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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Salmon Fishing in Sooke has slowed down for big Spring Salmon over the last week, especially in the mornings. With the fast approaching Vancouver Island Salmon Classic Derby, some teams are already planning, and practice fishing as teams in preparation for this high stakes event. Rules and information on the Derby can be found on [...]
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Aug 1st Ed and Leyla fished the Sooke Salmon enhancement derby again this year with 2Reel. Had a good hit on a glow hootchie first pass on Possession Point, early in the morning, didn’t hook up. There were a few fish caught. Took 5 Pink Salmon for smoking. Aug 2nd, Fished 2nd day of the [...]
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July 18th Fished with Mark and his Son Jeremy from Ontario. Rough water and strong winds started early today, landed four nice hatchery Coho all 6lbs and one small Spring Salmon. Did see some other boats get into larger Spring Salmon. Foggy and windy. July 19th Mark, his nephew and daughter, Brian, and Stephanie fished [...]
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July 13th Fished with Giacomo who was having his 76th Birthday today. Trolled Tiger Prawn glow Rhys Davis anchovey teaser head behind a red flasher and Silver Betsy flasher infront of a Purple Haze teaser head. Caught Giacomo’s limit of Pinks and Coho and a 22lb Spring Salmon, as well as crabs in the traps [...]
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July 4th Fishing with Peter Sienfeld in the afternoon at Possession Point. Peter landed a good 25lb Spring Salmon on a purple haze Rhys Davis head trolled behind a red Oki flasher at 57ft on the downrigger, right off the point at 9pm.
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June 20th Fished the Juan De Fuca Derby with Bob from 2Reel2 and Matthew MacKenzie from the Sooke Harbour Resort and Marina. Fished Otter Point and Bob landed a nice 22lb Spring of the Point on a chartruese tiger prawn Rhys Davis bait head trolled at 85ft. Took two hatchery Coho for the BBQ. We [...]
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June 13th Fished with Herman,Dave,Bill and Scott on Herman’s 33ft Ocean Sport “Emily D”. We were fishing this boat in preparation for the Sooke Salmon Classic on the Sept 3rd weekend 2009. We started out at the Bluffs in 100ft of water, trolling the gear at 60 and 70ft on the downrigger, and a 17 [...]
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