd big one, but I haven’t seen any on the dock.
Yes we still have the [...]
Filed under: Fishing on May 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
Salmon fishing in Sooke waters continues to produce mostly winter sized Spring Salmon, although there are some fish in the 15 to 20lb range coming into the dock. The consistancy has become more spotty lately with some quiet days, and some outstanding days.
The weather has been unsettled, which is very typical in this area at [...]
Filed under: Fishing on May 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Winter Spring Salmon fishing in Sooke has slowed down over the last couple of days but overall has been Excellent this season. These smaller immature Spring Salmon are feeding heavily on herring, shrimp, and other smaller bait fish and squid. The fillets are noticably a darker red colour than the summer run fish, are feeding [...]
Filed under: Fishing on January 20th, 2010 | No Comments »
Fishing for winter run Salmon in Sooke is VERY GOOD, the sizes appear to have gone down slightly but the consistency of action is great. The Harbour entrance and South tip of Secretary Island have been good places to start looking over the last few days. There have been alot of small Herring (2 to [...]
Filed under: Fishing on December 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »
Fishing for Winter Chinook Salmon in Sooke waters has been GOOD. There has been some good weather with low winds and flat water, with not too much rain. The Winter Springs have been feeding off the Harbour mouth and the Bluffs, some days in close, but most days out in 200 to 400ft of water [...]
Filed under: Fishing on October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
Aug.26th Fished with Alice and Sam from California, from the Bluffs to Otter Point. Lots of small “shaker” Springs. Landed 3 small Springs, 1 hatchery Coho and 4 Pink Salmon . Saw 2 large Sea Lions feeding off of Otter Point and went to check it out, it was a school of Coho, we must [...]
Filed under: Fishing on September 14th, 2009 | No Comments »